Captain Richard LORD d. 17 May 1662 New London, New London, Connecticut, United States

1612 - 1662 (~ 50 years)

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Name	Richard LORD
Prefix	Captain
Christened	5/05 Jan 1611/1612	Saint Laurence Church, Towcester, Northtampton, England
Gender	Male
Died	17 May 1662	New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
Buried	New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
Person ID	I6708	Patterson & Markham Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Mar 2019

Father	Thomas LORD, b. 1585, Towcester, Northtampton, England , d. 1638/1667, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 82 years)
Mother	Dorothy BIRD, c. 25 May 1588, Saint Laurence Church, Towcester, Northtampton, England , d. 2 Aug 1676, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 88 years)
Family ID	F2503	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sarah GRAVES, b. 1615, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 1/01 Sep 1675/1676, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 61 years)

Children

	1. Richard LORD, b. 1636, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 5 Nov 1685, At Sea (Age 49 years)
	2. Mary LORD
	3. Sarah LORD, b. 1638, d. 15 Nov 1705 (Age 67 years)
	4. Dorothy LORD, b. 1640

Family ID F2677 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

!Source: "Geneology of the Descendants of Thomas Lord" by Kenneth Lord,
New York, 1946, filed under # 929.273 L884LKA in the Library of the
Geneological Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
SLC, UT

!Brief Sketch: Came to America at age 21 ahead of his father. He settled
in Newtown (now Cambridge) Mass. In 1636, in company with his father
and mother and brothers, he traveled...through the wilderness and settled
the town of Hartford, Conn. He became an Original Proprietor and first
settler of Hart- ford, his home lot in 1639 being next west to his
father's. (pg 7 of source) Richard Lord was one of the most energetic
and efficient men in the colony. When the first Troop of Horsemen was
organised, he was chosen commander, 11 Mar 1658, and distinguished
himself in the Indian Wars. (pg 8 of source)
! He became a very prominent citisen and in addition to being captain of
cavalry, was a ship owner in the carrying trade between New London and
the West Indies. He owned a home there (New London) and died there in
the 51st year of his life...his gravestone may still be seen there with the
following inscription:

!Epitaph: "The bright Starre of our Cavallrie lyes here;
! Unto the State, a Counselour full Deare
! And to ye truth a Friend of Sweet Content,
! To Hartford Towne a silver Ornament.
! Who can deny to Poore he was Reliefe,
! And in composing Proxysmes was Chiefe.
! To Marchantes as a Patterne he might stand,
! Adventring Dangers new by Sea and Land."

!Came to America 1632. Settled in Newtown (now Cambridge), Mass. In
1636, went with father, mother, and siblings to settle Hartford. Made
freeman, 4 March 1635. On Founders' Monument in Hartford, Conn.

!Married Sarah before 1636, about 1635.

!Savage - Dictionary of N.E. Settlers
!Goodwin - Gen. notes
!family group record by Beth Richmond
!McCormick - Hamilton - Lord - Day ancestral lines. US/CAN 929.273
M137me

!Ancestral File, 6 March 1996.
!AF gives birth as 15 Nov. 1611

Public Records of Connecticut, US/Can 974.6 N2c V.1, 1635-1665, p. 94 states:
"Richard Lord for his miscariedge in draweing his sowrd and vseing thretening speeches in contending wth Tho : Stanton about tradeing for indean corne, is fyned to pay to the Country fiue pownd." (copy in Connecticut File, document 1)