Ruth Eddy

1742 - Aft 1799  (> 57 years)

• Name	Ruth Eddy
  Born	4 Jan 1741/1742	Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 30 Apr 1799	, , Rhode Island
  Person ID	I49070	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Eddy,   b. 4 Apr 1716, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Nov 1750, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island  (Age 34 years)
  Mother	Hannah Whipple,   b. Abt 1716,   d. Aft 6 Mar 1792  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	22 Feb 1738/1739	Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F8635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rufus Arnold,   b. 5 Feb 1744/1745, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island ,   d. 12 Sep 1776, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island  (Age 31 years)
  Married	Bef 3 Mar 1768
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Arnold,   b. 3 Mar 1768, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island ,   d. 7 Mar 1855, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  (Age 87 years)   2. Asa Arnold,   b. 3 Feb 1770, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island + 3. Israel Arnold,   b. 3 Oct 1771, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island ,   d. 18 Feb 1835, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island  (Age 63 years) + 4. Ruth Arnold,   b. 7 Mar 1777, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island ,   d. 31 Aug 1849, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island  (Age 72 years)   5. Elisha Arnold
  Family ID	F5698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jan 1741/1742 - Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Died - Aft 30 Apr 1799 - , , Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, The Eddy Family in America (Boston: Eddy Family Association, 1930), p. 85. Cites Vital Records and History of Woonsocket. Gives birth 7 Jan 1742 in Smithfield, Rhode Island. !MARRIAGE: "Did she marry Israel Tifft, Tafft? (See Smithfield Deeds, 9,459.)" --R.S.D. Eddy !SOURCE: "Descendants of Martha Arnold," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 16 Nov 2002. !SOURCE: The Arnold Family of Smithfield, Rhode Island, by Richard H. Benson (Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2009; ISBN 978-0-88082-221-3), p. 278. !SOURCE: "Descendants of Ruth Eddy," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 7 Sep 2009. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (birth 4 Jan 1741/42). Gives birth After 7 Mar 1777 in RI. (Death previously entered as after 30 Apr 1799.)