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Benjamin Waitman Richards 1710–1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1710

Birth Location: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States

Death Date: 1790

Death Location: Old Lunenburg, Franklin, Virginia, United States

Father: Edward 1702

Mother: Mary Head

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Benjamin Waitman Richards was born in 1710 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States, the child of Edward Richards Emigrant To Maryland 1702 And Mary Head. Benjamin Waitman Richards passed away in 1790 in Old Lunenburg, Franklin, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Waitman Richards was born in 1710 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States, the child of Edward Richards Emigrant To Maryland 1702 And Mary Head.
  • Benjamin Waitman Richards passed away in 1790 in Old Lunenburg, Franklin, Virginia, United States.

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Benjamin Richards's Ancestors

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Benjamin Richards
1710–1790
Birth Place: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Parents
Edward Richards Emigrant to Maryland 1702
1678–1755
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Mary Head
1690–1785
Kent Island, Queen Anne's, Maryland, British America
Grandparents
Robert Richards
1648–
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Hester Morris
1662–1710
Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, England
William (B) Head
1660–1718
Calvert City, Prince George's Co., Maryland, American Colonies
Ann Bigger
1676–1724
Calvert, Maryland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Morris
1642–1714
Anne Balding
1640–1720
William lll
1626–1698
Anne Kendall
1634–1727
Colonel Bigger
1648–1713
Elizabeth Truman
1662–1702
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William II
1604–1665
Sarah Maryland
1604–1626
John III
1608–1681
Elizabeth witch)
1610–1696
John Bigger
1640–1714
Ann Stoakley
1628–1675
James Truman
1622–1699
Anne Storer
1639–1717

Benjamin Richards's Timeline

2 Records

1710
1710
Birth of Benjamin Waitman Richards in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
1790
1790
Age 80
Death of Benjamin Waitman Richards in Old Lunenburg, Franklin, Virginia, United States
Old Lunenburg, Franklin, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1710
    Event Place: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1790
    Event Place: Old Lunenburg, Franklin, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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