Ruth (Bonum) Barrow (1645 - bef. 1685)

Born 1645 in Plymouth

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Barrow — married 28 Nov 1666 in Plymouth Colony, New England

Descendants

Died before 1685 before age 40 in Plymouth

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[ Note: Dob estimated from marriage in 1666]

Biography

Ruth Bonum/Bonham, was the daughter of George Bonum. ^{[1] [2]}

She married on November 28, 1666 at Plymouth, Massachusetts, Robert Barrow, the son of John and Anne (___) Barrow. ^{[1] [2]}

On February 21, 1679, George Bonum granted to Robert and Ruth Barrows, land in the 'newfield' at Plymouth, a parcel of six acres, and 4 acres of meadow. ^[3]

Ruth died after February 21, 1679, and prior to 1686, when her husband Robert remarried. ^[2]

John Barrows, son of Robert and Ruth, grandson of George Bonum, sold the all his rights and interest in those lands to his brother Samuel Barrows on February 26, 1696/7. ^[3]

Robert Barrow married second before 1686, Lydia Dunham. ^[2]

Robert Barrow's will was written December 9, 1707, with a codicil added on December 19, 1707. He mentions:

• wife Lydia appointed executrix
• sons Robert, Thomas, and Elisha
• children of my first wife who have already received their portions ^[4]

On June 20, 1707, George Barrow, Adam Wright and wife Mehitable Wright, testified that they had received their portions of the the estate of their father Robert Barrow from their mother-in-law, widow Lydia Barrow. ^[4]

On December 22, 1725, the children and grandchild of Robert Barrow and wife Ruth of Plymouth both deceased, being George Barrow for himself and sister Mehitable, Samuel Barrow, Samuel Barrow, son of John Barrow deceased and Ruth Briggs, sold a house, lot and barn at Plymouth to Robert Barrow of Mansfield, Connecticut. ^[5]

Children

1. John born about 1667; died October 7, 1720 at Plympton ^[6]; married first, Hannah Briggs in 1698 ^[7]; married second Bethia King on October 10, 1714. ^{[8] [2]}
2. Eleazer born September 15,1669; died on December 13, 1669. ^{[8] [1] [2]}
3. George born about 1670; died March 23, 1758 in Carver ^[9]; married first Patience Simmons at Plymouth on February 14, 1694/5 ^{[8] [2]}; married second June 25, 1724, widow Anna (Waterman) Ransom; married third on December 20, 1736, widow Hannah/Anna (Ransom) Jackson. Resided at Plymouth and Plympton (now Carver) Massachusetts. ^[5]
4. Samuel born about 1672; died December 30, 1755; married first, Mercy Coombs; married second, widow Joanna (Wood) Smith February 24, 1718/9 at Rehoboth. ^[5] Resided at Plymouth and Middleboro, Massachusetts. ^[2]
5. Mehitable born c1675; married first Adam Wright as his second wife. ^[2] before 1699: married second Deacon John Washburn at his third wife, at Kingston on December 13, 1744. ^[5]
6. Ruth born c1677; married John Briggs at Rochester, Massachusetts December 23, 1703. ^[5]

Source notes

Plymouth Marriages

Barrow Robert and Ruth Bonum, were married at Plymouth on November 28, 1666. (p. 31) ^[1] (p. 665)^[8]

Plymouth Births

Eliezer the son of Robert Barrow was borne on the fifteenth day of September 1669. (p. 32) ^[1]

Plymouth Deaths

Eliezer the son of Robert Barrow died on the thirteenth day of December 1669. (p. 32) ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Shurtleff, Nathaniel, editor. Plymouth Register in: Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England: Miscellaneous records [including Births, marriages, deaths and burials; Treasury accounts, and Lists of freemen and others], 1633-1689, Press of William White, Boston, MA, 1857. p. 31-2
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Robinson. Lucien M. The Barrows Family in: Watson, Stephen Marion. The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, Volumes 7, Portland, Maine, 1893 p. 198-9
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Vol. 18. Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Massachusetts, 1916. p. 43. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Case 1131: p. 1-6: Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Hollick, Martin, John Barrows of Plymouth in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 166, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012, p. 126-30
6. ↑ Vital Records of Plympton Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts 1923
7. ↑ Rochester, Vol. 2. p. 24 in: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Plymouth, Vol. 1, In: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). p. 87: 90: 665
9. ↑ Vital Records of Carver Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1911

• Hollick, Martin E., John Barrows of Plymouth, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2012) Vol. 166, WN 662, Page 123, 125-7.