Ruth Sharp

Female 1681 - 1755  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ruth Sharp was born on 26 Jan 1680/81 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Nov 1755; was buried on 12 Nov 1755 in Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ruth Noyes
    • FamilySearch ID: K2YJ-13T

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2YJ-13T

    Ruth married Benjamin Swinnerton before 1718. Benjamin (son of Job Swinnerton, Jr. and Hester Baker) was born before 8 Oct 1682; was christened on 8 Oct 1682 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in May 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Joshua Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 5 Oct 1718; was christened on 5 Oct 1718 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown in Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joshua Swinnerton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born before 5 Oct 1718; was christened on 5 Oct 1718 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown in Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: L8B5-XTQ

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8B5-XTQ

    Joshua married Elizabeth Giles on 8 Feb 1736/37 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Giles and Esther Swinnerton) was born before 2 May 1713; was christened on 2 May 1713 in Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in Dec 1753 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Benjamin Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Jul 1741 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in 1786 in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Benjamin SwinnertonBenjamin Swinnerton Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joshua2, 1.Ruth1) was born on 19 Jul 1741 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in 1786 in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont.

    Other Events:

    • Group: Veteran or Patriot of Revolutionary War
    • FamilySearch ID: LHQ9-QV6

    Notes:

    From Halls of New England, p. 376:

    Benjamin Swinnerton, who parents came from England; he resided in Croydon, from 1769 to 1780; removed to Hartland, Vt. He was drowned in 1786, as he was crossing the Quecha river quite early in the morning, with another man; the other man fell into the water, and Mr. Swinnerton in attempting to save his life, lost his own.

    Children of Bejamin Swinnerton and Elizabeth Hall:

    1.  Betty.
    2.  Peter.
    3.  Cyrus.

    All three died near the same time with canker rash, while

    4.  Asa, the baby also had it and whom his mother saved when near to death, by lancing the swelling inside his throat, no physician being near.  (Family 235)

    5.  Hannah (Family 236).
    6.  Lucy (Family 237).
    7.  John, died at Dracut a little before the time set for him to be married.
    8.  Betsey (Family 238).

    Group:
    Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier.

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHQ9-QV6

    Benjamin married Elizabeth Hall on 21 Dec 1769 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Stephen Hall and Sarah Taft) was born on 28 Feb 1749/50 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 22 Apr 1750 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Oct 1821 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; was buried after 24 Oct 1821 in Flat Cemetery, Cornish Flat, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Betty Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1771; died in Unknown.
    2. 5. Peter Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1773; died in Unknown.
    3. 6. Cyrus Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1775; died in Unknown.
    4. 7. Asa Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Dec 1776 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died before 5 Oct 1807.
    5. 8. Hannah Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1778 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 12 Mar 1813 in Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont.
    6. 9. Lucy Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1780; died in Unknown in Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
    7. 10. John Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1782; died about 1825.
    8. 11. Betsey Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Nov 1785 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 25 Apr 1856 in Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire; was buried after 25 Apr 1856 in East Village Cemetery, Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Asa SwinnertonAsa Swinnerton Descendancy chart to this point (3.Benjamin3, 2.Joshua2, 1.Ruth1) was born on 20 Dec 1776 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died before 5 Oct 1807.

    Other Events:

    • Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
    • Group: Hall Direct Descendant
    • Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
    • Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft
    • FamilySearch ID: MXK4-BZ1

    Notes:

    From Halls of New England - Halls of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 384.

    (Family 235.) ASA SWINNERTON5, (Benjamin Swinnerton) Elizabeth Hall4, Stephen3, Percival2, John1: m., Jan. 10, 1807, Chloe, dai. of Samuel R. Hall; residence Cornish, N. H. They only had one child, Hannah Hall, b. Oct. 5, 1807; m., Oct. 25, 1841, Rev. Charles Pulsifer, of Plymouth, N. H., and had no children.

    In the spring of 1842 they were sent out as teachers to the Cherokee Indians, among whom they laborer for six years; they spent one year in New England to regain health and Strength, after which they were sent out by the A. B. C. F. M. as teachers, to labor among the Ojibway Indians on Lake Superior; they arrived at La Point, Madaline Island, Nov. 10, 1849. In 1853 Rev. C. Pulsifer, Rev. Sherman Hall and Rev. Henry Blatchford left La Point to establish a mission at the moutn of the Crow Wing, west of the Mississippi river, where part of the Ojibway tribe had been removed; but before the mission could become established, war broke out between the Ojibways and the Sioux, and the Missionaries returned to La Point, except Rev. S. Hall, who withdrew. In 1855 Mr. Pulsifer's eyes failing him, he removed to Illinois, where he died, May 6, 1861.

    Mrs. Pulsifer m., 2d, March 25, 1866, Abram W. Rice, and removed to Granby, Vt.; she was his 2nd wife; Mr. Rice died Jan. 15, 1868, and she was living in Granby in Jan., 1882. She has very kindly furnished the record of the posterity of her grandmother Elizabeth Hall Swinnerton, and Thompson, and of Rev. Samuel Read Hall, of Rumford, Me., with the co-operation of her uncle, Rev. Dr. Samuel R. Hall, of Brownington, Vt. And additions have been made by Alonzo Allen, Esq., town clerk of Croydon, N. H.

    Group:
    DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

    Group:
    A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

    Group:
    Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

    Group:
    Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MXK4-BZ1

    Asa married Chloe Hall on 10 Jan 1807 in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Chloe (daughter of Reverend Samuel Read Hall and Elizabeth Hall) was born on 11 May 1786 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 7 Dec 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Hannah Hall Swinnerton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Oct 1807 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 7 Jul 1886 in Granby, Essex County, Vermont.

  2. 8.  Hannah SwinnertonHannah Swinnerton Descendancy chart to this point (3.Benjamin3, 2.Joshua2, 1.Ruth1) was born about 1778 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 12 Mar 1813 in Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont.

    Other Events:

    • Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
    • Group: Hall Direct Descendant
    • Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
    • Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft
    • FamilySearch ID: K81S-K4M

    Notes:

    From Halls of New England - Halls of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 384.

    (Family 236.)  HANNAH SWINNERTON5, pedigree as before : m., her cousin Samuel Hall (See Family 246 1/2).

    Group:
    DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

    Group:
    A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

    Group:
    Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

    Group:
    Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K81S-K4M

    Hannah married Samuel Hall on 5 Dec 1805 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Samuel (son of Reverend Samuel Read Hall and Elizabeth Hall) was born on 23 Apr 1782 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 8 Mar 1813 in Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Elizabeth Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 May 1807 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 11 Nov 1860 in Granby, Essex County, Vermont.
    2. 14. Samuel Read Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Apr 1809 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 7 May 1810 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
    3. 15. Samuel Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1811 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died in Mar 1812 in Croydon, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

  3. 9.  Lucy SwinnertonLucy Swinnerton Descendancy chart to this point (3.Benjamin3, 2.Joshua2, 1.Ruth1) was born about 1780; died in Unknown in Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire.

    Other Events:

    • Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
    • Group: Hall Direct Descendant
    • Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
    • Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft

    Notes:

    From Halls of New England - Hall of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 385

    (Family 237) LUCY SWINNERTON5, pedigree as before : m. John Rogers, a lawyer of Oxford, N. H. Children were :

    1. John.
    2. George.
    3. Charles.
    4. William.
    5. Louisa.
    6. Edward

    Group:
    DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

    Group:
    A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

    Group:
    Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

    Group:
    Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

    Lucy married John Rogers before 1802. John died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Betsey SwinnertonBetsey Swinnerton Descendancy chart to this point (3.Benjamin3, 2.Joshua2, 1.Ruth1) was born on 16 Nov 1785 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 25 Apr 1856 in Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire; was buried after 25 Apr 1856 in East Village Cemetery, Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.

    Other Events:

    • Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
    • Group: Hall Direct Descendant
    • Group: Halls of Medford - DNA Family 070
    • Group: Head of Line - Nicholas Taft
    • FamilySearch ID: KHZ5-797
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 137572431

    Notes:

    From Halls of New England - Hall of Medford (Part Seventh), p. 385

    (Family 238) BETSEY SWINNERTON5, pedigree as before : m. August 1, 1806, William Allen, a farmer of Croydon, N. H., and in 1809, set off to Cornish; he died Oct. 1, 1856; she died April 25, 1857.

    William Allen was the son of John and Sarah Allen, son of William, son of William, son of Joseph, son of Ralph, son of George, the immigrant of Lynn 1636, representative 1637, removed to Sandwich, Cape Cod, before 1640, representative 1641, and several afterwards, he d. May 2, 1648, ae. 80. Children of William and Betsey Allen were :

    1.  Hiram, b. March 13, 1807 (Family 312).

    2.  Joseph Cornell, b. Feb. 1811; d. young.

    3.  Lucy, b. Feb. 2, 1812; m., May, 1847, Levi Richards, s. p.

    4.  Almira, b. Dec. 31, 1814; d. unmarried.

    5.  Elizabeth Hall, b. July 31, 1818; d. 1834, she was called the beauty of the family

    6.  Sabrina Follet, b. Feb. 5, 1821 (Family 313).

    7.  William Cornell, b. Aug., 1824 (Family 314).

    Group:
    DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

    Group:
    A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

    Group:
    Descendants of John Hall of Medford, Massachusetts

    Group:
    Descendants of Nicholas Taft of Stepney, several of whose children were early immigrants to Massachusetts.

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHZ5-797

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137572431

    Betsey married William Allen on 1 Aug 1806. William (son of John Allen and Sarah "Sally" Langford) was born cal 30 Aug 1782 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Oct 1856 in Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Hiram Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Mar 1809 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 1 Sep 1858 in Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire; was buried after 1 Sep 1858 in East Village Cemetery, Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
    2. 17. Joseph Cornell Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Feb 1811 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died in Unknown.
    3. 18. Lucy Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Feb 1812 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 6 Jan 1885 in Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
    4. 19. Almira Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Dec 1814 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died in Unknown.
    5. 20. Elizabeth Hall Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Jul 1818 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died in 1834 in Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
    6. 21. Sabrina Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Jul 1818 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died before 1821.
    7. 22. Sabrina Follet "Sabra" Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Feb 1821 in Cornish, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 16 Oct 1896 in Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire; was buried after 16 Oct 1896 in Croydon Flat Cemetery, Croydon Flat, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
    8. 23. William Cornell Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Aug 1824 in Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire; died on 21 Sep 1891 in Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire; was buried after 21 Sep 1891 in East Village Cemetery, Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.