Background
Richmond, the son of Mayflower descendant Seth Richmond, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts.
Richmond, the son of Mayflower descendant Seth Richmond, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts.
From May 1, 1775, to October 1775, Richmond was a Lieutenant in Captain John Field"s Company, Colonel Daniel Hitchcock"s Regiment. By December 1776, Richmond was a First Lieutenant in Captain Timothy Vilmarth"s Company, Colonel Chad Brown"s Regiment. He was appointed Captain on September 30, 1778.
In the summer of 1780, Richmond served one month as a Major.
Major Richmond moved from Rhode Island and settled at Latham"s Corners, Chenango County, New New York