Ruth (--?--)

(say 1625 - )
Ruth was born say 1625. As of 10 November 1684, Ruth (--?--) was named Ruth Hooper She was probably the widow of "William Hooper of Reading, whose will bears date, 1678, Aug. 5, and names 6 children, one a dau. Ruth", but the text still leaves the distinct possibility that the Ruth in the will was William's daughter, named after his wife.1,2 She married Thomas Dutton in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 10 November 1684.2,3,4,5,6,7,8 She was "of" Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 10 November 1684.2

Family: Ruth (--?--) and Thomas Dutton

Cited documentation

  1. [S56] A.M. Rev. Henry A. Hazen, History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register (Boston: A. Williams and Co., 1883), pg. 45.
  2. [S76] A.M., ed. William Richard Cutter, "Dutton," Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908).
  3. [S80] James Savage, "Dutton," A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965 Vol. II).
  4. [S56] A.M. Rev. Henry A. Hazen, History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, pg. 45 Dutton, "1. Thomas ... m. 1684, Nov. 10, Mrs. Ruth Hooper, prob. widow of William, of Reading, whose will bears date, 1678. Aug. 5. and names 6 children, one a dau. Ruth."
  5. [S87] Lilley Eaton, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass. (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Sons, 1874), pg. 63, "Dutton, Thomas ... m., 2nd, 1684, Ruth, dau. of Wm. Hooper."
  6. [S79] Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: 1912), pg. 323 Dutton marriages, "Thomas, Sr., and wid. Ruth Hooper, Nov. 10, 1684. At Billerica" intention not recorded.
  7. [S81] Vital Records of Billerica to 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908), pg. 249 Dutton marriages, "Thomas Sr. and Ruth Hooper, wid., of Reding (dup. Redding), Nov. 10, 1684" intention not recorded.
  8. [S90] Archibald F. Bennett, "The Ancestry of Joseph Smith the Prophet," The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine (April, 1929).
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