Ruth (Douglas) Woodworth (1685 - 1737)

Born 1685 in New London, New London, Connecticut

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Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1737 at about age 52 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Ruth Douglas was born in 1645 at New London, Connecticut, and christened there on 9 Oct 1692. She passed away in 1737 at Norwich, Connecticut.

Parents

Robert Douglas (b. 1639, Scotland, d. 15 Jan 1714/15) and Mary Hempstead (b. 26 :Mar 1647, New London, New London Co., CT)

Marriage

On 5 Dec 1711 in Norwich, New London Co., CT [2, 3] to Isaac Woodworth. He was born Abt 1689, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA and d. 4 Dec 1758, Lyme, New London Co., CT. He was the son of Isaac Woodworth (b. abt. 1660 Scituate -d.1714 Norwich, New London, CT) and Lydia Standlick.

Children

Nine children of Ruth Douglas and Isaac Woodworth:

1. Isaac Woodworth, b. 26 Dec 1712, Norwich, New London Co., CT d. 3 Oct 1714 (died :young)
2. Isaac Woodworth, b. 30 Oct 1714, Norwich, New London Co., CT
3. Asa Woodworth, b. 13 Feb 1716/17, Norwich, New London Co., CT
4. Ruth Woodworth, b. 22 Sep 1718, Norwich, New London Co., CT
5. John Woodworth, b. 4 May 1722, Norwich, New London Co., CT
6. Grace Woodworth, b. Abt 1724
7. Thomas Woodworth, b. 17 Jul 1726, Norwich, New London Co., CT
8. Zerviah Woodworth, b. 23 Sep 1728, Norwich, New London Co., CT
9. Nathan Woodworth, b. 16 Sep 1732, Norwich, New London Co., CT

Sources

• Behan, Jeanette Woodworth. The Woodworth family of America : descendants of Walter Woodworth of 1630 through six generations (1988). Volume: v.1
• Little Compton Families, page 800

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Sarah Dittmann for creating WikiTree profile Douglas-1996 through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on Jun 27, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sarah and others.
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