Richard Mansfield (1744 - 1793)

Born 17 Jun 1744 in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Whittemore) Mansfield — married 7 Jan 1768 in Lynn, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Apr 1793 at age 48 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private Richard Mansfield served with Essex County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Richard Mansfield is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A073570.

Richard Mansfield, son of Robert Mansfeild & Mary, was born on 17 June 1744 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.^[1]

Richard Mansfield married Elizabeth Whitemore on 7 January 1768 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.^[2]

Richard served as a private in the American Revolution. He was in Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company, which answered the alarm on 19 April 1775.^[3]

Richard Mansfield died on 3 April 1793 and was buried in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.^[4][5] Richard Mansfield was mentioned on a memorial in Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 3 April 1793.^[6]

Richard died intestate, His estate passed probate on 7 May 1793 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007523178; FHL microfilm: 397791
   FamilySearch Record: VQXP-Q55 (accessed 24 April 2024)
   Richard Mansfeild born on 17 Jun 1744, son of Robert Mansfeild & Mary, in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007011221_004_M9ZV-86B; Image number: 127
   FamilySearch Record: QPC8-WNNY (accessed 24 April 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L979-47NZ
   Richard Mansfield marriage to Elizabeth Whitemore on 7 Jan 1768 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
3. ↑ Lynn in the Revolution
   W. B. Clarke company; 1909; page: (156 of 368)
   Vol. 2; Page 345 (accessed 24 April 2024)
4. ↑ Burial: "United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903"
   citing Affiliate Publication Title: Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca.1879-ca.1903.; Affiliate Publication Number: M1845; Digital film/folder number: 004763365; FHL microfilm: 2155588; Image number: 257; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: B07787-2
   FamilySearch Record: V6HW-2TH (accessed 24 April 2024)
   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-VRHJ
   Richard Mansfield burial (died on 3 Apr 1793) in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
5. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #81850284 (accessed 24 April 2024)
   Richard Mansfield death 3 Apr 1793 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #198841475 (accessed 24 April 2024)
   Memorial page for Richard Mansfield (17 Jun 1744-3 Apr 1793), citing Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by John Healey (contributor 48400306).
7. ↑ Probate: "Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840"
   Original data: Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1638-1840. Salem, MA, USA: Essex County
   Ancestry Record 4592 #22756 (accessed 24 April 2024)
   Richard Mansfeild probate on 7 May 1793. Residence Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Occupation: Cordwainer.

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestor SAR Application Membership #46373, unable to find National Member #:

• Whittemore, Bernard. A Genealogy of Several Branches of the Whittemore Family (F. P. Whittemore, Nashua, N.H., 1893); p. 52