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About Ruth Williams
Ruth Lindley
- Birth 4 Feb 1658, Branford, Connecticut 478,643
- Death 27 Jul 1724, Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey 643
- Burial Old Burying Grounds (1st Presbyterian Church), Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey 468
family
From http://www.condit-family.com/ps02/ps02_025.html
- Father Francis Lindley
- Mother Susannah Culpepper
Spouses
- unknown Wheeler
- Marriage abt 1685, Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey to Matthew Williams the Second Birth 8 May 1651, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Death12 Nov 1732, Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey Burial Old Burying Grounds (1st Presbyterian Church), Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey Son of Matthew Williams (~1620-<1654) & Susanna Cole (~1626-<1659)
Children
- Jemima (1686-1758)
- Jane (1688-1741)
- Amos (1690-1754)
- Eunice (1692-1752)
- Matthew (1694-1772)
- Gershom (1698->1753)
- Thomas (1700-1795)
- Joanna (1702-<1780)
- Rebecca (1703-1745)
- Ruth (1708-1724)
Notes for Matthew (Spouse 1)
Name, family and wife's name for Matthew Williams 841
Buried in First Presbyterian Church Old Burying Grounds, Orange, NJ. Tombstone reads:
Here lies the body of Matthew Williams who departed this life November 12, 1732 in the 81 year of his lifeâ€Â
disputed ancestry
From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6621996/ruth-wheeler-williams
Born c.1658 in New Haven County, Connecticut, by some accounts Mrs. Williams was the daughter of Lieut. Thomas Wheeler, while others identify her as the daughter of Francis and Susannah Lindsley*. It has also been reported that she had first been married to a Wheeler, and that Matthew Williams, with whom she had nine children, was her 2nd husband*. It is known that she died in the "67th year of her age", predeceasing Matthew by eight years. Her sandstone stele is simple, painstakingly lettered, and one of the earliest in this burial ground, which was donated to the church by Nathan Wheeler in 1723, the year before her death.
In January 2012 Findagrave member David Anthony Beard reported that some controversy exists on Ruth Williams' parentage: Condit family records identify her as the daughter of Francis & Susannah Lindsley, while other sources name John Wheeler as her father.
In October 2017, Findagrave member Diane Gravlee cited "Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649-1906" as the source of the February 4, 1658 birthdate for Ruth, and the identification of Francis Lindley "spelled variously" as her father. Ms. Gravlee also stated "My belief is that she married first to Mr. Wheeler at about age 20 (a common age at the time). He died and she married second to Matthew Williams in 1685 at the age of 27 (would be old for a 1st marriage in those times), and where her name is given as Ruth Wheeler (i.e. widow of Mr. Wheeler) in the marriage record. She probably had children by Mr. Wheeler as well as the 9 children by Mr. Williams. A Wheeler son may have provided for her gravestone."
- Branford Vital Records, Barbour Collection link "Ruth Lindsley b 4 Feb 1648 father Franses"
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tibart&id...
- http://www.condit-family.com/ps02/ps02_025.html
- page 826 of Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, VOLUME 2 ONLY. Descendants of Matthew Williams, the Wethersfield Settler, in the line of his son Matthew, Jr.
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Ruth Williams's Timeline
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February 4, 1658
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Branford, New Haven Colony, Colonial America
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1686
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Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States
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1686
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Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA
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1688
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Orange, Essex County, Province of East Jersey
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1688
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Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States
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1690
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Newark, Essex County, Province of East Jersey
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1690
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Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
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