Ruth (Badger) Brewster (1745 - aft. 1778)

Born 11 Jan 1745 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Asa Brewster — married 28 May 1776 in Windham, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Birth

Ruth Badger was born at Norwich, Connecticut, on 11 Jan 1745, the daughter of Samuel Badger and Abigail (Bingham) Badger.^[1]

Marriage

Ruth Badger marred Asa Brewster at Windham, Connecticut, on 28 May 1760.^[2][3]

Death

No record has been found of the death of Ruth (Badger) Brewer. She was living on 7 Nov 1778, when her last child was born.^[3] A FamilySearch profile says that she died about 1807, but it cites no evidence.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch abstract of the birth record of Ruth Badger, in Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch > Ruth Badger, 1745.
2. ↑ FamilySearch abstract of the marriage record od Asa Brewster and Ruth Badger, in Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850, database, FamilySearch > Ruth Badger and Asa Brewster; citing Marriage, Windham, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143430.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Emma C. Brewster Jones, The Brewster genealogy, 1566-1907; a record of the descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower." ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth colony in 1620 (New York, N. Y., 1908), pages 154-155
4. ↑ FamilySearch profile for Ruth Badger, accessed 29 Nov 2022