Person talk:Mary Richards (47)

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Mary is placed in a family where the wife d. 1680 and her birth is given as 1684. Obviously this is a problem. There is no birth recorded in either Weymouth or Salem for Mary in 1684. There is a daughter named Mary born to the second wife of Joseph, Sarah, in 1689, but if this is the person intended, the information presented here is wrong in two facts: name of mother and year of birth. Also, her death record in Middleton, says she was "upwards of 80" when she d. 1766, suggesting she was born 1686 or before, making the daughter of Joseph Richards b. 1689 not a particularly good match. Source:Robertson, Florance Alice Loveless Keeney. Genealogy of Henry and Ann Kinne : Pioneers of Salem, Massachusetts, p. 138, calls her "Mary Richards of Amherst", but indicates her parentage is unknown, though possibly a daughter of one of the sons of Richard Richards of Salem. --Jrich 19:34, 30 November 2010 (EST)

Given the evidence, or lack thereof, I'm going to remove Joseph and Susan as parents.--JimV 16:00, 1 December 2010 (EST)