Andrew Ring (1618 - 1693)

Born 1618 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Husband of Deborah (Hopkins) Ring — married 23 Apr 1646 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Husband of Lettice (Kempton) Ring — married 1674 in Plymouth, Plymouth Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1693 at about age 75 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Biography

Birth

Andrew Ring immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Andrew Ring, son of William Ring and Mary Durrant was born about 1618 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.^[1][2]

Marriage

He married first to DEBORAH HOPKINS 23 APR 1646 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony.^[3][1] She was the daughter of Mayflower passengers Steven and Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins.^[4]

He married, secondly, to Lettice (Kempton) Ring, widow of John Morton ABT 1674 in Middleboro, MA. ^[1][4]

Death

He and died 22 Feb 1692/1693 in his 75th year in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1]

Burial

He is buried on Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Probate

His will is dated 14 December 1691 and proved in Plymouth on 22 March 1692/93. He mentions his children, William (eldest son), Elizer, his grandson, John Mayo (son to his daughter Elizabeth Mayo of Eastham, decd.), his grandson Andrew Ring (son of his son Elizer), his granddaughter Mary Morton (daughter of his daughter Mary Morton), and his three daughters, Mary, Deborah, and Susanna. His inventory was taken on 18 March 1692/93^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. Page 1587, "Mary Ring." Ancestry.com Link ($); also Link ($)
2. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2.Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Hopkins, pg 50 $
3. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Plymouth Colony Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 13:86. Archive.org
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), pp. 5, 9-10.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-JDQV : 20 March 2023), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 88-89 of 490; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

• 'Ferris, Mary W. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Volume 1, published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2005; original book privately printed, 1943.
• The Chrisman Pedigree, website created by Lonnie Chrisman, http://chrisman.org/pedigree/
• Vital Records of the Town of Plymouth: An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in The Mayflower Descendant, With Added Index of Persons by Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr., published online by Ancestry.com, 2007; originally published in The Mayflower Descendant, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1901-1935.

• Leon Clark Hills, Cape Cod Series Vol. I: History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to Ye Olde Colonie; (Copyright 1936, Hills Publishing Company, Washington D.C.)
• Eugene Aubrey Stratton, former Historian General of the General Society of Mayflower Descendents, Plymouth Colony, History and People; (Copyright 1986, Ancestry Incorporated)