There was no Richard TYDINGS born on 4 Dec. 1654. There WAS a Richard TYDINGS, son of John TYDINGS and wife Ann who was born exactly 100 years later on 4 Dec. 1754, and whose birth was recorded in the All Hallow's Parish Register, Anne Arundel Co., MD. Someone apparently mistyped this date in their records as 1654, others copied it, and from there has sprung the myth of a Richard born in 1654.