Hon. Richard Russell, Esq.

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Hon. Richard Russell, Esq.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hereford, Herefordshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: May 14, 1676 (64-65)
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Place of Burial: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Paul Russell of County Hereford; PAUL RUSSELL; Katherine Russell and Katherine Woodward
Husband of Matilda Maude Pitt; Maud Russell and Mary Neville Russell
Father of Catherine Russell; Catherine Rosewell; Mary Russell; Hon. Reverend James Russell, Sr.; Reverend Daniel Russell and 2 others

Occupation: Judge
Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Hon. Richard Russell, Esq.

Speaker General Court Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1654-56

Note: "Rev. John Eliot's Records of the First Church in Roxbury, Mass.," Communicated by William B. Trask, Esq., of Boston; NEHGR, July 1879, Vol. 33, Page 298: "1676, month 3, day 16. Mr. Russell* Buryed, a godly man, another gap on our Bench."

  • "Hon. Richard Russell, of Charlestown, died May 14, 1676, in the 65th year of his age. He had been one of the selectmen of the town, a member of the artillery company, representative, speaker, treasurer of the colony, and Assistant."

WILL: dated 29 Mar 1674, proved 18 May 1676

IMMIGRATION: ship "St. John" 1639/40, Richard Russel and partners, Masters, Stephen Goodyear of New Haven, Owner as 26 Jan 1639/40, transporting 250 passengers to New England, (Adams, 209)

Sources

  1. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, MA, 1629-1818. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Publication: Boston: 1879 pg. 829

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Hon. Richard Russell, Esq.'s Timeline

1611
1611
Hereford, Herefordshire, England (United Kingdom)
1637
August 16, 1637
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
August 1637
England
1639
1639
Charlestown, Middlesex, MA, USA
1640
October 4, 1640
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1642
1642
Charlestown, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1644
August 12, 1644
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
1676
May 14, 1676
Age 65
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony