Ruth (Pelton) Ames (1787 - 1854)

Born 1787 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Barnabas Ames — married about 1824 (to 8 Aug 1854) in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1854 at about age 67 in De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, United States

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Biography

Ruth Ann Pelton, daughter of John and Martha Pelton, was born about 1787 in Lyme, Connecticut.^[1][2][3]

She married Salmon Bixby,^[1][2] son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Strong) Bixby, about 1805. Salmon was killed by the falling of a tree about 1822. "Administration of the estate of Salmon Bixby late of Madrid, 2 Nov. 1824, to Ruth and Barnabas Ames."^[3]

She married Barnabas Ames about 1824.^[1][2][3]

She and Barnabas appeared on census of 9 July 1850 at De Kalb, Saint Lawrence County, New York.^[4]

Ruth died on 8 Aug. 1854 at De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York and was buried at Hermon Cemetery, Hermon, St. Lawrence County, New York. Her memorial has a photo of her headstone.^[1]

Children of Ruth and Salmon

See Salmon.

Children of Ruth and Barnabas

See Barnabas.

Census

9 July 1850

De Kalb, Saint Lawrence County, New York

• Barnabas Ames 63 b. VT farmer.
• Ruth Ames 63 b. CT.
• Lucius Ames 30 b. NY Baptist Minister.
• Luman Ames 22 b. NY farmer.
• Jane Ames 22 b. NY.
• Truman Ames 0 b. NY.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} MEMORIAL ID 26757711 Ruth Ann Pelton Ames
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} J. M. Pelton. Genealogy of the Pelton family in America : being a record of the descendants of John Pelton who settled in Boston, Mass., about 1630-1632, and died in Dorchester, Mass., January 23rd, 1681. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892. p. 323. Available at Ancestry.com and at Archive .org. Genealogy of the Pelton Family
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} A genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Bixby, 1621-1701 of Ipswich and Boxford, Massachusetts, who spell the name Bixby, Bigsby, Byxbie, Bixbee, or Byxbe and of the Bixby family in England, descendants of Walter Bekesby, 1427, of Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk by Bixby, Willard Goldthwaite. 1914. Pages 267, 561.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Year: 1850; Census Place: De Kalb, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: M432_590; Page: 352A; Image: 129 1850 US Census Barnabas Ames