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An American Family History

John Richards

Settlers from Salem purchased land in an area known as Saugus from the Indians. This land originally included the towns of Swampscott, Nahant, Saugus and Lynnfield. In 1630 the land was incorporated as the Town of Saugus. The settlers changed the name to Lynn in 1637 in honor of their first official minister, Samuel Whiting, from King’s Lynn, England.

John Richards was born in 1707 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Crispus Richards and Sarah Collins.

A Genealogical Register says that John died prior to June 3, 1754. According to the Vital records of Lynn, he died on September 19, 1768 and is buried in Lynn Cemetery.
Children Sarah Collins
and Joseph Eliot
  • Mercy Eliot Alton
    • of Crispus Richards
    and Sarah Collins
  • Joseph Richards
  • Esther Richards Estey
  • John Richards
  • Mary Richards
  • Crispus Richards
  • Sarah Richards Ingalls
  • Hannah Richards Stocker
  • Richard Richards
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