Ruth Andrews

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Ruth (Barnes) Andrews (1692 - 1756)

Ruth Andrews formerly Barnes
Born 23 Oct 1692 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Thomas Barnes and Mary (Jones) Barnes
Sister of Elizabeth Barnes, Elizabeth Barnes, Samuel Barnes, Martha (Barnes) Bronson, Joseph Barnes, Patience Barnes, Hannah (Barnes) Brooks and Thomas Barnes
Wife of Stephen Andrews — married 1716 in Southington, Hartford, Connecticutmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Josiah Andrews, Thomas Andrews, Ruth (Andrews) Langdon and Desire (Andrews) Galusha
Died 30 Apr 1756 at age 63 in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut Colonymap
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Biography

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Ruth Barnes was born in Farmington, Connecticut Colony, in 1692[1]. She was the daughter of Deacon Thomas Barnes and Mary Jones[2].

Ruth married, in 1716, Stephen Andrews (of Benjamin Andrews and Mary Smith). They settled in Southington, CT, south-west of "Cemetery Hill"[3]. They had 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls:

Josiah b. 1718
Thomas b. 1720
Ruth b. 1730
Desire b. 1732
"North America Family Histories" only lists Josiah, Thomas and Ruth as their children[4]. However, several Ancestry users have reported that Desire, born 1732, was also a daughter of Stephen Andrews and Ruth Barnes. Finding definitive sources, however, has proven difficult.

To add to the difficulty, Desire's maiden name is often confused to be Metcalf, as that was her name when she married Jacob Galusha in 1767. However, it has been documented that Desire first married, about 1752, a sea captain of the last name Metcalf. He died at sea, making her a widow about 1760. Her 2nd husband, Jacob Galusha, was a patriot in the Revolutionary War[5], and in a SAR document showing Jacob as an ancestor, Desire is documented to have a maiden name of Andrews[6].

Hopefully we can find additional source material to back up the claim that Stephen and Ruth are Desire's parents. What we do know is that they were all part of the Connecticut Colony, and the timelines do match up.

Not much else is know about Ruth Barnes. She passed away in 1756, at the age of 63 years[7][8].

Sources

↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Farmington Vital Records, p. 165
↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000; /Andrews/Genealogical history of John and Mary Andrews, p. 62
↑ Ecclesiastical and other sketches of Southington, Conn.; Southington Genealogies; p. iv, #24
↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000; /Andrews/Genealogical history of John and Mary Andrews, p. 73
↑ U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783, /Jacob Galusha/
↑ A roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution, p. 230
↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, FHL Film Number 3322
↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, p. 15

Barnes, Trescott. The Barnes Family Yearbook (Grafton Press, New York, 1907) Vol. 1, Page 12