Born in Chatham, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jesse Johnson
and Mary (Stevenson) Johnson
Sister of
Robert Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Elizabeth (Johnson) Stewart, Mary (Johnson) Wilder, Jesse Johnson, Lucy (Johnson) Kennedy, Sally Maria Johnson, Erastus Johnson and Jesse Johnson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Cherry Valley, Otsego, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Nov 2019
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Biography
Ruth, daughter of Jesse Johnson and Mary Stevenson, was born on 14 Mar 1779 at Chatham, Middlesex County, CT, and was bp. 21 Mar 1779.[1][2] She died on 2 Mar 1864 at the homestead, Cherry Valley, Otsego County, NY, age nearly 85.[1]
She married Abraham ROSEBOOM on 24 Sep 1806 at Portland, Hartford County, CT; children (surname ROSEBOOM):[1]
- John (b. 10 Aug 1807; d. 16 May 1839 age 31)
- Susan Maria (b. 3 Jul 1809; m. Moses BELCHER)
- Henry (b. 3 Aug 1811; d. 1902; m. Cornelia R LIVINGSTON)
- Marietta (b. 30 Mar 1813; m. Dr. Joseph WHITE)
- Jesse Johnson (b. 26 Apr 1815; m. Caroline COOK)
- Lucy (b. 8 Apr 1817; m. James SHANNON)
- Elizabeth (b. 16 Mar 1819; m. William HALL)
- Sarah (b. 4 Oct 1822; m. Richard ELY)
- Catharine (b. 12 Apr 1824)
She was likely one of the females 16-25 with Jesse JOHNSON on the 1800 census of Middletown, Middlesex County, CT.[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Catharine and Dr. J Livingston Roseboom, Rev. Henry U Swinnerton and Joseph H White, compilers, A Brief History of the Ancestry and Descendants of John Roseboom (1730-1805) and of Jesse Johnson (1630-1897), (Cambridge, MA: Co-operative Press, abt 1897), p 59-61.
- ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, (Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc: 2013), Vol 091 Portland, p 104; giving "Johnson, Ruth, d. Jesse, bp. Mar.21,1779."
- ↑ 1800 United States Federal Census, digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), NARA microfilm M32, roll 3, Middlesex County CT, page 478 (image 19 of 22), Jesse Johnson.
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