Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Sherburne
and Mary (Jackson) Sherburne
Sister of
Priscilla Sherburne, Elizabeth (Sherburne) Cate, Hannah (Sherburne) Jones, John Sherburne Jr., James Sherburne, Thomas Sherburne, Samuel Sherburne, Ephraim Sherburne and Mary (Sherburne) Matthews
Wife of
Thomas Ayers
— married
13 Aug 1713 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Descendants 
Mother of
Ruth (Ayers) Rolans, Samuel Ayers, Thomas Ayers, John Ayers, Mehetable (Ayers) Beck, Hannah (Ayers) Neal, Mary Ayers, Pelatiah Ayers, Olive Ayers, Olive (Ayers) Johnson, Thomas Ayers, Dependence Ayers and Stephen Ayers
Died before
before age 69
in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Mar 2014
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Biography
Ruth was born about 1695 [1] She is the daughter of John Sherburne and Mary Jackson. On 13 Aug 1713, she married Thomas Ayers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire [2] She had 13 children with Thomas. She is mentioned in her father John Sherburne of Portsmouth, New Hampshire's will on 17 Dec 1723.[3]
Ruth died sometime before 1764, as she is not mentioned in her husband Thomas' will [4]
Sources
- ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-, vol 58, page 392, "Descendants of John Sherburne". (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11654/393/23515382.
- ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLX7-VGC : 12 December 2014), Thomas Ayers and Ruth Sherbourn, 13 Aug 1713; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,121.
- ↑ New Hampshire State Papers, vol 32 page 191, https://sos.nh.gov/archives-vital-records-records-management/archives/publications-collections/new-hampshire-state-papers/
- ↑ New Hampshire State Papers, vol 38, page 61-63, https://sos.nh.gov/archives-vital-records-records-management/archives/publications-collections/new-hampshire-state-papers/
Acknowledgments
- Thomas Sherburne, Thursday, January 23, 2014.
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