(Land Grant) in the year 1681 in Anyhoe, Northamptonshire, Kingdom of England: Before leaving England, Richard obtained two grants for 100 acres in West Jersey from Edward Byllinge. The deeds are dated April 20 and 21, 1682. He was styled as a "Husbandman" in these deeds, although he was descended from an ancient family of Haynes.
(Arrival) in the year 1682 in British Province of New Jersey (13 Colonies): They were on the ship "AMITY". The Captain was Richard Diamond.
He died on April 23, 1682 in On the Diamond Ship, "Amity" in the Atlantic Ocean, he was 42 years old.Sources 2, 3, 5
Richard was sickened & died on way to America
He is buried in the year 1682 in At Sea in the Atlantic Ocean.Source 5
January 14 » The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
March 13 » Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
April 14 » Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Years' War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
August 22 » Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
May 7 » Louis XIV of France begins construction of the Palace of Versailles.
August 1 » Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
October 28 » The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
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