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Welthian Richards

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Welthian Richards

Birth
Dorchester, West Dorset District, Dorset, England
Death
3 Jul 1679 (aged 78–79)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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Thomas Richards married, by 1620, Welthian _____. Perhaps she was sister to Thomas Loring, whom Thomas called "brother" in his will. Came from Pitminster, Somersetshire to Massachusetts Bay with family in 1633. First settled in Dorchester; moved to Weymouth in 1639. She died between 3 July 1679 (date of will) and 4 November 1679 (probate of will).
They had nine children (i-vi baptized Pitminster, Somersetshire): Mary Hinckley, John, Ann Hunt, Alice Bradford, Hannah, James, Samuel, Joseph, & Benjamin.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins

According to Find A Grave contributor Anne1950, Welthean (Welthian) Loring is listed as Thomas Richards' wife in
"History of Weymouth, Mass., 14:589; and Geneal. Data of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Co. of Mass., 1638-1774, p. 40.
Thomas Richards is mentioned as an ancestor in "Katie's Kin, Recollections & Research", copyright Oct. 2020 and privately published by Kathleen Mary Thomas.
Find A Grave contributor Charlie Morgan adds:
I have her birth in 1600, Dorchester, Dorset, England.
I have her death on July 3, 1679 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
'
Thomas Richards married, by 1620, Welthian _____. Perhaps she was sister to Thomas Loring, whom Thomas called "brother" in his will. Came from Pitminster, Somersetshire to Massachusetts Bay with family in 1633. First settled in Dorchester; moved to Weymouth in 1639. She died between 3 July 1679 (date of will) and 4 November 1679 (probate of will).
They had nine children (i-vi baptized Pitminster, Somersetshire): Mary Hinckley, John, Ann Hunt, Alice Bradford, Hannah, James, Samuel, Joseph, & Benjamin.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins

According to Find A Grave contributor Anne1950, Welthean (Welthian) Loring is listed as Thomas Richards' wife in
"History of Weymouth, Mass., 14:589; and Geneal. Data of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Co. of Mass., 1638-1774, p. 40.
Thomas Richards is mentioned as an ancestor in "Katie's Kin, Recollections & Research", copyright Oct. 2020 and privately published by Kathleen Mary Thomas.
Find A Grave contributor Charlie Morgan adds:
I have her birth in 1600, Dorchester, Dorset, England.
I have her death on July 3, 1679 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
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