Ruth Smith

Birth: 1636, England Death: unknown

Ruth was born say 1636 (aged 6 months on 2 Apr 1635); m. by 1668 Joseph Smith of Jamaica, Long Island (on 23 Mar 1668/9, John Winthrop, Jr. treated "Smith Ruth, wife of Joseph of Jamaica" for hysterical fits.")

Family links:

Parents:

 William Beardsley (1603 - 1661)

 Mary Harvey Beardsley (1605 - 1661)

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Apr 25, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 51605779 Birth: 1636, England Death: unknown

Ruth was born say 1636 (aged 6 months on 2 Apr 1635); m. by 1668 Joseph Smith of Jamaica, Long Island (on 23 Mar 1668/9, John Winthrop, Jr. treated "Smith Ruth, wife of Joseph of Jamaica" for hysterical fits.")

Family links:

Parents:

 William Beardsley (1603 - 1661)

 Mary Harvey Beardsley (1605 - 1661)

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Apr 25, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 51605779 Birth: 1636, England Death: unknown

Ruth was born say 1636 (aged 6 months on 2 Apr 1635); m. by 1668 Joseph Smith of Jamaica, Long Island (on 23 Mar 1668/9, John Winthrop, Jr. treated "Smith Ruth, wife of Joseph of Jamaica" for hysterical fits.")

Family links:

Parents:

 William Beardsley (1603 - 1661)

 Mary Harvey Beardsley (1605 - 1661)

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Apr 25, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 51605779 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51605779

GEDCOM Note

Biography ===Very little is known about Ruth Beardsley. She was mentioned in the distribution of her brother John’s estate. On October 31, 1719, Joseph Smith of Jamaica, Long, Island, conveyed to Nathan Beardslee of Stratford, Connecticut, ‘Land set to my mother, Mrs. Ruth Smith, in thedistribution of the estate of Capt. John Beardsley.’ [Holt]

By 1668, she is said to have married Joseph Smith of Jamaica, Long Island, New York. Ruth was treated on 23 March 1668/9 by Dr. John Winthrop, Jr. for "hysterical fits."<ref name="GMA-B">Anderson, Robert C., (1995) "William Beardsley," Featured name. Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B. NEHGS AmericanAncestors (Volume 1, A-B, Page 226).</ref>

Children ==The article in The American Genealogist. discusses what is known and not known about the children of Ruth and Joseph Smith.<ref name="TAG25">"William Smith of Jamaica." The American Genealogist. 25:72-74.</ref> Questions remain.

1. Joseph Smith, Jr., b by 1665; prob. m Mary Matthews and prob. had children: Samuel, Ruth, Joseph, and poss. Mary. Another way to view the record is that after Ruth (Beardsley)'s death,Joseph Smith, Sr. married as his 2nd, to Mary Unknown and had the twodaughters, Ruth and Mary, listed above. Either way, Ruth (Beardsley)was the mother of only one child, Joseph Smith, Jr.<ref name="TAG25"/>

Sources

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See also:

• Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie BeardsleyHolt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Ruth Beardsley is Holt Record #9, Pg. 10.* Ancestry Family Trees Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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GEDCOM Note

Biography ===Very little is known about Ruth Beardsley. She was mentioned in the distribution of her brother John’s estate. On October 31, 1719, Joseph Smith of Jamaica, Long, Island, conveyed to Nathan Beardslee of Stratford, Connecticut, ‘Land set to my mother, Mrs. Ruth Smith, in thedistribution of the estate of Capt. John Beardsley.’ [Holt]

By 1668, she is said to have married Joseph Smith of Jamaica, Long Island, New York. Ruth was treated on 23 March 1668/9 by Dr. John Winthrop, Jr. for "hysterical fits."<ref name="GMA-B">Anderson, Robert C., (1995) "William Beardsley," Featured name. Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B. NEHGS AmericanAncestors (Volume 1, A-B, Page 226).</ref>

Children ==The article in The American Genealogist. discusses what is known and not known about the children of Ruth and Joseph Smith.<ref name="TAG25">"William Smith of Jamaica." The American Genealogist. 25:72-74.</ref> Questions remain.

1. Joseph Smith, Jr., b by 1665; prob. m Mary Matthews and prob. had children: Samuel, Ruth, Joseph, and poss. Mary. Another way to view the record is that after Ruth (Beardsley)'s death,Joseph Smith, Sr. married as his 2nd, to Mary Unknown and had the twodaughters, Ruth and Mary, listed above. Either way, Ruth (Beardsley)was the mother of only one child, Joseph Smith, Jr.<ref name="TAG25"/>

Sources

<references />

See also:

• Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie BeardsleyHolt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Ruth Beardsley is Holt Record #9, Pg. 10.* Ancestry Family Trees Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.