When Andrew Richards was born on 30 December 1782, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Captain Edmond Richards, was 27 and his mother, Ruth Waring, was 25. He married Abigail Wheeler about 1806, in East Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States for about 15 years and New York, United States in 1870. He died on 5 October 1876, in East Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Ionia, West Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States.
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Post office est. July 5, 1784
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
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