Thomas Rich

  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: From Family Search org, 8 Mar 1744, Middletown, Connecticut. Name: Thomas Rich
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 08 Mar 1744
Birthplace: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
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Father's Name: Thos. Rich
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Mother's Name: Thankful
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01413-0
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
Source Film Number: 1513707
Reference Number: it 1 p 121
Collection: Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906

Barbour Connecticut Records: Thomas Rich, son of Thomas & Thankful, b. 8 Mar 1744 - Middletown VR

• Family History: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51, Page 227/8. Thomas Rich, b. at Chatham ,March 8, 1774 ; m . at Middletown, May 29, 1766, Ruth Prior (Bailey ,Vol . 6 , p . 95 , Md. Record,Vol . 2 , p . 229) . The following children were re corded to them at Middletown.

Children of Thomas and Ruth (Prior ) Rich :

Peter, b. March 10, 1769; who was perhaps the Peter Rich, of Hartford, given in U.S. Census 1790 , Connecticut, p. 37, credited with 1 male over and 1 under
16 years and 2 females.

Elizabeth,? b. Nov. 10, 1770 .

Ruth,? b. March 13, 1772 . Ruth Rich and Daniel Cotton were m. at Wethersfield , Dec . 9, 1790, which may refer to her.

• Death: From The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles Of Connecticut And his Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 1, Third Edition, Page 506, Abt 1778, Middletown, Connecticut. His wife, Ruth Rich Pryor married Josiah Wells 13 April 1780. His son Thomas was born about 1774.

Thomas married Ruth Pryor, daughter of Daniel Pryor Jr and Sarah Gilbert, on 29 May 1766 in Middletown, Connecticut. (Ruth Pryor was born on 20 Aug 1743 in Middletown, Connecticut.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Banns: From internet listing based on the referenced book, 29 May 1766, Middletown, Connecticut. Marriages - 1st Church, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT
Early Connecticut Marriages
as found on Ancient CHURCH Records PRIOR to 1800
By Frederick W. BAILEY, New Haven, [in seven volumes, 1896-1906]
Vol 6, p 92

Thom. Rich & Ruth PRIOR, May 29, 1766

Middletown was incorporated September, 1651 and named in 1653.
The First Church in Middletown was organized November, 4, 1668.
[Transcription courtesy of David Hoffman]

http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/middletown_1church_marr.htm

Middletown, Connecticut is 15 miles South of Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Also from Barbour Connecticut Records: Thomas Rich, mar Ruth Pryor, 29 May 1766 - Middletown VR