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Facts and Events
| Name[2] |
Ruth Richards |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[1][2] |
28 Aug 1750 |
Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Death[3][4][5] |
26 Sep 1833 |
Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial[4] |
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Wenham Cemetery, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
References
- ↑ Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910)
Vol. 1, p. 259.
RICHARDS, Ruth, d. Benja[mi]n and Abigail, ---.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chamberlain, George Walter. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. (Weymouth, Massachusetts: Weymouth Historical Society, under direction of the town, 1923)
Vol. 4, p. 952.
Children of Benjamin Richards and Abigail Thayer: Ruth, b. 28 Aug 1750.
[Note: no further information given.]
- ↑ Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912)
Vol. 2, p. 534.
RICHARDS, Ruth, [died] ---, 1833. CR2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Find A Grave: Wenham Cemetery, Wenham, MA, in Find A Grave
Ruth Richards.
RUTH RICHARDS,
Aunt
of the [wife] of
Rev. E. [P.] Sperry
Died
April 26, 1833
Aged [83].
[Note: bracketed text hard to make out, taken from memorial page.]
- ↑ Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
Case 23566: Richards Ruth 1833 Nov. 19.
Will of "Ruth Richards Maiden", dated 8 Nov 1823, proved 4 Feb 1834, names children of my deceased sister Abigail French relict of Rev Jonathan French of Andover that is to say Abigail Stearns wife of Rev Samuel Stearns of Bedford, to Rev Jonathan French of North Hampton New Hampshire & to Mary Holyoke Sperry wife of Rev Ebenezer Peck Sperry of Wenham. Rev Jonathan French of North Hampton to be executor.
19 Nov 1833: heirs cited to consider proving of will.
4 Feb 1834: Inventory of Ruth Richards late of Wenham single woman: $177.24, by Joseph Batchelder, Franklin Hadley, Israel D. Barnes.
1 Apr 1834: Account of Jonathan French, executor, charges includes payment to "Rev'd Eben'r P. Sperry to the support of the testatrix in his family". Residue split evenly between three legatees.
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