When Dorothy Richardson was born on 27 November 1743, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Josiah Richardson, was 37 and her mother, Dorothy Wilder, was 30. She married Gardner Wilder on 18 February 1765, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 14 February 1789, in her hometown, at the age of 45.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Richard + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Ritson .
Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Richardsson or Rikardsson: patronymic from the personal name Richard , Rikard.
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Richardsen or Norwegian Rikardsen, cognates of 2 above.
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