Ruth Foster

Ruth TILESTON

• Christening: 3 OCT 1641 Dorchester, Massachusetts
• Death: 5 December 1677 in Dorchester, Massachusetts
• Ancestral File #: 8V69-PJ

Marriage

1. 1 Richard DENTON b: abt 1630, probably in England Married: 11 DEC 1657 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The marriage was performed by Maj.-Gen. Humphrey Atherton. Richard is not to be confused with Richard Denton, Jr.. Richard Denton d. 26 Dec. 1658 in Dorchester, only a year after the wedding (Reg. 16:80). His estate inventory, filed 6 Oct. 1659 by Abraham How and John Minotte, totaled £57-5s., all left to his widow (Reg. 9:347).]. There were no known children.
2. Timothy FOSTER b: ABT 1637 Married: 13 OCT 1663

Children of 2nd husband

1. Ruth FOSTER b: 4 JUN 1664
2. Elizabeth FOSTER b: 8 JUL 1667
3. Naomi FOSTER b: 11 DEC 1668
4. Hatherly FOSTER b: 22 JUN 1671
5. Rebecca FOSTER b: 12 SEP 1675

supporting data

• page 153 of Records of the First Church at Dorchester, in New England, 1636-1734 by First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)

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From http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_151.html

On 13 Oct 1663 Timothy Foster first married Ruth Tileston, daughter of Thomas Tileston (-24 Jun 1694) & Elizabeth [Tileston], in Dorchester, MA.40 Born in 1641. Ruth died on 5 Dec 1677.40 Ruth, widow of Richard Denton (or Dunton).

• 40. L. Vernon Briggs, History and Genealogy of the Briggs Family, 1254-1937, 1938, Three volumes.

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From page 88 of the HISTORY OF DORCHESTER link

Thomas Tileston, grantee of land 1634, and often afterwards; freeman 1636; died June 24, 1694, aged 83. He appears to have been an enterprising and useful man. His wife was Elizabeth. His children were-Timothy, born 1636; Onisephorus, born 1651; Cornelius, who died 20 (5) 1659; Elizabeth, born 1639; Naomi; Ruth; Bathsheba, born 1649. Elizabeth died unmarried; Naomi probably died young; Ruth married, when she was quite young, Richard Denton. He lived but a short time; then she married Timothy Foster, who came from Scituate.

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From SAVAGE, Vol. 2 DICT FIRST SETTLERS OF NE; AGenealogic al history of early New England settlers; These books are still regard ed as the authority on early New England genealogy; Written by James Savage; Vol. II

DENTON, RICHARD, see link
FOSTER, TIMOTHY, Dorchester, s. of Edward, sold part of his paternal est. at Scituat e, m. 13 Oct. 1663, Ruth, d. of Thomas Tileston, wid. of Richard Denton, by wh. (wh. d. 3 Dec. 1677), he had Ruth, b. 4 Aug. 1664; Eliz. 8 Sep t. 1667, d. soon; Naomi, 11 Feb. 1669; Hatherly, 22 Sept. 1671; Rebecca, 1 675; he m. 9 Mar. 1681, sec. w. Relief, wid. perhaps of John Dowse of Char lestown, had Timothy, b. 8 Jan. 1682; Edward, 22 Jan. 1683; Prudence, 3 De c. 1684; Thomas, 3 Nov. 1686; and Eliz. again, 13 Oct. 1688; and d. 16 De c. of the same yr. Many of the name at D. are of his descend. but Hather ly went to Scituate, there m. and his descend. still enjoy the est. that was his gr.f.'s. His f. made his will the day bef. his d. leav. w. Relief extrix. wh. m. Henry Leadbetter.

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• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=joni4ta&i...
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother Onesiphorous Tileston by SmartCopy: Apr 2 2015, 22:37:27 UTC

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"City Documents No. 59, Dorchester Deaths"

Married Timothy Foster on Oct. 13, 1663 in Dudly, Mass.

References

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 2 2022, 16:58:31 UTC
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts Suffolk County was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four shires". Suffolk initially contained Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Dedham, Braintree, Weymouth, and Hingham.[5] The county was named after Suffolk, England, which means "southern folk."[6]