Ruth (Draper) Messer (1754 - 1823)

Born 6 Jan 1754 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1823 at age 69 in Marlow, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Birth

Ruth (Draper) Messer was born on 6 Jan 1754 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Nathaniel Draper and Ruth (Jones) Draper.^[1] (The published vital records of Arlington, Massachusetts, say that she was born there, but in 1754 the area that in 1897 was split off at West Canbridge and in 1867 renamed Arlington was still part of Cambridge,)

Marriage

Ruth Draper married Nathaniel Messer.^[2]

Death

The gravestone of Ruth Messer at the West End Cemetery in Marlow, New Hampshire, says that she died on 14 Mar 1823 at the age of 69.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record of Ruth Draper, in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch > Middlesex > Cambridge > Births, marriages, deaths 1694-1820 > image 20 of 140; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ "Draper-Messer" item in the Genealogical Department section of Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volumes 48-49, January 1916, page 303, citing an unspecified "family record of [Nathaniel] Draper Messer"
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #82123882 for Ruth (Draper) Messer, with photo of gravestone of "Ruth wife of Nathaniel Messer"