Richard Lamb's story is short and not so sweet. He's interesting, though, because he is one of a very few Irish ancestors known to be in the Allen line.
He was born in 1696 in the Coombe, Dublin, Ireland to John Lamb and Margaret Hoult, who were both from Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland. While we don't know for sure how Richard supported himself, the Coombe area was an area set off for the cloth trade. Woolen manufacturers set up many firms here, and Richard may well have been a weaver or had some other part in the manufacturing business.
In 1713, he married Anna White, who was from Clackmannshire, Ireland. At least, that's what my source said. I am unable to locate this in Ireland, and wonder if the reference should be to Scotland, instead. Richard and Anna had eight children, but Anna had died by 1736.
In1736, Richard decided it was time to come to America. He and his eight children set sail but unfortunately, Richard became a statistic, one of those who did not live to see the shores of his new country. I have variously seen that he died of disease and that he was swept overseas in a storm, so am recording both versions here. At any rate, his children were orphans when they arrived here.
I haven't yet traced their history but it looks like at least some of them ended up in Maine, likely as indentured servants. Each would have served until the age of at least 16 for the girls and 18 or 21 for the boys. William was 24 so he at least may have had his freedom, and would have been able to watch over his siblings to some extent.
That is what I know about Richard Lamb. He did not realize his dream of starting over in America, but his children did. .I'd love to ask him a lot of questions, but I'm especially curious about his religion. Was he Catholic? There were some Protestants in the Coombe but I haven't yet learned out to research them. And what did he expect to do in America? Did he have a plan? We will likely never know the answers to these questions, but they are worth considering. I sure wish he had lived to leave some records here!
The line if descent is:
Richard Lamb-Anna White
Anna Lamb-Richard Falley
Richard Falley-Margaret Hitchcock
Samuel Falley-Ruth Root
Clarissa Falley-John Havens Starr
Harriet Starr-John Wilson Knott
Edith Knott-Edward Allen
Richard Allen-Gladys Holbrook
Their descendants
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