Ruth Pierson^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]}

1693 - 1721  (28 years)

• Name	Ruth Pierson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Birth	1693	Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	1721	West Cemetery, Madison, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America   [2, 5, 9, 14]
  Death	19 Apr 1721	Connecticut, United States   [2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14]
  Person ID	I312684225553	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev Abraham Pierson, Jr,   b. Abt. 1646, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Abigail Clark,   b. Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States d. Killingworth, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F1527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John French,   b. 26 Aug 1680, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 17 Dec 1745, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	04 Jul 1716	Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  See notes under both father and mother r See notes under both father and mother relative to information about Ruth. The following came from Smith - Tilton Genealogy (page 293) on internet (www.google.com) related to Abigail Clark. Children of Abraham PIERSON (President of Yale Co)and Abigail CLARKE were as follows: + 18 viii Ruth3 PIERSON, born 1693. She married John FRENCH. New family search has Ruth listed as married to a John Finch with no children listed. A WC "mikemather" for Ruth Pierson, born 1693 in New Jersey was the only entry on www.rootsweb.com lisintg Ruth with children (2). Ruth had 10 WC WC entries with 8 listing her spouse s John French, only one listing children. . ! REFERENCES: Families of Early Guilford ! REFERENCES: Families of Early Guilford, Conn., pg. 498 (French) bp 26Nov1934 bp 26Nov1934 Husband was a Deacon(Minister) Husband was a Deacon(Minister)

  
  

• Sources

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