Caleb Richardson, son of the first Edward Richardson was one of the Narraganset grantees in 1735. Caleb Richardson, son of Joseph Richardson, had nothing to do with these grants. The origin of these grants went back to King Philip's War, when the colonial forces were preparing a surprise attack on the fortified camp of the Narraganset Indians. On December 10, 1675, in order to reinforce the courage of the participants, a proclamation was read, promising each of them a grant of land if they won the day and drove the Indians out of Narraganset. Caleb Richardson participated in the subsequent victory and was thus entitled to a land grant. Unfortunately, the colonial government was slow in fulfilling this promise, and many of the participants, including Caleb Richardson, had died by that time. In such cases, the oldest male heir of the grantee, or, if there were none, his oldest female heir, was entitled to the grant.

The grant of Narraganset Township No. 1, now the town of Buxton, Maine, was finally approved on April 26, 1733.

Caleb's daughter, Ruth Emery, sold her rights to Thomas Jillings of Newbury according to a deed recorded September 29, 1737 (Essex deeds v73,p261). The buyer seems to be the same Thomas Gellins who claimed the grant which was due to Caleb's heir, according to George Madison Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, Boston, 1906, p406 ff.