Person:Ruth Elkins (2)

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Ruth Elkins
b.1730 King George, Virginia, United States
d.Aft 1806 Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
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m. Abt 1729
  1. Ruth Elkins1730 - Aft 1806
  2. Richard Elkins, Sr.Abt 1740 - Aft 1801
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  • H.  John Skaggs (add)
  • W.  Ruth Elkins1730 - Aft 1806
m. Abt 1746
  1. Rachel SkaggsAbt 1766 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Hans Bishop (add)
  • W.  Ruth Elkins1730 - Aft 1806
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Name Ruth Elkins
Gender Female
Birth[5] 1730 King George, Virginia, United States
Alt Birth? Bet 1742 and 1749 Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
Marriage Abt 1746 to John Skaggs (add)
Marriage to Hans Bishop (add)
Death[5] Aft 1806 Montgomery County, Virginia, USAin what is now Floyd County
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To check:Born before father was 15
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  1.   A story is told that Ruth was captured by Indians in the 1760's and taken to the Carolinas. She was pregnant when she escaped and made it back, then she had a daughter she named Rachel Skaggs. No one knows what happened with her marriage to John Skaggs. Ruth then met and married John Bishop, who raised her daughter Rachel. I haven't seen the documentation for this story, so don't know the source of the information. Nancye1962 [1]
  2.   1. Ruth ELKINS was born between 1742 and 1749 in Montgomery County, Virginia. She between 1755 and 1760 in North Carolina. Some believe that Ruth Elkins b abt 1740 was married first to John Skaggs and had 1 or more children. The story goes that she was captured by Cherokee Indians and taken to North Carolina where she became pregnant with Rachel/Rebecca. her nickname was "Old Cherry". She escaped and came back to Virginia and gave Rebecca/Rachel the last name of Skaggs. Her husband John Skaggs either divorced her or would not have her so she met Johann Bischoff/John bishop b. April 1, 1731 and either married or lived with him. She Ancestral File number 1QCL-9TV.
    She was married to John BISHOP (son of Hans Jakob BISHOP and Anna Catarina RAUCH) about 1756. John BISHOP was born on Apr 1 1731 in Oberhausen, Rhine Pfalz, Germany. He Moved between 1750 and 1755 in Maryland. May have moved to New York first. Some think they moved to the U.S. 1759-1760. He Moved about 1765 in Floyd County, Virginia. He owned Land/House in 1767 in Montgomery County, Virginia. A commissioners Certificate issued in September 1782 to Samuel Canterberry shows him to have been an "assignee of John Bishop, 190 acres on Mill Creek surveyed for Loyal Company in 1753-1754, on which Bishop settled agreeable to terms of sale publicly offered by said company or agent in 1767, interest from Jan 1, 1767. He owned Land/House in 1771 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Lived on the New River. He died on May 15 1775 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. He Ancestral File number 1QCL-9SN. He also known as John Bischoff or Hans Johannes. Hans, his Mother and brothers came to America on the ship "Two Brothers" They arrived in Philadelphia 13 October, 1747. Hans died 15 May 1775 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Ruth ELKINS and John BISHOP had the following children:
    +2 i. Henry BISHOP.
    3 ii. Thomas BISHOP was born between 1862 and 1880.
    +4 iii. Rachel BISHOP.
    +5 iv. Lydia BISHOP.
    +6 v. Jacob BISHOP.
    +7 vi. George BISHOP.
    +8 vii. Darky BISHOP.
    +9 viii. Margaret BISHOP.
    +10 ix. David BISHOP.
    Source: Dan-J-Betts
  3.   McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families and Individuals
  4.   Bishop_Bischoffresearch post by lorenefm
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Family History by Mary Osborne
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