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2nd wife Richards
Abby Merrill Richards (1912 - 1979)
Abigail Richards (1697 - 1736)
Abigail Payne (c.1740 - c.1822)
Abigail Richards (1663 - 1689)

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New Zealand Settler Ships - Blenheim 1842
New Zealand Early Settlers 1799-1899
The Groton Avery Clan
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Black Hawk County, Iowa
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Baylor University
Phillips Academy Andover
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Kingdom of Hawaii
Williams College
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Los Angeles County, California
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Army of Tennessee, (CSA)
Confederate States of America
Notable Welsh Americans
Bean & Wildman immigrant list
Wood County, West Virginia, USA
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Boyd’s Inhabitants of London & Boyd’s Family Units
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Everyone Knew Her as Nancy
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Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA
Potawatomi Migration from Wisconsin & Michigan to Canada
Dropsy or Edema
Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA
Heart Failure
American television actors
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
People associated with the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
U.S. National Women's Hall of Fame
Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail Brigham Young Pioneer Company (1847)
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Hio Ridge Cemetery, Bridgton, Maine
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New Haven County, Connecticut
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Toko School and District 1893
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Fairfield County, Connecticut
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York County, Maine
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Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Descendants of William Peck(1601-1694) Elizabeth(Davis)Peck (1608-1683)
Confederate States Army
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Suicide
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Taylor County, West Virginia, USA
Danish Mormon Emigrants to Utah in 1857. Matthias Cowley company sailing on Westmoreland
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University of Cincinnati
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Brown University
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About the Richards surname

origins

English and German: patronymic from the personal name Richard.

notes

Richards is a frequent name in Wales.

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