Ancestry of
Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

James Richards

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Angela Y. Davis — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1262 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Richards 
  • Mother:
  • Welthian -----   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 13 Sep 1632 
  • Christening Location:
  • Pitminster, Somersetshire, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 29 Jun 1680 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Gibbons
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1655 
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  • Child:

  Jerusha Richards (Ahnentafel No:631 )

• Sources for James Richards

  • ¹ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1577.
  • ² Connecticut State Library, "Gurdon Saltonstall: Governor of the Colony of Connecticut 1708-1724", (accessed 06/11/2015).
  • ³ Stoddard, Mrs. Frances M., Genealogical History of the Allen Family and of Some of Their Connections, Boston: Privately printed (1891), 30.

Angela Y. Davis photo by Bernard Gotfryd