Thomas Richards (1596-1650)/List of Notable Descendants

Notable Descendants of early colonial New England immigrant Thomas Richards (1596-1650) and his wife Welthian Loring (1600-1679). They came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 on the Hopewell.

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Bradford, Jerusha (1770-1833) - ( GBradford5, GBradford4, SBradford3, ARichards, TRichards1) - married master shipbuilder tycoon, Ezra Weston (1772-1842), AKA: King Caesar of Duxbury.

Bush, George H.W. - (Son of Sheldon) - 41st Presidents of the U.S. - Vice President, Representative, U.N. Ambassador, C.I.A. Director, and oil company executive, married Barbara PIERCE (b. 1925), 38th First Lady.
Bush, George W. (1946) - (Grandson of Preston) - 43rd U.S. President and Governor of Texas.
Bush, Prescott, Sen. (1895-1972) = ( DWWalker, GHWalker, MABeaky, MABangs, EKBangs, LBangs, JBangs, MHinckley, SHinckley, MRichards, TRichards1) - American banker and politician. He was a Wall Street executive banker and a United States Senator, representing Connecticut from 1952 until January 1963.

Hinckley, May Green (1881-1943) - 3rd General Primary President of the LDS Church (1940-1943).
Hinckley, Alonzo A (1870-1936) - LDS Church apostle, 1st president of the newly formed Deseret Stake in 1912 covering the western half of Mallard County.
Hinckley, Bryant S (1867-1961) - Held several significant leadership positions in the LDS Church and played a key role in 1913 for the LDS Church to adopt the Scouting program as its official young men activity program.
Hinckley, Gordon B (1910-2008) - ( BSHinckley, INHinckley, ENHinckley, NHinckley5, NHinckley4, THinkley3, THinckley2, SHinckley, MRichards, TRichards1) )- an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of the LDS Church. Considered a prophet, seer, and revelator by church members, Hinckley was the oldest person to preside over the church in its history.
Hinckley, Ira (1828-1904) - Early Utah Mormon pioneer that supervised the construction and maintenance of Cove Fort.
Hinckley, Richard G (1941) - (Son of Gordon B.) General Authority Seventy in the LDS Church.
Hinckley, Virginia (1945) (daughter of Gordon B.) Author/co-author of many books, served in the General Young Womens Presidency of the LDS Church from 1992-1997.

Bradford, Gamaliel, Col (1731-1807) - ( GBradford1, SBradford1, ARichards, TRichards1) - Officer in the Revolutionar War Army, commander of the 14th Massachusetts Regt.

Bradford, Gamaliel, Cptn (1763-1824) - ( GBradford2, GBradford1, SBradford1, ARichards, TRichards1) - Privateersman in Revolutionary War and French Quasi-War of 1800. In command of Industry, he routed four French privateers at Gibraltar, though he sustained an injury that would cost him his leg.

Weston, Alden B (1844-1919) - ( GBWeston, JBradford, GBradford5, GBradford4, SBradford3, ARichards, TRichards1) - Veteran of US Civil War, 2nd N.H. Inf.