Ruth Winslow

Female17 August 1751–14 August 1817

Brief Life History of Ruth

When Ruth Winslow was born on 17 August 1751, in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Nathanel Winslow IV, was 38 and her mother, Lydia Ford, was 35. She married Luke Wadsworth on 26 March 1778, in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She died on 14 August 1817, at the age of 65, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Luke Wadsworth
1743–1830
Ruth Winslow
1751–1817
Marriage: 26 March 1778
Winslow Wadsworth
1779–1825
Ichabod Wadsworth
1783–1864
Nathaniel Wadsworth
1785–1840
Luke Wadsworth
1791–1791

Sources (8)

  • Ruth Winslow, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Ruth Winslow, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Ruth Winslow Wadsworth, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 March 1778Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

    • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (6)

    1776

    Age 25

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    Age 25

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 35

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Winslow in Buckinghamshire. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Wine (genitive Wines) + Old English hlāw ‘mound, hill’.

    History: Edward Winslow (1595–1655), one of the founders of the Plymouth Colony who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, was born in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. He was a governor of the colony and also served as agent of the Massachusetts Bay Company in France. In 1621 he married Susanna, the widow of William White, the first marriage in New England. Their son Josiah (c. 1629–80) was governor of Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680, the first native-born governor in North America. He had numerous prominent descendents.

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

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