Thomas Richins[1]
1826 - 1896 (70 years)-
Name Thomas Richins Birth 6 Jun 1826 Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom 
Christening 26 Nov 1826 Shepscombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Gender Male Title of Nobility Twin Residence 1841 Painswick, Gloucestershire, England Residence 1851 Painswick, Gloucestershire, England Residence 1860 6th Ward of Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States WAC 8 Aug 1860 EHOUS Residence 1870 Henefer, Summit, Utah Territory, United States Residence 1880 Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States _FSFTID KWJW-W37 _UID 9F3A987F14F66D47B43F9F5155793526BA53 Death 28 Dec 1896 Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States Burial 30 Dec 1896 Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States Person ID I327 Ken Tree Last Modified 9 Aug 2022
Father Richard Richins, b. 6 Mar 1800, Painswick, Gloucestershire, England d. 14 Dec 1848, Sheepscombe, Painswick, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 48 years) Mother Charlotte Priscilla Wager, b. 27 Jan 1799, Painswick, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 21 Sep 1842, Sheepscombe, Painswick, Glouchestershire, England (Age 43 years) Marriage 28 Oct 1817 Painswick, Gloucestershire, England _UID 7A0E8AAAF9B15547B8A2CA04DA695DECB6FF Family ID F187 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Harriet Deveraux, b. 29 Dec 1833, Eastnor, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 14 May 1896, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 62 years) Marriage 15 Dec 1853 St. Michael, Gloucestershire, England _UID A74274AF6F5B4940AC1A9B5EDDA2E639BCAD Children 1. Albert Franklin Richins, b. 30 Jan 1855, Herefordshire, England d. 16 Dec 1940, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States (Age 85 years)2. Alice Marinda Richins, b. 22 Jan 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 3 Feb 1926, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 68 years)3. Esther Ann Richins, b. 6 Apr 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 6 Jun 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 0 years)4. Abner Evanglic Richins, b. 31 Aug 1861, Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States d. 3 Dec 1947, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States (Age 86 years)5. Arthur Edward Richins, b. 5 Oct 1863, Goshen, Utah, Utah Territory d. 5 Sep 1916, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States (Age 52 years)6. Thomas Alexander Richins, b. 15 May 1866, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States d. 9 Aug 1928, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 62 years)7. Harriet Percilla Richins, b. 22 Dec 1868, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States d. 25 Dec 1927, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States (Age 59 years)8. Martha J Richens, b. Abt 1868, Utah, United States d. DECEASED9. Oscar John Deveraux Richins, b. 9 Nov 1870, Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States d. 16 Oct 1942, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 71 years)10. Marcus Emanuel Richins, b. 1 Jan 1873, Pleasant Grove, Utah, UT d. 8 Oct 1893 (Age 20 years)11. Nettie Emmalou Richins, b. 7 Feb 1875, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Territory, United States d. 6 May 1905, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 30 years)Family ID F186 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Apr 2026
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Notes - In the 1841 census, Thomas was listed as 15 years old and living at home. He was still living at Sheepscombe when he was taught the gospel by Mormon Elders and was baptized at age 24. He was baptized January 1, 1850 by Elder William Davis. In the 1851 census Thomas was listed as unmarried, age 24, an agricultural laborer, and visiting at his Uncle William’s home. Three years later, he was in the city of Gloucester awaiting the reading of the banns so he could marry Harriet Deveraux, a daughter of John Deveraux and Esther Cockshed. They were married at the Saint James Church by the Reverand James Hollins December 15, 1853. Jeremiah Wager and Harriet’s mother, Esther Deveraux, were witnesses of the marriage.
Harriet’s parents belonged to the United Brethren congregation in Hereford. They became dissatisfied with the teachings of the Weslyan Methodist Church and, with some six hundred others, organized the United Brethren Church so they could teach and live the gospel as the Savior had taught it. They prayed for guidance from the Lord as to how they should proceed.
Wilford Woodruff was teaching the gospel in Staffordshire and was successful in baptizing many people. The coming was full of appointments for baptism, but when he arose to speak at the city hall, the Spirit directed him to go south. He bid farewell to his astonished audience, left their baptizing in the hands of his fellow missionaries and traveled south to Hereford. There he found the United Brethren congregation and baptized all but one member. Harriet’s parents were baptized July 30, 1846 by William Webb and confirmed the same day by Elder Thomas Price.
When Thomas was married he was listed as a waterman, which referred to one who traveled the waterways on a barge. When they returned to Harriet’s hometown of Eastnor in Herefordshire, he was an agricultural laborer again. Their first child was born there in 1855. In 1856 they joined the Deveraux family and a group of saints traveling to Utah in the United States. They stayed in Salt Lake City until 1861, when they were sent to Goshen, Utah to settle.[1]
[1] See "Life Story of Thomas Richins and Harriet Deveraux", published by the Richins Surname Association.
- In the 1841 census, Thomas was listed as 15 years old and living at home. He was still living at Sheepscombe when he was taught the gospel by Mormon Elders and was baptized at age 24. He was baptized January 1, 1850 by Elder William Davis. In the 1851 census Thomas was listed as unmarried, age 24, an agricultural laborer, and visiting at his Uncle William’s home. Three years later, he was in the city of Gloucester awaiting the reading of the banns so he could marry Harriet Deveraux, a daughter of John Deveraux and Esther Cockshed. They were married at the Saint James Church by the Reverand James Hollins December 15, 1853. Jeremiah Wager and Harriet’s mother, Esther Deveraux, were witnesses of the marriage.
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Sources - [S3] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
- [S3] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).