Ruth Rose

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• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 25 2023, 12:34:38 UTC

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Birth surname has also been reported to be Holcomb.

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

• 1724 at Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts <apparently unattested, conflicts with her Find A Grave memorial>
• March 9, 1724 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut <apparently attested at MyHeritage and FamilySearch, conflicts with her Find A Grave memorial>.

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be April 7, 1759 at Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts <apparently attested at MyHeritage and FamilySearch, conflicts with her Find A Grave memorial>.

sources

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSB-R24C : 21 September 2019), Ruth Holcomb, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272233.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-XCZH : 22 July 2021), John Rose and Ruth Holkcomb, 9 May 1745; citing Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,550.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-DS1T : 18 February 2020), John Rose and Ruth Holkcomb, 09 May 1748; citing Marriage, Granville, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004255438.

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Biography

Ruth was born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut in 1723. She passed away in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts in 1759, at the age of 36.

Family.

Father: Nathaniel Holcombe
Mother: Thankful (Hayes) Holcombe
Spouse: John Rose
Children: Ruth Rose Moon, Damaris Rose Spelman, Huldah Rose Foster, Asa Rose, Nathaniel Rose, Elijah Rose, Enoch Rose
Timeline

1723 born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut [1]
1745 marriage to John Rose in Hampden County, Massachusetts [2]
1748 marriage to John Rose in Granville, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America [3]
1759 died in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Buried in Main Road Cemetery, Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts [4]
Notes

Most sources say marriage was 1745, but another said 1748 so it is included here in case it is correct.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holcombe-1306

Ruth (Holcombe) Rose (1723 - 1759)

Ruth Rose formerly Holcombe

Born 9 Mar 1723 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Daughter of Nathaniel Holcomb III and Thankful (Hayes) Holcomb

Sister of Hannah (Holcomb) Read, Nathaniel Holcomb, Ephraim Holcomb, Joseph Holcomb, Amos H. Holcomb, Elijah Holcomb, Mercy (Holcomb) Dibble and Roger Holcomb

Wife of John Rose — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Mother of Ruth (Rose) Moon, Damaras (Rose) Spelman and Jaconias Rose

Died 2 Apr 1759 at age 36 in Granville, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 18 Feb 2023 | Created 27 Jan 2020