Col. Samuel Sackett Richards

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Col. Samuel Sackett Richards

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Death: September 08, 1850 (74)
Albany, Albany County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Richards and Rachel Richards
Husband of Jane Richards
Father of Elizabeth Tower and Catherine B Wells
Brother of Capt. Daniel Richards Richards and Alpheus Richards
Half brother of John Richards

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About Col. Samuel Sackett Richards

The key to this group is the 1850 census that found Samuel Richards, born CT abt 1776 , without wife but with presumed daughters Elizabeth Tower (and her daughter) and Catherine Wells, her husband John Wells and their children.

Samuel was a cooper (maker of wooden barrels) and John Wells a wagonmaker, so both woodworkers.

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Col. Samuel Sackett Richards's Timeline

1776
August 5, 1776
Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
1804
September 9, 1804
West Charlton, Saratoga County, NY, United States
1807
April 22, 1807
New York, United States
1850
September 8, 1850
Age 74
Albany, Albany County, New York, United States