Ruth (Maddock) Chadwick (1691 - aft. 1734)

Born 13 Feb 1691 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Chadwick — married 13 Sep 1710 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Ruth Maddocks, daughter of John Maddocks and his wife Ruth Church, a descendant of Pilgrim Richard Warren, was born at Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 13 February 1690/1.^[1][2]

Ruth Maddockes and Joseph Chadwick, both of Watertown, were married there on 13 September 1710 by Jonas Bond, J.P.^[3][4][2] Joseph was the son of John and Sarah Chadwick, born at Watertown on 28 November 1685. Joseph died at Western (later Warren, Mass.) before 31 October 1765 when his estate was administered by his son Henry.^[5]

Ruth died sometime after 20 March 1732 when she and her husband, then of Malden, were named in an indenture drawn up by her brother John Maddock of Watertown, and after her son Nathan was born in 1734.^[6]

Joseph and Ruth (Maddocks) Chadwick had the following children:^[2]

1. Joseph Chadwick, born 11 July 1714 at Medford.
2. Ruth Chadwick, born 21 October 1716 at Medford.
3. Isaiah Chadwick
4. Josiah Chadwick, born 28 May 1723 at Malden.
5. Lydia Chadwick, born 19 March 1725 at Malden.
6. John Chadwick, born 16 November 1727 at Malden.
7. Eunice Chadwick, born 1729
8. Henry Chadwick, born 27 February 1732 at Medford.
9. Nathan Chadwick, born 28 April 1734 at Medford.

Sources

1. ↑ Historical Society of Watertown, Watertown Records (Watertown, Mass. : Press of Fred G. Barker, 1894). Vol. 2:2, Vol. 1:64.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. Richard Warren, Vol. 18, part 2, pages 299-300.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (22 October 2020), Middlesex > Watertown > Births, marriages, deaths 1630-1851 > image 190 of 336; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
4. ↑ Historical Society of Watertown, Watertown Records (Watertown, Mass. : Press of Fred G. Barker, 1894). Vol. 2:41
5. ↑ Worcester County Probate Records, Vol. 110:63 Joseph Chadwick.
6. ↑ Mayflower Families, Warren, Vol. 18, part 2, p. 299, citing TAG 39:22.

See also:

• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) McLean, Maclean W., "Henry¹ Maddocks of Watertown ...," in TAG 39:16-25, at 20-1.
• "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Worcester > Deeds 1746-1748 vol 23-24 > image 221 of 607; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Worcester County Deeds, Vol. 23:417.
• "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Worcester > Deeds 1760-1762 vol 43-44 > image 226 of 587; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Worcester County Deeds Vol. 43:422.
• Bond, Henry and Horatio Gates Jones, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts... (Boston, The N. E. Historic-genealogical society, for the benefit of the “Bond fund,” 1860), page 151.
• National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data - National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Volume: 141; SAR Membership Number: 28179 Record for Joseph Chadwick

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