Samuel Ring (1694 - 1768)

Born 12 Mar 1694 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Sylvester) Phinney — married 28 Jan 1725 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 8 May 1768 at age 74 in Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel Ring was born on 12 March 1694 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts as the fourth of twelve children to Eleazer Ring (1655-1749) and Mary Shaw. (1665-1730).^[1] He was a descendant of Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins^[2]

He married Ruth Silvester (1702-1770) on 28 January 1725 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Samuel died on 8 May 1768 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay at the age of 74. He was buried in the Old Burying Grounds, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Ring Plot. Find A Grave: Memorial #39820465

Inscription: "In memory of Mr. Samuel Ring who deceased May ye 8th 1768, aged 74 years, 1 month, 15 days."

Samuel and Ruth (Silvester) Ring had the following children:^[3][4]

1. George Ring, Captain was born 19 May 1726 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He married Lucretia Chipman (1727-1795) before 1748. George died on 2 January 1776 in Chebogue Point, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. Grace Ring was born in 1727 and died in 1730.
3. Grace Ring was born in 1730. She died in 1793.
4. Lydia Ring was born in 1730. She died in 1768.
5. Mary Ring was born in 1732.
6. Samuel Ring was born in 1734. He died in 1747.
7. Elizabeth Ring was born in 1736. She died in 1792.
8. Francis Ring was born on 28 January 1738 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He married Mary Weston (1748-1832). Francis died on 27 September 1820 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
9. Louisa Ring was born in 1740. She died in 1747.
10. Eliphaz Ring 1743-1764.
11. Eleazer Ring was born in 1744 and died in 1744.

Probate

The will of Samuel Ring of Kingston was dated 3 May 1768 and proved on 6 June 1768 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Ruth, and his children, George Ring, Grace Bradford, wife of Samuel Bradford, Lidia Ripley, wife of William Ripley, Elizabeth Hunt, wife of Samuel Hunt, Francis Ring (executor), and Eliphaz Ring (executor).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), pp. 30, 118.
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Vol. 15 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, pg 101
3. ↑ Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), page 118.
4. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. Volume 2, page 52, citing Kingston VR, Gen. Adv. 2:1, 122, MD 22:169.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-JQ9P : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 387 of 641; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

• Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register
• Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850
• Mayflower Families Vol. 15 p. 101
• Shaw, Jonathan A., John Shaw of Plymouth Colony, Purchaser and Canal Builder, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 426.