Ruth (Goodrich) Carr (bef. 1765 - 1839)

Born before 24 Jan 1765 in Kensington, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Levi Carr — married 1783 in Saratoga, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1839 after age 74 in Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United States

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Biography

Ruth Goodrich, daughter of Allen Goodrich and Lydia North, was born in Kensington, Hartford, Connecticut and baptized there on 24 Jan 1765. ^{[1] [2]}

Baptisms of Hannah Goodrich (19 Sep 1756) and Ruth Goodrich (24 Jan 1765) at Kensington, Hartford, Connecticut

Her father Allen Goodrich had married Lydia North on 15 Jun 1745 at Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, ^[3] where their first three children were born in 1746-1749. ^[4]

Family of Allen Goodrich and Lydia North

The family had moved to Kensington in about 1750, where their remaining five children were born 1751-1765. They then moved to Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts by July 1768, ^[5] and by May 1773 the family was moving again to Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, ^[6] from which her brothers Lemuel, Allen, Jacob, and Noah served in the Revolutionary War, and from which their father Allen Goodrich and his wife Lydia received a recommendation to join the parish of Galway, Saratoga, New York on 20 Oct 1793.

Family of Allen and Lydia (North) Goodrich in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts (1769-1774)

Family of Allen and Lydia (North) Goodrich in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts (1773-1793)

Ruth Goodrich married Levi Carr; son of Caleb Carr and Margaret Adams, in ~1783; however, some published genealogies do not take into account their eldest daughter Margaret (Carr) Sprague (born ~1784), ^[7] and estimate their marriage year as ~1790; ^[8]

Family of Levi and Ruth (Goodrich) Carr

a year before the birth in 1791 of their son Allen Goodrich Carr, ^[9] whose namesake was maternal grandfather Allen Goodrich. ^[10]

Family of Allen Goodrich Carr and Olive Cole

Regarding year of marriage 1783: it is noteworthy that later in the next year her father-in-law Caleb Carr; then living in New Canaan, Albany, New York, sold a "half-share" (50 acres) in Middlebury, Addison, VT to her brothers: Jacob Goodrich and Noah Goodrich of Lenox, MA, in a Middlebury, VT land deed dated 28 Oct 1784.

Caleb Carr sells 50 acres to brothers Jacob Goodrich and Noah Goodrich of Lenox, MA (28 Oct 1784)

Levi and Ruth had 10 children, and before 1820 had moved from Milton, Saratoga, New York to Manlius Onondaga, New York, where Ruth died on 10 Sep 1839, ^[11] and Levi Carr died on 10 Aug 1849 in Fayetteville, Onondaga, New York. ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Records of Berlin-Kensington Congregational Church (1709-1889), page 58.
2. ↑ Research of Donna (Goodrich) Goodwin since 1980s
3. ↑ Farmington, CT Land Records, Vol. 7, page 46
4. ↑ Farmington, CT Land Records, Vol. 7, page H
5. ↑ Pittsfield, MA Church and Other Records by Rollin Hillyer Cooke, Volumes 1-2, pages 286, 290.
6. ↑ Lenox, MA Episcopalian Church Records (1771-1858) by Rollin H. Cooke (1902), pp 305, 309, 366, 368.
7. ↑ [1]
8. ↑ Carr Family Records by Edson I. Carr (Herald Printing House: 1894), page 144
9. ↑ Allen G. Carr (age 30-40) in the 1830 US Census of Manlius, Onondaga, New York
10. ↑ Carr Family Records by Edson I. Carr (Herald Printing House: 1894), page 260
11. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Ruth (Goodrich) Carr
12. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Levi Carr

• Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Ancestry.com [2], Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 099 : 1913. [3]
• Ancestry.com, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Ancestry.com, Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Book Title: Minutes and Records 1830-1840; Accession Number: Vault BX 9211 .N73066 F51 v.1. Record for Ruth Carr. [4]