Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Ephraim Rich

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 29 Aug 1781 - Truro, Massachusetts 2
        Baptism: 
          Death: 7 Nov 1863 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro
 Cause of Death: 

Events
• Alt Birth 3, 29 Aug 1782 in Truro, Massachusetts


Parents
         Father: Ephraim Rich (1746-1807) 4
         Mother: Hannah Lombard (1753-1829)

Spouses and Children
1. *Thankful Dyer (9 May 1774 - 9 Jan 1835) 1 5 
       Marriage: 29 Apr 1804 - Truro, Massachusetts 6
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Samuel Brown Rich (1804-1887)
                2. Captain Ephraim Rich (1806-1889)
                3. Benjamin Dyer Rich (1809-1845)
                4. David Rich (1812-1871) 1
                5. Hannah Lombard Rich (1814-1896) 1
                6. Chloe Rich (1817-      )

2. Martha Hatch (1770 - 16 Jul 1854) 1 5 
       Marriage: 22 Jan 1837 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status: 


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Captain Ephraim Rich

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 15 Dec 1806 - Truro, Massachusetts 7
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1889 8
         Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Ephraim Rich (1781-1863) 1
         Mother: Thankful Dyer (1774-1835) 1 5

Spouses and Children
1. *Reliance Snow (22 Oct 1806 - 15 Aug 1874)
       Marriage: 1 Sep 1833 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Ephraim H Rich (1838-1895)
                2. Amelia Johnson Rich (1840-1925)
                3. Joshua Snow Rich (1842-1861)
                4. Mary Ward Rich (1844-      )
                5. Geneva Smith Rich (1846-1935)

2. Mary Ward Hatch (1806 - 1832) 5 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Drusilla Ward Rich (1828-1850) 9
                2. Otis Waterman Rich (1829-      )
                3. Cordelia Rich (1830-1850) 5

Notes
General:
1844 mariner, Truro
Marriage Notes (Reliance Snow)
Apparent error in Truro records: Ephraim and Amelia are recorded as children of Ephraim Jr & Mary Rich, although Mary had died in 1832 and Ephraim married Reliance in 1833. 10

picture Ephraim Rich

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 1816 - Harpswell, Maine
        Baptism: 
          Death: 23 Oct 1844 - At Sea
         Burial: in Cranberry Horn Cemetery, Great Island, Harpswell
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain David Rich (1776-1834)
         Mother: Betty Rich (1779-1852)

Notes
General:
"died on his passage from New Orleans to New York, 23 Oct 1844, age 28 years"

picture Ephraim Rich

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 15 Oct 1746 - Truro, Massachusetts 11 12
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Mar 1807 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro 13
 Cause of Death: 

Events
• Alt Death 14, 23 Apr 1808 in Truro, Massachusetts


Parents
         Father: Zaccheus Rich (1704-1786) 15
         Mother: Ruth Collins (1708-1756) 11

Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Lombard (14 Jun 1753 - 9 Mar 1829)
       Marriage: 16 Apr 1771 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mulford Treat Rich (1773-1837) 5
                2. Ruth Rich (1776-1806)
                3. Betty Rich (1779-1852)
                4. Ephraim Rich (1781-1863) 1

Notes
Marriage Notes (Hannah Lombard)
In memory of
EPHRAIM RICH
who died
March 22, 1807
Æt. 61

Also
RUTH RICH
who died
June 17, 1806
Æt. 31

[Ruth was a daughter] 5

picture Ephraim D Rich

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 9 May 1811 - Truro, Massachusetts 17
        Baptism: 
          Death: Jan 1839 - Lost At Sea 18
         Burial: in Methodist cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Ephraim Doane Rich (1782-1853)
         Mother: Mehitable Atwood (1784-1825)


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Ephraim Doane Rich

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 15 Feb 1782 - Truro, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 29 Apr 1853 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro 20
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Richard Rich (1730-1783) 21
         Mother: Rebecca Lombard (1741-1811)

Spouses and Children
1. *Mehitable Atwood (4 Oct 1784 - 25 Jun 1825)
       Marriage: 5 Mar 1805 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 22
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Atwood Rich (1806-      )
                2. Eleazer Rich (1808-1809)
                3. Ephraim D Rich (1811-1839)
                4. Richard Rich (1813-1880) 23
                5. Eleazer Rich (1816-      )
                6. Zenas Rich (1818-1842)
                7. Joanna Rich (1821-1839)
                8. John Rich (1823-1855) 24

2. Azubah Witherell (31 Aug 1787 - 5 Feb 1871) 25 
       Marriage: 2 Aug 1841 - Charlestown, Massachusetts 26
         Status: 

3. Elizabeth Lombard (12 Sep 1771 - 24 Jan 1841)
       Marriage: 27 Nov 1825 - Truro, Massachusetts 27
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Stephen Hopkins Rich (1828-1908) 28

Notes
General:
In memory of
EPHRAIM D. RICH
who died
Apr. 29, 1853
AEt. 71 years

Father
We loved thee we thy loss deplore,
Hushed be our sighs
Thy feet the better land explore. 5

picture Ephraim H Rich

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 14 Jun 1838 - Truro, Massachusetts 10
        Baptism: 
          Death: 28 Dec 1895 - Brockton, Massachusetts 29
         Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro 30
 Cause of Death: laryngeal & pulmonary tuberculosis 29

Events
• Alt Birth, 17 Jun 1838 in Truro, Massachusetts


Parents
         Father: Captain Ephraim Rich (1806-1889)
         Mother: Reliance Snow (1806-1874)

Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Jane Cobb (7 Oct 1839 - 1920)
       Marriage: 14 Feb 1860 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Gertrude Chester Rich (1865-      )

Notes
Medical:
age 57-6-11
born & interred So. Truro
father Ephraim

picture Ephraim Paine Rich

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 29 Mar 1774 - Truro, Massachusetts 31
        Baptism: 
          Death: Dec 1793 - St. Lucia 5 32
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Isaiah Rich (1744-1790) 33
         Mother: Joanna Paine (1745-1828)

Notes
General:
stone:

In Memory of
Mr ISAIAH RICH
who died May 1st 1790
in the 45th Year of his Age

also his son
EPHRAIM PAINE RICH
died in St LUCIA Dec'r 1793
in the 20th Year of his Age 5

picture Ephraim Paine Rich

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 21 Oct 1797 - Truro, Massachusetts 34
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1848 - Bucksport, Maine
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Isaiah Rich (1772-1847)
         Mother: Sarah Baker (1774-1849)

Spouses and Children
1. *Betsey Barber (1797 - 1845)
       Marriage: 1822 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Status: 


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Essex Rich

      Sex: F

Individual Information
          Birth: Est 1600 - England
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Robert Rich Earl Of Warwick (1559-1618)
         Mother: Penelope Devereux Countess of Devon (1562-1607)

Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Cheke Sir (Bef 1583 - 1659)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Anne Cheke (1636-Bef 1659)

Notes
General:
Family Sir Thomas Cheeke b. before 1583, d 25 Mar 1659
of Pirgo; purchased from Henry Grey, lord Grey of Groby.
Child Anne Cheeke. b 1636
Robert Cheke
Thomas Cheke
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Sources


1 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).

2 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 128.

3 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 182.

4 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:268. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278 , 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.

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

6 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 205. Rev Jude Damon.

7 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 196.

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

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

10 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 295.

11 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:268.

12 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 33.

13 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 192.

14 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), Jude Damon notes.

15 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:263.

16 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 114.

17 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 207, 234.

18 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 80.

19 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 146.

20 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 184.

21 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:271.

22 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:556. Marriages.

23 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 84:132.

24 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 11.

25 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:47. William & Ruth Witherell family.

26 Roger D. Joslyn, compiler and editor, Vital Records of Charlestown Massachusetts to the year 1850 (1984. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society. Volume 1
1995. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society. Volume 2), 2:242.

27 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 247 (Rev Lewis Bates).

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

29 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), 455: 599.

30 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 45.

31 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 121.

32 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #336.

33 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:270.

34 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 185.


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