Ruth (Church) Ingersoll (1670 - 1747)

Born 12 Jan 1670 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Maddock — married 23 Jun 1689 (to 1 Feb 1703) in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Joseph Child — married 25 Jul 1705 in Watertown, MA

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1747 at age 76 in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Ruth Church was born in Hingham, on 12 January 1669, the daughter of Caleb and Joanna (Sprague) Church.^[1][2]

She had three husbands. The first was John Maddock, who she married on June 23, 1689.^[3]They had seven children. Next she married John Child on July 25, 1705, in Watertown, Massachusetts.^[4] Her third husband was Thomas Ingersoll. They were married on May 17, 1720, in Medfield, Massachusetts.^[5]

Ruth (Church) (Maddock) (Child) Ingersoll died on January 10, 1746/7, in Westfield, Massachusetts.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Hingham, MA: Vital Records, 1637-1845. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016. Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844. Hersey, Reuben. Mss 901. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society.) Hingham Vol. 1, page 6. (Subscription)

   "Ruth D[aughter] of Caleb Church & Joanna B[orn] Jany 12 [16]69"[/70].

2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
3. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Accessed at ancestry.com in database of the same name, 2 June 2019. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Westfield Birth & Death Records (manuscript, Westfield, 1937), Vol. 1:94.

   "Ingersol,Ruth, w. Thomas, Sr., d. Jan. 10, 1746/7."

7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 06 September 2020), memorial page for Ruth Church Ingersoll (12 Jan 1670–10 Jan 1746), Find A Grave: Memorial #66836164, citing Old Burying Ground, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Butterfly~Kisses (contributor 46994799). (No gravestone photo.)

See also:

• Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Volume: Richard Norcross (m. 1650, 1673). (Subscription)
• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) TAG Vol. 37(1961):164-65. (Subscription)
• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, Vol 2, page 374
• History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.126