Born about in Scituate, Plymouth Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Hyland
and Deborah (Maynard) Hyland
Sister of
Thomas Hyland, Mary (Hyland) Stetson, Elizabeth (Hyland) James, Sarah (Hyland) Turner, Samuel Hyland, Annah Hyland and Deborah (Hyland) Ticknor
Wife of
Joseph Stetson
— married
1666 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Stetson
Died
at about age 27
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
No definitive record of Ruth's birth has been found. For Wikitree, we have given a rough estimate of 1640.
She and Joseph Stetson were married in December of 1670 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony.[1] Records show that she died following the birth of their son, Joseph, Jr.[2] He married his wife's sister, Prudence.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3824 #168646 (accessed 22 January 2023)
Ruth Stetson's marriage to Joseph Stetson in 1667 in New England. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Digitized Book: "The descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts, sixteen hundred and thirty-four ...", by Stetson, Oscar Frank, 1875-1948, ed; Stetson, Nelson Mitchell, 1855-1930; Stetson Kindred of America. Publication date 1933. Page 22. (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofcor112stet/page/22/)
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Ellen Smith
Ellen Smith
Hiland-2 and Hyland-73 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. I've added alt. spellings to both profiles -- clearly the name was spelled both ways.
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Rejected matches › Ruth Hyland (1673-)
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