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2nd wife Richards
Abby Merrill Richards (1912 - 1979)
Abigail Richards (1697 - 1736)
Abigail Richards (1663 - 1689)
Abigail Richards (1738 - 1741)

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New Zealand Settler Ships - Blenheim 1842
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The Groton Avery Clan
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Los Angeles County, California
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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Early Families of Roxbury, Massachusetts
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Texas Women's Hall of Fame
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Bean & Wildman immigrant list
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Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA
Drapers
Wood County, West Virginia, USA
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Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, New Hampshire
Everyone Knew Her as Nancy
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Walnut Hill Cemetery, West Newbury, Massachusetts
Hio Ridge Cemetery, Bridgton, Maine
Potawatomi Migration from Wisconsin & Michigan to Canada
People who died from Pneumonia
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Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA
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Blacksmiths
American television actors
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Mormon Pioneers 1848
People associated with the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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U.S. National Women's Hall of Fame
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Convicts, Naval Personnel and Free Settlers on the Third Fleet, Australia, 1791
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New Haven County, Connecticut
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Fairfield County, Connecticut
Great Migration: Passengers of the Hopewell, Spring 1635
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Wirt County, West Virginia, USA
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Hudson County, New Jersey
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Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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Descendants of William Peck(1601-1694) Elizabeth(Davis)Peck (1608-1683)
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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.