Born in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ezekiel Turner
and Ruth (Randall) Turner
Sister of
Mary (Turner) Torrey [half], Deborah (Turner) Chamberlain [half], Amos Turner and Elizabeth (Turner) Collamore
Wife of
Michael Sylvester
— married
17 Jan 1760 in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Robert Sylvester
Died
at about age 70
in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2009
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Biography
Ruth was born in 1736 and passed away in 1806. The original DOB was changed from 12 Jun 1737 to avoid software conflicts between FindAGrave and Wikitree.
Sources
- Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQR-5YM : accessed 1 March 2022), entry for Ruth Turner, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Barbara Lambert Merrick, E. Virginia Hunt, Mayflower Families in Progress - William Brewster of the Mayflower and the Fifth Generation Descendants of his son Jonathan ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999).
- Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
Ancestry Record 60525 #116990513 (accessed 22 April 2022)
Ruth T Sylvester burial (died on 30 Oct 1806) in Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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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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~0.39%
Kevin Copeland
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