Brief Life History of Peter B.
When Peter B. Richmond was born on 24 February 1778, his father, Josiah Richmond, was 27 and his mother, Lydia Babbitt, was 25. He married Polly Babbit on 1 November 1801, in Berkeley, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died on 17 December 1836, in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Unitarian Church Cemetery, Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Peter B Richmond, "United States Census, 1810"
- Peter Richmond, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Peter B Richmond, "Find A Grave Index"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
habitational name from Richmond (North Yorkshire). The placename was probably transferred after the Norman Conquest from any of numerous places in France named with Old French riche ‘mighty, strong’ + munt, mont ‘mountain, hill’. Richmond in southwest London received this name only in the reign of Henry VII, in honor of the king, who had been Earl of Richmond until he came to the throne, and is unlikely to be the source of this surname.
occasionally a variant of Richman , with excrescent -d. The two names were probably often confused.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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