tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post2298021128196261376..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Sing Along with Ebenezer Richardson?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-492685812697597622014-08-24T15:43:25.353-05:002014-08-24T15:43:25.353-05:00Thanks :) I'll look up your article. Your ex...Thanks :) I'll look up your article. Your explanation does make more sense than some other "mysterious" Ebenezer that can't be documented. Again, I very much appreciate all the effort you have put into your articles.Barbara Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09734267416870888563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-31123434220904660842014-08-24T14:19:42.993-05:002014-08-24T14:19:42.993-05:00Yes, the Fowle genealogy and the earlier Richardso...Yes, the Fowle genealogy and the earlier <i>Richardson Memorial</i> by Vinton both avoid the conclusion that Ebenezer Richardson married and had children with sisters Rebecca and Kezia Fowle (not in the proper order). Stephen Wilf’s recent book <i>Law’s Imagined Republic</i> follows that same path.<br /><br />However, I think the coincidences are too great, and the clamor about sexual/marital misdeeds in Woburn and Boston too loud, to assume that there was another Ebenezer Richardson involved. Wilf writes, “There is no evidence of Richardson’s paternity” of Kezia Henshaw’s child. But then he has to posit that another Ebenezer Richardson came along to marry Kezia in Boston while the Ebenezer Richardson who later worked for the Customs service in Boston just happened to be married to a woman named Kezia and just happened to be vilified as someone who got a woman pregnant in Woburn and let a minister be blamed. <br /><br />My 2005 article in <i>New England Ancestors</i> has the footnotes I left out of these blog entries. (It also acknowledges that there <i>was</i> another Ebenezer Richardson in Woburn at the time, but his records show he and his wife stayed clear of this mess.) <br /><br />As for Rebecca Richardson’s death date, I haven’t found a definite record. Her estate took a very long time to settle, probably because of Ebenezer’s behavior and moving around, and that may be why some researchers believed she lived well past her sister’s second wedding day.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-66368922213058037952014-08-24T11:50:47.620-05:002014-08-24T11:50:47.620-05:00I should add that I do know there are errors in th...I should add that I do know there are errors in the "Descendants of George Fowle ..." book. Just trying to verify if this is one of them. Also, trying to find Rebecca's death date and whether the two Ebenezer Richardsons are actually the same person. I am a 10th generation descendant of George Fowle so Rebecca Fowle and the Richardsons of Woburn are all related to me in some way. Thanks for your great stories :)Barbara Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09734267416870888563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-77881679395949033302014-08-23T21:00:15.439-05:002014-08-23T21:00:15.439-05:00I've been reading your posts about Ebenezer Ri...I've been reading your posts about Ebenezer Richardson and his trials and tribulations with interest. In the book "Descendants of George Fowle ..." page 36 the author states that the Ebenezer who was married to Rebecca Fowle (widow of Phineas Richardson) is NOT The same Ebenzer who married her sister Kezia. You have a very different take on the story so I'm trying to reconcile those discrepancies. <br /> In the George Fowle book, it states that Rebecca was still alive on Oct 1,1773, though you seem to imply that she died near the time that Ke3zia and Ebenezer married. <br /> Have you looked into the book at all? I can send you the page if you don't have access to it. <br />BarbaraBarbara Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09734267416870888563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-53946841792452514212009-08-18T11:03:01.991-05:002009-08-18T11:03:01.991-05:00Kristin and Emily at the PRH would each like to vo...Kristin and Emily at the PRH would each like to vote for more on Ebenezer. RIP poor Christopher Seider!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020966808750363532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-58571218869495355502009-08-18T10:22:52.667-05:002009-08-18T10:22:52.667-05:00I love the CSI: Colonial Boston stuff, so that'...I love the CSI: Colonial Boston stuff, so that's my vote!Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-71916252633136699592009-08-18T09:54:56.569-05:002009-08-18T09:54:56.569-05:00+1 for Richardson, please.+1 for Richardson, please.Caitlin GD Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317897772288904474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-55433617547351371992009-08-17T12:59:30.187-05:002009-08-17T12:59:30.187-05:00His tangled past, indeed!His tangled past, indeed!Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.com