Richard Saltonstall
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For his uncle, the Lord Mayor of London, see Richard Saltonstall (mayor). For the judge, see Richard Saltonstall (Massachusetts judge).
Sir Richard Saltonstall (baptised, 4 April 1586 – October 1661)[1] led a group of English settlers up the Charles River to settle in what is now Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630.
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Born | (1586-04-04)4 April 1586 |
Died | October 1661(1661-10-00) (aged 75) England |
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He was a nephew of the Lord Mayor of London Richard Saltonstall (1517–1600), and was admitted pensioner at Clare College, Cambridge, in 1603.[2] Before leaving England for North America, he served as a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire and was Lord of the Manor of Ledsham,[3] which he got from the Harebreds and later sold to the Earl of Strafford.[4]