Ruth (Seymour) Smith (1707 - 1776)

Born May 1707 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Jabez Smith — married 12 Jun 1729 (to 9 Sep 1776) in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1776 at age 69 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Ruth's date of birth is not known, but presumed to be about 1707 in Norwalk, CT, but perhaps in Ridgefield, as her father may have lived in Ridgefield for a time during the founding of Ridgefield from 1708-1710. ^{[1] [2]}

Ruth married on 12 Jun 1729 in Ridgefield, to Jabez Smith of Milford. ^[3] Land Records, Town of Ridgefield, Volume 1, page 229 also record the marriage: ""Jabish Smith was married to his wife Ruth, ye daughter of Capt Matthew Seamore of Norwalk on June ye 12 1729."

It is interesting to note that Ruth's older brother, Matthew, and Jabez's older sister, Hannah, had married several years earlier in Ridgefield.

Ruth and Jabez had at least five children: Sarah, b 1730; Jabez, b 1731; Abraham, b 1733; Joel, b 1736; and Ruth, b 1737; all in Ridgefield. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Jacobus: Page 46
2. ↑ Welsh, Glenna. "The Proprietors of Ridgefield, Connecticut." (Caudatowa Press, Ridgefield, CT, 1976)
3. ↑ Jacobus: Page 47
4. ↑ Crane, Angeline Smith Pickering. The Genealogy and History of the John Keysar Smith Family of Valley Rest, Florence, Nebraska (Angeline Crane, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1922) Page 3

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3V-5MZ2 : 15 April 2022), Ruth Seamore in entry for Jabish Smith, ; citing Marriage, 12 June 1729, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272248.
• No. 21, pg. 43 - The St. John Genealogy; Descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650 by Orline St. John Alexander, 1907 - https://ia802703.us.archive.org/22/items/stjohngenealogyd00alex/stjohngenealogyd00alex.pdf
• Crane, Angeline Smith Pickering. The Genealogy and History of the John Keysar Smith Family of Valley Rest, Florence, Nebraska (Angeline Crane, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1922) Page 22 & Page 28
• FSFTID: KPSY-HGG
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSF-CZJ3 : 15 April 2022), Ruth Smith, ; citing Death, 9 September 1776, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272248.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105862285/ruth-smith: accessed 25 June 2023), memorial page for Ruth Seymour Smith (12 Jun 1707–9 Sep 1776), Find a Grave Memorial ID 105862285, citing Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Kurt Ramsey (contributor 47640014).