Notes on The Early Rich Family in Warwick, MA by Irma A. Rich.
Rich Genealogy by Doris Rich Sheridan 1974.
Rich genealogy compiled by Elizabeth Mayo Rich, August 1946 traces family from Salem, Ma in 1705 to Jacob Rich who moved to Warwick in 1768 to son Charles born in Warwick 1777 and married Anna Mayo Stevens May 1807 (Charles died in 1811. Subsequently Anna married Isaac Metcalf of Warwick and they with her three children moved to Royalston.) to the descendants moving to other parts of the U.S.
Eight pages of hand written notes on births, marriages, deaths of Rich family 1768-1849.
Note by Charles Morse stating that Jacob lived on the Winchester Road about 1/2 mile south of the NH state line and that he was a prosperous resident owning a tavern, grist mill, gin mill, saw mill and possibly a tannery and that he lost heavily in the failure of the Franklin Glass Company. (One of Jacob's children, Olivia, married Dr. Ebenezer Hall, an incorporator and general Superintendent of the Franklin Glass Company.
Publication from the Rich Family Association Winter 1974.
Numerous letters to Charles Morse from Rich descendants.
Materials re Caleb Rich, brother of Jacob, who came to Warwick in 1771, where his preaching brought him before the Baptist Church for "errors in Doctrine" and he was designated an Anti-Baptist. He later became pastor of the Universalist Church. Included in material is an article from the Candid Examiner on Caleb Rich and his preaching. Of interest, Caleb was married to Electra Doolittle. Included in file was a note of a transfer of property as recorded at Franklin County Registry of Deeds, Book 18, pages 110 & 207 - parcels of property from Caleb Rich to John Gurney and from Caleb Rich to Levi Hodge 1802.
