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Ruth (Tripp) Slocum (1736 - 1807)

Ruth Slocum formerly Tripp
Born in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Colonymap
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Wife of — married 23 Feb 1759 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Islandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 71 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Ruth was a Friend (Quaker)

Ruth Tripp was born 21 March 1736 in Kent County, Rhode Island to Isaac Tripp and Susannah Spencer.[1][2]

Marriage

At 21, Ruth Tripp married 24-year-old Quaker Jonathan Slocum on 23 February 1757[3] in the presence of Jonathan's brother Ebenezer in Warwick, Rhode Island.[4][5]. Ruth and Jonathan resided in Warwick, Rhode Island after their marriage. He was a blacksmith, a profession his son Joseph[4] and grandsons Joseph, William[citation needed] and Zebulon[6] would later also take up.

Their children were:

  1. Giles Slocum, b. 5 January 1759 Warwick, RI; d. 14 November 1826 in Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York.
  2. Judith Slocum, b. October 1760 Warwick, Rhode Island; d. 11 March 1814 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
  3. William Slocum, b. 6 January 1762 Warwick, Rhode Island; d. 20 October 1810 in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  4. Ebenezer Slocum, b. 10 January 1766 Warwick, Rhode Island; d. ?
  5. Mary Slocum Towne, b. 22 December 1768 Warwick, Rhode Island; d. 5 April 1844 in Wilkes Barre, Pensylvania.
  6. Benjamin Slocum, b. 7 December 1770 Warwick, Rhode Island; d. 5 July 1832 in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
  7. Frances (Mac-on-a-quah) Slocum, b. 4 March 1773 Warwick, Rhode Island; d. 9 March 1847 of pneumonia in Peru, Miami County, Indiana.
  8. Isaac Slocum, b. 4 March 1775 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania; d. 26 August 1858 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio. He is buried in Strong Ridge Cemetery, Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio.
  9. Joseph Slocum, b. 9 April 1777 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania; d. 27 September 1855 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.
  10. Jonathan Slocum, b. 12 September 1778 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania; d. 1 September 1842 in Havana, Schuyler County, New York.

In 1762 they accompanied Jonathan's brother Job, and possibly Ruth's father Isaac Tripp to the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania as members of The Susquehanna Company and remained for about a year. In 1771 Jonathan took up land in what is now probably Scranton, Pennsylvania.[citation needed]

By 1774 they were back in Rhode Island where the census shows them with a household of 14 persons, including two Negro servants and two Indians.[7] They returned to Wyoming with the entire family late in 1774/1775.

Jonathan received a deed of land in Wilkes Barre on 6 November 1775. By 1777 he had purchased land in Old Township of Putnam, now Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.

On 2 November 1778 Indians seized Ruth's five year old daughter Frances and carried her into lifelong captivity.

As a member of the Society of Friends Jonathan had befriended the Indians, but his son Giles had been recognized at the battle 3 July 1778. On 16 December 1778 Jonathan was shot and scalped by the Indians while feeding cattle within sight of the Fort of Wilkes Barre. Ruth was an eye-witness to both Indian attacks - the kidnapping of her daughter and the scalping of her husband and father.

After Jonathan's death, Ruth continued to live in the the family home until around 1790, when she moved to a house on North Main Street with a few of her children.[8] There she remained until her death.[9]

Ruth died 6 May 1807 in Wilkes-Barre at the age of 71.[10] She is buried in Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre.[11]

Sources

  1. Meginness, John Franklin. Frances Slocum the Lost Sister of Wyoming: The Story of a Quaker Girl's Abduction and Life Among the Miami Indians. (United Kingdom: Leonaur Limited, 2011).
  2. Arthur D. Dean, Genealogy of the Tripp Family, F. H. Gerlock & Co., 1903, Scranton, PA, archive.org, p41, https://archive.org/stream/genealogyoftripp00dean/.
  3. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8K1-K25 : 22 January 2020), Jonathan Slocum, 1759.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Slocum, Charles Elihu. A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America: Genealogical and Biographical; Embracing Eleven Generations of the First-named Family, from 1637 to 1881: with Their Alliances and the Descendants in the Female Lines as Far as Ascertained. (United States: The author, 1882), 122, 225. Google Books (https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Short_History_of_the_Slocums_Slocumbs/DYJRAAAAMAAJ : accessed 24 Feb 2022).
  5. Vital record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 : a family register for the people, 1900, v.1, p 121
  6. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTR-FZ8 : 23 December 2020), Z B Slocum, Chemung, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  7. Bartlett, John R., "Census of the State of Rhode Island 1774." Providence, Rhode Isand, USA: Knowles, Anthony & Co., State Printers, 1858.
  8. "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKJ-D8Q : accessed 24 February 2022), Ruth Slocum, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing page 153, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.
  9. Harvey, Oscar Jewell. The Story of Frances Slocum, a Captive to the Indians." A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: from its first beginnings to the present time; including chapters of newly-discovered early Wyoming Valley history, together with many biographical sketches and much genealogical material. Vol. II (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: Raeder Press, 1909). Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/ahistorywilkesb00smitgoog/page/1116/ : accessed 24 Feb 2022).
  10. Obituary of Mrs. Ruth Slocum. The Gleaner, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 8 May 1807, 3:3.
  11. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25769832/ruth-slocum : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Ruth Tripp Slocum (21 Mar 1736–6 May 1807), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25769832, citing Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by KenR Jr. (contributor 49966516).
  • Buckingham, Hal, Sketches of Sayre, Butler family trees based on interviews with Harriet Noyes, February, 2008. A pdf file located in Reunion Documents folder.
  • Buckingham, H., Caleb Carr Genealogy, Filed as CalebCarrGenealogy.pdf, 3/3/08
  • "Frances Slocum; of, The Captive Maid of the Revolution", by Mrs. Maria Fuller Rice, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 3 No. 1, Washington DC, July 1893, pages 5-9
  • The Michael Shoemaker Book by Williams T. Blair pp 561-562 [1]

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