Ruth (Wheeler) Warren (1673 - aft. 1714)

Born 10 Apr 1673 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Warren — married 11 Mar 1696 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 1714 after age 40 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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[Note: Need source/citation for death of Ruth, not found in Concord or Chelmsford records; findagrave has no source or burial information]

Biography

Ruth Wheeler, youngest daughter of Sergeant Thomas Wheeler and his wife Sarah, was born at Concord, Massachusetts on Apr. 10, 1673. ^[1]

She married, March 11, 1696, Deacon Joseph Warren, son of Jacob and Mary (Hildreth) Warren ^[2] who was born at Chelmsford October 25, 1670, and died there April 16, 1740. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

She was named in the will of Thomas Hinchman of Chelmsford, will dated 31 Oct 1702, presented 13 Oct 1703. He made bequests to his "kinsman by marriage Joseph Warrin of Chelmsford & to Ruth his wife my deare kinswoman;" and to Elizabeth my deare wife & to her heirs.^[6]

She was also named in the will of Elizabeth (Merriam) Hinchman, widow, dated 8 November 1703, in which Elizabeth made Ruth and husband Joseph Warren her executors, and "to pay to Bridget Chandler the widdow of Willia~ Chandler of Andover ... who is the sister of my dear husband deceased the sum of seven pounds"; Elizabeth left the rest of her estate to "my beloved Kinswoman Ruth Warren of Chelmsford, the now wife of Joseph Warren of Chelmsford, to the children of her body." Inventory of the estate taken 16 July 1705, "who deceased October the sevententh [sic] 1704." ^[7]

Children

1. Elizabeth born December 9, 1696. ^{[3] [5]}
2. Joseph born April 5, 1699; died September 28, 1769; married Tabitha Parker July 18, 1721-2. ^{[3] [5]}
3. Jacob born December 13, 1700. ^{[3] [5]}
4. Thomas born March 5, 1704. ^{[3] [5]}
5. Ephraim born December 6, 1707. ^{[3] [5]}
6. Ruth born August 23, 1711. ^{[3] [5]}
7. John born July 25, 1714. ^{[3] [5]}

Source notes

Concord Births

WHELER, Ruth, d. Sgt. Thomas and Sarah, Apr. 10, 1673. (p. 17)^[1]

Chelmsford Marriages

WHEELER, Ruth and Josaph Worin, Mar. 11, 1696. (p. 345; p. 351)

Warrin, Joseph and Tabitha Parker, int. Feb. 18, 1721-2. (p. 342)

Chelmsford Births

WARREN, Joseph s. Jacob and Mary, 25: 8 m: 1670. (p. 162)

Children: WARING

Waring, Ephariam s. Joseph and Ruth, Dec. 6, 1707. (p. 161)

Waring, John s. Joseph and Ruth, July 25, 1714. (p. 161)

Waring, Ruth d. Joseph and Ruth, Aug. 23, 1711. (p. 161)

Children: WARRING

Warring, Jacob s. Joseph and Ruth, Dec. 13, 1700. (p. 163)

Warring, Joseph s. Joseph and Ruth, Apr. 5, 1699. (p. 163)

Warring, Thomas s. Joseph and Ruth, Mar. 5, 1704. (p. 163)

Children: WORRIN

Worrin, Elisibath d. Josaph and Ruth, Dec. 9, 1696. (p. 167) ^[3]

Chelmsford Marriages; unconfirmed lineage

Warrin, Elizabeth and Benjamin Parker, int. Feb. 18, 1721-2. (p. 342)

Warrin, Jacob and Ruth Stratton, int. Feb. 11, 1721-2. (p. 342)^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Tolman, George compiler. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by the Town, T. Todd Printer, Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1891
2. ↑ The National Cyclopædia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time, Volume 17, J. T. White, 1921 p. 235
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Insititute, Chelmsford, MA, 1914
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 6796459
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1, by William Richard Cutter, Lewis historical publishing Company, 1913 p. 364
6. ↑ Middlesex Co. Probate packet #11157, Thomas Hinchman of Chelmsford 1703
7. ↑ Middlesex Co. Probate packet #11154, Elizabeth Hinchman of Chelmsford, 1705

See also:

• The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n11/mode/1up

New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904. Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914. Vital Records of Lawrence Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926. Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908. Vital Records of Richmond Massachusetts to the Year1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1913. Vital Records of Shirley Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918.New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the Year 1849. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914. Ancestry.com. Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Acknowledgements:

• This person was created through the import of randys ancestors-10generations.ged on 10 March 2011.