Individual Details

Ruth DELANO

(25 May 1707 - Aft 7 Sep 1761)

According to source: "Except for Sylvanus and Ichabod, none of the children listed below can be directly attributed to John and Ruth (Delano) Peterson. However, the deeds [for the various property transactions] shows that John Peterson lived in the towns at the times his children were married there. There was no other Peterson family known to be living there at the same time. ... No Rhode Island probate record for John Peterson has been found."

The children listed are:
Sylvanus, born, 1727
Hope, married, Rochester 1748
Lucy, intention, Rochester 1748
Hannah, "of Rochester." intention, 1751
Content, married, Smithfield RI, 1757
Lydia, "of Middleb." married Peter Bennett, 1757
Zilpha, "of Middleb." married, 1757
Nathan
Ichabod, "of Richmond, Kings Co. RI", married, 1755
Patience, "of Scituate, RI", married, 1765
Lemuel, married, Scituate RI, Dorcas Young, 12 Jan. 1767
Rhoda, married, Pelham, 1772
Ruth, unmarried as of 1800

Events

Birth25 May 1707Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Marriage21 Aug 1726Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America - John PETERSON
MiscellaneousBet 1735 and 1759and her husband made several property transactions
Miscellaneous7 Sep 1761and her husband sold 444 acres to James Rogers
DeathAft 7 Sep 1761

Families

SpouseJohn PETERSON (1701 - 1765)
FatherJonathan DELANO Sr (1675 - 1765)
MotherHannah DOTY (1675 - 1764)
SiblingJohn DELANO (1699 - 1774)
SiblingJonathan DELANO (1701 - 1744)
SiblingNathan DELANO (1703 - 1783)
SiblingAmasa DELANO (1705 - 1706)
SiblingAmaziah DELANO (1709 - 1790)
SiblingHannah DELANO (1711 - 1788)
SiblingDorothy DELANO (1714 - 1714)
SiblingDorothy DELANO (1715 - 1763)
SiblingEbenezer DELANO (1717 - 1800)
SiblingDavid DELANO (1720 - 1761)

Endnotes

1. Peter B Hill, Compiler, Edward Doty: His Descendants through sons Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Desire and Elizabeth, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 11, Part II (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendents, 1996), pp. 13, 32-35, #156, Ruth Delano.

2. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 156.

3. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: viewed 25 March 2020), > Duxbury > Vital Record Transcripts, image 68 of 440, Delanoe...Ruth.

4. Peter B Hill, Compiler, Edward Doty: His Descendants through sons Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Desire and Elizabeth, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 11, Part II (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendents, 1996), pp. 13, 32-35, #156, Ruth Delano.

5. Peter B Hill, Compiler, Edward Doty: His Descendants through sons Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Desire and Elizabeth, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 11, Part II (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendents, 1996), pp. 13, 32-35, #156, Ruth Delano.

6. Peter B Hill, Compiler, Edward Doty: His Descendants through sons Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Desire and Elizabeth, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 11, Part II (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendents, 1996), pp. 13, 32-35, #156, Ruth Delano.

7. Peter B Hill, Compiler, Edward Doty: His Descendants through sons Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Desire and Elizabeth, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 11, Part II (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendents, 1996), pp. 13, 32-35, #156, Ruth Delano.