Richard Waldron (colonel)

Richard Waldron (1650 – 3 November 1730) was a military officer, politician, and business figure of the Province of New Hampshire.

He was a justice of the Court of Common Pleas from 1702 until 1706; judge of Probate from 1708 to 1730, and held the commission of Colonel in the Provincial Militia.

Richard Waldron Jr., for example, purchased several offices which left him with formal authority in Dover almost as great as that previously exercised by his aging father.

[5] Waldron re-married at Portsmouth on 6 February 1692/3 to Eleanor (or Ellenor), daughter of Major William Vaughan, grand niece of John Cutt, and a cousin (once removed) of Hannah.

[10] He retained his place as judge of common pleas, Secretary of the Province of New Hampshire, and clerk of the Council, however, finding means to shift the duties and salary of the last to [his son] Richard, until on 11 January 1716/17, he had him officially sworn into that office.