Richard Defty ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Coal Miner. ^{1 2}

Richard married Mary Ann (Fairbairn) (Wilson) Rochester, daughter of Robert Rochester and Mary Ann Fairbairn, on 22 Apr 1878 in Easington Registry Office.¹ (Mary Ann (Fairbairn) (Wilson) Rochester was born in 1858 in Seaham, Durham ^{1 2}.)