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Perez Richmond (or Perry, October 13, 1728 – November 22, 1800) was a justice of the Colonial Rhode Island Supreme Court from February 1777 to May 1778.[1]
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Born in Little Compton, Rhode Island.[2]
He married, February 3, 1754, Mercy, daughter of Thomas and Edith (Woodman) Church, who was born September 18, 1734, and died October 24, 1813. He was appointed to enlist minute-men in Little Compton, June, 1775. He held various offices in town, and was a leading and influential man; was Auditor of town accounts; was Moderator of town meetings in 1784, '85, '89, '90, '93, and '94 ; also Judge of Probate Court, and President of Town Council. He was a mild old gentleman, fond of children, and popular. He lived fifty or sixty years opposite the head of Meeting-House Lane, the place now owned by Fred. R. Brownell, Esq. (1895). He was quartermaster and enlisting officer for Little Compton in 1759, and was one of a committee "who shall use diligence to procure arms and accoutrements" in 1776. He was killed by falling from his horse.[2]
Of Little Compton.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1891), p. 208-13.
- ^ a b Joshua Bailey Richmond, The Richmond family, 1594-1896, and pre-American ancestors, 1040-1594 (1897), p. 75-76.
- ^ Samuel H. Allen, "Rhode Island Judiciary", in James N. Arnold, ed., The Narragansett Historical Register (1889), Volume 7, p. 61.
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