Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Clara Anna Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Nov 1838 - East Boston, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 26 Feb 1910 - Cincinnati, Ohio 1
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Captain Zoheth Rich (1806-1876)
         Mother: Phebe Atwood Brown (1806-1864)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Arthur Forrester Devereux (27 Apr 1836 - 14 Feb 1906) 2 
       Marriage: 24 Dec 1859 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Arthur Forrester Devereux)
See NEHGR 74:299-301

picture Clara Emma Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Aug 1850 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 3
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          Death: 
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Events
• Alt Birth 4, 20 Aug 1851 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: Captain Nathaniel Wiley Rich (1824-1908) 5
         Mother: Catherine Higgins (1827-1901) 6



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Clarence Dalton Rich 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Jul 1882 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 7
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          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: Captain William S Rich (1846-1939) 8
         Mother: Marion Olive Coan (1856-1939) 8



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Clarinda S Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1855 - South Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1876 - South Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Stephen Hopkins Rich (1828-1908) 9
         Mother: Martha (1832-1896)



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Clarissa Frances Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Oct 1840 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 10
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Parents 
         Father: Jeremiah Rich (1804-1863) 8
         Mother: Abigail Crowell Lombard (1810-1889) 8



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Collins Smith Rich 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Apr 1819 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
        Baptism: 
          Death: 9 Jun 1842 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 13
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: consumption 13

Parents 
         Father: Robert Rich Jr (1778-1820) 14
         Mother: Eunice Harding (1782-1834)
Notes
Medical:
aged about 23

picture Cordelia Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 10 Nov 1830 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1850 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro 17
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Ephraim Rich (1806-1889)
         Mother: Mary Ward Hatch (1806-1832) 15
Spouses and Children 



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Cordelia Bloomfield Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 Feb 1838 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 18
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          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: Aaron Rich (1809-1869) 19 20
         Mother: Rebecca Lewis (1812-1879) 21



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Cornelius Rich 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Cir 1720 - Eastham, Massachusetts 22
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 1790 - Connecticut 22 23
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Thomas Rich (1680-1753) 24
         Mother: Mercy Knowles (1681-1745)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rhoda Fish (Est 1724 -       )
       Marriage: 1747 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Rhoda Fish)
Three Rich brothers - Thomas, John and Cornelius, with their young families, moved to the vicinity of Middletown, Connecticut.
Cornelius and Rhoda moved to the part of Middletown that is now Portland, about 1756. 23

picture Cynthia Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 16 Apr 1805 - Gerry, Massachusetts 26
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          Death: 
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Parents 
         Father: Joshua Rich (1768-1824)
         Mother: Patty Turner (1771-1845) 27
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Sources

1 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 84:45. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278 , 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.

2 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 84:45.

3 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 25.

4 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 29.

5 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 56.

6 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:122. the children of Elnathan and Thankful Higgins.

7 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 27.

8 Kenneth Cole, South Wellfleet Cemetery (Wellfleet, Mass. Rich Family Association).

9 Hyannis Patriot (Hyannis, Mass.), 20 Apr 1908.

10 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:182. The children of Jeremiah Rich & Abigail his wife.

11 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 84:51.

12 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:57.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:244. Deaths.

14 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), volume 2, marriages 1843-1856, page 61.

15 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

16 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 293.

17 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 132, 155.

18 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:165. The children of Aaron and Rebecca Rich.

19 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 84:133.

20 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:99. Aaron & Content Rich family.

21 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:102. Thomas and Joanna Lewis family.

22 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:265.

23 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:274.

24 Rootsweb.com, wprokasy. Bill Prokasy.

25 Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 38. "This township was originally parts of Templeton and Athol. It was incorporated; October 20, 1786, and named in honor of Elbridge Gerry; but dissatisfied with his measures after he became governor, the citizens, [on 5 Feb 1814], procured a change of name to Phillipston." Nason & Varney, 1890
The date of the name change comes from the Phillipston Town Clerk, 27 Apr 2009.
online

26 Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 38.

27 Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 114.

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