Richard Bache (1737-1811) was a merchant and public official and the spouse of Sarah Franklin Bache. Sarah Franklin Bache was a social hostess whose career or family position supplies an important part of this entry’s Revolutionary context. The marriage connected Richard Bache to the political, military, commercial, or social developments surrounding the Revolution. This life overlapped the Revolutionary era, when war, political upheaval, disrupted trade, military service, and changing governments placed unusual demands on households and extended families. Born in Settle, England and later dying in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the course of this life reflects the movement of Revolutionary-era families across colonial, national, and sometimes Atlantic settings. Including Richard Bache in HistoryGPS records the family, professional, and social networks that connected individuals to the wider Revolutionary generation.