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Ruth Tharp was born abt 1751, probably after her father John Tharp and mother Elizabeth Jordan had migrated from Talbot Co., Province of Maryland to Kent-Upon-the-Delaware (Bay/River), now Kent Co., Delaware.
She married abt. 1775 to Benjamin Long who was living in Sussex, Delaware in 1775. (1775 is the date that part of Worcester Co. Maryland became Sussex Co. Delaware.)
Following tradition, the location of their marriage would have been where Ruth lived-- presumably with her parents in Kent Co., Delaware.
The marriage date of 1775 is based on the 1776 estimated birth of their first child, "Lovey" (son Marshall b. 1799, of John Bunting, Lovey probably died in childbirth.)
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In 1790 Benjamin Long (wife Ruth and family) were living in Baltimore Hundred of Sussex Co., near now Selbyville, Delaware. [3]
Ruth outlived Benjamin by almost 20 years. In 1800 and 1810 Ruth Long was still living on Benjamin's property which had been bequeathed to her in Benjamin's 1799 will; the property location was in Baltimore Hundred of Sussex Co., just north of what is now Selbyville, Delaware. [4] [5]
Ruth sold a tract of Benjamin's property on 19 Sep 1818, with daughter "Betsy" (Elizabeth) Long (m Paul Howard). [6]
Ruth Long is not found in the 1820 United States Federal Census for Baltimore, Hd., Sussex Co., Delaware so she may have died between the property sale on 19 Sep 1818 and the 1820 census. However, she could have been living with one of her children (if so, her name would not show on the 1820 census; she would have been included in an older age category on the child's census.)
Her burial was probably in what is now Joe Long Cemetery, but was, at her death, her property which eventually was in possession of son Joseph Long. (Benjamin's will divided his property among his children at the death of his wife Ruth.) There is no extant tombstone in that cemetery for either Ruth or Benjamin, or for Joseph, their son, who is said to have set aside the land for the cemetery. [7]
However, there are connections that offer hints: It is likely that Ruth's grandfather (William Tharp) and Benjamin Long's grandfather (John Long) knew each other as they both had settled in Kent Co. Maryland, near the Chester River at the Chesapeake Bay.
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