Lucy Richards1
F, #15554, (30 May 1752 - 19 April 1817)
Last Edited=19 Oct 2022
Lucy Richards was born on 30 May 1752 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.2,3,1,4
She was the daughter of Nathaniel Richards and Mary Whiting.3
Lucy Richards, age 19, married Colonel Joseph Mayo, age 24 , son of Major Joseph Mayo and Esther Kenrick, on 12 March 1772 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Lucy and Josephmoved to Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, in 1772.5 Lucy and Josephmoved to Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, in 1806.5,6 Lucy and Josephmoved to Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, between 1809 and 1810.2,6 Lucy Richards died on 19 April 1817 at Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, at age 64 from typhus fever.2,7 She was buried at North Cemetery, Orwell, Addison County, Vermont. Lucy's epitaph reads:
She was the daughter of Nathaniel Richards and Mary Whiting.3 Lucy Richards, age 19, married Colonel Joseph Mayo, age 24 , son of Major Joseph Mayo and Esther Kenrick, on 12 March 1772 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Children:
1. Joseph Mayo (1773-1828)
2. Nathaniel Mayo (1774-1858)
3. Samuel Mayo (1776-1803)
4. Lucy Mayo (1778-1828)
5. Anna Mayo (1779-____)
6. Henry Mayo (1781-1860)
7. Bestey Mayo (1783-1783)
8. Seth Mayo (1786-1825)
9. Melinda Mayo (1788-1846)
10. Daniel Mayo (1791-1837)
11. David Mayo (1793-1868)
12. Asa Mayo (1796-1875.)1
1. Joseph Mayo (1773-1828)
2. Nathaniel Mayo (1774-1858)
3. Samuel Mayo (1776-1803)
4. Lucy Mayo (1778-1828)
5. Anna Mayo (1779-____)
6. Henry Mayo (1781-1860)
7. Bestey Mayo (1783-1783)
8. Seth Mayo (1786-1825)
9. Melinda Mayo (1788-1846)
10. Daniel Mayo (1791-1837)
11. David Mayo (1793-1868)
12. Asa Mayo (1796-1875.)1
Lucy and Josephmoved to Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, in 1772.5 Lucy and Josephmoved to Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, in 1806.5,6 Lucy and Josephmoved to Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, between 1809 and 1810.2,6 Lucy Richards died on 19 April 1817 at Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, at age 64 from typhus fever.2,7 She was buried at North Cemetery, Orwell, Addison County, Vermont. Lucy's epitaph reads:
LUCY
Wife of
Col. JOSEPH
MAYO died
April 19, 1817
Aged 65
Yearƒ.
Col JOSEPH
MAYO died
April 18, 1817
Aged 68
Yearƒ.2,5
Wife of
Col. JOSEPH
MAYO died
April 19, 1817
Aged 65
Yearƒ.
Col JOSEPH
MAYO died
April 18, 1817
Aged 68
Yearƒ.2,5
Citations
- Morse, Abner. A Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. volume III. Boston: H. W. Dutton & Son, 1861.
- Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
- Holbrook Research Institute. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
- Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, volume 1 - Births. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911.
- Mayo, Chester Garst. John Mayo of Roxbury, Massachusetts 1630-1688: A Genealogical and Biographical Record of His Descendants. Rutland, Vermont:: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965.
- Morse, Charles A. Warwick, Massachusetts - Biography of a Town. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dresser, Chapman & Grimes, 1963.
- Gravestone Inscription.