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Ruth

Female - 1699


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  • Name Ruth   [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 3 Nov 1699  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1643  Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Sawyer,   b. 22 Nov 1646, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1718, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (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 
    1. [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.

    2. [S1414] "Ould Newbury": Historical and Biographical Sketches by John J. Currier. Boston: Damrell and Upham, 1896.

    3. [S1155] Findagrave.com page for Ruth Bitfield Sawyer.

    4. [S630] Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holman. Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1938.