Second child. Emigrated to America with his siblings Ophelia, Harriet and Louisa Matilda, and their respective families. Richard is recorded as being in New York in 1849 and married Emma Pellington there in February 1851. This fits pretty well with family tradition which says he died in America in 1852 married but childless. A sworn affidavit from Harriet Francis Pursey dated 29 August 1849 states that her son Richard Fraunceis Pursey was the only surviving male heir of her deceased husband Richard Pursey.