William Richards

- Bef 1682

• Name	William Richards  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 25 Jul 1682	Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I6984	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Grace Shaw
  Children	+ 1. John Richards,   b. 1649, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 23 Dec 1695, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age < 46 years) + 2. Joseph Richards,   b. Abt 1653, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 24 Feb 1696, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Last Modified	6 May 2016
  Family ID	F4084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Anderson's Great Migration Directory (citation details below) gives his origins as "unknown" and, contrary to earlier claims that he was at Plymouth and then Scituate in the 1630s, says his first appearance in the record is at Weymouth in 1640.

  
  

• Sources

  [S586] The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England 1620-1640 by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 2015. [S584] History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, volumes 3 and 4, by George Walter Chamberlain. Weymouth, Massachusetts: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923.