Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Richardson, Joshua
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Middletown Township


   JOSHUA RICHARDSON deceased, was born in Attleboro, now 
Langhorne, in the house where his son and daughter now 
reside.  A stone in the gable end of the house bears the 
date 1788, but it was two years in course of erection.  It 
is a stone structure, and was occupied by soldiers while the 
revolutionary war was in progress.  The present occupants 
are of the fifth generation who have lived in it since its 
original construction.  The pioneer of the Richardson family 
was Joseph Richardson, who came from England in 1724, and 
settled at the place called Four-Lanes End, now Langhorne, 
in 1732.  In that year he married Mary, daughter of William 
and Mary Paxson, with whom he had lived since his arrival in 
this country.  He was a poor man, but at the time of his 
death, which occurred April 15, 1772, he owned 1028 acres of 
land.  He was a merchant in later life, the first in the 
village, and the only one between Bristol and Durham.  On 
his death his son Joshua took charge of the homestead, and 
the land belonging to it, and he in turn left it to his son 
Joseph. Joshua Richardson, son of Joseph, was born here 
March 6, 1803.  He attended the Friends' school, and chose 
farming for his business, which has generally been the 
occupation of the male members of the family.  He had three 
children:  Joseph, who is married and engaged in farming 
near Newtown; Edward and Mary.  Edward was born in 
Langhorne, where he attended school.  He also attended the 
High school and Friends' school, and has made farming his 
business.  Edward owns the old homestead, which is still a 
substantial structure, the wood work being as heavy and 
strong as is that in the barn.  Among its furniture is the 
old clock which has been in possession of the family since 
1761.