Ruth (Andrews) Stevens (1756 - 1798)

Born Dec 1756 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of James Stevens — married 5 Mar 1786 (to 25 Feb 1798) in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 25 Feb 1798 at age 41 in Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Ruth (Andrews) Stevens was born in Massachusetts.

Ruth, the third daughter and third of nine children of Caleb Andrews and Anna Marshall was born in December of 1756 and baptized on 22 May 1757 at Ipswich, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Ruth married James Stevens, the son of Nathaniel and Jerusha (Bennett) Stevens on 5 March 1786 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.^[2] They had six children born at Maine, District of Massachusetts:

1. James Stevens (b. 2 Nov 1786; d. 1816),^[3]
2. Ruth Stevens (b. 23 Mar 1789; d. 1873),^[4] m. 1 Nov 1816 at Augusta, ME, Benjamin Farnham (1791-1869)
3. Susanna Stevens (b. 20 Jul 1791),^[5]
4. Abigail Stevens (b. 28 Jan 1793; d. 1845),^[6]
5. Olive Stevens (b. 12 Aug 1794; d. 1815),^[7]
6. Samuel Stevens (b. 23 Apr 1796; d. 1870),^[8] m. 5 Jan 1723 at Litchfield, CT, Clarissa Webber (1799-1879)

Ruth Andrews died in 1798 at Litchfield, Maine.

Death

Ruth (Andrews) Stevens died on 25 February 1798 in her 42nd year at Litchfield, Maine. [Needs source].

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-BBCX : 10 November 2020), Ruth Andrews, 1757.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH83-2Y1 : 10 November 2020), Ruth Andrews in entry for James Stevens, 5 Mar 1786; citing Marriage, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010724.
3. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44H-NBZ : 14 January 2020), James Stevens in entry for James Stevens, 1786.
4. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F444-QY9 : 14 January 2020), James Stevens in entry for Ruth Stevens, 1789.
5. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F444-NYK : 14 January 2020), James Stevens in entry for Susanna Stevens, 1791.
6. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F444-WLF : 14 January 2020), James Stevens in entry for Abigail Stevens, 1793.
7. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F444-772 : 14 January 2020), James Stevens in entry for Olive Stevens, 1794.
8. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44H-PZS : 14 January 2020), James Stevens in entry for Samuel Stevens, 1796.