Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Hathaway was born on 13 April 1754, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ebenezer Hathaway, was 36 and her mother, Ruth Hatch, was 34. She married Matthew Perry on 1 March 1777, in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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- Ruth Hathaway, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Ruth Hathaway, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Ruth Hathaway, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hatewi (Old English Heathuwīg), or from ancient Germanic Hathuwic, Hadewic, all ‘war’ + ‘war, battle’.
topographic name for someone who lived at or near a road across a heath, from Middle English he(a)th ‘heath’ + wei(e) ‘way’ (Old English hǣth + weg).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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