↑ Wead, Frederick W. "Ruth Peirce's Five Husbands", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.) 26:162.
Ruth Peirce m. (1) Lynn 14 Oct 1679 Philip Kirtland, s/o Nathaniel Kirtland and Parnell ---, birth not found, bur. Lynn 28 Jun 1688. Will dated 4 Jun 1688, proved 25 Nov 1690.
↑ Wead, Frederick W. "The Family of Nathaniel2 Kirtland", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.) 36:89.
[Essex Probate 15863] Will of Phillip Kirtland, dated 4 Jun 1688, proved 25 Nov 1690, mentions brothers Nathaniel Kirtland, John Bread, Samuel Bass, rest to widow Ruth.