Obadiah Richards^[1]

1646 - 1702  (56 years)

• Name	Obadiah Richards  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1646	Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Nov 1702	Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut   [2, 4, 5, 7]
  Burial	Non cemetery burial per FaG.
  Person ID	I232252692228	Markham-and-Marcum
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Richards,   b. Abt. 1602, England d. 1640, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Priscilla Wakeman,   b. Abt. 1610, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England d. Aft. 12 Jun 1671, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1630	CT   [8]
  Family ID	F382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Andrews,   b. 26 Feb 1647, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 01 Apr 1725, Burial unknown per fag (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1666	CT   [6, 7]
  Children	1. John Richards,   b. 1667   d. 1735 (Age 68 years)   2. Mary Richards,   b. 1669   d. 1754 (Age 85 years)   3. Hannah Richards,   b. 1671   d. 1720 (Age 49 years)   4. Esther Richards,   b. 16 Jun 1673, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut d. 16 Aug 1762, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 89 years)   5. Rachael Richards   6. Sarah Richards   7. Elizabeth Richards   8. Mary Richards   9. Benjamin Richards   10. Thomas Richards   11. Obadiah Richards
  Family ID	F578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2023

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Listed as first known settler of Watertown in a play put on in 1930 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		First inhabitant
  		John Marsh of Hartford and Hadley
  		Sourced info
  		He & John Richards 1st settlers in Watertown in 1701
  		Original Land Grant in Farmington incl other names in our tree

  
  

• Sources

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