James Richards
Date of Death : May 17, 1810
James Richards was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives 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.
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, 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.