Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameSamuel Richards
Birth1755
Death11 Sep 1777, Battle of Brandywine, Chadds Ford, Province of Pennsylvania
FatherDavid (I) Richards (~1720-~1774)
MotherEdus (Edith) Crane (~1729-1781)
Spouses
Birth29 Apr 1758, Bottle Hill, Morris County, Province of New Jersey
Death15 Mar 1833, Sussex County, New Jersey
FatherJoseph Genung (-<1768)
MarriageNov 1776, Bloomfield, Province of New Jersey
Notes for Samuel Richards
Notes for Samuel Richards:
May have served as sergeant in Colonel Oliver Spencer's Regiment, Continental Army and killed at Battle of Brandywine .His wife received a pension for his service.If this is true, however, than the date and place of death reported by Mary Josephine Genung is incorrect.
Also recorded as killed in the Battle of Springfield, June 23, 1780.
May have served as sergeant in Colonel Oliver Spencer's Regiment, Continental Army and killed at Battle of Brandywine .His wife received a pension for his service.If this is true, however, than the date and place of death reported by Mary Josephine Genung is incorrect.
Also recorded as killed in the Battle of Springfield, June 23, 1780.