Notes

Parents:
Richard's parentage is unknown or, at any rate, unproven. There has been a suggestion that he was Richard Post, the eldest son of Arthur Post who lived in Canterbury in the early 1600s. He (Arthur) is alleged to have left a deed/will, dated 14-Jun-1644, stating that his son Richard had gone overseas:

"being of grete age," [gives to] "my cousin, Richard van Mulken, ten pounds within six months; my second son Stephen and his wife, Margaret, all my lands, tenements and hereditaments in Estling, formerly in the possession of my eldest son, Richard, being now of New England or some parts beyond the seas, Panwel [Pauwel?], my youngest son, to have all my wearing apparel."
Phillips Coll. Mss., in Mulken Gen. Mss., XXII, 4.

So this Richard was reported to be "in New England or some parts beyond the seas" and we have a Richard Post living in Southampton L.I. from about 1640. Whether these two Richards are the same person has not been proven from ship's passenger lists or any other source.

Origin:
On 17-Apr-1640, one James Farret authorised Captain Daniel How to buy a vessel to take settlers from Lynn^* to Southampton on 10-Mar-1639 and, within 12 months of that contract, some 40 people moved from Lynn to Southampton including:
Daniel How, Thomas Goldsmith, John Oldfields, Samuel Dayton, Thomas Burnet, John Howell, Thomas Sayre, Edward Howell, William Odell, Thomas Topping, John Woodruff, Allen Breed, Edmond ffarrington, Isaac Hillman, John Cooper, George Woods, Henry Pierson, Richard Post, Obediah Rogers, John Fordham, John Lum, Samuel Osman, John Rose, James Herrick, Christopher Foster, Joseph Raynor, Ellis Cook, John Jagger, Richard Smith, Thomas Hildreth, John Hampton, Joshua Barnes, Abraham Pierson, Edward Needham, Samuel James, John Gosman, John Bishop, John White, William Payne, Jogn Jessup, Josiah Howe, Henry Walton, William Harker, John Jennings, Benjamin Haynes, George Wells, Job Sayra.
From "History of Long Island" by Benjamin F. Thompson. Published by E French, 146 Nasau Street, New York, 1839

The First Book of records of the Town of Southampton with other Ancient Documents of historic value. Including all writings in the Town Clerk's office 1639-1660. Pub. John H. Hunt, Book and Job Printer, Sag-Harbor, N.Y. 1874

Sadly, the records of Lynn were burned in 1863 so nothing is known of Richard before 1640.

Family:
Richard married Dorithy Johnson. There is no proof that her surname was Johnson other than a deed, signed by Richard and Dorithy, giving some land to their children. Click here to see the deed.

Of his children, there is no record of Thomas having married or having children.
Joseph married Sarah (having no children) and lived in Talbot County, Maryland but returned to and died in Southampton, 10-Nov-1721.
Richard's daughter Martha married Benjamin Foster. They were given Richard's and Dorithy's house and land on 17-Apr-1688 in exchange for looking after them. See above.

Richard is thought to have had two other sisters: Lydia, who married Benjamin Carter or Foster, and Sarah who married John Oldfield. There is some confusion about this generation and the one immediately after it.

Richard sold two acres of land on 23-Jul-1689 but in another sale by Joseph Post, on 21-Aug-1690, Richard is referred to as 'deceased'. Thus he must have died between 23-Jul-1689 and 21-Aug-1690.

Property:
This private condominium building is on Wall Street, the first alley off the east side of Main Street, north of Meetinghouse Lane.

House originally belonging to Lt Richard Post, 1688 Since moved, altered & renovated

The photo shows the front of the building; the front used to face west, and the building was located directly to its west, on Main Street (#30 there also); it was moved sometime between 1909 and 1916.
In 1688 Lt. Richard Post lived here.

Years later, Captain Charles Howell, a descendant of Edward Howell who was also one of the original settlers of the village, purchased the house and substantially renovated it circa 1905. He married Mary Rogers (b. 1806-1867) in 1831 and their eldest son, George Rogers Howell (b. 1833), was a State Archivist for New York.

When the Methodists bought the church, previously owned by the Presbyterian church, built in 1707 and directly opposite their present edifice, Captain Howell sold them the south side of his property and they promptly moved their old church to that location. It still stands there today although no longer recognized as a church. Its steeple and gable have been removed and it is now a one-story commercial building.

Henry H. Post, a descendant of Richard Post, bought the building in 1914. The building was moved back from Main Street to its present location sometime between 1909 and 1916, so whether it was done by Capt. Howell or Henry H. Post is not known.

In the place of the original building’s location the “Arcade” building was built. The Southampton Historical Museum has an old photo of this building when it was located on Main Street.