Stephen Rider

M, b. circa 1718, d. 18 January 1766
     Stephen was born circa 1718 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Rider and Mehitable Crowell. Mercy married Stephen Rider circa 1739. Stephen departed this life on Saturday, 18 January 1766 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. In a smallpox epidenic. Along with him, nine of his ten children & his wife also died.1

Citations

  1. [S1825] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Records in the oldest Burying Ground in Chatham - page 3 -
    - Stephen Rider, died of smallpox - transcribed by New England Historic Genealogical Society 2001-2016.