Ruth (Buffington) Harlan (1682 - 1743)

Born 1682 in Bovingdon Hill, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Ezekiel Harlan Sr. — married 19 Jul 1706 in Kennett, M.m. Chester ,Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died Jan 1743 at about age 61 in Kennett, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Ruth BUFFINGTON was born in 1682 in Great Marlow, England, and died JAN 1744 in Kennett, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

She was the 2nd wife of Ezekiel Harlan, married 1705/6 in Kennett Twp., Chester Co., Pa.^[1]

Burial: Old Kennett Mm, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1743, Buried at Old Kennett Meeting House

Will

WILL OF RUTH BUFFINGTON HARLAN.

Be it Known to all Men by these presents That I Ruth Harlan of Kennett in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred & forty three being sick & weak of body but of sound & Perfect Disposing mind & memory Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following that is to say first & principally when it shall have pleased Almighty God to call my Soul to his mercy that my body be Decently interred at the Discretion of my Executors hereinafter named, and in the next place my Will mind & order is that all my Just Debts & funeral expenses shall be paid & Discharged as soon as possible after my decease And after all my Just Debts & funeral expenses are paid & Discharged I do give devise and bequeath unto my son Ezekiel Harlan of West Marlborough in the said County & Province the sum of Five Shillings to be paid to him or his assigns within one year after my decease. also I give Devise & Bequeath unto my son Joseph Harlan of Kennet aforesaid the sum of Five Shillings to be paid unto him or his assigns within one year after my Decease & also I give Devise & Bequeath unto my son Benjamin Harlan the sum of Five Shillings to be paid unto him when he shall have arrived at the age of twenty one years, also I Devis & Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Webb & relict of Daniell Webb Late of Kennet deceased the sum of Five pounds to be paid to her or her heirs within one year after my decease. Allso I give devise & Bequeath unto my said Daughter Mary Webb my sattin Gown to be delivered to her immediatly after my decease. Allso I give devise & Bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth White my Gown made of Wool & Worsted and my quilted Petticoat & the Remainder of my wearing apparrall I give Devise & Bequeath to my Daughter Ruth the wife of Daniel Leonard. Allso I give devise & Bequeath wooll of my sheepe to be Equally divided between my two Daughters namely the above mentioned Elizabeth White the wife of William White & Ruth the wife of Daniel Leonard. Allso I give devise & Bequeath unto my said Daughter Ruth Leonard the seventeen acres of Land by me reserved out of the Lands left me by my Husband Ezekiel Harlan Deceased & the House wherein I now Dwell & allso the orchard & a piece of Meadow called the Calf Passture & a piece of Wood Land at the Discretion of my Executors so that the whole of the said Land in orchard Meadow Ground Woodland &c shall not exceed Seventeen Acres To hold to the said Ruth Leonard during her Natural Life & after her decease I Give devise & bequeath the said seventeen acres of Land and Premises above mentioned to my son Benjamin his heirs & Assigns forever, and the Remainder or Overplus of my Estate after my Just Debts funeral expenses and the above mentioned Legacies are paid & discharged I do Will & order to be Equally Divided between my two above mentioned Daughters, namely, Elizabeth White & Ruth Leonard.

Also my will mind & desire is that my said son Benjamin be put to apprentice in a Convenient Time after my Decease to my Brotherinlaw Charles Turner of Burmingham untill he shall be of the age of Twenty years to learn the Trade & art of Cordwainer & I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Ezekiel Harlan above mentioned to be the sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament and my soninlaw,(*) William Harlan of West Marlborough aforesaid to be Overseer & Trustee for the performance thereof but without the power of Admintr except in case it shall so happen that my son Ezekiel shall die before he shall have accomplished and fullfilled the performance of his Administration & Executorship to this my Last Will & Testament.

And I do hereby revoke Dissallow & make void all & all manner and other & former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made, hereby ratifying and confirming and declaring this and no otherto be my Last Will & Testament.

In Witness whereof together with the Publication hereof, I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first above written.

JOSEPH TAYLOR. her Witnesses: JOHN WALKER. RUTH X HARLAN. (Seal) THOMAS WORRALL. mark "Proved February 2.1733/4."

(*)Now called step-son.

Old Kennett Mm, Chester, Pennsylvania

Ezekial and Ruth had six children. Ezekial, Mary. Elizabeth, Joseph, Ruth, and Benjamin.

Ruth was buried in 1744 in Chester, Pennsylvania. The burial record gives an estimated age of 65.

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy of the Harlan Family by Alpheus Harlan; retrieved 9/16/2013 from {http://www.harlanfamily.org/alph.htm]

See also:

• Source: S1 Repository: #REPO1 Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Italicized: Y
• Repository: REPO1 Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
• Source: S10 Repository: #REPO1 Title: International Genealogical Index (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of September 25, 2005 Italicized: Y Page: Film #: 0456585
• Harlan, Junior. A Family of Friends. Harlan Family in America: Original Source: Genealogy of the Harlan Family by Alpheus Harlan: History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family and particularly of the descendants of George and Michael Harlan Who Settled in Chester County, Pa., 1687. New York 1914. Updates to The Harlan family of America website can be retrieved from {http://www.harlanfamily.org/data.htm]

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.
• Thank you to Thomas Buffington for creating WikiTree profile Buffington-174 through the import of dq2201_173032fbsz725291dii101.ged on Jan 22, 2013.
• Alpheus Harlan's History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family(by Joyce Reinig)
• Burial, 1744, Kennets Friends Burial Ground, Kennet Square, Chester, Pennsylvania, Find A Grave (Ruth Buffington Harlan): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVX-TCNL
• Will of Ruth Harlan

Research Notes

The record on Find A Grave includes an uploaded copy of the will, and other information including where she came from, her husband, when she met him, etc.