Born about in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Balch
and Sarah (Gardner) Balch
Sister of
Samuel Balch, Benjamin Balch, John Balch, Joseph Balch, Freeborn Balch, Abigail (Balch) Larkum, Sarah (Balch) Patch, Mary (Balch) Stone, Jonathan Balch, David Balch, Deborah (Balch) Raymond [half] and Lydia (Balch) Bowles [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after about age 66
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Ruth was born about 1665 in Beverly, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Benjamin Balch and Sarah Gardner. Ruth, daughter of Benjamin Balch & Sarah, was baptised on 10 April 1670 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1][2]
Ruth's son Joseph Drinker was born on 29 July 1684 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[3]
She passed away after 1731, as she signed a deed in Boston that year and was a widow.
Sources
- ↑
Baptism:
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
citing Page: p 21; FHL microfilm: 760604; Record number: 1038;
FamilySearch Record: Q29L-GVXF (accessed 14 January 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRSJ-933 Image number 00027
Ruth Balch baptism on 10 Apr 1670, daughter of Benjamin Balch & Sarah, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. - ↑ Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume .../ compiled by Mary Walton Ferris by Ferris, Mary Walton', 1943, Volume 1, pp 106, (75) archive.org (accessed 13 January 2023)
- ↑
Birth of son Joseph Drinker:
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
citing Birth, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934217.
FamilySearch Record: Q29L-G1BL (accessed 14 January 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RSJ-9ZW Image number 00125
Joseph Drinker born to Ruth Drinker on 29 Jul 1684 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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