When Ruth Peters was born in 1788, in Maryland, United States, her father, John Samuel Peters, was 31 and her mother, Comfort Anderson, was 30. She married Richard Phelps on 25 March 1809, in Montgomery, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Enoch Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 10 June 1866, in Jefferson Township, Noble, Ohio, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Jefferson Township, Noble, Ohio, United States.
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English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . This surname (mainly of German origin) is also found in Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and some other European countries. In North America it has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, such as Albanian Pjetraj and Pjetrushi, patronymics from the personal name Pjetër ‘Peter’ and its pet form Pjetrush; see also below and also examples at Peterson .
Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.
Americanized form of Dutch and North German Pieters .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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