38 FACTS RELATING TO GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



living for a year in the house^ which Rev. Mr. Phelps had previously 

 occupied, the family moved to Greenwich, Conn. Here the father 

 bought a house and made a new home, going daily to his office in New 

 York City. But the previous warning of the doctors had been only 

 too well founded. Mr. Richards' health broke down utterly. The 

 death of his wife, on August 23, 1853, was a terrible blow to him, 

 and he followed her two years later, on June 11, 1855. The oldest 

 son, William Haughton Richards, a Yale graduate of 1850, of fine 

 mental acquirements and great charm of person, had died at Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. on May 17, 1855, when he was apparently entering on a career 

 of success as a lawyer. Thus the care of the family devolved princi- 

 pally on the second son, Wolcott Augustus Richards, and the eldest 

 daughter, Julia Augusta. A favorable offer from his uncle James 

 Haughton caused Mr. Wolcott A. Richards to move to Roxbury, 

 then a separate city, but now a part of Boston. He took his sisters 

 with him. His brothers, one by one, found their opportunities in 

 other places. Greenwich was the last place in which the family were 

 united in one home. 



The oldest son, whose talents were displayed in many directions, 

 became interested in the history of his ancestors and prepared a 

 genealogical chart, the data of which have been printed in Morse's 

 Ancient Puritans, vol. iii : pp. 93-104. I append here the record of 

 the last generation, preceded by the male line of ancestry. 



1. JoHN^ Richards, possibly of Plymouth, Mass. ; of New London, 



Conn., before 1660 ; d. 1687. Had 8 children. His oldest son 

 was : 



2. Lieut. John^ Richards, b. 1666, New London; d. Nov. 2, 



1720, New London; m. Love Manwaring dau. of Oliver 

 Manwaring of New London. Had 10 children, His 3rd child 

 was : 



3. Capt. George^ Richards, b. 1695, New London; d. 1750, 



New London ; m. Nov. 14, 1716, Esther Hough. Had 6 

 children. His 3rd child was : 



4. Capt. Guv ^ Richards, b. 1722, New London; d. 1782, New 



London; m. Jany 18, 1746, Elizabeth Harris. Had 10 

 children. His oldest child was : 



1 This house was built by Mrs. Phelps's father (Benjamin Mark Far- 

 ley) in the year 1S33, when he first came to Groton to live. It is situated 

 at the corner of Hollis and Main Streets, and looks to the southward. 

 At the present time it is owned by Mrs. Daniel Needham. 



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