Ulrich Richards (abt. 1736 - abt. 1783)

Born about 1736 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Colony of Virginia

Husband of Catherine (Harman) Richards — married about 1760 in Rowan County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1783 at about age 47 in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Shayne Davidson [send private message], Jim Peterson [send private message], and Gabrielle Wills [send private message]

Biography

Name

Name: Ulrich /Richards/^[1]

Ulrich Richards. ^[2][3][4][5] Richart.

Woolrich Richart. Found multiple versions of name. Using Ulrich Richards.

Note: #NI2203.

Birth

Date: 1730

Place: Rowan, North Carolina

Date: 1736

Place: Strasburg, Shenandoah, Virginia

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1730

Marriage

Husband: Ulrich Richards

Wife: Catherine Harman

Place: Rowan County, North Carolina^[6]

Marriage Husband Ulrich Richards. Wife Catherine Harman. Child: Nancy (Anna) Richards. Marriage ABT 1760. Rowan County, NC. Note: #NF080.

Notes

Note NI2203 Ulrich Richart received a Land Warrant in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 100 acres, 31 Aug 1750. (#03216).

North Carolina Higher Court Minutes of the Colonial Records, Rowan Co: 1759 Tax List - Woolrick Richard. (#03105).

Abstracts of Court Minutes, Rowan Co., NC, 1768, Item 3:26, Wolreck Richards, overseer of the road from Orange Line to the Moravian Line.

(#03106).

Abstracts of Court Minutes, Rowan Co., NC, 1769, Item 3:80, Woolrich Richards, overseer on new road to ? Creek. (# 03106).

Records of Moravians in North Carolina: (#03100) VOL. 1: 1752-1771, pg. 250 - 3 Oct 1762: "Henry Hermann and his brother-in-law, Ulrich.

Richards, brought children for baptism, and we could not refuse their request.".

VOL. 2: pg. 680 - 17 Apr 1772: Br. Soelle held service in Friedland, then visited Ulrich Richards on his way to Hugh Warren where he preached in English and in German. pg. 704 - 27 Sep 1772: Salem, which has 66 Taxables, including those to the south, takes the road from there to Peter Frey - 7-12 mi., Herman's road -5-1/2 mi., Ulrich Richards' or Spurgeon's road from Herman's road - 2-12 mi.

1778 Rowan Co., NC, Tax List, p. 127, Capt. Davis District: Woolrick Richards, 300; Felix Motzinger, 1000; Henry Harmon, 1282; Samuel Spurgin. (#03101).

In 1993 Joseph Noell submitted a Request for Veterans Records to the National Archives, just in case, Ulrich may have served in the Revolutionary War. No record was found.

RECORDS OF THE MORAVIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Volume I: 1752-1771. Published 1922.

1762. October 3. Our neighbor, Henry Hermann, and his brother-in-law, Ulrich Richards, brought their children to us for baptism, and we could not refuse their request, so at noon Brother Ettwein baptised little Daniel Hermann, and Brother Groff baptised little Anna Richards.

Research Notes

March 22, 2017, by Kee-227

Based upon records provided by cousin J. Mashburn and validated by LDS records, established John Jacob Richards, aka., Jacob Rickard as Father to Leonard Richards Sr., aka., Leonard Rickard.

The name/line Richards is also written as Richard, Rickards, Rickard, Record and several other variants in LDS indexes. The below index shows Leonard Rickard, born 1753, to be the son of one Jacob Rickard, born 1730. In turn, John Jacob Richards was born in Rowan Co., NC, in 1730, as reflected at wikitree site Richards-3943. Additionally, Surry County, was founded as part of the division of Rowan, Co.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S433
2. ↑ Source: #S03056
3. ↑ Source: #S03161
4. ↑ Source: #S03164
5. ↑ Source: #S03171
6. ↑ Source: #S433

• Source: S433 Type: Book Author: John Newton Harmon, Sr. Periodical: Harmon Genealogy (Southern Branch), 1700-1924 Publication: W. C. Hill printing company (Richmond, Va) Object: Format: jpg File: ~/Desktop/My Family/sources/adam.harman.bible.jpg Title: adam.harman.bible Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N
• Source: S03056 Joseph L. Noell Genealogical Records Repository: Call Number: Media: Other
• Source: S03161 "Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers - An Unpublished Manuscript" Henry Harman's Fight With The Indians By Emory L. Hamilton Repository: Call Number: Media: Book
• Source: S03164 Laura's Genealogy Repository: Note: #NS31643 Call Number: Media: Electronic

No NOTE record found with id NS31643.

• Source: S03171 @@RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Genealogy of BURKDOLL-DOERR-HONEYMAN-NICOLAY-NOELL-PIERCE-RICHARDS-THORNTON and Allied Families Joseph L. Noell: jlnoell99-rootsweb@@yahoo.com Publication: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=jlnoell Repository: Note: #NS31713 Call Number: Media: Electronic

No NOTE record found with id NS31713. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M26B-RKJ : accessed 2017-03-22), entry for Leonard Rickard.

• Source: S-2129589051 Repository: #R-2146517896 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7146268&pid=1217
• Repository: R-2146517896 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

Acknowledgements

The profile Richards-1375 was created through the import of Davidson_Fink.ged on September 26, 2011 by Shayne Davidson.

The profile Richards-3943 was created by Gabrielle Bagdis through the import of Wills_Bagdis_Calderaro Family .ged on February 11, 2014.