Person:Ruth Death (3)

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Ruth Death
b.20 Apr 1721 Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 1757 Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 3 Jul 1713
  1. Henry Death1714 -
  2. Mary Death1716 - 1795
  3. John Death1718 - 1721
  4. Ruth Death1721 - Bef 1757
  5. Abigail Death1723 -
  6. John Death1726 -
  7. Waitstill Death1728 -
  8. Hephzibah Death1731 - 1762
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Wesson1711 - 1786
  • W.  Ruth Death1721 - Bef 1757
m. 22 Jan 1740/41
  1. Samuel Wesson1741 -
  2. John WessonAbt 1743 -
  3. Abel Wesson1745 - 1825
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Facts and Events
Name Ruth Death
Gender Female
Birth[1] 20 Apr 1721 Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 22 Jan 1740/41 Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto John Wesson
Death? Bef 1757 Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesHusband remarried
References
  1. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)
    p. 32.

    DEATH, Ruth, d. of John and Waitstill, Apr. 20, 1721.

  2.   Source:Crane, Ellery B. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, p. 1:228, describes the wife of John Wesson as "Ruth Death, of Sherborn, ... born April 20, 1711, daughter of Henry and Rachel (Leland) Death". The problem with this is that no Ruth Death is recorded as being born on that date, and Henry and Rachel did not marry until 9 Mar 1735/36. So presumably he means the Ruth born 20 Apr 1721 d/o John Death and Waitstill Vose, as proved by John Death's will dated 30 Mar 1753 naming "Daughter Ruth wife of John Weston" (Middlesex Probate 6160). It is easy to assume that Crane misread the birth year. It is harder to explain the erroneous parents he gave.
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