Ruth (Barlow) Bradley (abt. 1646 - aft. 1689)

Born about 1646 in Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Wife of Francis Bradley — married about 1661 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died after Oct 1689 after about age 43 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Genealogist Dale Kellogg in a detailed examination of known primary evidence suggests the year of marriage of John Barlow and Ann __________ is 1627 with Elizabeth as the first child born 1628 and Ruth as the last child born about 1646.^[1]

Ruth Barlow was born about 1630 in Connecticut Colony, daughter of John Barlow (abt. 1594–1674) and Ann Unknown (1604–1685).

Her siblings were:
Note: these years of birth are under revision and do not fall within the most recent research.^[1]

1. Elizabeth Barlow (abt. 1622–1686)
2. Isabella Barlow (abt. 1628–1698)
3. Anne Barlow (abt. 1631– )
4. John Barlow (bef. 1631–1691)
5. Martha Barlow (1632–bef. 1698)
6. Deborah Barlow (1636–1674)

Ruth (30) married Francis Bradley (35) (born about 1625 in England) in 1661 in Fairfield.^[2] Their known children were:

1. Daniel Bradley (1662–1668)
2. John Bradley (1664–1703)
3. Ruth Bradley (1664–aft. 1715)
4. Joseph Bradley (1664–1668)
5. Abigail Bradley (1667– )
6. Francis Bradley (1670–abt. 1716)
7. Daniel Bradley (1673–bef. 1713)
8. Joseph Bradley (abt. 1676–abt. 1714)

Ruth died after Oct 1689 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, aged about 58.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Kellogg, Dale, FOGS, An Exercise in Probability, The Children of John Barlow of Fairfield, Connecticut, Connecticut Nutmegger, 25:529 $ubscription (1993)
2. ↑ Marriage: Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Vol. I, p. 190. BRADLEY, Francis (-1689) & Ruth [BARLOW]; ca 1660/5; Fairfield, CT/Branford, CT/Hartford

See also:

• Marriage: Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 2A, p.125.
• Marriage & Death: The Lohm - Smyth Family:Information about Ruth Barlow. (Ruth Barlow (daughter of John Barlow and Ann) died Aft. Oct 1689 in Fairfield, CT. She married Francis Bradley on Abt. 1660 in Fairfield, CT.)
• "Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721, Page 15: 1674 Barlowe, Mr. John, Sen. of Fairfield, will of dated Mch. 28, 1674, probated Nov. 3, 1674. "Daughter: Ruth Bradley w. Francis Bradley" (Probate of Ruth's Father John Barlowe)
• Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections
• Butts, Knowles & Hills; The Seeleys, Turneys, Sturges & Barlows, by Larry Daniels (Privately printed, Bowie, MD 20715-1336, March 1993)