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Ruth Colton (Taylor)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Westfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: May 30, 1725 (32)
West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Place of Burial: West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. Edward Taylor and Ruth Taylor
Wife of Rev. Benjamin Colton
Mother of Rev Eli Colton; Ruth Skinner; Theodosia Bidwell and Captain Benjamin Colton, Captain
Sister of Naomi Devotion; Anne Lord; Mehitable Gager; Keziah Stiles and Eldad Taylor
Half sister of Rev. Samuel Taylor; Elizabeth Taylor; Abigail Taylor; Bathshua (Bathsheba) Pynchon; Mary Taylor and 4 others

Managed by: Dwight Stuart Kirkwood
Last Updated:

About Ruth Colton

Children of Edward Taylor and Ruth Wyllys:

Ruth Taylor married Benjamin Colton 3 Dec 1713 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. She died on May 30 1725, she was 32 yrs old.

Together with Benjamin they had the following children:

  1. Eli b 1716
  2. Ruth b 1718
  3. Theodosia b 1721
  4. Benjamin b 1724
  5. Elizabeth b 1727

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Ruth Colton's Timeline

1693
April 16, 1693
Westfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts
1716
August 5, 1716
West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1718
November 5, 1718
Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
1721
July 13, 1721
West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1724
June 4, 1724
West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1725
May 30, 1725
Age 32
West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
May 30, 1725
Age 32
Old Center Cemetery, West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States