Ruth (Whitman) Porter (1710 - 1759)

Born 27 Mar 1710 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Porter — married 29 Jan 1729 in Weymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1759 at age 49 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

Name

Name: Ruth /WHITMAN/^[1][2][3]

Name: Ruth //

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Ruth /WHITMAN/.

Birth

Found multiple copies of BIRTH DATE. Using 27 MAR 1710

Date: 27 MAR 1710

Place: Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States^[4]ref name=AFTRP/>^[3][1] Richard's page included the county name.^[2]

Marriage

Husband: Richard Porter

Wife: Ruth Whitman

Married By Mr. James Bayley/^[2][1]

Date: 29 JAN 1729^[5]

Place: Weymouth, Massachusetts^[2]

Child: Mary Porter^[2]

Death

Found multiple copies of DEATH DATE all noting Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Using 13 APR 1759

Date: 13 APR 1759^[2]

Date: 13 SEP 1759^[3]

Date: 13 1759^[1]

Place: Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Research Notes

One source has marriage year as 1730^[6], which is more likely as their marriage intensions were filed 25 Oct 1729.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Record for Samuel Whitman.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Record for Richard Porter
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Record for Mary Richards.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45B-KS4 : 22 October 2020), Ruth Whitman, 1710.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZC-DCVL : 19 April 2021), Richard Porter and Ruth Whitman, 25 Oct 1729; citing Marriage, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009659.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ9-JFZW : 19 April 2021), Richard Porter and Ruth Whitman, 29 Jan 1730; citing Marriage, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009659.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897M-BSTR?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D7-RMR%3A353350501%2C1006064501%2C1006064502 : 30 October 2019), Norfolk > Weymouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1655-1805 > image 24 of 123; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.

Acknowledgements

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Whitman-1697 was created by Robert Richards through the import of BobGen2014-01.ged on Jan 22, 2014.