Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Sears was born on 21 March 1765, in Middletown, Mattabeset, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Elkanah Sears, was 30 and her mother, Ruth White, was 32. She married Joshua Bailey on 5 November 1784, in East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States for about 2 years. She died in Meredith, Delaware, New York, United States.
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- Ruth Sears, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Ruth Sears, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Ruth Sears, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
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World Events (8)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1785
DLESEX COUNTY was incorporated by an act of the Legislature passed at the May session, 1785, and at that time consisted of six towns. Of these, Mifldletown, Chatham, Haddam, and East Haddam were taken from the county of Hartford, and Saybrook and Killingworth from New London coun
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.
English: variant of Sayers .
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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