Born in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joel Howe
and Elizabeth (Bemis) Howe
Sister of
Hannah (Howe) Slayton
Wife of
Gardner Prouty
— married
1 Nov 1807 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Eliza (Prouty) Hill, Marcia Howe (Prouty) Burr, Alanson Prouty, Carlos Prouty, Gardner Prouty, Fanny Prouty, Nancy (Prouty) Duncan, Harriet Fanny Prouty and Hannah Augusta Prouty
Died
at age 79
in Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Ruth Howe was born 15 April 1788 in Spencer, Massachusetts.[1] She married Gardner Prouty 1 Nov 1807 in Spencer.[2] They lived in Spencer and had nine children there. She died 7 May 1828.[3] Burial: Old Spencer Cemetery Spencer Worcester County Massachusetts, USA
Sources
- ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Spencer Births, page 59
- ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Spencer Marriages, page 170
- ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, NEHGS, Boston, 1929, Vol. 1, pages 184-185
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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. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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~1.56%
Jack Day
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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Walter Howe
Walter Howe
The Howe Genealogies list Eliza Prouty's birth date as 1808, not 1888.
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