Thomas Rich or LARICH

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#5. MARY, 2,  PETTY, (John, 1), daughter of John, 1,  Petty & Ann
(Canning) Petty was born at Springfield, Mass. on 27 March,16 70; she died
probably between 1716 and 1731; married (1) 29 Dec. 1687, Thomas Taylor,
son of Jonathan & Mary (    ) Taylor. He was born 9 August 1660 and died
at Springfield, Mass. in April 1691; married (2) 6 April,1697 at
Sprin gfield, Mass, Thomas Rich, alias La Rich.( He was probably a second
generatio n from some Rich who came in the Winthrop Fleet - Ref: "New
Eng.Hist.& Gen. S oc." Vol.19, page 62.) They went to Brookfield, Mass.,
where Thomas Rich died in 1702;  married (3) in 1703, Joseph Jennings.
THOMAS RICH: (From "History o f North   Brookfield, Mass," by J. H.
Temple, 1887 - page 156.):  "Thomas Ric h, who had a grant of the home-lot
"at the east end of the Old Plantation," d ied 1702; his widow, Mary,
married Joseph Jennings; the children wrote the na me LaRich. ((This
notation under the heading "The new comers this year were . ..
Nov.23,1698.))
JOSEPH JENNINGS: ("From History of North Brookfield, Mass. " by J. H.
Temple, 1887 - page 650.)  "Joseph, son of Stephen and Hannah (Dic kinson)
Gillett Jennings, deacon, esquire, held his father's homestead; he wa s
born 23 August 1682, and died after 1751; he bought the Coy, Parsons,
War ner, Kent, and Younglove homelots on Foster's Hill; received grants of
971 ac res, his real estate in all amounting to 1350 acres. He married (1)
Mary Rich , widow of Thomas;     married (2) Sarah (maiden name unknown).
Children: see list below.
From page # 649 -  same source: "Re: Stephen, 1, Jennings (father of
Joseph Jennings, husband  of Mary (Petty) Taylor, Rich, Jennings) was of
Hatfield 1677; freeman 1690; bought 15 April 1693 of Hezekiah Dickinson,
th e William Pritchard home lot and rights in Brookfield 104 acres, but
did not come to reside until 1695 or 1696; sold this place 25 March 1707
to his sons Stephen and Joseph, and lived near Woolcott's; had grant
of land 60 acres ; date of death unknown, but before 1720. He married 15
May,1677, Hannah (Dic kinson) Gillett,  daughter of John Dickinson (died
1676 - son of Nathaniel Di ckinson) and Frances (Foote) Dickinson - she
was widow of Samuel Gillett ((ac cording to "Jennings Family in America"
by W. H.     Jennings, 1899 - Vol. 2, Part 2.)) This family was from
Hadley. Hannah (Dickinson) Gillett Jennings w ith two of her Gillett
children was taken captive by the Indians 19 Sept.same year, and carried
to Canada. 24 October, her husband and Benjamin Wait (whos e wife and 3
children were captives) started for Canada on the attempt to red eem their
families and friends. After a perilous journey via Albany, they rea ched
Sorrell in January. Negotiations lingered; and they left Sorrell not til l
2 May, having redeemed all the captives. The party returned to Albany 22
May; reached Kinderhook 27 May where "they found men and horses sent from
Hat field; rode through the woods to Westfield, and all arrived safely at
Hatfiel d, after an absense of eight months." The cost of redemption was
over two hun dred pounds, which was collected by contribution in the
towns. The date of he r death is unknown."
CHILDREN OF: MARY (PETTY) TAYLOR & THOMAS TAYLOR:
a. Han nah Taylor, born 18 August,1690 at Springfield, Mass.
b. Thomas Rich, born 17 Nov.1697 at Brookfield, Mass,  married (1) Ruth
Nichols; married (2) at Mendo n, Mass. on 18 Aug. 1742, Hulda Wheelock,
widow of John Sanford. (( Will prov ed 5 Dec. 1781.))
** c. John Rich, born 31 May,1699; married 18 March,1724, Sa rah Walker
d. Ebenezer Rich, born 12 Dec. 1700
e. Experience Rich, born 23 Oc t. 1702; married 27 May 1723, Hannah Godd
CHILDREN OF: MARY (PETTY) TAYLOR RIC H JENNINGS & JOSEPH JENNINGS
f. Joseph Jennings, born 27 April 1704
g. Mary J ennings, born 4 May 1707
h. Hannah Jennings,  born 14 April 1709; died 16 Marc h, 1716
i.  Anna Jennings, born 22 Sept. 1711