Born in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ebenezer Slocum
and Esther (Corey) Slocum
Wife of
Jacob Fowler Wiggins Sr.
— married
15 Nov 1784 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
William White Wiggins, Mary (Wiggins) Branscombe, Stephen Wiggins, Martha W (Wiggins) Gerow, Jacob Fowler Wiggins Jr, Esther (Wiggins) Gerow, Ebenezer Wiggins, Abraham VanGuilder Wiggins, Ann (Wiggins) Price, Samuel Wiggins, Joseph Wiggins, Charles Arnold Wiggins and James Gilbert Wiggins
Died
at age 82
in Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada
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Biography
When Elizabeth Ruth Slocum was born on November 5, 1769, in Providence, Rhode Island, her father, Ebenezer, was 19 and her mother, Esther, was 20. She had seven daughters and ten sons with Jacob Wiggins. She died on May 12, 1852, in Gagetown, Canada, having lived a long life of 82 years, and was buried in New Brunswick, Canada.
'The following 17 children are attributed to Elizabeth and Jacob.[1] They can be added in as they are verified.
- William WIGGINS (1786 - 1861)
- Mary WIGGINS (1787 - ????)
- Stephen WIGGINS (1789 - ????)
- Hannah WIGGINS (1791 - ????)
- Elizabeth WIGGINS (1793 - ????)
- Martha Wiggins GEROW (1795 - ????)
- Jacob Fowler WIGGINS Jr (1797 - 1859)
- Esther Wiggins GEROW (1799-1886)
- Ebenezer WIGGINS (1801 - 1853)
- John WIGGINS (1802 - ????)
- Abraham WIGGINS (1804 - ????)
- Ann WIGGINS (1806 - ????)
- Susanna WIGGINS (1808 - ????)
- Samuel WIGGINS (1810 - 1810)
- Joseph WIGGINS (1811 - ????)
- Charles Arnold WIGGINS (1813 - ????)
- James Gilbert WIGGINS (1815 - 1903)
Sources
- ↑ Cindy Kemp website, Gardner on the Mayflower (http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/e/m/Cindy-Kempl-1/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0212.html), Information about Elizabeth Ruth SLOCUM.
- Find A Grave memorial page for Elizabeth Ruth Slocum Wiggins (5 Nov 1769–12 May 1852) created 5 September 2010 by Kathy Sheehan; citing Fanjoys Point Cemetery, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Crawford Brewer for creating Slocum-368 on 13 Nov 13.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Christine Roane 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M124043 [compare]
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~1.56%
JA Clarke :
23andMe, GEDmatch WB4178729 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A403102 [compare]
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~1.56%
Marg Thornington :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member MjThornington
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~1.56%
Wch (Henry) Wellin :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Lynne (Adams) Burns :
AncestryDNA
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~1.17%
~4.69%
Dave Ham :
23andMe, GEDmatch PB8338927 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PB8338927 [compare], Ancestry member darkstar884
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Dale Dickinson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Owena Corey :
23andMe, GEDmatch XD3447372 [compare], yourDNAportal OWE97cca95d
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AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Paul Mason :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member paulgenemason
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Cara (Mercer) Audibert :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cara_audiber
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~0.78%
John Hull :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WX6281290 [compare], Ancestry member strum31
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WX6281290 [compare], FTDNA kit #916715
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~0.78%
Jeffrey Ladd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BZ8207880 [compare]
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~0.78%
John Watson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #127702
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~0.78%
Jim Mccluskey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T293229 [compare], FTDNA kit #750354
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~0.39%
Kat Coffie :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Eileen Jones :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member eileenstineford
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Marg Thornington
Slocum-1530 and Slocum-368 appear to represent the same person because: Martha W Wiggins is my 3rd great grandmother. Trying to complete my tree on WikiTree. Elizabeth Ruth Slocum Wiggins I made as Slocum-1530 appears to be the same person as your Slocum -368.
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Paula (Bond) Pursley
Elizabeth is my 6th great grandmother.
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by Paula (Bond) Pursley
Rejected matches › Elizabeth (White) Slocum (abt.1719-bef.1749) › Opal E. Redford › Elizabeth (Fisher) Slocum › Elizabeth (Underwood) Slocum (abt.1756-abt.1800)
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