Ruth (King) Stark (1756 - aft. 1820)

Born 1756 in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Stark Jr. — married about 1776 in South Carolina [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1820 after age 64 in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Ruth (King) Stark was a South Carolina colonist.

Ruth's parents were Capt. Charles King b 1730 Md.- D. bef 3/2/1789 Newberry, SC. He was in the Rev war, He served in the Carolinas with Sumpter and Marion. He was a member of the Provincial Congress and served as Senator from the Newberry District, National DAR # 236271, Capt. Charles King and Col. John Lindsey were in the battles with the Cherokees and were at the seige of Augusta, Ga. in 1775. Ruths mother is Charity Pennington King b. 1738 Va.- d. 1776 Newberry SC. Charitys Parents were Iaasc Pennington and Mary Evins. Charles Kings children received 350 acres of land in his will dated 2/21/1789 Newberry SC.

Ruths sister, Charity b.1765,( may have died in Tn)., married Chapman Gordon, she is the Great grandmother of Major/Liutenant General John Brown Gordon 1832-1904, who was second in to General Robert E. Lee. He was a senator and Fort Gordon is named after him. One of Ruths other sisters Lydia b.1761 Newberry SC., Married Thomas Lindsey d.1815, brother of Abigail Lindsay Wells d. 1813, wife of Humphrey Wells my Wells ancestors. Some say Kings Mountain NC may have been named for Charles King.

Children of Thomas and Ruth Stark; On the day of her marriage to Richard Tenney she deeded land to her children: ^[1]

1. Rachel m. Edward Yeargan
2. John Stark
3. Charity
4. Nancy m. John Boyd
5. Thomas b. abt 1788 Newberry Co.,Sc m. Mary Ann Blackburn b. 1792 Newberry SC
6. Keziah m. Humphrey Wells
7. Pennington
8. Jeremiah
9. Rebecca

The last three were minors when their father Thomas Stark Died.

Ruth Stark remarried in 1809 to Richard Tenney he died without issue. They had lived separately for the last 3 years before his death, Richard had an illegitimate son named Isaac Tenney Jr. who claimed he and sued Ruth for 1/4 share of the land deeded to the Stark children...Richard had a brother Isaac Tenney Sr. So sounds like Richard had a son with Isaac Tenneys wife. Isaac Jr could only receive 1/4/the land belonging to Richard Tenney his father.

Ruth was buried at Liberty Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery in Jalapa, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA.^[2]

Ruth King was the daughter of Charles King and Charity Pennington. She married ^[3] Thomas Stark in 1752 in Virginia. She passed away after 1820.

Sources

1. ↑ Our Stark Ancestors
2. ↑ Find A Grave Ruth King Stark, memorial# 82950723
3. ↑ Source Information Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 . Provo, UT, USA: [1]

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