Captain Samuel Richards served in the

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in the 1st New Hampshire regiment under Col

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. He saw action in the

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and at Ticonderoga.Griffin, Simon Goodell et al
A History of the Town of Keene from 1732
Sentinel Print Co, 1904 p 174

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Samuel People of colonial New Hampshire