Edward Richards (1615-1689) immigrated from England to Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. Joseph Richards (1762-1840), direct descen- dant in the seventh generation, was born in Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts and served in the Revolutionary War. In 1781 he married Rhode Howe, and moved to settle in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. All but two of their surviving children became Mormon converts, and eventually moved to Utah and elsewhere. Ancestors lived in New England and in England.

Recollections by Ann Gorsuch of the [Jonathan and Hanna Baldwin] Richards family. Hannah J. Biddlecombe compiled the history and included newspaper obituaries and family tree diagrams for the Baldwin, Barnard, Biddlecombe, Darlington, and Edmundson families. Detailed clippings about artist Edward Edmundson, 1830-1884, and historian Edward Henry Knight.