Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Aylesworth was born about 1746, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Anthony Aylesworth, was 41 and her mother, Sarah Briggs, was 37. She married Isaac Gardner on 11 October 1767. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
1772 · The Gaspee Affair
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
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English: habitational name from Ailsworth in Cambridgeshire, named in Old English with a personal name Ægel + worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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