Born in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Zaccheus Macy
and Hepzibah (Gardner) Macy
Sister of
Mary (Macy) Ray, Hannah (Macy) Swain, Phebe (Macy) Stanton, Richard Macy, Hephzibah Macy, Priscilla (Macy) Ray, David Macy, Abishai Macy, Deborah (Macy) Ray, Lydia Macy, Latham Macy, Jemima Macy and Samuel Macy
Wife of
Thomas Barnard Jr.
— married
1768 in Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Barnard) Macy and Thomas Barnard
Died
at age 71
in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jul 2014
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Biography
Born 12 April 1751 to Zaccheus Macy and Hepsabeth Gardner, Ruth Macy married Thomas Barnard, son of Thomas Barnard and Sarah Hoag, in 1768.
Children:
- Sarah (1775-1814)
- Benjamin (1778-1833)
- Zaccheus (1780-____)
- Elisabeth (1781-1851)
- Thomas (1785-1807)
She died on 1 April 1823 at Cincinnati.
Sources
- Barney Genealogical Record. Nantucket Historical Association. Person I1947.
- Macy, Silvanus Jenkins. Genealogy of the Macy Family From 1635-1868. Albany: J. Munsell, 1868. Pages 95, 96.
- Her husband's will: "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899R-NZYG?cc=1920234&wc=Q75G-DPX%3A213305701%2C225060001 : 28 May 2014), Dutchess > image 159 of 465; county courthouses, New York.
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