Third great grandchild of Rev. Thomas Hooker, founder of Hartford, Connecticut and daughter of Lieut. James Cowles and Abigail Hooker, she married Rev. James Richards, son of Capt. James Richards and Ruth Hanford, on May 9, 1794. Between them they had seven children;
Anna Smith Richards 1796–1842
Harriet Caroline Richards 1799–
James Henry Richards 1801–
Henry Smith Richards 1802–1846
James Cowles Richards 1805–
Edward Cowles Richards Esq. 1806–
James Richards II 1815–
Her mother would die 11 months after her birth. Her father would follow 17 years later, upon which she would be adopted, without legal form, by her uncle and aunt, Thomas and Anna (Hooker) Smith, who were without issue. She has been described as "delicate in appearance, pleasing in manner, intelligent, pious, sympathetic and devoted..."
Source: Genealogy Of The Cowles Families In America. Page 131 and 132.
The Genealogy Of The Cowles Families In America text notes her death as that of April 12, 1847, while New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, October 1801-1890 (New York Evening Post, 1847) and the genealogy text, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908, notes it as that of October 8, 1847.
Anna Smith Richards 1796–1842
Harriet Caroline Richards 1799–
James Henry Richards 1801–
Henry Smith Richards 1802–1846
James Cowles Richards 1805–
Edward Cowles Richards Esq. 1806–
James Richards II 1815–
Her mother would die 11 months after her birth. Her father would follow 17 years later, upon which she would be adopted, without legal form, by her uncle and aunt, Thomas and Anna (Hooker) Smith, who were without issue. She has been described as "delicate in appearance, pleasing in manner, intelligent, pious, sympathetic and devoted..."
Source: Genealogy Of The Cowles Families In America. Page 131 and 132.
The Genealogy Of The Cowles Families In America text notes her death as that of April 12, 1847, while New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, October 1801-1890 (New York Evening Post, 1847) and the genealogy text, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908, notes it as that of October 8, 1847.
Third great grandchild of Rev. Thomas Hooker, founder of Hartford, Connecticut and daughter of Lieut. James Cowles and Abigail Hooker, she married Rev. James Richards, son of Capt. James Richards and Ruth Hanford, on May 9, 1794. Between them they had seven children;
Anna Smith Richards 1796–1842
Harriet Caroline Richards 1799–
James Henry Richards 1801–
Henry Smith Richards 1802–1846
James Cowles Richards 1805–
Edward Cowles Richards Esq. 1806–
James Richards II 1815–
Her mother would die 11 months after her birth. Her father would follow 17 years later, upon which she would be adopted, without legal form, by her uncle and aunt, Thomas and Anna (Hooker) Smith, who were without issue. She has been described as "delicate in appearance, pleasing in manner, intelligent, pious, sympathetic and devoted..."
Source: Genealogy Of The Cowles Families In America. Page 131 and 132.
The Genealogy Of The Cowles Families In America text notes her death as that of April 12, 1847, while New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, October 1801-1890 (New York Evening Post, 1847) and the genealogy text, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908, notes it as that of October 8, 1847.
Anna Smith Richards 1796–1842
Harriet Caroline Richards 1799–
James Henry Richards 1801–
Henry Smith Richards 1802–1846
James Cowles Richards 1805–
Edward Cowles Richards Esq. 1806–
James Richards II 1815–
Her mother would die 11 months after her birth. Her father would follow 17 years later, upon which she would be adopted, without legal form, by her uncle and aunt, Thomas and Anna (Hooker) Smith, who were without issue. She has been described as "delicate in appearance, pleasing in manner, intelligent, pious, sympathetic and devoted..."
Source: Genealogy Of The Cowles Families In America. Page 131 and 132.
The Genealogy Of The Cowles Families In America text notes her death as that of April 12, 1847, while New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, October 1801-1890 (New York Evening Post, 1847) and the genealogy text, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908, notes it as that of October 8, 1847.
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This monument
is erected
in ___ love and gratitude
to
Caroline Cowles
Wife of
Rev. James Richards D.D.
Born at Farmington, CT.
April 11th, 1771
Died at Auburn, NY.
Oct 8th 1847
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