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John Richards

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pitminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Death: April 02, 1694
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Richards, II and Welthian Richards
Husband of Elizabeth Richards and Anne (Winthrop) Richards
Father of Annie Richards
Brother of Mary Hinkley; Ann Hunt; Alice Bradford; Hannah Richards; Lt. James Richards and 3 others

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About John Richards

Children of Thomas Richards and Welthian (Loring) Richards include:

2. John, bp. Pitminister 13 Feb 1624/5.; his mother considered matching him with Mr. William Tyng's eldest daughter [9] ; m. (1) Boston, 3 May 1654 Elizabeth (Hawkins) (Long) Winthrop [10] m. (2) Boston 1 Sept 1692 Ann Winthrop. [11] d. April 2, 1694.


Because John Richards was wealthy, and had no children, his will identifies many of his nieces and nephews, and is extremely useful genealogically.


References

  1. http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Richards_%2811%29
  2. Wilcox, Wayne H. M. "Captain Thomas Hawkins, Shipwright, of London and Dorchester, Mass", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 151:202 https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-...
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John Richards's Timeline

1625
February 12, 1625
Pitminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
February 13, 1625
Pitminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1630
1630
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
1694
April 2, 1694
Age 69
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1694
Age 68