Person:Ruth Johnson (77)

Disputed Origins

Ruth Johnson was not the daughter of Matthew Johnson and his wife, Rebecca (Wiswall) Johnson. See biography section for further details.

Biography^[1]

Ruth Johnson's origins are not certain. She may have been born January 1, 1675, at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, although no sources for her birth there have been found. She was not the daughter of Matthew Johnson and Rebecca (Wiswall) Johnson, as claimed by several sources.^{[2] [3]} Matthew and Rebecca Johnson's daughter, Ruth (Johnson) Reed, was born January 1, 1675, at Woburn, Massachusetts, and married John Reed. Ruth and John Reed together acknowledged receipt of shares from her father, Matthew's estate, in April/May 1704. Ruth married Jeremiah Bean, son of John (MacBayne) Bean, about 1707, based on the birth of their first child; no records for their marriage have been found. According to one source, they became the parents of nine children, listed in her spouse's profile. According to author Richard Cutter, they also had a daughter named Mary, who married _____ James. ^[4][5] Other sources found do not show Ruth's last name as Johnson: One source gives her name as Ruth _____, and says they had seven children.^[6] Cutter also says that Jeremiah's wife was Ruth _______, and that she died in 1758.^[4] Another source shows that Jeremiah's wife name was Ruth _______, referencing their names with respect to their daughter, Hannah's marriage to John Elkins.^[7] Ruth Bean died at Exeter, New Hampshire, before December 27, 1758, when her will was executed;^[2] no records of her will have yet been found.

1. ↑ Ruth (Johnson) Bean, in Wikitree.com.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 MacBean, Bernie, The life and family of John Bean of Exeter and his cousins, published 1970. Reference page 707
3. ↑ Clan MacBean of North America, Volume I, Sixth Edition Revised 1992, by Joseph S Bean, page 773
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915, page 337
5. ↑ Cutter, Volume 1, page 337, 1915, Ancestry ImageLink
6. ↑ LIbby, Charles T., Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, volume 2, page 84
7. ↑ Pepper, Alice Warwick, " Daniel Elkins, first minister of Jackson, New Hampshire..." New Hampshire Genealogical Record Reference Volume 10 (1993), page 137