This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QBC.2ACI/588.656.662.665.667.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello! I don't know if there is much that I can do to help you, but I will do my best. My interest in William Richards is strictly as he relates to John and Thomas Strode. I have abstracted the Culpeper and Fauquier County deeds that involve the Strodes, some of which also include William Richards. To complicate matters, there were two William Richards living in the area simultaneously. Both were doing business in the Stafford/Fredericksburg area and, in the Stafford records, were designated as "William Richards of Culpeper" and "William Richards." The latter William lived on the hill above the town of Falmouth in Stafford. From the deeds I've read, I believe that William of Culpeper lived in the fork of the Rappahannock River. A copy of his will is on file in Fredericksburg. I do not know if or how the two Williams were related. William of Culpeper was born in 1755 and died in 1817. William of Falmouth was born in 1765 and died after 1803. Is any of this of use to you? Sincerely, Jerrilynn Eby