In 1793, Ruth Dixon married Thomas Roach. They settled at Fort Lawrence and had seven children (listed below).
Ruth (Dixon) Roach died 29 March 1810 and was buried in the Fort Lawrence Cemetery. It was reported that 500 people attended her funeral service.[2][3]
↑ History of Charles Dixon : one of the Early English Settlers of Sackville, N.B., compiled by James D. Dixon, Sackville, N.B., Forest City Publishing Co., Rockford, Illinois, 1891, pp.140-151. [1]
↑ Dixon, James D, History of Charles Dixon - One of the Early English Settlers of Sackville, N. B., Forest City Publishing Co., Rockford, Ill., U.S.A, Page 16; InternetArchive (https://archive.org/details/cihm_06043 : accessed 24 April 2017)
"Ruth Dixon, born Wednesday, September 16, 1772."
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Same person as FamilySearch FamilyTree Profile MPWF-NF7 [2]
THE CHIGNECTO ISTHMUS AND ITS FIRST SETTLERS, by Howard Trueman, Published by William Briggs, Toronto, 1902, (pp. 255-6).
HISTORY OF CHARLES DIXON : one of the Early English Settlers of Sackville, N.B., compiled by James D. Dixon, a grandson, Sackville, N.B., Forest City Publishing Co., Rockford, Illinois, 1891, pp.16, 140-151. [3][4][5]
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 July 2018), memorial page for Ruth Dixon Roach (16 Sep 1772–29 Mar 1810), Find A Grave Memorial no. 174311954, citing Fort Lawrence Cemetery, Fort Lawrence, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Colin MacKinnon (contributor 49153699). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174311954/ruth-roach.
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