Ruth

- 1699

• Name	Ruth   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Nov 1699	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I5978	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	William Sawyer,   b. Abt 1613   d. Abt Mar 1703, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 90 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1643	Essex County, Massachusetts   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Sawyer,   b. 22 Nov 1646, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 11 Feb 1718, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F3379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Widely said to have been Ruth Bitfield, daughter of a William Bitfield, but we have seen no proof of this. Also called Ruth Benfield, Benford, and Perley.

  
  

• Sources

  [S526] The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, With Some Related Families of Adjoining Towns and of York County, Maine, by David W. Hoyt. Providence, Rhode Island, 1897-1916. [S1414] "Ould Newbury": Historical and Biographical Sketches by John J. Currier. Boston: Damrell and Upham, 1896. [S1155] Findagrave.com page for Ruth Bitfield Sawyer. [S630] Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holman. Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1938.