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1762 - 1823 (~ 61 years)

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Name	George RICHISON [1]
Born	ca. 1762	, , , Ireland
	Estimate of birth is based on 22 years prior to birth of 1st presumed child, an unknown female born c.1784 but in the 1800 U.S. census with George and Ellen. In the 1880 census, John R., s/o George & Ellen Richison & living with his son John Webster, claims both his parents were born in Ireland. Also in the 1880 census, John R., s/o George & Ellen Richison & living with his son Jasper Newton, claims his father was born in Germany. Since John Webster and Jasper Newton were brothers, how can father be in two places at once? Two enumerations of the same person? Look at the Research Notes on John R. Richison's page for a possible explanation and evaluation of this conflicting information.
Gender	Male
Census	4 Aug 1800	Cross Creek Twp., Washington, Pennsylvania, USA (?) [2]
	George Richardson household
	George Richardson 1 male 26 thru 44 [b, 1756-1774] George 1 female 26 thru 44 [b. 1756-1774] Ellen 1 female 16 thru 25 [b. 1775-1784] unknown 1 male 10 thru 15 [b. 1785-1790] Oliver 3 males under 10 [b.1790-1800] Andrew George John 2 females under 10 [b. 1790-1800] Eleanor Rachel
		1800 U.S. Census - Richison Pennsylvania. Washington Co. - George Richardson
Witness	16 Oct 1808	, Miami, Ohio, USA [3]
	John Surface will
Land	2 Nov 1808	, Champaign, Ohio, USA [4]
	Lease with Hugh Cameron.
Land	17 Aug 1818	, , Ohio, USA [5]
	SE1/4 S35 T3 R10 in Clark Co., Ohio
	Name: George Richardson (C)* Date: 28 Jan 1814 Residence: Miami [Miami County, Ohio] Range 10 Township 3 Section 35 * (C) Between the Miamis, Ranges IV-XV: Lands lying north of the northern bouncary of Range III. Greene, Clark, Champion [Champaign?], Shelby and Logan Counties (all or a part of each county) - all in Ohio. [Possibly this George Richison as taxes were paid in the settlement of his estate which could have been R.E. taxes.]
		Land Patent - Richison George Richardson of Miami Co., Ohio
Census	7 Aug 1820	Bethel Twp., Clark, Ohio, USA [6]
	George Ritchardson Sr household
	George RITCHARDSON, Sr. 1 male 45 & over [George, Sr., b. bef 1775] 1 females 45 & over [Ellen _____, b. bef 1775] 1 females 16 to 25 [Jane , b. bet 1794-1814]
		1820 U.S. Census - Richison Ohio. Clark Co. - George Ritchardson, Sr.
Died	2 Aug 1823	, Clark, Ohio, USA [7]
	The estate of George Richardson, A177, Clark Co., Ohio, has interest figured on a note to 2 Aug 1823 and interest on another note paid to that date indicating a probably death date for George.
Estate	Oct 1823	, Clark, Ohio, USA [8, 9]
	Hugh M. Wallace and John Richison, appointed administrators of Geo. Richardson estate (A-177)
	Hugh WALLACE, George's son in-law and John RICHISON, his son were appointed administrators of George's estate on 20 Oct 1823 and some of the papers in the estate file have interest on promissory notes figured to 2 Aug 1823 which probably indicates the date of George's death. Another account is closed as of 2 Aug 1823 reinforcing that as the death date. The estate file is case no. A177 in the Clark County Probate Court and is many pages long with signatures of several family members. Although the estate is listed as Geo. RICHARDSON and the name is spelled in various ways throughout the estate file, when members of the RICHISON family signed their name, it was usually very clearly RICHISON.
		Estate - Geo. Richardson Ohio. Clark Co. - Estate A-177
Estate	12 Apr 1825	, Clark, Ohio, USA [10]
	Settlement of George's estate continued.
	p.104 Saturday, April 12, 1825 George Richardson, dec'd. for settlement continued
Estate	15 Nov 1828	, Clark, Ohio, USA [11]
	Partial settlement of estate
	George Richardson, dec'd Hugh M. Wallace one of his admrs. makes settlement with the court and has vouchers allowed (including 6 per centum allowed the admrs) to the amount of two hundred seventeen dollars fifty-two cents, which deduced from $485.242[?] the amount of _______ which which he was chargeable leaves in his hands the sum of two hundred sixty-eight dollars seventy-five and a half cents $268.75 1/2.
DNA Match	24 Apr 2015	FamilyTreeDNA [12]
	Walter Kent Richeson match to Danny Ray Richison
DNA Match	9 Mpv 2019	AncestryDNA [13]
	R1649 - Adams
DNA Match	4 Oct 2019	AncestryDNA [14]
	R1501 - Spencer
DNA Match	7 Nov 2019	Ancestry
	R1901 - Stallcop
DNA Match	24 Nov 2019	FamilyTreeDNA [15]
	108 markers of 11 with Dan Richison through Walter Kent Richeson
DNA Match	14 Mar 2020	Ancestry [16]
	R1871 - Richeson
DNA Match	5 Apr 2020	Ancestry [17]
	E1934 - Girton
DNA Match	9 Dec 2020	AncestryDNA [18]
	R2520 - Unknown Brown
Buried	unk
Notes	1790 - 1810 Pennsylvania Cannot find George in 1790 in PA and the George Richardson in 1800 and 1810 in Abington Twp., Montgomery County, PA is still there in 1820 so not this George. Have him in Cross Creek Twp., Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1800 but two unknown females and would include Oliver Richison as another of George and Ellen's sons. Have him in OH in 1820 & he died in 1823 so probably he came from PA between abt 1803-1820. __________________________ 2 Aug 1823 - Clark County, Ohio DEATH & ESTATE: Hugh WALLACE and John RICHISON were appointed administrators of George's estate on 20 Oct 1823 and some of the papers in the estate file have interest on promissory notes figured to 2 Aug 1823 which probably indicates the date of George's death. Another account is closed as of 2 Aug 1823 reinforcing that as the death date. The estate file is case no. A177 in the Clark County Probate Court and is many pages long with signatures of several family members. Although the estate is listed as Geo. RICHARDSON and the name is spelled in various ways throughout the estate file, when members of the RICHISON family signed their name, it was usually very clearly RICHISON. ______________________________________ On page 3 of George Richardson's estate papers (A177, Clark Co. Probate Court, a note is signed as George Richison, Senior, which says we do have a son of his named George. ------------------------- The only evidence in the estate papers of George, Sr. that he owned land is the fact that tax was paid for him in 1823 after his death. It could be a RE tax but not at all sure of that. ------------------------- Wolf, Donna M. Irish Immigrants in Ohio, Vol. 1 Naturalization Records. 1996 [accessed at ACPL] Montgomery County, Ohio George Richardson, 10-01-78, Soldier Film 2959, Vol. V, p.483 124 enlisted 04-04-61 [seems a bit old for this George but perhaps a relative or the older generation?] ---------------------------------- There are no Ohio Federal Census records for 1790, 1800, or 1810. None was taken in 1790 of Ohio which was still the Northwest Territory, and both 1800 and 1810 were lost for most of Ohio. There is a George Richardson in Cross Creek Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1800. Most of the information fits with a couple of exceptions. One male, aged 10 thru 15 cannot be accounted for. There is one female of age 16 thru 25 and another age 26 thru 44. One of them could be Ellen, George's wife but the other cannot be identified at this time. I'm leaning toward thinking the younger one is Ellen and the older one perhaps her mother or mother-il. A page-by-page search of Cross Creek Twp., Washington Co., PA in 1800 revealed no other name of real interest. There is one Andrew Ferguson and a history of Washington County mentions him under Cross Creek Township but none of the descendents' names sounded at all familiar. If the male 10 thru 15 is a son born prior to Eleanor, he would be old enough to never appear in another census with George and Ellen. Raymond Martin Bell. Lists of inhabitants in Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1800 or before: with maps of early townsips: 1776-80 petition, 1800 county census. 1961. Available online at HeritageQuestOnline. "County Census of Taxables 1800, Cross Creek Township", p.33 Richeson, Geo Richio David John [other names of possible interest are John Allen, Geo Cook, Andrew Forgeson a tailor,] There is no Geo. or George Rich*son in Washington County, PA in 1810 which is what I would expect if he had moved on to Ohio before the enumeration. The 1850, 1860, and 1870 U.S. censuses list Jane Richison Cook's birthplace as Pennsylvania. If she is their daughter, George and Ellen may not have moved to Ohio until sometime after Jane's birth on 11 March 1803. Ohio became a state in 1803 so that may have been a reason to rush to the new state and get land as quickly as possible. Everything seems to point to this family coming to Ohio sometime before 1820 -- roughly 1803-1814. While a John Richinson is mentioned in History of Clark Co., Ohio, page 707, as being one of the early settlers between 1800-1810, John R. would have only been about 10 years of age so must be another Richison/Richeson/Richinson in the area. The absence of George being named here might indicate he came after 1810. Eleanor married in 1814 and when she filed for a widow's pension many years later, a John Richison and a Jane Cook both signed affidavits that they had witnessed the wedding. John R. would have been age 14 and Jane would have been age 11 when Eleanor wed. The other three supposed siblings of Eleanor, Andrew, George Jr., and Eppy who might have also attended the wedding, were all deceased before 1872 when the pension application was filed. ----------------------- There is a George Richison in Fairfield, Westmoreland (just east of Washington Co.), PA and the ages are correct for George & Ellen, but there is only 1 male & 1 female w/them. Eleanor would have been 17 & she didn't marry until 1814 so it would be expected to find her still at home. Andrew would have been 14 & George Jr., 12 so would have expected both to be at home as well. Eppy & John would have been age 10 or less & Jane would have been only 7, so even if this could be our George, either Eppy or Jane was missing as well as the 3 oldest siblings. --------------- Also 1810, in Fannett Twp., Franklin Co., PA, a George and William Richeson appear on the same page. Morgan, Sue Powell, Ed. TERRITORIAL CENSUS INDEX SUBSTITUTE, OHIO, 1790. Genealogical Services, West Jordan, UT. p.4 Some early marriages of Hamilton County were kept from the beginning of its organization. John D. Caldwell copied these marriage records which were later published. Caldwell's original marriage abstracts are currently housed in the Cincinnati Historical Society. Although there may be some discrepancies, these marriage records are extremely important in determining the names of some of the earliest Ohio residents. They help fill the void where there are no other records for this early time period. p.204 Richardson, William and George, Tate [town/location], Hamilton County, VA Military Dist. Land Records, 19 April 1788. Notes: Clermont Co. 1800. p.205 Ritchinson, George, Hamilton County, Marriage record, 5 Sept 1794. ----------------------------------- Burress, Marjorie Byrnside. A COLLECTION OF PIONEER MARRIAGE RECORDS, HAMILTON COUTY, OHIO, 1789-1817. From the papers of John D. Caldwell found at The Cincinnati Historical Society. p.60 Ritchinson, George and Letitia Welch, Sept. t, 1794. by William McMillan, Judge. ----------------------------------
Person ID	I4244	richison
Last Modified	23 Jan 2021

	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
DNA Tests	6 DNA tests are associated with George RICHISON
	atDNA	Jack Eugene RICHISON		Most distant ancestor: George RICHISON, b. ca. 1762, , , , Ireland , d. 2 Aug 1823, , Clark, Ohio, USA Most recent common ancestor: Family: George RICHISON / 65 Ellen/Nelly 'RICHISON', WORK IN PROGRESS m. ca. 1782 Relevant links: R1871
	atDNA	Donna Lee RICHISON		Most distant ancestor: George RICHISON, b. ca. 1762, , , , Ireland , d. 2 Aug 1823, , Clark, Ohio, USA Most recent common ancestor: Family: George RICHISON / 65 Ellen/Nelly 'RICHISON', WORK IN PROGRESS m. ca. 1782 Shared DNA Segment: Shared DNA = Total shared cMs 2633 X-Match = Yes Relationship Section: Actual Relationship = Full Sister Ancestral surnames: Noel Relevant links: R001366
	atDNA	Danny Ray RICHISON	Y = R-M269 mt = T1a1	Most distant ancestor: George RICHISON, b. ca. 1762, , , , Ireland , d. 2 Aug 1823, , Clark, Ohio, USA Most recent common ancestor: Family: George RICHISON / 65 Ellen/Nelly 'RICHISON', WORK IN PROGRESS m. ca. 1782
	Y-DNA-	Danny Ray RICHISON		Most distant ancestor: George RICHISON, b. ca. 1762, , , , Ireland , d. 2 Aug 1823, , Clark, Ohio, USA Most recent common ancestor: George RICHISON, b. ca. 1762, , , , Ireland , d. 2 Aug 1823, , Clark, Ohio, USA
	Y-DNA-	Walter Kent RICHISON		Most distant ancestor: George RICHISON, b. ca. 1762, , , , Ireland , d. 2 Aug 1823, , Clark, Ohio, USA Most recent common ancestor: George RICHISON, b. ca. 1762, , , , Ireland , d. 2 Aug 1823, , Clark, Ohio, USA
	atDNA	unknown BROWN		Most distant ancestor: George RICHISON, b. ca. 1762, , , , Ireland , d. 2 Aug 1823, , Clark, Ohio, USA Most recent common ancestor: Family: George RICHISON / 65 Ellen/Nelly 'RICHISON', WORK IN PROGRESS m. ca. 1782 Relevant links: R2520

Family 65 Ellen/Nelly 'RICHISON', WORK IN PROGRESS, b. c.1762, , , , Ireland , d. Between 1820-1823, prob , Clark, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 61 years)

Married ca. 1782

Based on birth of 1st presumed child born c.1784

Children

	1. Isabella RICHISON, WORK IN PROGRESS, b. c.1784, prob. Pennsylvania, USA , d. poss. Bef 1 Jun 1820 (Age ~ 36 years) [Birth]
+	2. Oliver RICHISON, b. c.1787, prob. Pennsylvania, USA , d. Bef 2 Oct 1838 (Age ~ 51 years) [Birth]
+	3. Eleanor RICHISON, b. Cal 8 Feb 1793, Northwest Territory - Pennsylvania , d. 1 Jul 1875, , Clark, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 82 years) [Birth]
+	4. Rachel Jane RICHISON, WORK IN PROGRESS, b. 15 May 1794, , , Ohio, USA , d. 18 Aug 1855, Farmers, Fulton, Illinois, USA (Age 61 years) [Birth]
+	5. Andrew RICHISON, b. ca 1796, , , Pennsylvania, USA , d. 31 Mar 1837, prob. , Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA (Age ~ 41 years) [Birth]
+	6. George RICHISON, Jr., b. c.1798, , , Ohio, USA , d. Aft 1870 (Age ~ 73 years) [Birth]
+	7. John R. RICHISON, b. 11 Jan 1800, , , Pennsylvania, USA , d. 4 Dec 1880, prob , Clark, Ohio, USA (Age 80 years) [Birth]
+	8. Jane RICHISON, b. 11 Mar 1803, , , Pennsylvania, USA , d. 29 Aug 1891, Burlington, Carroll, Indiana, USA (Age 88 years) [Birth]

Last Modified 14 Nov 2019

Family ID F72 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - ca. 1762 - , , , Ireland
	Witness - John Surface will - 16 Oct 1808 - , Miami, Ohio, USA
	Land - Lease with Hugh Cameron. - 2 Nov 1808 - , Champaign, Ohio, USA
	Land - SE1/4 S35 T3 R10 in Clark Co., Ohio - 17 Aug 1818 - , , Ohio, USA
	Died - 2 Aug 1823 - , Clark, Ohio, USA
	Estate - Hugh M. Wallace and John Richison, appointed administrators of Geo. Richardson estate (A-177) - Oct 1823 - , Clark, Ohio, USA
	Estate - Settlement of George's estate continued. - 12 Apr 1825 - , Clark, Ohio, USA
	Estate - Partial settlement of estate - 15 Nov 1828 - , Clark, Ohio, USA

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Documents

Bible - Richison
Richison, John R. (1800-1880)

Histories		Analysis of Three George Richardson's, 1820-1850, beginning in Clark County, Ohio, in 1820 Analysis by Shirley Richison Fields
Histories		My Richison Research The Richison-Richeson-Richardson Family

Sources

[S1421] Richison Family Record, 25 May 2008.
Margaret Ann (Richison) Secrest, comp. "RICHISON Family Record", (MS, 1793-1968), carbon copy of original; privately held by Shirley Richison Fields, Indianapolis, Indiana. The fate of the original is unknown.
R000400
[S1842] 1800 U.S. Census, 1 Jun 2013.
1800 U.S. census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, pop. sch., Cross Creek Twp., p. 754 (penned at bottom right), line 18, George Richardson; digital image, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : 18 May 2012); NARA microfilm publication M3, roll 44.
R000057
[S1903] Wills & Probates, 24 Sep 2015.
Miami County, Ohio, Will Record, vol. 1, 1807-1821, p. 2-4, will of John Surface, images 34-35 of 517, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : 23 August 2015); FHL microfilm 550,192. Transcription by Shirley Richison Fields on 23 August 2015.
R000068
[S65] Land, 15 Jan 2017.
Champaign County, Ohio, Duplicate Deed Record Book A, 1805-1814: 149-150; lease, Hugh Cameron to George and Nelly Richison, 2 November 1808; FHL microfilm 295,240, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : 8 January 2017), images 82, 83 of 525.
R000060
[S1900] Books, 6 Jul 2008.
Berry, Ellen T. and David A. Berry, ed. Early Ohio Settlers: Purchasers of Land in Southwestern, Ohio, 1800-1840. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1986, p.271
[S1840] 1820 U.S. Census, 24 May 2011.
1820 U. S. census, Clark County, Ohio, pop. sch, Bethel Twp., p. 20, George Ritchardson, Sr.; digital image, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : 8 May 2004); NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 88.
R0063
[S1903] Wills & Probates, 2 May 2012.
Ohio. Clark County. Probate case files, no. A-177, Geo. Richardson (1823), claim of John Reynolds with interest to 2 August 1823; photocopies from microfilm, original at Fisher Family Library and Archives, Heritage Center, Springfield.
R000065
[S1892] Ohio. Clark Co. - Court Records, 11 Nov 2011.
Ohio. Clark County. Court of Common Please "Minutes, 1827-1838," v. 6, p. 104, George Richardson's estate. FHL microfilm 1,030,042, Family History Center, Brownsburg, Indiana. Digital film 008197942.
[S1867] FHL microfilm/fiche, 11 Nov 2011.
Ohio. Clark County. Court of Common Please "Minutes, 1827-1838," v. 6, p. 182, George Richardson's estate. FHL microfilm 1,030,042, Family History Center, Brownsburg, Indiana. Digital film 008197942.
[S1867] FHL microfilm/fiche, 11 Jan 2012.
Ohio. Clark County. "Court records, 1818-1907, Minutes v.6-8 1827-1838," v. 7, p.104, George Richardson, dec'd. Family History Library microfilm 1,030,042, Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library, Plainfield, Indiana.
[S1867] FHL microfilm/fiche, 11 Jan 2012.
Ohio. Clark County. "Court records, 1818-1907, Minutes v.6-8 1827-1838," v. 7, p.182, George Richardson, dec'd. Family History Library microfilm 1,030,042, Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library, Plainfield, Indiana.
[S1] DNA, 24 Apr 2015.
Family Tree DNA, "Y-DNA Matches" for Dan Richison, FamilyTreeDNA (https://familytreedna.com/my/y-dna-matches : 23 January 2021), genetic distance of 3 with 108 of 111 compared markers, kricheson@gmail.com , Y-DNA haplogroup R-BY41948, 24 April 2015 , reported earliest known ancestor George Richeson, b. 1798, Clark Co., Ohio.
R1367
[S1] DNA, 8 Nov 2019.
AncestryDNA, database, (https://ancestry.com : 8 November 2019); Carolyn Adams,5C1R, shares 7 cM over 1 segment with Shirley Richison Fields; MRCA appears to be George and Ellen Richison via ThruLines.
R1649
[S1] DNA, 4 Oct 2019.
AncestryDNA, database, (https://ancestry.com : 4 October 2019); E.S. [Essie Spencer], 5c, shares 12 cM over 2 segments with Shirley Richison Fields; MRCA James M. Cook and Jane Richison Cook.
R1501
[S1] DNA, 24 Nov 2019.
FamilyTreeDNA, Y-DNA111, (https://.familytreedna.com : 24 November 2019); Walter Kent Richeson (kit 189210) shares 108 markers of 111 with Dan Richison (kit 322044), 15 November 2018; 5C, MRCA George and Ellen Richison; results from this dynamic database require the username and password of the individual.
R0784
[S1] DNA, 14 Mar 2020.
AncestryDNA Match for Shirley Richison Fields, (https://ancestry.com/dna/tests/ : 14 March 2020); Jack Eugene Richison, 5C, sharing 29 cM across 4 segments; DNA managed by Jack.
R1871
[S1] DNA, 5 Apr 2020.
AncestryDNA Match for Shirley Richison Fields, (https://ancestry.com/dna/tests/ : 5 April 2020); Betty Kay (Girton) Brink, 5C, sharing 36 cM across 2 segments; DNA managed by Betty.
R1934
[S1] DNA, 9 Dec 2020.
AncestryDNA Match (https://ancestry.com/dna/tests/ : 9 December 2020); for Shirley Richison Fields to unknown Brown, 5C1R, sharing 33 cM across 2 segments with unknown Brown, DNA managed by nmbrown71551.
R2520

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