When Joseph Richins was born on 2 September 1810, in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Richins Sr, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Haines or Haynes, was 41. He married Ann Davis on 8 November 1829, in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 24 August 1881, in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 70, and was buried in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Ricun, a diminutive of Rich , itself a pet form of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. It appears that a dialectally different (Norman or Picard) form of the French name, with medial /-k-/, also survived in England for a time alongside forms with original /-tʃ-/.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesWritten by: Hugh Stowell, curate with Charles Neville
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