Ruth Ryan Huntington

Female30 August 1812–19 February 1897

Brief Life History of Ruth Ryan

When Ruth Ryan Huntington was born on 30 August 1812, in New London, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Zephaniah Huntington, was 31 and her mother, Anna Greene, was 23. She married Erastus Sanders on 12 August 1838. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 19 February 1897, at the age of 84, and was buried in New London, New London, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Erastus Sanders
1808–1838
Ruth Ryan Huntington
1812–1897
Marriage: 12 August 1838
Erastus Huntington Saunders
1838–1902

Sources (2)

  • Ruth Ryan Huntington Saunders, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ruth Huntington in entry for E Huntington Saunders and Anna M Maitland, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"

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  • Marriage
    12 August 1838
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 7

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

    Age 17

    Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 24

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    English (northern): habitational name from any of various places called Huntington, most of which are named with Old English huntena, the genitive plural form of hunta ‘hunter, huntsman’, + dūn ‘hill’ or tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Some, however, may have Old English hunting ‘hunting’ as the initial element, while others may derive from the Old English personal name Hunta (genitive Huntan), perhaps with Old English connective -ing-, + tūn. The surname may also arise from Huntingdon (Huntingdonshire), which derives from the Old English personal name Hunta (genitive Huntan) or Old English hunta (genitive huntan) + dūn.

    History: A prominent American family of this name were founded by Simon Huntington, who himself never saw the New World, for he died in 1633 on the voyage to Boston, where his widow settled with her children. Their descendants include Jabez Huntington (1719–86), a wealthy West Indies trader, and Samuel Huntington (1731–96), who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900) was an American railway magnate. Beginning with little education or money, he made a huge fortune, some of which he left to his nephew, Henry Huntington (1850–1927), who used the money to establish the Huntington library and art gallery in CA.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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