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Ruth (Worden) Dodge (abt. 1726 - abt. 1772)

Ruth Dodge formerly Worden
Born about in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Islandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married 11 Apr 1756 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died about at about age 45 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

Ruth Worden born circa 1738 in Westerly, Washington Rhode Island Colony, the eighth child of Peter Worden and Rebecca Richmond.[1]

She married Daniel Dodge on April 11, 1756 in Westerly, Washington Rhode Island Colony.[2]

She and Daniel had eight children:[3]

  1. Peter Dodge (1757)[4]
  2. Ruth (Dodge) Knowlton (1758)[5]
  3. Huldah Dodge (1760)[6]
  4. Rebeckah Dodge (1762)[7]
  5. Bathsheba (Dodge) Cole (1764)[8]
  6. Elizabeth Dodge (1768)[9]
  7. Judah Dodge (1770)[10]
  8. Hannah Dodge (1772)[11]

Research Notes

It's difficult to find a birth date for Ruth.

On a marriage record to Daniel Dodge it gives her birth year as 1835.

Name:Ruth Worden
Gender:Female
Birth Place:RI
Birth Year:1735
Spouse Name:Daniel Dodge
Spouse Birth Place:RI
Spouse Birth Year:1727
Marriage Year:1756
Marriage State:RI
[12]

However, two similar birth records exist showing a Ruth Worden born in 1738 to Peter Worden and Rebecca Richmond in Westerly, Washington, RI. One of them gives a death date of 1739.[13] The other shows no death date.[14]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry and Descendants of William Curtis of Marcellus, N.Y., by L. E. Steele, pages 90-91 1912
  2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78XK-J33Z : 21 September 2019), Ruth Worden, 11 Apr 1756; citing Marriage, Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272250.
  3. ↑ Theron Royal Woodward. Dodge Genealogy Descendants of Tristram Dodge. Chicago, Illinois: Lanward Publishing Co., 1904. p. 14 http://archive.org/stream/cu31924029840448#page/n33/mode/2up Woodward-Dodge]
  4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74N-2R3 : 7 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Peter Dodge, 1757.
  5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W8-SF5 : 7 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Ruth Dodge, 1758.
  6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W8-395 : 7 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Huldah Dodge, 1760.
  7. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W8-3XZ : 7 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Rebeckah Dodge, 1762.
  8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W8-3SD : 7 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Bathsheba Dodge, 1764.
  9. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W8-393 : 7 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Elizabeth Dodge, 1768.
  10. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74N-25Q : 7 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Judah Dodge, 1770.
  11. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W8-3F5 : 7 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Hannah Dodge, 1772.
  12. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7836 #1361535
  13. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Ancestry Record 4725 #4957503
  14. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Ancestry Record 5769 #5001894




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Rutherford-448 Dave Rutherford
Worden-5692 and Worden-260 appear to represent the same person because: same person. same parents and both are wife of Daniel Dodge. Need birth and death dates straightened out.
posted by Dave Rutherford
Rutherford-448 Dave Rutherford
Worden-3045 and Worden-260 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. Same parents. Differences in birth and death date need to be straightened out.
posted by Dave Rutherford

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