Elizabeth Richards

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Richards was born on 9 December 1764, in Radnor Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Samuel Richards II, was 27 and her mother, Beaulah Walker, was 30.

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Samuel Richards II
1737–1782
Beaulah Walker
1734–1804
Elizabeth Richards
1764–
Catherine Richards
1770–
Elizabeth Richards
1766–
Lydia Richards
1767–
Daniel Richards
1769–1844
Samuel Richards Jr
1778–1851

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    World Events (3)

    1776

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776

    The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    Name Meaning

    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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