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Ruth Nelson 1680–1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Aug 1680

Birth Location: Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 27 Mar 1760

Death Location: Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: PHILIP Captain

Mother: Sarah Nelson

Spouse(s): Samuel Dickinson

Children(s): Samuel Dickinson

Ruth Nelson was born in 1680 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Philip Nelson Captain And Sarah Nelson. Ruth Nelson married Samuel Dickinson, and had children including Samuel Dickinson. Ruth Nelson passed away in 1760 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Ruth Nelson was born in 1680 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Philip Nelson Captain And Sarah Nelson.
  • Ruth Nelson married Samuel Dickinson, and had children including Samuel Dickinson.
  • Ruth Nelson passed away in 1760 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Ruth Nelson's Ancestors

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Ruth Nelson
1680–1760
Birth Place: Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
PHILIP NelsoN Captain
1634–1691
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Nelson
1636–1664
Bradford, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
THOMAS Nelson
1601–
Cottingham, , Yorkshire, England
DOROTHY (StapletoN) *
1608–1637
Pannal, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas NelsoN
1581–1614
Mary Levett
1581–1639
PHILIP *
1576–1618
DOROTHY Hill
1587–1619
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Nelson
1560–1598
Margaret Nelson
1593–
Percival Levett
1560–1625
Elizabeth Rotherforth
1554–1608
Robert Stapleton
1548–1606
KATHERINE *
1552–1580
Thomas Hill
1560–1603
Annie Gawthorpe
1565–1603

Ruth Nelson's Descendants

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Ruth Nelson (20 Aug 1680–27 Mar 1760) m. Samuel Dickinson (4 February 1680–17 December 1756)
  1. 1. Samuel Dickinson 1707–1750

Ruth Nelson's Timeline

2 Records

1680
20 Aug 1680
Birth of Ruth Nelson in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1760
27 Mar 1760
Age 80
Death of Ruth Nelson in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Aug 1680
    Event Place: Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1760
    Event Place: Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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