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Ruth (Twin to Alice) Sweet Matteson 1700–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 July 1700

Birth Location: East Greenwich, Kent, RI, USA

Death Date: 1 April 1789

Death Location: East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Father: Henry Sr\I

Mother: Mary Griffin

Spouse(s): Henry 3rd, John Matteson

Children(s): Nathan Sr

The story of Ruth (Twin to Alice) Sweet Matteson began in 1700 in East Greenwich, Kent, RI, USA. Ruth (Twin to Alice) Sweet Matteson married Henry Mathewson Matteson 3Rd, John Jonathan Matteson, and had children including Nathan Jonathan Matteson Sr. Ruth (Twin to Alice) Sweet Matteson passed away in 1789 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Ruth (Twin to Alice) Sweet Matteson began in 1700 in East Greenwich, Kent, RI, USA.
  • Ruth (Twin to Alice) Sweet Matteson married Henry Mathewson Matteson 3Rd, John Jonathan Matteson, and had children including Nathan Jonathan Matteson Sr.
  • Ruth (Twin to Alice) Sweet Matteson passed away in 1789 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ruth Matteson's Ancestors

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Ruth Matteson
1700–1789
Birth Place: East Greenwich, Kent, RI, USA
Parents
Henry O. George T. Sweat (Sweet\Sweatt\Swett) (Walker) Sr\I
1662–1704
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Mary (Margaret) Griffin
1662–1752
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
Grandparents
Dr. (James Sweat (Sweet\Sweatt\Swett) (Greene) I -- (**) -- (of Modbury, Devon, and Warwick, RI (bone-setting) Sweets))
1622–1698
Modbury, South Hams District, Devon, England
Mary (Greene Sweat (Sweet\Sweatt\Swett) (*) -- (of Salisbury, Wiltshire, and Warwick,) RI)
1633–1686
St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Benjamin (M.) Griffin
1639–1677
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Sarah (A) Coggeshall
1642–1697
East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
Great-Grandparents
Captain Island
1613–1684
Richard George
1618–1706
Elizabeth Taylor
1619–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ruth Matteson's Descendants

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Ruth ((Twin to Alice) Sweet) Matteson (10 July 1700–1 April 1789) m. Henry (Mathewson Matteson) 3rd (22 Apr 1696–02 Mar 1754) m. John (Jonathan) Matteson (27 October 1706–25 December 1753)
  1. 1. Nathan (Jonathan Matteson) Sr 1735–1810 m. Freelove Bowen 1733–1820
    1. 1. Nathan Matteson 1770–1812 m. Eunice Dyre 1772–1866
      1. 1. Gideon (Freeborn) Matteson 1792–1845 m. Jemima Wood 1788–1865
        1. 1. Daniel (Nathan) Mattison 1816–1880 m. Julia (Anne) French 1816–1887

Ruth Matteson's Timeline

2 Records

1700
10 July 1700
Birth of Ruth (Twin to Alice) Sweet Matteson in East Greenwich, Kent, RI, USA
East Greenwich, Kent, RI, USA
1789
1 April 1789
Age 89
Death of Ruth (Twin to Alice) Sweet Matteson in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 July 1700
    Event Place: East Greenwich, Kent, RI, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Rhode Island, U.S., Birth Index, 1636-1930
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 April 1789
    Event Place: East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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