Matthias Richards and Maria Salome Muhlenberg

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Husband Matthias Richards ¹

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Wife Maria Salome Muhlenberg ¹

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           Born: 1766 1
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         Father: Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787) 2 3 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Anna Maria Weiser (1727-1802) 2 8

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Children

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1 M Henry Muhlenberg Richards ¹

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Otto (      -      ) 1

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2 F Mary Catharine Richards ¹

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         Spouse: Isaac Myers (      -      ) 1

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3 M Matthias Swaine Richards ¹

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         Spouse: Margaret Myers (      -      ) 1

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4 F Margaretta Henrietta Richards ¹

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5 M Charles Richards ¹

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6 F Eliza Salome Richards ¹

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         Spouse: James F. McElroy (      -      ) 1

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7 F Charlotte Francisca Richards ¹

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         Spouse: George W. Oakley (      -      ) 1

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8 M John William Richards, D.D. ¹

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         Spouse: Andova Garber (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Matthias Richards

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He was a volunteer at the Battle of Brandywine, Revolutionary War; later a major in Fourth Battalion, Philadelphia Company Militia, 1780; judge of Berks county Courts, 1791-97; inspector of customs, 1801-02; member of Congress, 1807-11; collector of revenues, 1812.

1 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 136.

2 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 403.

3 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 366.

4 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1884), Pg 1063.

5 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 358, 514.

6 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 569.

7 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 132.

8 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 122.