Ruth (Child) Smith (1740 - 1818)

Born 2 Oct 1740 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Wife of Ezekiel Smith — married 6 Jan 1763 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1818 at age 78 in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

Biography

Ruth Child, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail, was born in Grafton, Massachusetts in 1740. ^[1]

Ruth Child and Ezekiel Smith were married in Grafton Jan 6, 1763. ^[2]

They may have lived in Westborough, Massachusetts for some time as they were enrolled at that church before moving to Henniker. ^[3]

Ruth died in 1818, she was a widow by then. ^[4]

The History of the Town of Henniker ^[3] includes:

Ezekiel Smith married Ruth, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail Childs (sic) of Grafton, Massachusetts. They came to [Henniker] in the spring of 1767 and settled upon the farm. Ezekiel and Ruth were two of the original members of first church in Henniker, being dismissed from the church at Westborough, Massachusetts April 9, 1769. He died Feb 18, 1995 and she died Dec 29, 1818.

Sources

1. ↑ Grafton - Births - Massachusetts Vital Records Project Online database of images and transcriptions courtesy of John Slaughter.
2. ↑ Grafton - Marriages - Massachusetts Vital Records Project Online database of images and transcriptions courtesy of John Slaughter.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} History of the town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire by Cogswell, Leander Winslow. Concord [N.H.], Printed by the Republican press association, 1880. (Pp. 736)
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLY-4Q6 : 10 March 2018), Ruth Smith, 22 Dec 1818; citing Henniker, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,107.