It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 157, who is Mary RICHARDS (1733-????), one of my 5th-great-grandmothers. [Note: The 5th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] I bypassed numbers #151 (the unknown mother of #75. Hannah Smith), #153 (the unknown paternal grandmother of #38. Thomas J. Newton), and #155 (the unknown maternal grandmother of #38 Thomas J. Newton).
My ancestral line back through five generations of RICHARDS families is:
1. Randall J. Seaver
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
18. Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19. Sophia Newton (1834-1923)
38. Thomas J. Newton (ca 1795 - after 1834)
My ancestral line back through five generations of RICHARDS families is:
1. Randall J. Seaver
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
18. Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19. Sophia Newton (1834-1923)
38. Thomas J. Newton (ca 1795 - after 1834)
39. Sophia Buck (1797-1882)
78. Isaac Buck (1757-1846)
79. Martha Phillips (1757-after 1820)
156. Isaac Buck, born about 1732 in probably Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of 312. Isaac Buck and 313. Ruth Graves. He did not marry
157. Mary Richards, born 27 Sep 1733 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Child of Isaac Buck and Mary Richards is: Isaac Buck (1757-1846).
314. Joseph Richards, born about 1703 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA and died 4 June 1748 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He married 05 May 1726 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
315. Mary Bowden, born 19 Jul 1705 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of 630. Michael Bowden and 631. Sarah Davis.
Children of Joseph Richards and Mary Bowden are: William Richards (1730-1794); Joseph Richards (1731-????); Mary Richards (1733-????); Ebenezer Richards (1738-1807); Martha Richards (1740-????); John Richards (1742-1840); Hannah Richards (1744-1841); Esther Richards (1746-1847).
628. Crispus Richards, born 20 Oct 1681 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died 17 May 1763 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. He married 21 Dec 1702 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
629. Sarah Collins, born 10 Aug 1678 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died before 23 Jun 1757 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of 1258. Joseph Collins and 1259. Sarah Silsbee.
Children of Crispus Richards and Sarah Collins are: Joseph Richards (1703-1748); Esther Richards (1705-????); John Richards (1707-1758); Sarah Richards (1709-????); Hannah Richards (1711-1740); Mary Richards (1713-1758); Deborah Richards (1715-????).
1256. John Richards, born about 1644 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died before 10 Mar 1713 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of 48. Edward Richards and 49. unknown. He married 18 Nov 1674 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
1257. Mary Brewer, born 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died 1706 in Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of 2514. Crispus Brewer and 2515. Mary.
Children of John Richards and Mary Brewer are: Mary Richards (1675-????); John Richards (1677-1733); Edward Richards (1679-1748); Crispus Richards (1681-1763); Elizabeth Richards (1683-????); Joseph Richards (1683-1745); William Richards (1688-????); Abigail Richards (1690-1774).
2512. Edward Richards, born 1616 in Plymouth, Devon, England; died 26 Jan 1690 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. He married before 1643.
2513. unknown, died before 1649 in probably Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
Children of Edward Richards and unknown are: John Richards (1644-1713); Bathsheba Richards (1647-????).
I wrote about #78 Isaac Buck in Isaac Buck - Revolutionary War Soldier and about his parentage in Isaac
The published resources I've used for these Richards families include:
1) The biographies and vital records of Edward Richards and his descendants are provided by Winifred
Lovering Holman in the article "Edward Richards of Lynn", The Essex Genealogist, Volume 12 (1992),
Pages 142-156, 205-210; and Volume 13 (1993), Pages 29-39, 105-111.
2) The web page "Richards Family History Website" has a five-generation descendants report online, at
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