Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Wakefield was born on 1 December 1667, in Preston Patrick, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Roger Wakefield, was 38 and her mother, Hannah Preston, was 34. She married Christopher Fisher on 2 April 1692, in Preston Patrick, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom.
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- Ruth Wakefield, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
- Ruth Wakefield, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
- Ruth Wakefield, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Wakefield in Yorkshire and from Wakefield Lawn in Potterspury (Northamptonshire). Both are named from the Old English personal name Waca or Old English wacu ‘wake, festival’ + feld ‘open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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