Ruth Sheppard was born in 1733, in Quinebaug, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She married Abel Pierce in 1757, in Quinebaug, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died in 1820, in Kingston Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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