Sarah Richards

Sarah _____ was the second wife of Joseph Richards of Weymouth. They were married by 1684.[1]

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Sarah (Unknown) Richards (1654 - abt. 1727)

Born 1654 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of Joseph Richards— married before 1684 in Massachusetts Bay

Mother of Mary (Richards) Kinne, Benjamin Richards and Mary (Richards) Whitman

Died about 12 Jun 1727 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Biography

Sarah (_____)

Sarah _____ was the second wife of Joseph Richards of Weymouth. They were married by 1684.[1]

Sarah was still living when she presented Joseph's inventory 14 May 1696.

A Sarah Richards, widow, died at Weymouth 12 Jun 1727[2]

Children:

Deborah b. 19 Oct 1684 Benjamin b. 7 Apr 1686 William b. 12 Apr 1688 Mary b. 6 Mar 1689/90 Daniel b. 28 Feb 1694. This Sarah was not the alleged Sarah Pratt allegedly wife of Joseph's brother John She (aka Sarah Mary) was not the daughter of Phineas Pratt and Marah Priest

Sources

↑ Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass, Channing Harris Cox, George Walter Chamberlain, and Weymouth (Mass.). History of Weymouth, Massachusetts: Published by the Weymouth Historical Society, Howard H. Joy, President. Under Direction of the Town. [Boston: Wright & Potter printing company], 1923. vol 4. p. 590 ↑ Vital records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850.. (Boston, Mass., Publ. by the New England historic genealogical society, 1910) p. 332

Joseph Richards, s/o William and Grace Richards, b. probably Plymouth or Scituate, 1674 proprietor of Worcester [assuming of legal age then, born bef. 1653], but settled in Weymouth, will dated 24 Feb 1695-96, inventory taken 9 Mar 1695-96, m. (1) Susan ---, m. (2) Sarah ---. .

Children of Sarah & Joseph include

1. Deborah b 1684. Married Ebenezer Whitman.
2. Benjamin b 1686. Married 1) Mehitable Alden 2) Lydia Faxon
3. William b 1688.
4. Mary b 1689/90. Married Samuel Whitman

Links

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joseph_Richards_(20)_

Sources

1. Cutter, William Richard, and William Frederick Adams. Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910), 1:112-3. Page 1559
2. New England Marriages Prior to 1700: With an Updated Introduction by Gary ... By Clarence A. Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley. Page 621