Ruth Allen

F, b. 1671, d. 22 June 1738
     Ruth was born in 1671 in Tisbury, Duke's County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of James & Elizabeth [Partridge] Allen.1 Ruth married Edward Bangs, son of Jonathan Bangs and Mary Mayo, circa 1690 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Edward and Ruth had children: Joshua [1691-5/23/1762] [m. 6/18/1713 Mehitable Clark], Mary [1693-ca.1768] [m. Benjamin Hatch], Edward [8/14/1694-6/03/1755] [m. 1720 Sarah Clark & 2nd 6/09/1730 Rebecca Doane], Ruth [1699-1702] Ebenezer [2/08/1702-2/16/1778] [m. 12/18/1727 Ann Sears], Jonathan [ 5/23/1707-12/17/1745] [m. 1/04/1733 Phebe Hopkins]. Ruth departed this life on Sunday, 22 June 1738 in Eastham at age 67 years.2 She was buried there at Eastham in the Old Burying Ground. The inscription on her tombstone reads: Here Lyes Buried The Body of Mrs. Ruth Bangs Wife To Capt. Edward Bangs Who Departed This Life June 22 1738 in Ye 68 Year of Her Age.

Citations

  1. [S1215] Glade Jan Nelson, Identifying Mercy, wife of Thomas Hinckley of Harwich, Massachusetts as Mercy [Bangs] [Hinckley] Cole, page 216 - Ruth's birth & marriage.
  2. [S1215] Glade Jan Nelson, Identifying Mercy, wife of Thomas Hinckley of Harwich, Massachusetts as Mercy [Bangs] [Hinckley] Cole, page 216 - Ruth was in her 68th year, she was buried with her husband.