Richard Saltonstall (bef. 1610 - 1694)

Born before 1 Oct 1610 in Woodsome, Yorkshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Muriel (Gurdon) Saltonstall — married 4 Jul 1633 in London, England

Descendants

Died 29 Apr 1694 after age 83 in Hulme, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Major Richard Saltonstall married at All Hallows, Honey Lane, London, 4 July 1633 Muriel Gurdon, daughter of Brampton Gurdon, Esq. ^[1] They had three sons, Richard, Nathaniel, and Gurdon, and three daughters, Muriel, (wife of Edward Moseley, Knight), Abigail, (wife of Thomas Harley, Esq.), and Elizabeth, (wife of Hercules Horsely, Esq.).^[1]

Marriage entry reads: Mr Richard Saltinshall, son of Sir Richard Saltinshall and Merrel Gurdon daughter of Brampton Gurdon Esquire of Assington, Suffolk, both single ptns were married here, the banns being published in the parish church where they both lived on Thursday, the 4th July 1633. All Hallows Honey Land, City of London. ^[2]

Richard immigrated with his father to Watertown, Massachusetts, New England in 1630 and returned to England in 1631,^[3] remaining for four years.^[1] He returned to New England in 1635 with his wife and their 9-month-old child "Merriall" on the Susan and Ellinn^[4] and they settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts.^[1] He visited Holland, and visited England several times.^[1] He died at Hulme, Lancashire, England 29 April 1694. ^[1]

RICHARD SALTONSTALL-1610-1694--UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE-EMMANUEL COLLEGE-ALUMNUS

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Magna Carta Ancestry Vol. III, page 488, #17.
2. ↑ All Hallows, City of London Parish Register image 57 by subscription at: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31281_a100796-00098?pid=4811205 as accessed 19 Nov 2019.
3. ↑ Winthrop's Journal, ed. Hosmer (1903), Vol. 1, p. 71. He sailed on the Lion, master William Peirce, by way of Virginia.
4. ↑ Samuel Gardner Drake. Result of some researches among the British archives for information relative to the founders of New England: made in the years 1858, 1859 and 1860; originally collected for and published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and now corrected and enlarged, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1860, p. 23, Internet archive

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013): vol. IV p. 551.
• Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham. Magna Carta Ancestry. Genealogical Publishing Co., 2011. Page 488.
• Saltonstall Plantation- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watertown,_Massachusetts
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltonstall_family
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Saltonstall
• Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society (The Ipswich Historical Society, Ipswich, Mass., 1907) Vol. 15, Page 2
• Genealogical hist. of the Allen fam. By Mrs. Francis M. Stoddard. Boston, 1891. (135p.):29 Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.
• VIRKUS, FREDERICK A., editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986. Pg 59
• Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, pg 411
• Early New England Families. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Richard Saltonstall
• Notes, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1915) Vol. 69, Page 380: Marriage record, Allhallows, Honey Lane, London.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Richard Saltonstall is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) and is in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert FitzWalter (vol. III, pages 484-488 SALTONSTALL) that needs development by the Magna Carta Project. This trail is outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of his mother's profile.

• Needs Development: This profile needs development against the project's checklist to bring it up to current project standards. ~ Thiessen-117 19:17, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".