Ruth Close

Brief Life History of Ruth

When Ruth Close was born on 1 November 1687, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Thomas Close II, was 50 and her mother, Sarah Hardy, was 37. She died before 1783.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Close II
1637–1709
Sarah Hardy
1650–1725
Sarah Close
1670–1748
Lydia Close
1690–1787
Hannah Close
1672–1768
Thomas Close
1674–1708
Joseph Close Sr
1676–1760
Benjamin Close
1680–1759
Mary Ruth Ann Close
1682–1709
Mary Ruth Close
1682–1764
Elizabeth Close
1684–1748
Ruth Close
1687–1783
John Close
1689–1736

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1775

Post office est. July 26, 1775

1776

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

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure of some sort, such as a courtyard set back from the main street or a farmyard, from Middle English clos(e) (Old French clos, from Late Latin clausum, past participle of claudere ‘to close’). Possibly also a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in such a place.

English: from Middle English clos(e) ‘secret’, applied as a nickname for a reserved or secretive person.

Dutch: variant of Cloos .

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

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