Person:Ruth Wakelee (1)

Name^[1]	Ruth Wakelee
Married Name	Ruth Shelton
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	15 Jan 1739/40	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Christening^[1]	23 Mar 1740	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesChrist Church (Prot. Ep.)
Marriage	Bef 1760	Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Abigail). Abijah Shelton and Ruth Wakelee were first cousins once removed. to Abijah Shelton
Death^[1]	30 Sep 1813	Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial^[1]^[2]		Long Hill Burial Ground, Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 946. David⁵ Wakelee, 963. Abijah⁵ Shelton, in Mathews, Barbara Jean; Donna Holt Siemiatkoski; Kathryn Smith Black; and Nancy Pexa. The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes. (Wethersfield, Conn.: Welles Family Association, 2015)
2:993, 1015.

"Ruth⁶ (Wakelee), b. 13 Jan. 1739/40, bapt. 23 Mar. 1740 in the Ripton Parish neighborhood of Stratford by the Anglican minister (Christ Church 1:13, FHL 5799), …"
"… Ruth⁶ Wakelee, daughter of Ens. David⁵ Wakelee and Abigail Harger, born 15 January 1739/40 in Stratford, Connecticut (Barbour citing LR5:32), baptized 23 March 1739/40 (Christ Church 1:13, FHL 5799), and died 30 September 1813, at age 74, buried in Long Hill Cemetery, Shelton (Hale 50)."
↑ Ruth Wakelee Shelton, in Find A Grave.