James Richards (October 29, 1723 – May 17, 1810) was a member of the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each ...

from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1779, and October 1782. He served as a captain in the Connecticut Militia during the

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

. He was the son of Samuel Richards and Elizabeth Latham. He began life as a clerk, becoming afterward a soldier and sailor. He was present, in arms, at the

Battle of Norwalk The Battle of Norwalk (also known as the Battle of West Rocks or Battle of the Rocks) was a series of skirmishes between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. The attack was one part of a series of raids on ...

, and the Invasion of Danbury. Richards' wife Ruth Hanford, was a daughter of Samuel Hanford, a granddaughter of Eleazer Hanford, and a great-granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Hanford, of Norwalk. Ruth Hanford's mother was a daughter of

Moses Comstock Moses Comstock (1714 – January 18, 1789) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in 1777. He was the son of Moses Comstock and Abigail Brinsmade. In 1777, Eli Reed, Asa Hoyt, John Gregory, Jr., Levi Taylor, Na ...

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