Richards, Mary, b. 1798.

Mary Richards was born in Massachusetts on February 22, 1798. Her father was Giles Richards (1754-1829), who had substantial interests in textile manufacturing in the Boston vicinity. Mary's mother was Sarah (Adams) Richards (1769-1836).

Mary's older sister, Sarah, married Massachusetts resident Amos Lawrence (1786-1852), a prosperous textile merchant and philanthropist. Their sons included Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886), who promoted anti-slavery settlement of Territorial Kansas and became the namesake of Lawrence, Kansas and Lawrence University (later Lawrence College) at Appleton, Wisconsin. William R. Lawrence, brother of Amos Adams Lawrence, edited and published a book of their father's writings in 1855, titled Extracts from the diary and correspondence of the late Amos Lawrence.

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