The history of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, By a committee of the Dorchester antiquarian and historical society ...

80 HISTORY OF DORCHESTER.
Susanna Chapin; his children were-John, Ruth,
Mary, Samuel, Joseph and Sarah. He had land
granted him near what is now Savin Hill, June 27,
1636. By this it appears that he did not go to
Windsor with the first Company.
Richard Rocket removed to Braintree, and had a
son John born in 1641. His wife Agnes died in
1643. There was a John, also, among the early settlers of Dorchester.
Thomas Richards was in Dorchester early, removed to Weymouth, and died there in 1650. His wife
was named Welthean, and died at Boston in 1679.
He is not probably the person of that name who
joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, in
1648, and called Thomas Richards, Esq., of Boston.
The following order was passed in Dorchester, February 1, 1634. " It is also ordered that there be a
sufficient cartway betwixt the rock and Mr. Richards's house, or else go through his lot, according
to a former order." In his will, dated 17th December, 1650, proved 28th Jan., 1650-'51, he names
sons-John, James, Samuel, Joseph and Benjamin;
and daughters-Mary, Ann, Alice and Hannah. Of
his sons, James only had male issue-viz., Thomas,
who married Joanna, and died Dec. 5, 1714, leaving
two daughters, Joanna and Mary. This Thomas,
therefore, grandson of the American ancestor, was
the last of the family, so far as the name is concerned.
Thomas Sanford (called Goodman) was in Dorchester in 1634; was admitted freeman 1637. He
kept the cows of the plantation in 1635-37. Very
possibly it was his widow who married Mr. William