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2nd wife Richards
Abby Merrill Richards (1912 - 1979)
Abigail Payne (c.1740 - c.1822)
Abigail Richards (1738 - 1741)
Abigail Richards (1663 - 1689)

Richards Genealogy Projects

The Groton Avery Clan
Iowa counties, cities and towns
Los Angeles County, California
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New Zealand Early Settlers 1800-1899
Patriots - Daughters of the American Revolution
Black Hawk County, Iowa
Early Families of Roxbury, Massachusetts
Unconnected Trees
Baylor University
Infant Deaths
Lyricists
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Kent - Famous People
Mormon Pioneers 1849
British Writers: Q - S
19th Century British Politicians
New Zealand Settler Ships - Blenheim 1842
California Counties, Cities and Towns
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe - Small Trees
American Revolutionary War soldiers
Millers
Cornish Miners
Great Migration: Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630
American film actors
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Texas Women's Hall of Fame
South African Settlers - British
Phillips Academy Andover
Autobiographers
Kingdom of Hawaii
Williams College
Carpenters
Cabinetmakers
Doctors - Medical Practitioners
Australian Pioneers 1788-1900
Relief Society
Utah State Legislature
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Women Behind the Salt Lake City 14th Ward Album Quilt
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Find a Grave
Notable Sportspeople Portal
South African Rugby Hall of Fame
Basket Makers
American Civil War
Union Army
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Famous First
Confederate States of America
Notable Welsh Americans
Bean & Wildman immigrant list
Wood County, West Virginia, USA
Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA
Boyd’s Inhabitants of London & Boyd’s Family Units
Daughters - Daughters of the American Revolution
Hio Ridge Cemetery, Bridgton, Maine
Potawatomi Migration from Wisconsin & Michigan to Canada
People who died from Pneumonia
Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA
Everyone Knew Her as Nancy
Models
Mormon Pioneers 1848
People associated with the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Inventors
Iowa in the US Civil War (USA) 1861-1865
Ohio in the US Civil War (USA) 1861-1865
Battle of Chickamauga
Indiana in the US Civil War (USA) 1861-1865
Andersonville: Camp Sumpter Military Prison Camp
Clergy
South Carolina in the US Civil War (CSA) 1861-1865
Army of Tennessee, (CSA)
Drapers
Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, New Hampshire
Walnut Hill Cemetery, West Newbury, Massachusetts
Dropsy or Edema
Heart Failure
Blacksmiths
American television actors
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
South African World War II PARTICIPANTS
U.S. National Women's Hall of Fame
Mormon Pioneers 1855
Prominent Scientists: (i) Exact Sciences & Natural Sciences
Mormon Pioneers 1847
Standish line - Captain Miles/Myles Standish of the Mayflower
Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail Brigham Young Pioneer Company (1847)
Convicts, Naval Personnel and Free Settlers on the Third Fleet, Australia, 1791
Mormon Pioneers 1850
New Haven County, Connecticut
Bradford Family
Quaker Women
Quakers: Religious Society of Friends
Mormon Pioneers 1852
Original Proprietors: Hartford, CT
Duncan Campbell Incorrect Merges have father and son and maybe other people in one
American Old West
World War II - North African Campaign
Titanic Passengers - Second Class
Mormon Pioneers 1851
British celebrities
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African American Families in Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia
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King Philip's War of 1675 - 1677
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Salem Witch Trials (1692)
Wyoming Governors
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Pulitzer Prizes
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University of Texas at Austin
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Alvinston Cemetery - Alvinston, Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
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Mormon Pioneers 1861
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Exeter College, Oxford University
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van Beuren family of the 20th century ~> immigrant family surnames
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Gilmer County, West Virginia, USA
Cornish settlement in Victoria
Mormon Pioneers 1856
American Teachers
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"Scarborough" 1788 (Convict Ship) First Fleet (England to NSW, Australia)
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Shondaland
Law & Order/Chicago Universe
Arrowverse
DC: Elseworlds Universe
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Mormon Pioneers 1867
Lithuanian United States Census Project
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Suffolk County, Massachusetts
People of Interest in My Family (Cheever, Duffey, Dolata, Eberling)
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"Lady Juliana" 1790 (Convict Ship) Second Fleet (England to NSW, Australia)
Essex County, New Jersey
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Jacobite Risings (1688-1746)
Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639-1651)
Nine Years' War (1688-1697)
Springsure, Queensland, Australia
The Royal Society
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Mormon Pioneers 1868
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"Alexander" 1788 (Convict Ship) First Fleet (England to NSW, Australia)
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Jasper County, Missouri
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Seminole County, Florida
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American Nurses Association Hall of Fame
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The Unbroken Chain, by Dr. Neil Rosenstein
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King County, Washington
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Walnut Grove Dam Failure
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Saturday Night Live
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Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
American Ministers (post-Colonial)
Yale University
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Great Migration: Passengers of the Hopewell, Spring 1635
Locality Taivassalo, Southwest Finland, Finland
Varsinais-Suomi ja Satakunta
Wirt County, West Virginia, USA
Stolpersteine in Germany
Hudson County, New Jersey
People who died from Whooping cough / Pertussis
University of New Hampshire
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Kingswood Oxford School
a tribute to Philip
Freemasons in America
York County, Maine
Carroll County, New Hampshire
Mendon May Day
Americans in World War I
Early Settlers of Enkeldoorn - R
Titanic Crew - Engineering Department
Warren County, New Jersey
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Kennebec County, Maine
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University of Hartford
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Belknap County, New Hampshire
Idaho's Hall of Fame
American musicians
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Mercer County, New Jersey
The Drowned
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Suffolk County, New York (Long Island)
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American Revolution: Valley Forge (1777/8)
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Two Bits, Four Bits...Cheerleaders in the Family
Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Confederate States Army
Taylor County, West Virginia, USA
World War I (1914-1918): Gallipoli Campaign
CWGC: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey
Notable New Zealanders
Descendants of William Peck(1601-1694) Elizabeth(Davis)Peck (1608-1683)
Danish Mormon Emigrants to Utah in 1857. Matthias Cowley company sailing on Westmoreland
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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.