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Birth: 1634
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA Death: Oct. 12, 1674
Massachusetts, USA
My Ancestor, Mayflower Descendant~~ Ruth was the sixth or quite possibly the seventh born child of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins Alden who came to America on the Mayflower in the year 1620.

Her parents married in Plymouth, Mass. in 1622 or 1623 and it was the first European-American wedding to take place. They are buried in the small town of South Duxbury that is north of Plymouth, at an old pioneer cemetery called Miles Standish Burial Ground. It is located south of where they settled in the town of Duxbury, on their 169 acre farm.

They were two of my 2,248 ancestral grandparents going back eleven generations from just one parent. Now, try and imagine how many aunts, uncles and cousins, I and you have had over the same time frame and how related we all are. And for every generation you add, the number doubles again and the population decreases as you go back in time. It dosn't take to much of a leap from there to imagine how we're all part of the same human family, going all the way back to east Africa. Grandma Ruth was the younger sister of Elizabeth; Sarah, John, Joseph, and Jonathan and the older sister of Priscilla, David, Mary, Rebecca and William.

Ruth married John Bass[1632-1716] on February 3,1657, when she was 22 or 23 years of age and they had eleven children together. President's John Adams and John Quincy Adams are two of their descendants.

Children: John Bass Jr, Samuel Bass, Ruth Bass Webb, Joseph Bass, Hannah Bass Adams, Mary Bass Webb Copeland Spear, Sarah Bass Thayer, and Philip Bass.

I am a descendant of them and their son Samuel Bass [1660-1751]; a 3rd. generation descendant, who was born in Braintree, Mass. Ruth died when she was about 40 years of age. [References: The Notes of Lillian Pear; "Descendants of Deacon & Samuel & Ann Bass," by C. T. Bass & E. L. Walton, Pg. 9, Mayflower Index, No. 622]... There's one more thing that I'd be remiss if I didn't add, the rest is all history.



Family links:
Parents:
John Alden (1598 - 1687)
Priscilla Mullins Alden (1602 - 1685)

Spouse:
John Bass (1630 - 1716)*

Children:
Samuel Bass (1660 - 1751)*
Hannah Bass Adams (1662 - 1705)*
Joseph Bass (1665 - 1733)*
Mary Bass Spear (1669 - 1725)*
Sarah Bass Thayer (1672 - 1751)*

* Reverse Relationships:] body=[This relationship was not directly added to this memorial. Rather, it is calculated based on information added to the related person's memorial. For example: if Joe Public is linked to Jane Public as a spouse, a reciprocal link will automatically be added to Jane Public's memorial.
] fade=[on] fadespeed=[.09]"Calculated relationship

Note: Bio updated by Kevin Avery. Burial:
Hancock Cemetery
Quincy
Norfolk County
Massachusetts, USA
Created by: *Barbara From Mich*
Record added: Mar 02, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 13499872

Biography

Birth: 1634
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA Death: Oct. 12, 1674
Massachusetts, USA
My Ancestor, Mayflower Descendant~~ Ruth was the sixth or quite possibly the seventh born child of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins Alden who came to America on the Mayflower in the year 1620.

Her parents married in Plymouth, Mass. in 1622 or 1623 and it was the first European-American wedding to take place. They are buried in the small town of South Duxbury that is north of Plymouth, at an old pioneer cemetery called Miles Standish Burial Ground. It is located south of where they settled in the town of Duxbury, on their 169 acre farm.

They were two of my 2,248 ancestral grandparents going back eleven generations from just one parent. Now, try and imagine how many aunts, uncles and cousins, I and you have had over the same time frame and how related we all are. And for every generation you add, the number doubles again and the population decreases as you go back in time. It dosn't take to much of a leap from there to imagine how we're all part of the same human family, going all the way back to east Africa. Grandma Ruth was the younger sister of Elizabeth; Sarah, John, Joseph, and Jonathan and the older sister of Priscilla, David, Mary, Rebecca and William.

Ruth married John Bass[1632-1716] on February 3,1657, when she was 22 or 23 years of age and they had eleven children together. President's John Adams and John Quincy Adams are two of their descendants.

Children: John Bass Jr, Samuel Bass, Ruth Bass Webb, Joseph Bass, Hannah Bass Adams, Mary Bass Webb Copeland Spear, Sarah Bass Thayer, and Philip Bass.

I am a descendant of them and their son Samuel Bass [1660-1751]; a 3rd. generation descendant, who was born in Braintree, Mass. Ruth died when she was about 40 years of age. [References: The Notes of Lillian Pear; "Descendants of Deacon & Samuel & Ann Bass," by C. T. Bass & E. L. Walton, Pg. 9, Mayflower Index, No. 622]... There's one more thing that I'd be remiss if I didn't add, the rest is all history.



Family links:
Parents:
John Alden (1598 - 1687)
Priscilla Mullins Alden (1602 - 1685)

Spouse:
John Bass (1630 - 1716)*

Children:
Samuel Bass (1660 - 1751)*
Hannah Bass Adams (1662 - 1705)*
Joseph Bass (1665 - 1733)*
Mary Bass Spear (1669 - 1725)*
Sarah Bass Thayer (1672 - 1751)*

* Reverse Relationships:] body=[This relationship was not directly added to this memorial. Rather, it is calculated based on information added to the related person's memorial. For example: if Joe Public is linked to Jane Public as a spouse, a reciprocal link will automatically be added to Jane Public's memorial.
] fade=[on] fadespeed=[.09]"Calculated relationship

Note: Bio updated by Kevin Avery. Burial:
Hancock Cemetery
Quincy
Norfolk County
Massachusetts, USA
Created by: *Barbara From Mich*
Record added: Mar 02, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 13499872