Ruth (Higgins) Stocking (1733 - 1776)

Born 5 Jan 1733 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Abner Stocking Sr. — married 8 Feb 1749 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1 Oct 1776 at age 43 in Middle Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut

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Biography

Ruth Higgins was born on 5 January 1733 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Israel Higgins and Ruth Brown.^[1] Other records list her from Middlesex County, Connecticut. ^[2]

She married Abner Stocking on 8 February 1749/50 in Middletown, Connecticut. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6][7] [8]}

She died in 1815 in Chatham, Connecticut at age 83 years. ^{[9] [10]}

Alternative death date of 1 October 1776 appears online.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-SYQ : 4 December 2014), Israel Higgins in entry for Ruth Higgins, 05 Jun 1733; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
2. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Volume: 169; Page Number: 351; Reference: Higgins, Rich:120.
3. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. WikiTree Image of pg. 226
4. ↑ Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
5. ↑ Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 042
6. ↑ Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 069
7. ↑ Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 046 : 1903
8. ↑ Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
9. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
10. ↑ The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.

See also:

• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

• An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut detailing the distressing events of the expedition against Quebec, under the command of Col. Arnold in the year 1775. by Stocking, Abner, 1753-, Call number gutenberg etext# 27306. Archive.org

• The Stocking ancestry : comprising the descendants of George Stocking, founder of the American family by Stocking, Charles Henry Wright, b. 1835, 17. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1903. Archive.org