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Ruth Carter (Phelps)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Colony, North America
Death: December 25, 1739 (55)
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Colony, North America
Place of Burial: Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Edward Phelps and Ruth Phelps
Wife of Capt. Thomas Carter, Sr.
Mother of Ruth Heywood; Abigail Carter; Col. John Carter; Thomas Carter, Jr.; Elizabeth Wilder and 4 others
Sister of Hannah Fletcher; Lydia Fletcher; Elizabeth Willard; Edward Phelps, III; Bersheba Bennett and 11 others

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Ruth Carter

Parents: Edward Phelps Jr and Ruth Andrews Phelps Note: Age: 55 Widow of Capt Thomas Carter

http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/cBirthsP.shtml "(Phelps) Ruth, d. Edward and Ruth, June 1, 1684"

http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/cMarriagesP.shtml "(Phelps) Ruth, and Thomas Carter of Woburn, Dec. 25, 1706"

https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_471.html details her vital info, her marriage and the vital info of her children.


Biography

Ruth was born in 1684. Ruth Phelps, dau. of Edward Phelps and Ruth Andrews. She passed away in 1739. <ref>Entered by Harry Maltby, Nov 14,2012</ref>

Sources

Harry Maltby, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changestab for the details of edits by Harry and others.
NB: Harry Maltby cannot have firsthand knowledge of 17th-18th centuryevents!!!

Acknowledging contributors

WikiTree ID Phelps-994 managed by Joel Hasfjord imported from Hasfjord Family Tree(1).ged * WikiTree profile Phelps-994 created through the import of Hasfjord Family Tree(1).ged on Jan 27, 2012 by Joel Hasfjord. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Joel and others.

Merges

This profile developed through the merging of Phelps-1687 into Phelps-994.<!--Profiles merged by Tom Bredehoft, 13/9/2013-->

Footnotes

<references/><!--This profile has been edited by Tom Bredehoft, an Arborist, on 13/9/2013--><!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. -->

[Added by Reg Shrader, 3 Jan 2017]:
Daughter of Edward Phelps, Jr. and Ruth Andrews. Ruth Phelps married Thomas Carter, Sr. (1682-1737) on 25 Dec 1706 in Andover, Essex Co, MA. They had eight children: Ruth (1708-1760); Abigail (1711-1804); John (1713-?); Thomas, Jr. (1716-1802); Elizabeth (1719-1790); James (1720-1800); Sarah (1725-1799); Phineas (1727-1807) .

Buried in Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester Co, MA.

Sources

1. Ancestry.com. 2. Find A Grave Memorial #6238404, created by June Sanders, 6 Mar 2002. 3. Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Vol. 135, Page 490).

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Ruth Carter's Timeline

1684
June 1, 1684
Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Colony, North America
1708
April 26, 1708
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
1711
December 29, 1711
1713
April 23, 1713
1714
February 12, 1714
1716
April 30, 1716
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1719
January 17, 1719
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1720
February 8, 1720
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1722
November 6, 1722