Ruth
Sherwood
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Sherwood II
and Jerusha (Whitney) Sherwood
Sister of
Daniel Sherwood III, Ebenezer Sherwood, Jerusha (Sherwood) Barlow, Henry Sherwood, Elizabeth (Sherwood) Lobdell, Mary (Sherwood) Foster, John Sherwood, Sarah Sherwood and Richard Sherwood
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 46
in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Apr 2011
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Biography
Ruth was the daughter of Daniel Sherwood and Jerusha Whitney[1]
Sources
- ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WG-8LG : 11 February 2018), Ruth Sherwood, 11 Jun 1746; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- Rockwell, George. The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut (Ridgefield, Conn., 1927) Page 466 & Page 481.
- Page 516: Ruth Sherwood d. Aug. 7, 1792 Ridgefield
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Ridgefield, Page 104.
- Carlson, M. Beatrix. Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield, Conn. & Descendants (n.p., 1959) Page 69.
- She was "mentally incapacitated".
- Phoenix, Stephen Whitney. The Whitney Family of Connecticut (Priv. print., New York, 1878) Vol. 1, Page 55.
- Sherwood, Andrew. Daniel L. Sherwood and His Paternal Ancestors (Ryder Printing Co., Portland, Oregon, 1929) Page 105.
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