Ruth (Wooster) Bowers (1668 - abt. 1691)

Born 8 Apr 1668 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Bowers — married 1687 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

Died about 1691 at about age 22 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Ruth Wooster, daughter of Edward Wooster, was born 8 Apr 1668 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut^[1][2][3] and was christened 4 Jul 1669 in Milford, New Haven, CT.^[2] Ruth married Samuel Bowers in 1687 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut^{[4][5] [2]}

She died before November 1691, when Samuel remarried.

Sources

1. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 236.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 589.
3. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 600.
4. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, p 236.
5. ↑ Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 600.

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Milford, Page 177: Birth record. Vol. Derby, Page 117: Marriage record.