WILFORD Ruth

1672 - 1708  (36 years)

• Name	WILFORD Ruth
  Birth	15 May 1672	Bradfordhaverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	9D0B1D52DEB3E4488AC11A2B63AD507B3F76
  Death	29 Aug 1708	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  	(killed by Indians in the 1708 Haverhill Massacre. http://www.mocavo.com/The-History-of-Haverhill-Massachusetts-From-Its-First-Settlement-in-1640-to-the-Year-1860-5/950179/244#233 )
  Burial	Aft 29 Aug 1708	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [4]
  	Address: Pentucket Cemetery
  		1708 Haverhill Massacre monument Rev. Benjamin Rolfe Mehetabel (Wainwright) Rolfe Mehetable Rolfe Capt. Samuel Ayer Capt. Simon Wainwright Lieut. John Johnson Katherine (Skipper) Johnson Ruth (Wiliford) Ayer, wife of Thomas Ayer Ruth Ayer, daughter of Thomas Ayer Ruth (Bradley) Johnson, wife of Thomas Johnson Hannah (Frame) (Hartshorn) Smith John Hartshorn, Jr. John Hartshorne, III, son of John Hartshorne, Jr. Thomas Hartshorne, son of John Hartshorne, Jr. Jonathan Hartshorne, son of John Hartshorne, Jr. Joanna [Hartshorne], step-mother of John, Jr. John Dalton Several soldiers from Salem also died in this massacre, among them: William Coffin, husband of Sarah (Ahorn) Veren Lindall Samuel Sibley, husband of Sarah (Wells)
  Person ID	I68262	Noyes Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	WILFORD Gilbert   d. Bef 28 Jul 1676, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Mother	DOW Mary,   b. 26 Apr 1644, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1667  [1, 5]
  Family ID	F38092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	AYER Thomas,   b. 9 Jun 1666, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	12 Jun 1694	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 6]
  Children	1. AYER Ruth,   b. 4 Jul 1695, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   2. AYER Ruth,   b. 14 Jun 1705, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 29 Aug 1708, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F26758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2023

  
  

• Photos

  Haverhill 1708 residences from the book "Red Sunday" by Francis W. Cronan

  
  

• Sources

  [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.1024. [S301] Book-VR Bradford, MA, 1:167. [S297] Book-VR Haverhill, MA, 2:351. [S86] Death-gravestone, Pentucket Cemetery; Haverhill, MA. [S1237] Periodical-NEHGR, 90:202. [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.38.