When Sarah Richards was born on 15 August 1787, in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Deacon James Richards, was 30 and her mother, Lydia Shaw, was 30. She married John Mack I on 25 September 1808, in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1860. She died on 25 January 1866, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hilltop Cemetery, Durham, Androscoggin, Maine, United States.
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The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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