Ruth Merrick

1684 - 1766  (82 years)

• Name	Ruth Merrick  [1]
  Birth	1684	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Note	BIRTH: `Stephen Hopkins MFIP' by John D Austin (1989) p20/86 MARRIAGES: `Stephen Hopkins MFIP' by John D Austin (1989) p86 DEATH: `Stephen Hopkins MFIP' by John D Austin (1989) p86
  Note	MARRIAGE-SPOUSE-DEATH: THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SARES (SEARS) OF YARMOUTH, MA; 1638-1888; by Samuel P. May; Albany, NY; 1890; p 71; Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA CS71.S44.
  Note	BIRTH-MARRIAGE-SPOUSE-DEATH: Austin, John D.; STEPHEN HOPKINS OF THE MAYFLOWER; Mayflower Families Through Five Generations; General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992; Hopkins #83, p 105-106. NOTE: Died in her 83rd yr, she was a seamstress.
  Reference	Misc41/083
  Name	Ruth Foster  [1]
  Name	Ruth Sears  [1]
  Death	13 Feb 1766	Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Burial	Aft 13 Feb 1766	Old Cem, Brewster, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Person ID	I16531	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	William Merrick,   b. 15 Sep 1643, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. 30 Oct 1732, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Abigail Hopkins,   b. Oct 1644, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. Bef 1691, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age < 46 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1667	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Samuel Sears,   b. 15 Sep 1687, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. 22 Nov 1726, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1710	Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Children	> 1. Abagail Sears,   b. 23 Nov 1711, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. Aft 7 Apr 1740 (Age > 29 years) > 2. Mercy Sears,   b. 21 Oct 1713, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. Aft 7 Apr 1740 (Age > 27 years) > 3. Ruth Sears,   b. 4 Jul 1715, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. 27 Mar 1761, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 45 years) > 4. Desire Sears,   b. 9 Mar 1716/17, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. Abt 1790 (Age 72 years) > 5. Mary Sears,   b. 9 Aug 1718, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. Bef 7 May 1761, Harwich, Massachusetts, -USA (Age < 42 years) > 6. Hannah Sears,   b. 3 Jun 1720, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. 31 Oct 1760 (Age 40 years) > 7. Samuel Sears,   b. 5 Dec 1721, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. 13 Aug 1774 (Age 52 years)   8. Isaac Sears,   b. 5 Oct 1723, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. 13 Jan 1724/25, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 1 year) > 9. Seth Sears,   b. 9 Apr 1725, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. Bef 28 May 1770 (Age < 45 years)
  Family ID	F4737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Chillingsworth Foster,   b. 11 Jul 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. 22 Dec 1764, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1731	Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Family ID	F4797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

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