Ruth (Purdy) Fiske (1709 - 1762)

Born 1709 in Rye, Westchester, Province of New York

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Reynolds — married 1 Jan 1729 (to 1748) in 2nd Congregational Church, Greenwich, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 21 Jul 1762 at about age 53 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Purdy Name Study.

Ruth Purdy was born in 1709 in Rye, Westchester, New York, daughter of Francis Purdy (~1676–>1718) and Sarah Brown (~1692– ).

Ruth (19) married Nathaniel Reynolds (25) (born on February 20, 1703 in Greenwich, Connecticut; son of James Reynolds and Sarah (Holmes) Reynolds) on January 1, 1729 in 2nd Congregational Church, Greenwich, Connecticut. Their children were:

• Nathaniel Reynolds (1729–1805)
• Anne Reynolds (1737– )
• Hannah Reynolds (1739–1814)
• Stephen Reynolds (1740–1815)

Ruth (42) married Jonathan Fiske (45) (born on January 10, 1706 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; son of Samuel Fiske and Elizabeth (Brown) Fiske) about 1752.

Ruth died on July 21, 1762 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, aged 52.

Sources

• Reynolds, Marion Hobart. The History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds, 1630?-1923, of Watertown, Mass., and Wethersfield, Stamford and Greenwich, Conn. (Reynolds Family Association, Brooklyn, New York, 1924). Pages 70-72. Citing: "103. Nathaniel Reynolds."