Richard's wife, Katherine Marbury Scott, was a daughter of the Reverend Francis Marbury of London, and a much younger sister of the famed Antinomian heretic Anne Hutchinson, who had been banished from the Massachusetts colony for her religious opinions. Katherine was described as a "grave, sober, ancient woman, of blameless conversation and of good education and circumstances."
Richard's wife, Katherine Marbury Scott, came from a respectable background in London, being the daughter of Reverend Francis Marbury and the younger sister of Anne Hutchinson, a prominent figure who was forced to leave Massachusetts due to her radical religious beliefs. Katherine was described as a "mature, dignified woman with impeccable character and excellent education."