Born about in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Reuben Nickerson
and Anna (Eldredge) Nickerson
Sister of
Jane (Nickerson) Staples, Reuben Nickerson Jr., Eleazer Nickerson, Jerusha (Nickerson) Harris, Samuel Nickerson, Seth Nickerson, Jemima (Nickerson) Mason and William Nickerson
Wife of
Joseph Crosby
— married
about 1780 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 93
in Swanville, Waldo, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2016
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Biography
Ruth Nickerson was born in 1768, probably in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Military
Private Joseph Crosby, born Nottingham, New Hampshire, died 19 Feb 1843 in Swanville, Waldo, Maine, United States and his wife Ruth Nickerson, born 1767/8 in Chattham, Massachusetts, married in 1788, are honored for service by the Daughters of the American Revolution: 1) CAPT JACOB SMITH, COL DAVID PAGE[1]
She married Joseph Crosby.
Ruth Nickerson Crosby died 22 Jan 1861 and is buried in Smart Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, United States[2]
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 14, 2020), "Record of Joseph Crosby", Ancestor # A028089.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73044573
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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~1.56%
Ken Field
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M806020 [compare], yourDNAportal KEN1a906b93
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~1.56%
S Nickerson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Orris Burns :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member oeburns
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~0.39%
Geoff Rasmussen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A139076 [compare], Ancestry member rasmushague
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