Ruth was born in 1785. She passed away in 1865. She is the daughter of Samuel Gandy and Rachel Combs. She married John Zinn in 1804. Burial in Oxford Cemetery, Doddridge County, West Virginia.
Sources
Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" Source number: 212.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: AMB Ancestry Record 7836 #449233 (accessed 6 February 2024) Ruth Gandy marriage to John Zinn in 1804 in WV.
Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" Source number: 23702.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 1 Ancestry Record 7836 #449231 (accessed 6 February 2024) Ruth Gandy marriage to John Zinn.
1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Western District, Ritchie, Virginia; Roll: 973; Page: 242a; Line Number: 39 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #15475379 (accessed 6 February 2024) Ruth Zinn (60) in Western District, Ritchie, Virginia, USA. Born in Virginia.
Vol I: "A History of Preston County, West Virginia" Vol I Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 6 February 2024)
Chapter XV. Middle fork settled: "History of Ritchie County : with biographical sketches of its pioneers and their ancestors, and with interesting reminiscences" Chapter XV. Middle fork settled Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 6 February 2024)
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33767291/ruth-zinn: accessed 06 February 2024), memorial page for Ruth Gandy Zinn (10 Aug 1785–16 Jun 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33767291, citing Oxford Cemetery, Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by C & Y Zinn-Haines (contributor 47043207).
Bible and family records: "Genealogies and Bible records gathered by the Illinois Society, D.A.R., 1976-1977" Bible and family records Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 7 February 2024)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth: