Richards, William[1]
1730 - 1794 (64 years)-
Name Richards, William Born 25 Feb 1729/1730 Lynn, Essex, Mass. 
Gender Male Died 6 May 1793/1794 Framingham, Middlesex, Mass. Person ID I1240 Stevenson | Richards Ancestors Last Modified 1 Dec 2012
Father Richards, Joseph, b. 1703, Lynn, Essex, Mass. , d. 4 Jun 1748, Southboro, Worcester, Mass. (Age 45 years) Mother Bowden, Mary, b. 19 Jul 1705, Lynn, Essex, Mass. , d. Aft 1 May 1755 (Age > 50 years) Married 5 May 1726 Lynn, Essex, Mass. Family ID F839 Group Sheet
Family 1 Bixby, Sarah, b. 28 Jun 1728, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Mass. , d. 1803, Framingham, Middlesex, Mass. (Age 74 years) Married 16 Feb 1757 Southboro, Worcester, Mass. Children 1. Richards, Sarah, b. 12 Aug 1757, Southboro, Worcester, Mass. 2. Richards, Elizabeth, b. 4 Feb 1760, Southboro, Worcester, Mass. , d. 30 May 1846, Framingham, Middlesex, Mass. (Age 86 years)3. Richards, Joseph, b. 16 Mar 1762, Southboro, Worcester, Mass. , d. 29 Mar 1840, Richmond, Berkshire, Mass. (Age 78 years)4. Richards, Thomas, b. 16 Apr 1764, Southboro, Worcester, Mass. , d. 8 Dec 1844, Brookfield, Worcester, Mass. (Age 80 years)5. Richards, Hepsibah, b. 9 Jul 1766, Southboro, Worcester, Mass. , d. 19 Apr 1856 (Age 89 years)6. Richards, Alice, b. Abt 1768, Framingham, Middlesex, Mass. Family ID F634 Group Sheet
Family 2 Knapp, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1733 Married 21 Nov 1753 Family ID F840 Group Sheet
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Sources - [S3] Typed sources.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
1. Temple Index Bureau cards (TIB)
2. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
3. Southboro vital records, p 70, 71, 138 (GS861127) 2A:90 (Doc)
4. Richmond vital records, p 106 (GS250323) 2A:94 (Doc)
5. Hopkinton vital records, p 32, 352 (GS547197) 2A:92 (Doc)
6. Framingham vital records, p 365 (GS873783) 2A:96 (Doc)
7. 1790 Census of Framingham, p 142 (GS974.4X2) R237
8. History of Framingham, p 382 (GS1036330; 974.44F1H2b) Doc
9. Brookfield, Worcester vital records, p 397, 527 (GS547195) 32:96
10. Richards Lineage by Winifred Lovering Holman (138 pages)
11. Bixby Genealogy by Willard G. Bixby, p 92 (GS858787; 929.273B55b)
12. Genealogical Register of Several Puritans by Abner Morse, 3:165,166 (GS1036360; 973.D2mo)
13. Middlesex County Deeds, 114:281,282; 116:117, 6 May 1793; 16 May 1794 (GS554067) R69,238
The father, William was actually
born at Lynn, but the record of birth
is in the Southboro records. His
family moved to Southboro after April
1733 and to Framingham in 1768.
#5 Hepzibah Richards was endowed
in the Logan Temple as Hepzibah
Leadbetter.
#6 Alice, no record of her birth
found; she died young but no age or
date is known.
Bixby is listed in some records as
"Byxbe" or "Bigsbee."
Birth; IGI; TIB; Southboro birth records, p 71 (GS861127) 2A:90
Marriage; IGI; TIB; Southboro marriage records, p 138 (GS861127) 2A:90
Death; no probate found (R 234); Middlesex Co. Deeds, 116:117 (GS554067) R238
Burial; Framingham Cemetery records, p (GS nil
- [S3] Typed sources.