Born in Prince William, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Joseph Gordon
and Mary Ruth (Andrews) Anderson
Sister of
John Gordon, Benjamin Gordon, William Gordon, Thomas Gordon, Govin Gordon Sr., George Gordon and Joseph Gordon
Wife of
Jacob Brown Sr.
— married
14 Aug 1760 in South Carolina
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 70
in Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2013
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Biography
Ruth was born in 1740. Ruth was the child of John Gordon and Ruth Awbrey.
She married Jacob Brown on August 14, 1760 in South Carolina. They were the parents of:
- Jacob Brown Jr
- Thomas Brown
- Benjamin Brown
- John Gordon Brown
Ruth and Jacob were apparently estranged by 1771, when Jacob came to the Nolichucky where he established a trading post and served as gunsmith and blacksmith, skills which the Indians appreciated. There is no indication Ruth or any of the children were with him.
After Jacob died in a hunting accident on June 28,1785, Ruth and her four sons came from South Carolina and claimed his estate.
Name: Ruth /Gordon/[1]
Sources
Find-a-Grave[2]
- ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=31271733&pid=907
- ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15112449 Find A Grave Memorial# 15112449
- History of Washington County, TN, 1988
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3372423&id=I37147
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3372192&id=I37147
- Source: S2 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
Acknowledgements
Gordon-4462 was created by Halla Johnson through the import of VLJ.ged on Dec 1, 2014.
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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:
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:
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~0.78%
Sandy (Sands) Peachey
:
23andMe, GEDmatch T825146 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T825146 [compare], Ancestry member krpeachey
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T825146 [compare], FTDNA kit #253269
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Robert Carter :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Susan (Stratton) Bennett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CF5520962 [compare], Ancestry member sgstratben
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T521775 [compare], FTDNA kit #632571
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~0.78%
Halla (Tellyer) Johnson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tellyer2
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~0.78%
James Ratcliff :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A649779 [compare], Ancestry member jamesratcliff1
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~0.78%
Cossy (Veatch) Ksander :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KS3657118 [compare], yourDNAportal KAT3cce6793, Ancestry member cosksander1
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~0.78%
Robert Abney :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T745888 [compare], FTDNA kit #248542
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~0.39%
Kristin (Peachey) Robinson :
23andMe, GEDmatch T778550 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T778550 [compare], Ancestry member krpeachey
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T778550 [compare], FTDNA kit #173008
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T778550 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Eddie Pike :
23andMe, GEDmatch 833ffe7 [compare]
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~0.39%
Mark Hurley :
23andMe, yourDNAportal MAR544eaea1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A760048 [compare], FTDNA kit #B119636
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~0.39%
Jerry Patchin :
23andMe, GEDmatch HE8386392 [compare]
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~0.39%
Stacie Reece :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member stacier37415
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~0.39%
Michelle Kimbrough :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UT7474016 [compare], Ancestry member MKimbrough_Conner
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