Richard DeCharms
American clergyman (1796–1864)
Richard DeCharms (October 17, 1796 – March 20, 1864) was an American minister.
He was the son of William and Sarah (Mead) DeCharms, and was born in Philadelphia, October 17, 1796. His father, a native of Hammersmith near London, came to this country in 1793, and became a noted practitioner of medicine in Philadelphia. His mother kept a boarding house in Philadelphia which was the favorite resort of the members of the early United States Congress assembled in that city. The DeCharms family, (Des Champs,) is of Norman origin; the Huguenot ancestors of the American branch having fled from Caen to London in 1685, on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
In early life Richard DeCharms was a practical printer. His final preparation for College was made under the direction of Rev. John Langdon, at Bethlehem, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1826. During the year subsequent to his graduation, he resided in Boston engaged in the study of Swedenborgian theology, under Rev.
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