Ruth (Breed) Purinton (1712 - abt. 1760)

Born 10 Mar 1712 in Lynn, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Purinton — married 1 Mar 1736 in Lynn, Massachusetts

Descendants

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Biography

Ruth was a Friend (Quaker)

Ruth Breed, born 10 Mar 1712 @ Lynn, Massachusetts, was the ninth child of Anna (Hood) & Samuel Breed.

She married March 1, 1736 Daniel Purinton of Danvers & Salem, a potter. They had 11 children, few of whose birth dates are available, here listed per the reference source:

• Elisha Purinton
• Abijah Purinton, m. (intent) 27 Aug 1766 Jane Vernon of Salem, Massachusetts
• Clark Purinton, resided at Somerset, Massachusetts
• Daniel Purinton, m. 28 Oct 1756 Hannah Southwick [b. 22 Aug 1734, daughter of John Southwick, the second husband of Mary (Gaskill/Buffum)
• Zaccheus Purinton, resided at Dover, New Hampshire
• Samuel Purinton (1737-1822); m. 15 Jan 1760 Abigail Newhall; d. 16 Dec 1822
• Amos Purinton, b. 8 Mar 1740; m. 1) 27 Jan 1762 Mercy Bassett, daughter of Isaiah Bassett of Boston; 2) 16 Dec 1769 Mary Chase, daughter of Mary (Swain) & Elihu Chase of Kensington, New Hampshire; d. 18 Oct 1815
• Sarah Purinton, b. 1742; m. Thomas Buxton; d. Dec 1826
• Lydia Purinton, b. 28 Dec 1747; m. 1770 Enoch Johnson (1748-) of Kensington, New Hampshire [b. 1 Nov 1748, son of Judith (Brown) & Obadiah Johnson
• Hannah Purinton (1750-bef.1825), m. 18 Jan 1771 Stephen Green of Kensington, New Hampshire, son of John & Mary Green
• Ruth Purinton, m. 10 Oct 1771 John Morrill of Berwick, Maine

The death date of Ruth (Breed) Purinton is not yet known, but probably was after 1760.

Sources

• Breed Family Association 5th annual meeting (March 11, 1926) record book, Sarah Ellen Breed, ed.; p. 128, no. 51