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Ruth Cartwright (West)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Province of New York, Colonial America
Death: 1747 (62-63)
Dukes County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Captain Thomas West and Elizabeth West
Wife of Edward Cartwright
Mother of Bryant (Briant) Cartwright, Sr.; Edward III Cartwright; Abner Cartwright; Samuel Cartwright and Gideon Cartwright, I
Sister of Colonel Peter West; Elizabeth Millard; Abigail Weeks; Abner West; Thomas West, Jr. and 5 others
Half sister of Abigail Matson; Joshua Matson, Jr. and Nathaniel Matson

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About Ruth Cartwright

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Ruth West 1685–1747 (Age 62)
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Ruth

When Ruth West was born in 1685, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Doctor Thomas D. West, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Thomas, was 33. She married Edward Cartwright, Jr. in 1704, in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1747, in Martha's Vineyard, West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 62.

Spouse

Edward Cartwright, Jr.
Male
1683–1752

Male

Ruth West
Female
1685–1747

Female
Marriage
1704
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Children
(12)

Sarah Cartwright
Female
1695–Deceased

Female

Seth Cartwright
Male
1705–1751

Male

Bryant C. Cartwright
Male
1711–1780

Male

Edward Cartwright
Male
1713–1762

Male

Abner Cartwright
Male
1713–1800

Male

Cyrus Cartwright
Male
1715–Deceased

Male

Ruth Cartwright
Female
1716–1810

Female

Samuel Cartwright
Male
1717–1793

Male

Gideon Cartwright
Male
1719–1768

Male

Judah Cartwright
Male
1720–Deceased

Male

Ruth Cartwright
Female
1721–Deceased

Female

Eliza Cartwright
Female
1723–Deceased

Female

Parents

Doctor Thomas D. West
Male
1646–1706

Male

Elizabeth Thomas
Female
1652–1728

Female

Siblings
(10)

Elizabeth West
Female
1678–Deceased

Female

Abigail West
Female
1680–1710

Female

Abner West
Male
1683–1756

Male

Ruth West
Female
1685–1747

Female

Thomas West
Male
1687–1728

Male

Peter West
Male
1689–1751

Male

William West
Male
1691–1706

Male

Mary Lou West
Female
1692–1774

Female

Sackfield West
Male
1694–1778

Male

Judah West
Male
1696–Deceased

Male

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Ruth Cartwright's Timeline

1684
May 18, 1684
Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Province of New York, Colonial America
1711
September 30, 1711
Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
1713
September 10, 1713
Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
1713
1717
1717
1719
January 19, 1719
Newport, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America
1747
1747
Age 62
Dukes County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America