Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Howes was born on 9 September 1781, in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Baranabas Howes, was 26 and her mother, Mercy Smith, was 26. She married Paul Sears Sr. on 1 January 1801, in Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 5 January 1865, in Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Quivet Neck Cemetery, East Dennis, Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Ruth Sears in household of Barnaba H Sears, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ruth Howes, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Ruth Howes, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English:
pronounced to rhyme with hose, a variant of Howe 1 with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. Hose (Leicestershire), recorded as Howes in 1086, is named with the plural of Old English hōh ‘hill spur’.
pronounced to rhyme with cows, a variant of Howe 2 (see Hugh ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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