Ruth HASKINS

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abt. 1720 , Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

5 February 1777 , Taunton, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

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Born: abt. 1720 in Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Ruth married Elijah GARY 16 December 1740 in Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Elijah GARY was born abt. 1718 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton). Elijah died abt. 1803 in Columbia, Connecticut, USA. Elijah was the child of Stephen GARY and Mary (Mercy) GILBERT.

Ruth HASKINS died 5 February 1777 in Taunton, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay .

Daughter of William Haskins and Mary Cobb

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Ruth HASKINS married

Elijah GARY
Marriage date: 16 December 1740
Marriage place: Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Elijah GARY was the child of Stephen GARY and Mary (Mercy) GILBERT

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Elijah GARY

Elijah and Ruth Hoskins, both of T., Dec. 16, 1742, in T.*Marriage

Taunton, MA - www.americanancestors.org

"Gary Genealogy The Descendants of Arthur Gary of Roxbury, Massachusetts with an Account of the Posterity of Stephen Gary of Charlestown, Massachusetts and also of a South Carolina Family of this Name" by Lawrence Brainerd, Boston, Massachusetts, 1918, Page 164

Children of Elijah GARY and Ruth HASKINS

Zephaniah GARY

Born: 18 October 1741, Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 16 December 1823, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mary Polly WHITE 26 March 1772

Elijah GARY

Born: abt. 1743, Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: abt. 1803, Columbia, Connecticut, USA

Married: Betty CONENDER 26 November 1764 Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

Married: Zebiah CROSSMAN 11 September 1766

Elbridge GARY

Born: abt. 1744, Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 23 November 1814 , Washington, DC, USA

Rufus GARY

Born: abt. 1746, Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: ,

Ruth GARY

Born: 9 October 1748, Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 8 December 1818, Calais, Vermont, USA

Married: Ezekiel KENT 21 April 1768

Seth GARY

Born: 19 May 1761, Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 12 December 1842, , New York, USA

Married: Zilpha PIERCE 21 July 1785 Place: Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA

Elisha GARY

Born: abt. 1762,
Died: abt. 1819, , New York, USA

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1740 Marriage / Partner
Ruth HASKINS and Elijah GARY 16 December 1740, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

1741 Birth of Child
Zephaniah GARY was born 18 October 1741, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

1748 Birth of Child
Ruth GARY was born 9 October 1748, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Birth of Child
Seth GARY was born 19 May 1761, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

1764 Marriage of Child
Elijah GARY married 26 November 1764, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton) to Betty CONENDER

1775 - Paul Revere's famous ride (April 18)

1775 - First shots of Revolutionary War fired in Lexington and Concord. (April 19)

1776 - American Declaration of Independence (July 4)

1776 - Congress renames the nation 'United States of America' (September 9)

Death — 1777
5 February 1777
Taunton, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

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