Ruth Briscoe was the first and only child of Samuel Briscoe and Ruth Smith. Her mother apparently died from complications from childbirth.
Her father a few years later married Abigail Platt who helped in raising her and her half-siblings.
In April 1734 she married Joseph Brewster, Esq., son of Timothy Brewster and Mary Hawkins and a very prominent family. Ruth and Joseph had six children:
•Ruth Brewster (1734-1787)
•Mary Brewster (1735-1787)
•Lt. Joseph Brewster (1735-1818)
•Asnath Brewster (1739-1761)
•Deborah Brewster (1741-1832)
•Sarah Brewster (1746-1798)
Her father a few years later married Abigail Platt who helped in raising her and her half-siblings.
In April 1734 she married Joseph Brewster, Esq., son of Timothy Brewster and Mary Hawkins and a very prominent family. Ruth and Joseph had six children:
•Ruth Brewster (1734-1787)
•Mary Brewster (1735-1787)
•Lt. Joseph Brewster (1735-1818)
•Asnath Brewster (1739-1761)
•Deborah Brewster (1741-1832)
•Sarah Brewster (1746-1798)
Ruth Briscoe was the first and only child of Samuel Briscoe and Ruth Smith. Her mother apparently died from complications from childbirth.
Her father a few years later married Abigail Platt who helped in raising her and her half-siblings.
In April 1734 she married Joseph Brewster, Esq., son of Timothy Brewster and Mary Hawkins and a very prominent family. Ruth and Joseph had six children:
•Ruth Brewster (1734-1787)
•Mary Brewster (1735-1787)
•Lt. Joseph Brewster (1735-1818)
•Asnath Brewster (1739-1761)
•Deborah Brewster (1741-1832)
•Sarah Brewster (1746-1798)
Her father a few years later married Abigail Platt who helped in raising her and her half-siblings.
In April 1734 she married Joseph Brewster, Esq., son of Timothy Brewster and Mary Hawkins and a very prominent family. Ruth and Joseph had six children:
•Ruth Brewster (1734-1787)
•Mary Brewster (1735-1787)
•Lt. Joseph Brewster (1735-1818)
•Asnath Brewster (1739-1761)
•Deborah Brewster (1741-1832)
•Sarah Brewster (1746-1798)
Inscription
In Memory of
Mrs Ruth wife of
Joseph Brewster
(Esq who de)part(ed)
thi(s Life) Apr
AD 1 7 7 8 :
in the 69th year
of her Age.
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