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James Richards 1631 – 1680 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 SEP 1631

Birth Location: Pitminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 29 JUN 1680

Death Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Father: Thomas Richards

Mother: Welthian loring

Spouse(s): Sarah Gibbons

Children(s):

According to available records, James Richards was born in 1631 in Pitminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Richards and Welthian loring. Following those early years, James Richards married Sarah Gibbons. In the later years of life, James Richards died in 1680 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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Parents

Thomas Richards
1595 – 1650
Birth Location: Pitminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
TR
Welthian loring
1599 – 1679
Birth Location: Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Gibbons
1645 – 1714
Birth Location: Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
SG

Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 13 SEP 1631
    Event Place: Pitminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: 13 SEP 1632
    Event Place: Pitminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 29 JUN 1680
    Event Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: JUN 1680
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