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Richard Saltonstall (Massachusetts judge)

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Richard Saltonstall
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
In office
1736–1956
Personal details
Born(1703-06-21)June 21, 1703
Haverhill, Massachusetts
DiedOctober 20, 1756(1756-10-20) (aged 53)
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard College (BA)
Occupationjurist

Richard Saltonstall (June 21, 1703 – October 20, 1756) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1736 until his death in 1756. He was appointed by Governor Jonathan Belcher.

Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Richard and Mehitable (Wainwright) Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall, graduated from Harvard College in 1722. He was a member of the Council from 1743 to 1745, and was appointed Associate Justice in 1736. [1]

On January 6, 1726, Saltonstall married Abigail Waldron, who died in 1736. On He February 9, 1738, he married Mary Jekyll, who died in 1742. On July 3, 1744, he married Mary Cooke, with whom he had one son, Nathaniel Saltonstall. Mary Cooke died in 1804, at the age of 81.

References

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  1. ^ William Thomas Davis, History of the Judiciary of Massachusetts (1900), p. 96.


Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1736–1756
Succeeded by