Bert Rich
Sex: M
AKA: Wilbert Matthew Rich
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Dec 1865 - Boston, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 6 Nov 1941 - East Providence, Rhode Island 2
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Lombard Rich (1830-1871) 3
Mother: Clara Rebecca Mayo (1839-1870)
Notes
General:
1900 of Providence, visited brother Albion in Eastham
Bert C Rich
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Mar 1893 - East Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard Laha Rich (1857-1913)
Mother: Nelly Elmer Laha (1861-1903) 4
Bertha F Rich
Sex: F
AKA: Bertha L Rich 6
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jul 1857 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 6
Baptism:
Death: 14 Jan 1860 - (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Rich (1817-1899) 7
Mother: Bethiah Young Hawes (1824-1909) 8
Bertha Linwood Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 25 May 1881 - Boston, Massachusetts 9
Baptism:
Death: 1938
Burial: in Snow cemetery, Truro 10
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Blanchard Rich (1854-1928)
Mother: Tamsin Collins Freeman (1858-1949)
Spouses and Children
1. *Earle Hastings Beatty (1876 - 1934)
Marriage: 16 Jun 1906 - Boston, Massachusetts 9
Status:
Bethia Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Dec 1735 - Truro, Massachusetts 12
Baptism: Jan 1736 - Truro, Massachusetts 13
Death: 1800 - Bowdoinham, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Rich (1685-1752) 14
Mother: Bethiah Arey (1708-1782) 15
Spouses and Children
1. *Nicholas Sparks (16 May 1731 - 1800)
Marriage: 3 Aug 1756 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
Status:
Children:
1. Nicholas Sparks (1757- ) 17
2. James Sparks (1760-1761) 18
3. Captain James Sparks (1763-1840)
4. Bethia Sparks (1764-1834) 17
5. Samuel Sparks (1767-Bef 1775) 17
6. Elizabeth Sparks (1769-1857) 17
7. Ruhama Sparks (1771- ) 17
8. Samuel Sparks (1775- ) 17
9. Priscilla Sparks (1777- ) 17
Bethia Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Jan 1765 - Truro, Massachusetts 19
Baptism: 17 Feb 1765 - Truro, Massachusetts 20
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Aquilla Rich (1738-1767) 17
Mother: Ruth Avery (1745-1816)
Bethia Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Jul 1733 - Eastham, Massachusetts 22
Baptism:
Death: in (Connecticut) 21
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Rich (1702-1750) 23
Mother: Thankful Mayo (1704-After 1752) 21
Notes
General:
Bethia married Reuben Cook, of East Hampton, Conn., on 14 Apr. 1757. 21
Bethia Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1756
Baptism: 1756 - Truro, Massachusetts
Death: 23 Mar 1779 - Truro, Massachusetts
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 25
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Obadiah Rich (1730-1760) 26
Mother: Priscilla Rich (1734-1807) 17
Spouses and Children
1. *Richard Collins Harding (6 Jul 1752 - ) 24
Marriage: Est 1774
Status:
Children:
1. Minah Harding (1775-1778)
2. Harding (1779-1779) 25
Bethiah Cole Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Jan 1838 - Truro, Massachusetts 27
Baptism:
Death: 3 Apr 1907 - Providence, Rhode Island 2
Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro 28
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Dyer Rich (1809-1845)
Mother: Mary C Bicknell (1814-1892)
Spouses and Children
1. *Napthali Dyer Cobb (8 Sep 1834 - 19 Oct 1892) 29
Marriage: 13 Dec 1857 - Roxbury, Massachusetts 30
Status:
Children:
1. Abbott Leslie Cobb (1864-1943)
2. Napthali Dyer Cobb (1879-1900)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Napthali Dyer Cobb)
1870 US census, Truro
1880 US census, Providence
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Nov 1812 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1 Mar 1881 - Weymouth, Massachusetts 31
Burial:
Cause of Death: hemiplegia
Parents
Father: Mulford Treat Rich (1773-1837) 32
Mother: Jerusha Dyer (1781-1860)
Spouses and Children
1. *Benjamin Palmer Bouldry (1810 - Between 1860 and 1870)
Marriage: 13 May 1832 - Truro, Massachusetts 33
Status:
Children:
1. Abbie Lombard Bouldry (1833-1911)
2. Betsey Ella Bouldry (1838-1908)
3. William W Bouldry (1841-After 1910)
4. John Rich Bouldry (1843-After 1910)
5. Maria R Bouldry (1845-1863)
Notes
Medical:
age 68-3-21Marriage Notes (Benjamin Palmer Bouldry)
Betsey (Rich) Bouldry
b Truro, res Weymouth
d/o Mulford Rich & Jerusha Dyer, both b Truro 31
1860 US census, Abington
Truro records have Palmer as surname instead of Bouldry
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jul 1790 - Gorham, Maine 34
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Amos Rich (1759-1847)
Mother: Eunice Woodman (1763- )
Notes
General:
m Samuel Cushman
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1791 - (Maine)
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Barzillai Rich (1762- )
Mother: Mary Hopkins (1763- )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 David Leighton
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Apr 1808 - (Truro, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: 28 Apr 1871
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Theophilus Newcomb (5 May 1801 - 22 Jun 1864)
Marriage: 2 Dec 1825 - Truro, Massachusetts 35
Status:
Children:
1. Theophilus James Newcomb (1827-1896)
2. Betsey Ann Rich Newcomb (1832-1915)
3. Charles Wesley Newcomb (1834-1835)
4. Abigail Rich Newcomb (1836-1904)
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 May 1812 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 36
Baptism:
Death: 9 Aug 1868
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Henry Rich (1779-1866) 37
Mother: Chloe Smith (1779-1848) 38
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Elisha Holden b: 1808
Married: 1 DEC 1831
NEHGR 84:41
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
AKA: Elizabeth Rich
Individual Information
Birth: 1790 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 10 Oct 1849 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Solomon Bangs (12 Jun 1791 - 4 Jul 1874) 39
Marriage: 18 Feb 1813 - Truro, Massachusetts 40
Status:
Children:
1. Solomon Bangs (1821-1905) 41
2. Perez Bangs (1825-1848)
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Jun 1826 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Rich (1785-1851) 32
Mother: Thankful Bangs (1793-1880)
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1813 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 22 Jan 1894 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Rich (1768-1819) 42
Mother: Abigail Smith (1770-1855) 42
Spouses and Children
1. *Isaiah Gill Ward (4 Dec 1811 - 12 Jun 1880) 43
Marriage: 2 May 1850 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Isaiah H Ward (1852-1859)
2. Henry F Ward (1841-1859) 42
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Aug 1801 - Truro, Massachusetts 44
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Rich (1770-1835)
Mother: Sarah Paine (1772-1816) 45
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Jun 1811 - Truro, Massachusetts 47
Baptism:
Death: 4 Aug 1841 - Truro, Massachusetts 48
Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Doane Rich (1779-1859)
Mother: Sarah Paine (1783-1859)
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Shubael Atkins Thomas (8 Aug 1803 - 1839)
Marriage: 20 Jan 1831 - Truro, Massachusetts 49
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 30
widow
Betsey Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 20 Jul 1777 - Athol, Massachusetts 50
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Zaccheus Rich (1731-1812) 26
Mother: Jemima Higgins (1738-1817)
Spouses and Children
1. *Simon Goddard Jr (Jul 1777 - 19 May 1806)
Marriage: 25 Nov 1802 - Gerry, Massachusetts 51
Status:
Children:
1. Polly Elizabeth Goddard (1805- )
2. Asa Goddard (1803-1804) 52
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2. Rhode Island archives (via FamilySearch).
3. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:135. The Children of Daniel L. and Mehetable Rich.
4. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 4.
5. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 172. Benjamin & Sarah Rich family.
6. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 48.
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Numerous small mistakes.
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13. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 47. has transcription errors
14. Richard Thomas Holway, Holway-Rich Heritage. A history and genealogy of two Cape Cod families (1988. Baltimore MD: Gateway Press), 65.
15. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:265.
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17. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:267.
18. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 12. .... Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:267.
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20. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 51.
21. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:273.
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1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.
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24. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:395.
25. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #438.
26. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:268.
27. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 302.
28. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 98.
29. Victor Grant Hillard, "Descendants of William Hillard of the Plymouth Colony" (2003. Rootsweb file: 000001_vic
2007. Rootsweb file: hillard_family).
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32. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
33. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 268.
34. FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org [asserted, usually unreferenced, often wrong]).
35. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 247.( Rev. Orien Roberts).
36. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:95. Henry & Chloe Rich family.
37. R Bradley Potts, "The Atwood Families of New England ..." (Rootsweb file atwood).
38. R Bradley Potts, "The Atwood Families of New England ..." (Rootsweb file atwood). .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:9. Joseph & Chloe Smith family.
39. Rosemary West, "R.K. West's Master List" (Sept 2003. Rootsweb).
40. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 206 (Rev Jude Damon).
41. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized
42. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).
43. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:93 George and Tabitha Ward family.
44. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 187.
45. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:270.
46. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 60.
47. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 208.
48. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 288.
49. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 264 (Rev Stephen Bayley).
50. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:397.
51. Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 83. "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
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