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Ruth (Gaither) Warfield (1679 - 1726)

Ruth Warfield formerly Gaither
Born in Anne Arundel County, Province of Marylandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1696 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 46 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Marylandmap
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Biography

1679 Birth and Parents

Ruth Gaither. Ruthe Gather, born 8 Sep. 1679 and baptized. All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County.[1]

Birth: All Hallow's Parish
Date: 08 SEP 1679
Place: Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Source: #S2
Page: Database online.
Data:
Text: Record for Ruth Gaither

Siblings

Ruth Beard Gaither had eight children, seven with her first husband John Gaither, and one with her second husband, Francis Hardesty.

  1. John Gaither III. John Gather born 15 Jan. 1677/8 and baptized. All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County. [1] Married first Jane Buck' 21 Aug. 1701; [2] Parents of Charles Gaither. [2] Married second Elizabeth Duvall Warfield 20 August 1719'[3] Died between 4 May and 20 June 1739 Anne Arundel Co., MD [4] Probate 20 Jun 1739, Anne Arundel County, Maryland [5]
  2. Ruth Gaither. Ruthe Gather, born 8 Sep. 1679 and baptized. All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County.[1] Married first John Warfield 16 Feb. 1696; [6] Married second Daniel Carter 17 June 1719;[6] living 1728. [7] Died after 9 Jan 1726/27, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age > 48 years)[5]
  3. Benjamin Gaither. Benjamin Gather born 20 Feb. 1681/2 and baptized. All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County. [1] Married Sarah Burgess 8 Sep. 1709;[6] d. between 26 Mar. and 31 Aug. 1741 Anne Arundel Co., MD when he wrote his will. [8] Died 31 Aug 1741, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Probate (Age 59 years)[5] His children were baptized in All Hallows Parish. [9]
  4. Rachel Gaither Rachell Gather, born 19 Apr. 1687 and baptized. All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County.[1] Married Samuel White. [10] Died after 1755, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age > 69 years)[5]
  5. Edward Gaither Edward Gather, born 28 Sep. 1689 and baptized. All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County. [1] Married first Mary Duvall 21 Feb. 1709;[6] Married Second, Rachel ;[6] Married third Margaret Sellman Williams [11] died between 2 Jan. and 10 Apr. 1741 Anne Arundel Co, MD [11] Died 10 Apr 1741, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Probate (Age 51 years)[5]
  6. Mary Gaither Mary Gather, born 13 Apr. 1692 and baptized. All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County.[1] Married first Joseph White 9 Feb. 1709[6] Married second Edward Nichols (or Nicholson). Died after 1734, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age > 43 years)[5]#Rebecca Gaither Rebeckath Gather, born 24 May 1695 and baptized. All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County.[1] Married Richard Simpson or Stimson. Living 17421. Died after 1744, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age > 50 years)[5]
  7. Susannah Gaither Susana Gather, daughter of John Gather and Ruth, born 22 July 1697 and baptized July 1698. All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County. [12] Also Susan) b. 22 July 1697[6] She died young [13]
  8. Francis Hardesty, born 27 Feb 1707/08, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland died before 1744 in Prince George's County, Maryland [14] He married Alice Brown, daughter of Mark & Susannah (Ijams) Brown.[13]

1696 First Marriage to John Warfield

Married first John Warfield 16 Feb. 1696; [6]

Marriage: All Hallows Parish
Date: 16 FEB 1696
Place: Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Source: #S3
Page: Database online.
Data:
Text: Record for John Warfield
FOOT Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc.), Database online.
Marriage:
Date: 1695
Source: #S2
Page: Database online.
Data:
Text: Record for Ruth Gaither

A Ruth Gaither married in 1695 in Anne Arundel Co, MD (1) John Warfield, b. Abington, Anne Arundel Co, Marylan d 1674.

This is probably not Ruth, widow of John Gaither, who was still living at the time. This is contradicted in "The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland, p 108.[15]

Ruth Gaither, born Maryland 1679, married John Warfield, also born Maryland 1679. [16]

Ruthe Gather was born 8 Sep 1679 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the daughter of John Gather and Ruthe Gather. [17]


John Warfield, Husband, was born abt 1674 at Abington, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, son of Richard Warfield, Sr, and Elinor Brown.[18]

Captain Richard Warfield, married 1676, Elinor, the daughter of Captain John Browne. (see pp 82-84)[19]

John Warfield married 16 Feb 1697 at Anne Arundel County, Maryland. [18]

John Warfield died abt 29 July 1718 at Abington, Anne Arundel County, Maryland[18]

1719 Second Marriage to Daniel Carter

Married second Daniel Carter 17 June 1719;[6] living 1728. [20]

1726 Death

Died after 9 Jan 1726/27, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age > 48 years)[5]

Death

Death:
Date: 1728
Place: Venison Park, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Source: #S3
Page: Database online.
Data:
Text: Record for John Gaither
Source: #S3
Page: Database online.
Data:
Text: Record for John Warfield
FOOT Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc.), Database online.
Source: #S3
Page: Database online.
Data:
Text: Record for Richard Warfield
Source: #S3
Page: Database online.
Data:
Text: Record for Philip Warfield
FOOT Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc.), Database online.


Children

Children of Ruth Morley Gaither and John Warfield Fit

Children of Ruth Gaither and John Warfield were:

  1. Richard WARFIELD b: 1697 in Anapolis,Anne Arundel Co.,Maryland. Children listed on site.
  2. John WARFIELD b: 1700. No children listed on site.
  3. Benjamin Worthington WARFIELD b: 1702 in Anapolis, Anne Arundel Co.,Maryland. Children listed on site.
  4. Alexander WARFIELD b: Abt 1704 in Anne Arundel Co.,Maryland. No children listed on site.
  5. Elinor WARFIELD b: Abt 1705 in Anne Arundel Co.,Maryland. No children listed on site.
  6. Ruth WARFIELD b: 1707 in Anne Arundel Co.,Maryland. No children listed on site.
  7. Mary WARFIELD b: Abt 1709 in Anne Arundel Co.,Maryland. No children listed on site.
  8. Phillip WARFIELD b: Abt 1716. No children listed on site.
  9. Edward WARFIELD b: Abt 1718 in Anne Arundel Co.,Maryland. No children listed on site.

The children of Ruth Morley Gaither and John Warfield were:[18]

  1. Azel Warfield, b. abt 1696[18]
  2. Richard Warfield, b. at Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co, abt 1697. He died abt 1765 and married Sarah Gambrill and then Marian Caldwell.[18]
  3. Ruth Warfield, born 26 Oct 1697.[18]
  4. Benjamin Warfield, born at Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co, abt 1702. He married abt Oct 1731 at Warfield's Range, Howard District. He died abt 1769. He married Rebecca Ridgely.[18]Benjamin Warfield, of Warfield’s Range, son of Ruth Gaither and her husband John Warfield, married Rebecca, the daughter of Judge Nicholas and Sarah (Worthington) Ridgely.[21]
  5. Alexander Warfield, b. 1704 Anne Arundel, married 3 Feb 1742 at Annapolis to Thomasine Worthington.[18]
  6. Eleanor Warfield, b. abt 1705[18]
  7. Mary Warfield, b. abt 1709[18]
  8. Edward Warfield, b. abt 1718[18]

Elisha Warfield, fourth son of Benjamin Warfield, a member of the Committee of Observation of Anne Arundel County, Md. During the Revolutionary War, removed to Kentucky in 1790, and settled at Sugar Grove near Lexington. He married sedond, Ruth, the daughter of Captain Joseph and Elizabeth (Dorsey) Burgess; issue, fourteen children. Nancy Dorsey, the thirteenth child, married Dr. Samuel Theobald.[21]

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Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Wright, 1
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wright, 13
  3. Archives of Maryland 40:88. Cited Saunders (2015)
  4. John Gaither will, MD wills 22:60 [image 62 of 545]. Cited by Saunders (2015)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Profile for John Gaither 1642-1702 Accessed 1 June 2021 jhd
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Wright, Page not specified.
  7. Maryland Testamentary Proceedings 28:173. Cited Saunders (2015)
  8. Benjamin Gaither will, MD wills 22:380-382 [image 382 of 545]. Benjamin Gaither will transcription. Cited Saunders (2015)
  9. Wright, 44
  10. Benjamin Gaither inventory, MD inventories 27:1-4. Rachel White and Rebecca Stimson signed as next of kin. Cited by Saunders (2015)
  11. 11.0 11.1 Edward Gaither will, MD wills 22:409-410 [image 411 of 545]. Cited by Saunders (2015)
  12. Wright, page 4
  13. 13.0 13.1 Find A Grave: Memorial #61430416 Memorial for Ruth Gaither Hardesty, created by P Fazzini, Nov 11, 2010. Accessed November 20, 2015
  14. Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Profile for Ruth MNU Gaither Accessed 25 July 2021 jhd
  15. Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 about Ruthe Gather, FHL Film Number: 13279. Cited by Cited by Carole. Ijams, Hall, Meriwether, Mobley, Brown, Deaver, Nogrady, Kovatch, Veger. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=seeeye&id=I9924. Accessed November 25, 2015.
  16. 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 18.10 18.11 Ron Ulrich.com. http://www.ronulrich.com/rfuged/fam02829.htm. Accessed Nov 25, 2015
  17. Colonial Dames of America. Ancestral Records and Portraits: A Compilation from the Archives… Baltimore. Volume 2. Chapter 1, p. 614. https://books.google.com/books?id=Pox2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA614&lpg=PA614&dq=%22Ruth+Morley+Gaither%22&source=bl&ots=D2G8fpyAXy&sig=QlkDA_YHQ-27Os56_cRRUSjLdec&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV7PuuqKzJAhWKSSYKHbnpAqUQ6AEISjAJ#v=onepage&q=%22Ruth%20Morley%20Gaither%22&f=false John Gaither, of South River. Accessed November 25, 2015
  18. Maryland Testamentary Proceedings 28:173. Cited Saunders (2015)
  19. 21.0 21.1

Bibliography of Frequently Cited Works.

  • Saunders, Fredric Z. (2023) Genealogy of Gaither Family of Virginia to Maryland to North Carolina Accessed 21 May 2023. Contains numerous citations, many of which are referenced separately in this profile. (2015) Citations from an earlier version of Saunders' site.
  • Warfield, J.D. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical and Biographical Review from wills, deeds and church records. Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 1973.
  • Wright, F. Edward. Anne Arundel Couty Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications. No date

See also:

Source S2
Author: Yates Publishing
Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;
Repository: #R1
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Source S3
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: OneWorldTree
Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;
Repository: #R1

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Rodney Timbrook Ancestors and Relatives_2010-09-10.ged on 10 September 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.





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