Born in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Head
and Elizabeth (West) Head
Sister of
Sarah (Head) Haggitt [half], Elisabeth (Head) Kimball [half], Mary Head [half], John Head and James Head
Wife of
Thomas Kimball
— married
22 Oct 1741 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died
at age 86
in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Dec 2020
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Biography
Ruth was born on 10 March 1720 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of James Head and Elizabeth (West) Head.[1]
Ruth married Thomas Kimball (1719-) on 22 October 1741, in Bradford, Massaschusetts. [2][3] The couple had no children.
Ruth's husband Thomas died intestate in 1780, and she was appointed administrator of his estate.
Mrs. Ruth Kimball married Major Asa Perley on 8 December 1781 in Bradford, Massachusetts. [4]
Ruth Head Kimball Perley died at age 86 on 25 April 1806, in Boxford, Massachusetts, the widow of Asa Perley. [5] She is buried in the Harmony Cemetery in Boxford, Massachusetts. [6]
Sources
- ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV1-8D7 : 15 January 2020), Ruth Head, 1720.
- ↑ Marriage: Vital records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Published by the Topsfield historical society, 1907. HathiTrust Digital Library: Marriages, Page 224, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t37089h08?urlappend=%3Bseq=228
- ↑ Kimball: Morrison, Leonard Allison, 1843-1902; History of the Kimball family in America, from 1634 to 1897 : and of its ancestors the Kemballs or Kemboldes of England; with an account of the Kembles of Boston, Massachusetts; Pub: 1897, Damrell & Upham, Boston, MA; (accessed 26 Aug 2021) Page 152 https://archive.org/details/historyofkimball01morr/page/305/mode/1up
- ↑ Marriage: Vital records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Published by the Topsfield historical society, 1907. HathiTrust Digital Library: Marriages, Page 239, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t37089h08?urlappend=%3Bseq=243
- ↑ Death: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Boxford Massachusetts - Vol 3 – Deaths Page 258 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Boxford/Images/Boxford_D258.shtml
- ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 13 December 2020), memorial page for Ruth Perley (1720–25 Apr 1806), Find A Grave: Memorial #174799979, citing Harmony Cemetery, Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Stan Arnold (contributor 48121400) .
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