When David Richardson was born on 12 October 1708, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Richardson Jr, was 36 and his mother, Mary Blodgett, was 35. He died on 12 October 1708, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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