Waitman
Franklin
Richards
Born in Henry, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Shadrack Richards, Charity Richards, Nancy (Richards) Harger, Susannah (Richards) Jones, Rhoda (Richards) Warren, Elizabeth (Richards) Maddox and Edmund Hendley Richards Sr.
Husband of
Sarah (Hodges) Richards
— married
11 Jan 1797 in Franklin, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Gabriel Richards, Christopher C. Richards Sr., Pleasant Richards, Charles Edward Richards, Robert Richards, Susannah Harriet (Richards) McGhee, Sarah Ann (Richards) Shorter, Bolling Richards, Nancy (Richards) Whitlow, Rachel Richards and Mary Richards
Died
at about age 80
in Franklin, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Dec 2013
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Biography
Waitman was the second son and the third child born to Edward Richards and Elizabeth Stewart. He grew up on his father's plantation, located 6.4 miles south east of Rocky Mount [between Sydnorville and Sontag].
He married Sarah "Sally" Hodges, daughter of Robert Hodges; on January 11 1797 in Franklin Co. Wilson Maddox [1774], who married Waitman's sister Elizabeth [1775]; stood surety.
Their children: 1. Gabriel [1800] +Martha Dearien 2. Christopher [1802] +Nancy Moore 3. Pleasant [1804] +Ann Cooper 4. Charles [1805] +Louisa Mitchell Eddens 5. Robert [1807] +Cynthia Hodges 6. Susannah [1809] +Nelson McGhee 7. Bolling [1812] +Mary P. Delancy 8. Nancy [1815] +Banister Whitlow 9. Sarah Ann "Sally" [1815] +John Perkins 10. Rachel [1819] 11. Mary [1820]
In the 1820 Franklin County Census, Waitman was head of houshold with: 0-10 yrs. old: 3 males and 4 females 10-16 yrs. old: 2 males 16-18 yrs. old: 1 male 16-26 yrs. old: 3 males 26-45 yrs. old: 1 male and 1 female & Enslaved 2 persons with 1 free.
LINEAGE:
Edward Richards [1731] MD/old Lunenburg/Franklin Co VA
Benjamin Richards [1710] MD/old Lunenburg/Franklin Co VA
Edward Richards [1678] Manchester, Lancashire England/MD
AS TOLD BY HAROLD G. RICHARDS
- 6 Apr 1812 "Bequeathed from father, one negro man named Julius, also one negro woman named Sole and her child named Barbary.."
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Raymond Nichols.
- Historical Southern Families. Volume XVIII [database on-line] page 210.
- 1820 United States Federal Census Place: Franklin, Virginia; Page: 162; NARA Roll: M33_136; Image: 180
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35008039
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35008039/waitman-richards
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 March 2021), memorial page for Waitman Richards (1765–1845), Find a Grave Memorial no. 35008039, citing Richards Cemetery, Callaway, Franklin County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Harold G. Richards (contributor 47091261) .
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Raymond Nichols for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Raymond and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Waitman by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Waitman:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Waitman by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Waitman:
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~1.56%
Heidi Van den Heurk
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Who_1_am
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~1.56%
Sue Warren :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NE6209482 [compare], Ancestry member sgarley44
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~0.78%
Raymond Nichols :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A393554 [compare], Ancestry member grandsonofsam
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Cary Richards :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Richards_Cary
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