David Richmond
David Richmond (1748–1818) was an American commissioned officer who served in the American Revolutionary War.
Early years[]
Richmond, the son of Mayflower descendant Seth Richmond, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts.[1][2] He married Nancy Davis in 1766.
Richmond had five sons: Joseph, David, Thomas, Samuel and Seth; and four daughters: Lucy, Esther, Lydia and Nancy.
American Revolutionary War Record[]
From May 1, 1775, to October 1775, Richmond was a lieutenant in Captain John Field's Company, Colonel Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment.[3]
By December 1776, Richmond was a first lieutenant in Captain Timothy Vilmarth's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Regiment. He was appointed captain on September 30, 1778.[3]
In the summer of 1780, Richmond served one month as a major.[3]
Post war[]
Major Richmond moved from Rhode Island and settled at Latham's Corners, Chenango County, New York.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Mayflower families: Through Five Generations, Volume Nineteen, Thomas Rogers", Alice A. Westgate, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2000
- ^ http://www.richmondancestry.org/pdf_files/5th_Generation.pdf
- ^ a b c Revolutionary War record for David Richmond (US Government) Record #W.16388
- ^ History of Chenango Co., NY - Guilford Twn. by James Smith, 1880
- 1748 births
- 1818 deaths
- Rhode Island militiamen in the American Revolution
- People from Taunton, Massachusetts
- People of colonial Massachusetts
- Continental Army officers from Massachusetts