Ruth Porter, 17171794 (aged 76 years)

Name
Ruth Porter
Given names
Ruth
Surname
Porter
Birth December 1, 1717 25 25
Death of a grandfatherThomas Porter
December 19, 1718 (aged 1 year)
Death of a grandmotherAbigail Cowles
December 19, 1718 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a sisterAbigail Porter
November 1, 1719 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a sisterSarah Porter
February 27, 1722 (aged 4 years)
Birth of a brotherNathaniel Porter
January 20, 1724 (aged 6 years)
Birth of a sisterEsther Porter
March 19, 1726 (aged 8 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Porter
September 6, 1728 (aged 10 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Porter
July 22, 1730 (aged 12 years)
Death of a motherJoanna Smith
August 20, 1744 (aged 26 years)
Marriage of a parentNathaniel PorterDeborah BishopView this family
June 20, 1745 (aged 27 years)
MarriageJacob FrisbieView this family
November 19, 1747 (aged 29 years)
Birth of a daughterRuth Frisbie
July 12, 1749 (aged 31 years)
Birth of a sonJacob Frisbie
August 11, 1750 (aged 32 years)
Christening of a sonJacob Frisbie
September 15, 1750 (aged 32 years)
Marriage of a parentNathaniel PorterElizabeth GilbertView this family
January 29, 1752 (aged 34 years)
Birth of a daughterAbigail Frisbie
July 19, 1752 (aged 34 years)
Birth of a sonSolomon Frisbie
June 5, 1754 (aged 36 years)
Birth of a half-brotherBoy Porter
about 1755 (aged 37 years)
Christening of a childChild Frisbie
March 5, 1757 (aged 39 years)
Death of a fatherNathaniel Porter
May 28, 1758 (aged 40 years)
Death of a sisterJoanna Porter
about 1770 (aged 52 years)
Marriage of a childJacob FrisbieThankful ChapmanView this family
about 1773 (aged 55 years)
Marriage of a childRufus LinsleyAbigail FrisbieView this family
May 29, 1777 (aged 59 years)
Death of a brotherNathaniel Porter
about 1790 (aged 72 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Porter
before 1793 (aged 75 years)
Death February 1794 (aged 76 years)
LDS baptism June 5, 1916 (122 years after death)

LDS endowment March 28, 1917 (123 years after death)

LDS child sealing June 12, 1963 (169 years after death)

LDS temple: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

LDS spouse sealingJacob FrisbieView this family
October 1, 1974 (180 years after death)

LDS temple: Ogden, Utah, United States

Unique identifier
31C4C05509F3467CBB5EB0F2AB658ADCF961

Last change September 22, 2014

Family with parents
father
16921758
Birth: March 28, 1692 41 29Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 28, 1758Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
mother
16921744
Birth: October 16, 1692 37 26Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: August 20, 1744Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: June 1, 1715Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
19 months
elder sister
17161770
Birth: about 1716 23 23Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: about 1770Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
herself
17171794
Birth: December 1, 1717 25 25Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 1794Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
younger sister
17191796
Birth: November 1, 1719 27 27Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: August 17, 1796Bridgewater, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
2 years
younger sister
17221806
Birth: February 27, 1722 29 29Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: November 21, 1806Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
younger brother
17241790
Birth: January 20, 1724 31 31Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: about 1790Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
2 years
younger sister
1726
Birth: March 19, 1726 33 33Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death:
3 years
younger brother
17281793
Birth: September 6, 1728 36 35Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: before 1793Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
younger brother
17301800
Birth: July 22, 1730 38 37Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: before 1800Harpersfield, Delaware, New York, USA
Father’s family with Ruth Woodruff
father
16921758
Birth: March 28, 1692 41 29Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 28, 1758Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
step-mother
16921713
Birth: February 15, 1692Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: November 14, 1713Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: January 1, 1713Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
10 months
half-brother
17131713
Birth: November 4, 1713 21 21Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: December 1, 1713Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Father’s family with Deborah Bishop
father
16921758
Birth: March 28, 1692 41 29Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 28, 1758Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
step-mother
17021750
Birth: February 19, 1702 47 29Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 16, 1750Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: June 20, 1745Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Father’s family with Elizabeth Gilbert
father
16921758
Birth: March 28, 1692 41 29Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 28, 1758Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
step-mother
17001793
Christening: September 8, 1700Greenfield-Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: October 9, 1793Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: January 29, 1752Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
4 years
half-brother
1755
Birth: about 1755 62 54Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
Family with Jacob Frisbie
husband
17261798
Birth: August 16, 1726 44Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 16, 1798Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
herself
17171794
Birth: December 1, 1717 25 25Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 1794Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: November 19, 1747Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
20 months
daughter
17491749
Birth: July 12, 1749 22 31Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 1, 1749Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
13 months
son
17501811
Birth: August 11, 1750 23 32Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: April 26, 1811Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
2 years
daughter
17521841
Birth: July 19, 1752 25 34Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1841
23 months
son
17541798
Birth: June 5, 1754 27 36Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: before February 1798
3 years
child
1757
Christening: March 5, 1757 30 39Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
Jacob Frisbie + Mary Kepner
husband
17261798
Birth: August 16, 1726 44Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 16, 1798Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
partner’s partner
Marriage
Marriage: July 23, 1794Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Note

BIRTH: Barbour Collection of Farmington Vital Records, F.H.L. book 974.6 V2wL, Vol. 12, p. 314. Ruth admitted to the Congregational Church Feb 11, 1739. "History of Ancient Woodbury," 974.6 H2cw, p. 820. WOODBURY: This family is noted to have come from Farmington. Congregational church records in Woodbury include the names Nathaniel Porter, Joanna, Ruth, Sary. (974.61/B2 K2t, p. 19) CHURCH RECORDS: "Ruth Porter admitted to the church in full communion Feb. 5, 1738." Woodbury Congregational Church records, 1670-1920, FHL film 6182, Item 1, p. 86.) BETHLEHEM: "The names of persons once members of neighboring churches of which the church in Bethlehem was formed:" Nathaniel Porter and one female in 1740. Additional females in 1740: Ruth Porter "from Woodbury Church," Joanna and Sarry also from the Woodbury church. (Bethlehem Congregational Church Records, 1738-1850, FHL film 3803, Vol. 1, p. 2.) BRANFORD: Admitted to the church in 1749: Joanna Frisbie and Ruth Frisbie, entered in that order one after the other. Their husbands (brothers married Porter sisters) were on the same page, but unreadable on this film. (Branford Ct. First Congregational Church Records, Vol. 1, p. 18, FHL film 3713, item 3.) DEATH: Town Records of Bethlehem, "Vital Records of Bethlehem, CT," FHL film 1522,005, item 1, p. 18. "Ruth wife of Jacob Frisbie Sr. died __Feb, 1794, age 76." Also in "Deaths in the Town of Bethlehem," The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol 20 #4, March 1988, p. 751, FHL book 974.6 D25n. ORDINANCES: FHL film 457858.

Note

Bethlehem Congregational Church Records, 1738-1850, FHL film 3803, p. 30. "Jacob Frisbie of Branford mar. Ruth Porter of Bethlem Nov. 18, 1747 by Rev. Joseph Bellamy at Bethlem." Some family histories report a second marriage 23 July 1794 to Mary Kepner, but no evidence whether it was Jacob Senior or Junior. SEALING: FHL film 0934305, Batch 7336503, sheet 19.

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