Accepting that Samuel Bass married Ann Kirtland based on her brother Philip's will, the author suggests Ruth was raised by what would be her uncle and aunt, John and Mary (Kirtland) Breed, as she registered her intentions in Lynn even though the Bass family lived in Braintree. Also notes that this would suggest she married her cousin, Daniel, s/o Francis and Elizabeth (Kirtland) Legare. This would account for John Breed raising, and bequeathing to, her daughters.
