Ruth (Atwater) Ives (1688 - 1758)

Born 31 Dec 1688 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Ives — married 3 Jan 1705 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 17 May 1758 at age 69 in North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Ruth Atwater, daughter of Jonathan, was born 31 Dec 1688 in New Haven, Connecticut.^[1][2] She was baptized at the 1st Congregational Society of New Haven in 1689.^[2] The index of church records says "s. Jnotha, bp dec. 16, 1688" which must be wrong.^[3]

Ruth Atwater was admitted to the First church of New Haven 4 Feb 1704/5.^[3] She was dismissed to the Church at North Haven in 1718?.^[4] The first parish in North Haven was formed in 1716 and her husband Samuel was one of the first deacons in 1718. The church was a mainstay of the family. “The oldest cup was the gift of Miss Ruth Atwater of New Haven, afterwards the wife of Samuel Ives, deacon of Mr. Wetmore’s church, 1718. Dr. Trumbull, speaking of the donor says, “She was of the wealthy and respectable family of the Atwaters.” "^[5]

Ruth married Samuel Ives on 3 Jan 1705 in New Haven, Connecticut,^[2][1] by John Alling, assistant.^[1]

Ruth Ives died 17 May 1758, ae 69 and was buried in the North Haven Cemetery^[2][6][7]

Children born in New Haven^[2]

1. Mary b. 5 Dec 1706; m. 13 Dec 1725 Caleb Todd
2. Lydia was born 7 Mar 1709; m. 26 May 1726 Stephen Todd
3. Samuel b. 16 Sep 1711; d. 31 Jan 1784; m. Mary Gilbert
4. Ruth b. 17 Apr 1714 m. Benjamin Yale
5. Jonathan b. 14 Mar 1716; m. Thankful Cooper
6. Damaris b. 6 July 1718; married Ebenezer Frost; m. John Hull
7. Phebe b. 20 July 1721
8. David b. 7 Nov 1723; m. Elizabeth Merriam
9. John b. 22 Aug 1726; m Lois Barnes

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917. birth p. 66; marriage p. 97
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932 v.1 p. 61 v.4 p 910
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Connecticut Church Records Index: New Haven First Congregational Church 1639-1937. Vol. A-I. Hartford: Connecticut State Library, 1947. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
4. ↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 1842-1920, comp. Historical Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Christ in New Haven, Connecticut (Center Church) A. D. 1639-1914:. (1914)#603 p. 43 Also says d/o 421 and 338 b. Dec 1686; m. Samuel Ives #575, living in 1745.
5. ↑ Thorpe, Sheldon B. North Haven annals : a history of the town from its settlement, 1680, to its first centennial, 1886. (New Haven, Conn. : Press of the Price, Lee & Adkins Co., 1892) pp. 217, 218
6. ↑ Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. North Haven, Old Center Cemetery
7. ↑ Photo of gravestone Find A Grave: Memorial #20477691. Ruth Ives. Old Center Cemetery, North Haven, Connecticut

See also:

• No. 529, pg 169-172 - Hollister Family of America compiled by Lafayerre Wallace Case, MD 1886 - https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1