Born in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Isaac Nevitt
and Rachel (Barrett) Nevitt
Sister of
Hannah Nevitt, Sarah (Nevitt) Jones, Thomas Nevitt, John Nevitt, Catherine Elizabeth Nevitt, Isaac Nevitt, Joseph Nevitt, Grace Nevitt, Eliza Nevitt, Rachel Nevitt and Ellen Nevitt
Wife of
John Ridgway
— married
30 Apr 1818 in Nottingham, OH
Descendants 
Mother of
Abijah Ridgway, Daniel Ridgeway, Jane J. (Ridgway) Zimmerman, John Ridgway and Rudolph Ridgway
Died
at age 78
in Amboy, Miami, Indiana, United States
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Biography
Ruth was a Friend (Quaker)
Ruth Nevitt, daughter of Isaac and Rachel (Barrett) Nevitt, was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1792. She married John Ridgway in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1818. The couple moved to Indiana in 1833, where they remained for the rest of their lives. Their children were Abijah J., Lydia, Daniel, Catharine, Richard, John, Ruth A., Rudolph and Jane. She passed away in 1871.
Sources
- Biographical and Genealogical History of Cass, Miami, Howard and Tipton Counties, Indiana. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1898. Vol. 1, Pages 498-499. [1]
- Quaker Meeting Records, Ohio, Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Women's Minutes (March 26, 1818, marriage intention; April 23, 1818, approval to marry; May 21, 1818, accomplishment of marriage in good order)
- Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 6 vols, 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991-1994. Volume IV, Pages 344, 349 (reporting marriage of John Ridgway and Ruth Nevit on April 30, 1818 in Notingham, Harrison County, Ohio)
- United States Federal Census, 1850, 1860, 1870
- Find A Grave Memorial no. 85189204 [2]
- Limper, Harriet Neville. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A History of Some of the Descendants of Joseph Wasson and Some Allied Lines. Baton Rouge, LA: Self-published, April, 1988.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Tom Horner for starting this profile.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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~1.56%
Monte Wright
:
23andMe, GEDmatch T268804 [compare]
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~1.56%
Mark Wright :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Linda (Jones) Hoelscher :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Steelrose51
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~0.78%
Sharri Wilson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Ronald Prentice :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A955543 [compare], Ancestry member rdeklanp
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A955543 [compare], FTDNA kit #B572540
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Categories: Plainfield Monthly Meeting, St. Clairsville, Ohio
Your Nevitt-16 showed on that page as a choice so I clicked to use that Nevitt-16. Have no clue why wikitree created Nevitt-221, I don't see a info difference.