4124–4125. Richard Lord was born in England about 1555, and died in Towchester, Northamptonshire, England, in October, 1610. Joane _____ of Towchester, Northamptonshire, England was born in 1559, and died in Towchester in September, 1610. They were married in England about 1582. She took the name Joane Lord. They had four children:
| i. | Elizabeth Lord was born in Towchester about 1583. | |
| ii. | Thomas Lord [#2062]: He was born in Towcester, Northampton, England, about 1585, and died in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 17, 1678. | |
| iii. | Ellen Lord was born in Towchester about 1587. Perhaps she married Robert Marriot. | |
| iv. | Alice Lord was born in Towchester about 1590. She married Richard Morris at Towchester on May 20, 1611. |
From Notes on the Founding of New England, English Antecedents, page 330:
Will of Richard Lorde of Towchester, co. Northampton, husbandman; dated 30 May 1610. To be buried in the churchyard there. To daughter Elizabeth, £30-0-0. To daughter Ellen, £30 and £10 more if she marry Robert Marriot of Calcot. To daughter Alice, £30 at marriage. To wife Joane, half of all my goods and the use of the chamber over the kitchen, and an annuity of £5 our of my lands in Towchester. To my son Thomas, all my lands in Towchester and the rest of my goods, he to pay my debts and legacies and the annuity to my wife, and he to be executor. My friends, Henry Peddler and Thomas Peddler of East Purye and Paul Boughton of same, clerk to be overseers. Witness: Thomas Peddler, Paul Boughton, Richard Abbott.
Proved 7 Feb. 1610/11.
— (Arch. of Northampton, ser. II, vol. 5, p. 38.)
Richard Lord is possibly descended from the Lord family of Yelvertoft,
county Northampton. The church registers in Towchester began in 1561 and the
earliest Lord item in them is the burial of Joane, the wife of Richard Lord
on September 22, 1610. His will is dated May 30, 1610; he was buried at
Towchester on October 16, 1610.