Compiled by Laural Bushman, 2002. A history of Thomas Richins was born 6 June 1826 at Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire, England to Richard Richins and Charlotte Priscilla Wager. And Harriett Deveraux, daughter of John Deveraux and Esther Cockshed. In 1856 Thomas and Esther traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah to join the main body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They lived in Salt Lake for four or five years before they were called south to help settle what is now Goshen, Utah County, Utah. Harriet died in 1896, age 63 years and Thomas passed away in 1896, after suffering a stroke on Christmas day. Both are buried in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery.
John Richins was born in 1697 or 1698. His wife Ann was born in 1695 or 1696. The were married at Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. After the birth of their daughter Sarah, John moved his family from Hawkesbury to Horton, where he bought a small estate, which he held under the Lord of the Manor. Ann died in October 1774. John died at Horton, Gloucestershire, England in October 1777 at the age of 80.
The life of Thomas Richins is pieced together from various church and legal records. Thomas was christened at Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, England on November 22, 1727. He married and had two sons and lived in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. His wife Sarah died in 1790 and was buried in Painswick. Thomas was buried at Painswick on May 23, 1801.
Heber Richins was born April 6, 1917 in Cosmopolis, Washington. He lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, Shasta, Nevada and Sacramento, California before joining the U.S. Navy. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Heber attended the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (CA). There he married Phylis Swinney. Later they performed missionary service in Nigeria for four years.
Phylis Swinney was born July 27, 1920 on a farm near Buffalo, Kansas. She attended the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (CA), where she met Heber Richins. They married in 1943. In 1945 Phylis and Heber moved to Nigeria for four years of missionary service.
Orson Oriel Richins grew up in Henefer, Utah. He married Rachel Hennefer in Salt Lake City on May 25, 1881. Orson moved from Henefer, Utah to Mesa, Arizona and then Colonia Diaz, Mexico. After the Mexican Revolution Orson homesteaded south of Hachita, New Mexico near the Mexican border. He passed away on December 16, 1926, and was buried at Virden, New Mexico.
Henry Richins was born in 1769 in Gloucestershire, England. Sarah Haynes was born in 1770 in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. They lived in the village of Sheepscombe near Painswick after their marriage in 1792. In 1843, Henry developed gangrene in his leg and died April 23, 1843 at the age of 74 years. Sarah died on April 1, 1849.
