A family life

Richard Card

17th century

Richard is the oldest named Card research anchor currently shown in this archive.

The compiled family ladder places Richard in the seventeenth-century Rhode Island context. The intermediate generations are displayed so readers can see the research path instead of an unexplained jump from Cyrus.

Sources: Lester to Richard Card: compiled research ladder

This is a provisional endpoint, not a declaration that every intervening relationship has been proved. Claims extending to English nobility or Cardona remain separate, unverified research trails.

Sources: Lester to Richard Card: compiled research ladderVE6.CA research corpus inventory

Family connections

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Children

Reported child

James Card

Provisional

This is a step in the compiled colonial ladder, not a completed original-record proof.

Sources: Lester to Richard Card: compiled research ladder

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Compiled research

Lester to Richard Card: compiled research ladder

The April 2026 research ladder names all intermediate generations between Cyrus William Card and Richard Card.