Ruth Sylvester

1702 - 1779  (68 years)

• Name	Ruth Sylvester  [1]
  Born	26 Jun 1702	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Between 25 Dec 1770 and 17 Nov 1779  [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I20689	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Israel Sylvester,   b. 23 Sep 1674, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Abt 13 Feb 1717, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Ruth Turner,   b. Bef 17 May 1663
  Married	3 Oct 1701	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [5]
  Family ID	F12259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Ring,   b. 12 Mar 1694, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 May 1768, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 74 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1725	Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Grace Ring,   b. 6 Apr 1730, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Sep 1793, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F12248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  She was born before her parents' marriage. Her first husband, Francis Cooke (~1697-1724), was a descendant of Mayflower passengers Francis Cooke, Stephen Hopkins, and James Chilton.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2604] Jonathan A. Shaw, "John Shaw of Plymouth Colony: Purchaser and Canal Builder." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 151:259, 1997; 151:417, 1997. [S635] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 6, Third Edition, Family — Stephen Hopkins by John D. Austin. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001. [S4433] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 24, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, Part 2, The Descendants of William Brewster Through His Son Jonathan, Generations 5 and 6 by Barbara Lambert Merrick. Edited by John Bradley Arthaud. Previewed by Peggy M. Baker. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2019. [S3647] Mayflower Families in Progress: William Brewster of the Mayflower and the Fifth Generation Descendants of His Son Jonathan2 compiled by Barbara Lambert Merrick with E. Virginia Hunt. General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999. [S1409] Stone-Gregg Genealogy: The Ancestors and Descendants of Galen Luther Stone and His Wife Carrie Morton Gregg by Alicia Crane Williams. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1987.