Arthur Frank Dichard was the 1st generation of the Dichard family to be born in the United States of America. His father Frank Dichard (aka Francois Guichard) was born on 19 Jan 1870 in Cacouna, Quebec, Canada and emigrated to the US with his parents John Dichard (aka John Baptiste Guichard) and Alphena Chasse in 1870. Arthur's mother was Lillian Ellen Hildreth who descends from the Hildreths of Chelmsford, MA where she was born on 24 Aug 1872 to Rufus Granville Hildreth and Caroline Root.

Through his mother Lillian's family we have proven that Arthur descends from some very patriotic ancestors who were part of the American Revolution some 140+ years before Arthur enlisted for service in WW1. Through the Sons of the American Revolution we have documented Arthurs ancestry to Captain Joseph Read of the Boston Tea Party and the Third Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775, Amaziah Hildreth and Jonas Kemp who were Minutemen from Westford, MA who were part of the battle at Concord, Moses Root of Northfied, MA who was also a Minuteman and was at the Battle of Bunker Hill and Captain Thomas Alexander who was with General George Washington's army in Morristown, NJ in December 1776 when Washington crossed the Delaware. In 1780 Captain Thomas Alexander went on to become one of the Framers of the Massachusetts Constitution.

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