Richardson, Benjamin, London, joiner and u (b.1699–d.1750). Son of Samuel Richardson, joiner and cm; admitted freeman of the Joiners’ Co. by patrimony on 1 September 1724, when the witnesses included John James, joiner of Tower Hill, and John Johnson, joiner of Whitechapel. He was made a liveryman on 8 October 1734. Took apps named William Kiplin on 11 May 1725; John Gibson on 15 August 1727; Robert Dawson on 26 March 1744; and his own son, John, in 1749. Brother of William Richardson, u of St Botolph's, Aldgate.