Ruth was born in 1777. She is the daughter of Isaac Brooks and Ruth Terrell. She passed away in 1844.
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107796597/ruth_terrell-brooks: accessed February 25, 2024), memorial page for Ruth Terrell Brooks Brooks (17 Sep 1777–1 Nov 1844), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107796597, citing Brooks Family Cemetery, Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by 5fishes (contributor 49450933).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
I am descended from a Ruth Brooks, born about 1775, who married a John Bradbury in 1795 and had many kids by him. If this is the same person let me know. I can see no reason to have such a high privacy level on someone dead for 170 years.