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Ruth Adams (Merrill)

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Daughter of Moses Merrill and Mary Merrill
Wife of Ebenezer Adams
Sister of Laodamia Goodwin and Moses Merrill
Half sister of Mary Barker; Samuel Merrill; Allyn Merrill and Rachel Porter

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About Ruth Adams

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Ruth (Merrill) Adams (bef. 1727 - 1809)

Ruth "Jane" Adams formerly Merrill
Born before 28 May 1727 in Hartford, Connecticutmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Moses Merrill and Mary (Cook) Merrill
Sister of Lodema (Merrill) Goodwin, Moses Merrill, Rachel (Merrill) Porter [half] and Eleazor Merrill [half]
Wife of Ebenezer Adams — married 6 Sep 1748 in Connecticutmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of James Adams, Ebenezer Adams, Mary (Adams) Spencer, Lodema (Adams) Pierpont, John Adams, Allen Adams and Hezekiah Adams
Died 16 Mar 1809 after age 81 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticutmap
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Profile last modified 14 Dec 2023 | Created 24 May 2016
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1 Biography
1.1 Children
2 Sources
2.1 See also
Biography

Baptized 28 May 1727, daughter of Moses and Mary (Cooke) Merrill:[1][2]

She married Ebenezer Adams.[1]

Land Records: Ebenezer Adams & Ruth his wife quit claim 733 to Joseph Barnard all rights of Ruth to all lands Ebenezer Adams & Ruth his wife quit claim 1790 to Elisha Wadsworth all rights that come to us on the right of Cape John Allyn or Cape Aaron Cook or William Westwood.[3]

She passed away in 1809.[citation needed]

Children

May 30, 1760 - Jn son of Ruth Adams was baptizd privately the Child being sick & its mother recommended by the Revd Mr Brown of Killingly [4]
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977. Page 397.
↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M2PC-YVM : accessed 2016-08-18), entry for Moses Merrill.
↑ Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut Lucius Barnes Barbour Genealogical Publishing Com, 1977 - Hartford (Conn.) https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ_XiLoXvLkC&printsec=frontcover&...
↑ Historical Catalogue of the First Church in Hartford 1633-1885. Published by the Church. 1885
See also

Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 25, page 886.
Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, By Lucius Barnes Barbour

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