Ruth (King) Graham (1755 - 1834)

Born 26 Apr 1755 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Smith — married 28 Oct 1773 (to about 1778) in Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut

Wife of John Andrew Graham Jr. — married 13 Jul 1779 in Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1834 at age 78 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Ruth King, the daughter of Isaac and Martha (Smith) King, was born in 1755 in Connecticut. Of her first husband, Charles Smith, little is known. Records indicate they were married in October of 1773 and that they had two daughters, Deborah, born in 1775 and Ruth, born in 1777. Charles would pass away sometime in 1777 or 1778.

Ruth was the second wife of the Reverend John Graham, Jr. They were married in July of 1779. Together they would have 5 children as follows:

Isaac King Graham (1780–1854)

Charles Isaac Graham (1782–1840)

Harriet Swan Graham Foot (1789–1865)

Jerusha Graham (1792–1861)

Sylvester Graham (1794–1851)

Ruth would pass away in 1834, 38 years after her second husband.

Sources

• The King family of Suffield, Connecticut, its English ancestry, A.D. 1389-1662, and American descendants, A.D. 1662-1908, comprising numerous branches in many states of the United States, also appendices containing information concerning some of its maternal ancestors, by King, Cameron Haight, Publication date 1908 , Publisher Walter N. Brunt Co., San Francisco. Page 141. [1]

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WG-NJH : 11 February 2018), Ruth in entry for Deborah Smith, 22 Jan 1775; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WG-14L : 11 February 2018), Ruth Smith, 13 Jan 1777; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9SJQ-69L : accessed 2016-11-11), entry for Ruth King Smith, submitted by jgraham2744821.

• https://www.geni.com/people/Ruth/6000000002889733508

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Ruth_King_(22)

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2H-DVJ : accessed 29 July 2018), Ruth Graham, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 544, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 281,229.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL6-XDQ : accessed 29 July 2018), Ruth Graham, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 172, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 281,235.

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7V7-QM2 : 10 February 2018), Ruth Graham, 08 Feb 1834; citing Suffield, Connecticut, reference pg 138; FHL microfilm 3,365.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127397905/ruth-graham