Prince
Richards
Born about in Connecticut Colony
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Roxanna (Freedom) Richards
— married
4 Jan 1812 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Dwight Richards, Angeline (Richards) Franklin, Plurinda Richards, Alexander Richards, Charles Richards and Frederick Richards
Died
at about age 62
in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jan 2021
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Biography
Prince Richards is a part of US Black heritage.
Prince was born about 1767 in Connecticut according to the 1880 Census listing for his son Dwight Richard's family.[1]
He married Roxanna (Roxey) Freedom on January 4 or 9, 1812 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts.[2]
He died on December 14, 1829 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, 1 month after the birth of their last child.[3][4]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD1-TJQ), Dwight Richard, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 56, sheet 340C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,521.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-97DN), Prince Richards and Roxy Freedom, 09 Jan 1812; citing Marriage, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009227.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLS-ZM2), Prince Richards, 1829.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-9CZW), Prince Richards, ; citing Death, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009227.
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