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Waitman Richards

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Waitman Richards

Birth
Henry County, Virginia, USA
Death
1845 (aged 79–80)
Franklin County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Callaway, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Waitman was the second son and the third child born to Edward Richards and Elizabeth Stewart. He grew up on his father's plantation, located 6.4 miles south east of Rocky Mount [between Sydnorville and Sontag].

He married Sarah "Sally" Hodges, daughter of Robert Hodges; on January 11 1797 in Franklin Co. Wilson Maddox [1774], who married Waitman's sister Elizabeth [1775]; stood surety.

Their children:
1. Gabriel [1800] +Martha Dearien
2. Christopher [1802] +Nancy Moore
3. Pleasant [1804] +Ann Cooper
4. Charles [1805] +Louisa Mitchell Eddens
5. Robert [1807] +Cynthia Hodges
6. Susannah [1809] +Nelson McGhee
7. Bolling [1812] +Mary P. Delancy
8. Nancy [1815] +Banister Whitlow
9. Sarah Ann "Sally" [1815] +John Perkins
10. Rachel [1819]
11. Mary [1820]

In the 1820 Franklin County Census, Waitman was head of houshold with:
0-10 yrs. old: 3 males and 4 females
10-16 yrs. old: 2 males
16-18 yrs. old: 1 male
16-26 yrs. old: 3 males
26-45 yrs. old: 1 male and 1 female

NOTE: [Burials in the "Richards" cemetery are speculative. The cemetery stones are lost to time, and only the location is known. Please contact me if you have information that would be helpful.]

LINEAGE:
Edward Richards [1731] MD/old Lunenburg/Franklin Co VA
Benjamin Richards [1710] MD/old Lunenburg/Franklin Co VA
Edward Richards [1678] Manchester, Lancashire England/MD
Waitman was the second son and the third child born to Edward Richards and Elizabeth Stewart. He grew up on his father's plantation, located 6.4 miles south east of Rocky Mount [between Sydnorville and Sontag].

He married Sarah "Sally" Hodges, daughter of Robert Hodges; on January 11 1797 in Franklin Co. Wilson Maddox [1774], who married Waitman's sister Elizabeth [1775]; stood surety.

Their children:
1. Gabriel [1800] +Martha Dearien
2. Christopher [1802] +Nancy Moore
3. Pleasant [1804] +Ann Cooper
4. Charles [1805] +Louisa Mitchell Eddens
5. Robert [1807] +Cynthia Hodges
6. Susannah [1809] +Nelson McGhee
7. Bolling [1812] +Mary P. Delancy
8. Nancy [1815] +Banister Whitlow
9. Sarah Ann "Sally" [1815] +John Perkins
10. Rachel [1819]
11. Mary [1820]

In the 1820 Franklin County Census, Waitman was head of houshold with:
0-10 yrs. old: 3 males and 4 females
10-16 yrs. old: 2 males
16-18 yrs. old: 1 male
16-26 yrs. old: 3 males
26-45 yrs. old: 1 male and 1 female

NOTE: [Burials in the "Richards" cemetery are speculative. The cemetery stones are lost to time, and only the location is known. Please contact me if you have information that would be helpful.]

LINEAGE:
Edward Richards [1731] MD/old Lunenburg/Franklin Co VA
Benjamin Richards [1710] MD/old Lunenburg/Franklin Co VA
Edward Richards [1678] Manchester, Lancashire England/MD

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