Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Treadwell was born on 20 January 1698, in Stratfield, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Edward Treadwell, was 25 and her mother, Mary Turney, was 24. She married Robert Silliman on 20 October 1715, in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 15 March 1756, in her hometown, at the age of 58, and was buried in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Ruth in entry for Rhoda Silliman, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Ruth in entry for Ruth Silliman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Ruth Silliman, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
Spouse and Children
1691–1767 Male
1698–1756 Female
Children (6)
1716–1781 Male
1718–1727 Female
1722–1773 Male
1728–1795 Female
1731–1800 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1672–1753 Male
1673–1743 Female
Siblings (8)
1695–1695 Female
1697– Male
1698–1756 Female
1702– Female
1704– Male
+3 More Children
Name Meaning
English: metonymic occupational name from Middle English tred(de) ‘tread, walk, trample’ + wel(le) ‘well’, perhaps for a fuller or someone who trod grapes for wine production. Fulling was the process by which newly woven cloth was cleaned and shrunk by the use of heat, water, and pressure (from treading) before finally being stretched and laid out to dry on tenter hooks.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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