Ruth Angell

Ruth Field was born about 1649 of Field's Point, Providence RI. Died 1726-1727 in Providence.

Disputed Origins

Sources disagree on the identity of Ruth Field's father giving Thomas, William, and John Field as possibilities. More research is needed to determine which, if any, is the father of Ruth.

Family

Ruth and John Angell were married on 7 January 1669 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

“John Angell pg. 13 sketch, son of Thomas, born Prov. 27 Jul. 1720, m. Prov. 1669 to Ruth Field dau. of William, died Prov. 27 Jul. 1720, children Thomas, John, Daniel, Hope, James”

170. v. RUTH, b. ;m. Jan. 7, 1669, John Angell, b. 1646. He d. July 27, 1720; she d. 1727. He was son of Thomas of Salem, who came over in the ship Lyon for Boston. Went to Salem, returned to Boston, and with four others went to Providence with Roger Williams. John remained in Providence during King Philip's war, and had a share of the captive Indians. In 1686 he was deputy. He gave his son John his mansion house and land on both sides of Woonasquatucket river. His wife Ruth, Sept. 30, 1720. was administratrix with son Hope.

Children:

• 1. Thomas, b.March 25, 1672.
• 2. Mercy, b. 1675.
• 3. John, b. .
• 4. Daniel,b. May 2, 1680.
• 5. James, b. 1684.
• 6. Hope, b. Dec. 12, 1685.

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John Angell was born in Providence, the date being unknown. He was married in Providence in 1669, to Ruth Field, who resided at Field’s Point, two miles below Providence, on the west side of the river. He was admitted freeman of the town of Providence Oct. 16, 1670.

For a few years he cultivated the Daniel Jenckes farm, five miles from Providence, towards Lime Rock, on the Lewisquisit turnpike, after which he moved to Providence, where he continued in the farming business through life. He had five healthy, intelligent, and enterprising sons, whose history will be seen hereafter, as heads of their respective families. He is said to have been a man of large frame and possessed of great physicalstrength. (1) He died intestate in Providence, July 27, 1720. His widow, and son, Hope, administered on his estate.

References

• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KV-D84 : 22 January 2020), Ruth Field in entry for John Angell, 22 December 1669.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33785518/ruth-angell
• https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=58450+david+angell&ahnu...
• http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mnichols/owendesc/owenri.htm
• ” Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Angell, who Settled in Providence, 1636” By Avery F. Angell. Page 13. GoogleBooks
• ” Pierce, Frederick Clifton , Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in America . . .,“ Vol. 1 , Chicago: Hammond Press (1901) , 104, 250, Google Books