Born about in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Adam Torrey
and Hannah (Blanchard) Torrey
Sister of
Lydia (Torrey) Vining and Hannah (Torrey) Holbrook
Wife of
Elihu Penniman
— married
4 Apr 1777 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Ruth (Penniman) Potter
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Ruth was born in 1750. She died on 16 Dec 1834 in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, USA
Sources
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45B-ZBD : 8 December 2022), Ruth Torrey, 11 Aug 1750; citing Birth, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578176.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZY-59FX : 11 May 2022), Elihu Penniman and Ruth Torrey, 4 Apr 1777; citing Marriage, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009769.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVR-3XR : 15 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Ruth Penniman, 1779.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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