Ruhamah Collins, 17281808 (aged 79 years)

Name
Ruhamah Collins
Given names
Ruhamah
Surname
Collins
Birth September 9, 1728 32 30
Note: <b> Talcott Genealogies of Guilford, Connecticut : record of earliest families in Guilford, 1639-1890, Family History Library film 4352 "Ruhamah Collins, sixth child of John and Rachel (Mix) Collins born Sept. 9, 1728." (No marriage or death written)</b>
Birth of a sisterLeah Collins
October 22, 1730 (aged 2 years)
_PROOF: proven
Note: <b> Talcott Genealogies of Guilford, Connecticut : record of earliest families in Guilford, 1639-1890, Family History Library film 4352 "Leah Collins, seventh child of John and Rachel (Mix) Collins born Oct. 22, 1730, married Silus Rac----us."</b>
Birth of a brotherUriah Collins
July 8, 1732 (aged 3 years)
Note: <b>Talcott Genealogies of Guilford, Connecticut : record of earliest families in Guilford, 1639-1890, Family History Library film 4352 "Uriah Collins, eighth child of John and Rachel (Mix) Collins born July 8, 1732, married Lydia Cook (or Cour)."</b>
Birth of a brotherNathan Collins
June 4, 1734 (aged 5 years)
Note: <b>BIRTH
Birth of a brotherManassah Collins
May 21, 1735 (aged 6 years)
Note: <b>Talcott Genealogies of Guilford, Connecticut : record of earliest families in Guilford, 1639-1890, Family History Library film 4352 "Manassah Collins, tenth child of John and Rachel (Mix) Collins born May 21, 1735, of Richmond, Ms."</b>
Birth of a sisterAsaneth Collins
March 10, 1737 (aged 8 years)
Note: <b>Talcott Genealogies of Guilford, Connecticut : record of earliest families in Guilford, 1639-1890, Family History Library film 4352 "Asenath Collins, eleventh child of John and Rachel (Mix) Collins born Mch 10, 1737." (No marriage or death date, indicating she may have moved away.)</b>
Birth of a brotherTyrannus Collins
July 4, 1741 (aged 12 years)
Note: <b>Talcott Genealogies of Guilford, Connecticut : record of earliest families in Guilford, 1639-1890, Family History Library film 4352 "Tyrannus Collins, twelfth child of John and Rachel (Mix) Collins born July 4, 1741, married Abigail Bishop." </b>
MarriageWalter CookView this family
November 5, 1748 (aged 20 years)
Note: This marriage not found in Barbour for Wallingford or Guilford, although Barbour cites vital records for the births of their children, "son/dau Walter and Rowena Cook." The date probably came from Phineas Wolcott Cook personal records.
Birth of a daughterLydia Cook
May 3, 1750 (aged 21 years)
Birth of a daughterLucy Cook
November 28, 1752 (aged 24 years)
Birth of a daughterEunice Cook
November 10, 1754 (aged 26 years)
Birth of a sonPitman Collins Cook
June 28, 1757 (aged 28 years)
Death of a brotherNathan Collins
March 20, 1760 (aged 31 years)
Note: <b>BIRTH
Death of a motherRachel Mix
November 23, 1760 (aged 32 years)
Death of a grandfatherJohn Collins
1761 (aged 32 years)
Birth of a sonWalter Cook
September 10, 1764 (aged 36 years)
Birth of a sonJohn Cook
October 2, 1767 (aged 39 years)
Birth of a daughterAsenah Cook
October 12, 1769 (aged 41 years)
Marriage of a childDavid ChapinLydia CookView this family
about 1770 (aged 41 years)
Birth of a daughterSusannah Cook
February 26, 1770 (aged 41 years)
Birth of a sonIsaac Cook
1773 (aged 44 years)
Marriage of a childAshbel ConeEunice CookView this family
about 1775 (aged 46 years)
Marriage of a childAbijah NortonLucy CookView this family
about 1776 (aged 47 years)
Death of a husbandWalter Cook
July 26, 1780 (aged 51 years)
Marriage of a childPitman Collins CookRhoda BirchardView this family
about 1790 (aged 61 years)
Marriage of a childChester GoodaleAsenah CookView this family
July 10, 1790 (aged 61 years)
Marriage of a childWalter CookBetsy BirchardView this family
March 5, 1793 (aged 64 years)
Death of a brotherManassah Collins
September 20, 1807 (aged 79 years)
Marriage of a childIsaac CookPriscilla CookView this family
about 1808 (aged 79 years)
Death January 28, 1808 (aged 79 years)
LDS child sealing

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LDS baptism

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LDS endowment

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LDS spouse sealingWalter CookView this family

Status: Submitted

Unique identifier
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Last change July 15, 2016

Family with parents
father
mother
16971760
Birth: December 15, 1697New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: November 23, 1760New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: April 26, 1716
2 years
elder brother
1718
Birth: September 11, 1718 22 20Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
3 years
elder sister
1721
Birth: September 21, 1721 25 23Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 years
elder sister
1723
Birth: September 21, 1723 27 25Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
19 months
elder brother
1725
Birth: April 8, 1725 29 27Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
18 months
elder brother
1726
Birth: October 9, 1726 30 28Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
23 months
herself
17281808
Birth: September 9, 1728 32 30Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 28, 1808Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
2 years
younger sister
1730
Birth: October 22, 1730 34 32Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
21 months
younger brother
1732
Birth: July 8, 1732 36 34Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
23 months
younger brother
17341760
Birth: June 4, 1734 38 36Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: March 20, 1760Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
12 months
younger brother
17351807
Birth: May 21, 1735 39 37Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 20, 1807Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
22 months
younger sister
1737
Birth: March 10, 1737 41 39Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
4 years
younger brother
Family with Walter Cook
husband
17221780
Birth: December 21, 1722 39 29Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 26, 1780Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
herself
17281808
Birth: September 9, 1728 32 30Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 28, 1808Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
Marriage
Marriage: November 5, 1748Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
18 months
daughter
17501825
Birth: May 3, 1750 27 21Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 20, 1825Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
3 years
daughter
17521811
Birth: November 28, 1752 29 24Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: after 1811Gorham, Ontario, New York, USA
2 years
daughter
17541844
Birth: November 10, 1754 31 26Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: December 8, 1844West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
3 years
son
17571845
Birth: June 28, 1757 34 28Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 11, 1845Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
7 years
son
17641846
Birth: September 10, 1764 41 36Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 25, 1846Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
3 years
son
17671831
Birth: October 2, 1767 44 39Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: June 26, 1831Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
2 years
daughter
17691858
Birth: October 12, 1769 46 41Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 7, 1858Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
5 months
daughter
17701780
Birth: February 26, 1770 47 41Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: before July 1780Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
4 years
son
17731835
Birth: 1773 50 44Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
Death: June 26, 1835Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
Birth

<b> Talcott Genealogies of Guilford, Connecticut : record of earliest families in Guilford, 1639-1890, Family History Library film 4352 "Ruhamah Collins, sixth child of John and Rachel (Mix) Collins born Sept. 9, 1728." (No marriage or death written)</b>

Marriage

This marriage not found in Barbour for Wallingford or Guilford, although Barbour cites vital records for the births of their children, "son/dau Walter and Rowena Cook." The date probably came from Phineas Wolcott Cook personal records.

Death

Her name is spelled Reuhama, age 82 in the record. She was a widow, so Walter had already died.

Note

BIRTH: Barbour Collection of Guilford Vital Records, Vol. 16, p. 67 "Ruhamma (Collins,) dau. John Jr. and Rachel, born Sept 9, 1728. There is no marriage recorded in Guilford. <b> Talcott Genealogies of Guilford, Connecticut : record of earliest families in Guilford, 1639-1890, Family History Library film 4352 "Ruhamah Collins, sixth child of John and Rachel (Mix) Collins born Sept. 9, 1728." (No marriage or death written) </b>Also found in Families of Early Guilford, CT, by Alvan Talcott, Family History Library book 974.67/G1 D2t , p. 224: Ruhamah born Sept. 9, 1728 at Guilford. Married Walter Cook Noted in The Hartford Times Genealogy Gleanings, (FHL fiche 6,333,834, part 3, #4350 dated Sept. 13, 1952.) NAME: Her name means "having obtained mercy" in Hebrew (Hosea 2:1) She was first cousin to the wife of the great Revolutionary War hero Oliver Wolcott.

HER NAME Ruhamah is a Bible name, meaning mercy. (See Hosea 2:1) In Hosea 1:6 it is given "Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy..." Ruhamah is not in the Bible Dictionary, but obviously was a name used in ancient times.

WALTER'S PROBATE: "At a court held 26 July, 1780 came Ruhamah Cook, widow of Richmond," allowed to be guardian of Isaac, John and Asenah, minor children of Walter Cook, late of Richmond. (Probates of Berkshire County, MA, Vol. 2, p. 184b, FHL film 873,481.) 1790 CENSUS: "Ruhama Cook" at Richmond, Berkshire, Mass. In the household are four males over 16 (Her four youngest sons hadn't married yet, the youngest of whom was 17) and 2 females (Ruhama and youngest daughter Asenah (Susanna had died.) Also in Richmond is Philip Cook, nephew of her husband, Manassa Collins, her brother and Dan Collins, perhaps another relative, David Chapin who is later listed as a relative of her son John when he is admitted by the court as a non-compos person who needs a guardian. He is married to her daughter Lydia. (Roll: M637_4; Image: 0544, p. 503, Ancestry.com) 1800 CENSUS: She could be living with Isaac and Priscilla who have one older female over 45 in the household. DEATH: Vital Records from Berkshire, MA, 1766-1930, (FHL film 250,319) "Widow Ruhannah Cook died Jan. 28, 1808 age 82." Also in Vital Records of Berkshire, MA, (FHL 974.41/R1 V28r): Richmond Deaths, p. 92: See also (http://www.rootsweb.com/~maberksh/towns/richmond/rb.html)

Note

"Families of Ancient New Haven," Vol 1, by D L. Jacobus, 1923, p. 440, Family History Library book 974.68 D2j Vol. 1. Ref. is Wallingford Vital Records. The marriage is recorded, but no date or place. Her name is listed Rowena (Calling.) This marriage not found in Barbour for Wallingford or Guilford, although Barbour cites vital records for the births of their children, "son/dau Walter and Rowena Cook." The date probably came from Phineas Wolcott Cook personal records.

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