Ruth (Folsom) Norris (1670 - 1704)

Born 1670 in Exeter, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Norris — married 4 Mar 1692 in Exeter, New Hampshire [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1704 at about age 34 in Exeter, New Hampshire

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Biography

Ruth Folsom was born in 1670 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Her parents were Samuel Folsom and Mary Roby.

She married Moses Norris on March 04, 1692.^[1][2] Children:

1. Samuel b. about 1693;
2. John b. Dec. 25, 1694
3. Moses b. about 1696
4. Nicholas b. about 1698
5. Joseph b. about 1699
6. Jonathan b. about 1700
7. James b. about 1702
8. Ruth, b. about 1704.

She died in 1704 in Exeter, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLX6-QDF : 22 February 2021), Moses Norris and Ruth Foulsam, 04 Mar 1691; citing Exeter, , New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,287.
2. ↑ Morrison LA. Lineage and Biographies of the Norris Family in America from 1640-1892. : With References to the Norrises of England As Early As 1311. Boston Mass: Damrell & Upham; 1892. p.18

• Fitts, James Hill. History of Newfields, New Hampshire, 1638-1911 (Rumford Press, 1912 - Newfields (N.H.)); p.501

• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Lewis historical Publishing Company - Boston, Mass., 1908,1910); Vol. 1, p.387