Richard Pell was probably born in England around 1725-26. As the tale is told by his grandson (David Anderson), Richard got into trouble when he was about nine years old. He and friends were playing ball and their ball rolled into the sty of an old sow who had piglets. She was known to be vicious, so Richard took a rock with him when he went to retrieve the ball. The sow charged, Richard threw the rock, missed her but killed one of the piglets. For this, he was transported on the Forward Galley in 1737. The ship landed in Maryland and in Virginia. The family is aware that Richard's first son, William, was born in Kent Co. MD in 1760, so we suspect that he was bound over as an indenture to a blacksmith in Kent County, MD. Anyone who has information on Richard the pig killer, would be treasured and appreciated very much by me and several other researchers seeking record of our gggg-grandfather.