Ruth Pryor

  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth: From Family Search org, 20 Aug 1743, Middletown, Connecticut. Name: Ruth Pryor
Gender: Female
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Birth Date: 20 Aug 1743
Birthplace: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Death Date:
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Race:
Father's Name: Daniel Pryor
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Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sarah
Mother's Birthplace:
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450359
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
Source Film Number: unknown
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Collection: Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906

• Residence: From 1790 Census, 1790, Wethersfield, Hartford Connecticut. Event Type: Census
Name: Ruth Wells
Event Date: 1790
Event Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Page: 486

One male less than 16: Appleton
One female: Ruth Rryor (Rich) Wells

Line Number: 12177
Affiliate Film Number: 1
Affiliate Publication Number: M637
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Digital Folder Number: 005157133
Microfilm Number: 0568141
Image Number: 00649

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-LD4 : accessed 18 October 2021), Ruth Wells, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 486, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.

Ruth married Thomas Rich, son of Thomas Rich and Thankful Sears, on 29 May 1766 in Middletown, Connecticut. (Thomas Rich was born on 8 Mar 1744 in Middletown, Connecticut and died about 1778 in Middletown, Connecticut.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Banns: From internet listing based on the referenced book, 29 May 1766, Middletown, Connecticut. Marriages - 1st Church, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT
Early Connecticut Marriages
as found on Ancient CHURCH Records PRIOR to 1800
By Frederick W. BAILEY, New Haven, [in seven volumes, 1896-1906]
Vol 6, p 92

Thom. Rich & Ruth PRIOR, May 29, 1766

Middletown was incorporated September, 1651 and named in 1653.
The First Church in Middletown was organized November, 4, 1668.
[Transcription courtesy of David Hoffman]

http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/middletown_1church_marr.htm

Middletown, Connecticut is 15 miles South of Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Also from Barbour Connecticut Records: Thomas Rich, mar Ruth Pryor, 29 May 1766 - Middletown VR

Ruth next married Josiah Wells, son of Captain Robert Welles II and Sarah Wolcott, on 13 Apr 1780 in Connecticut. (Josiah Wells was born on 9 Mar 1720 in Wethersfield, Hartford Connecticut and died on 24 Aug 1783 in Wethersfield, Hartford Connecticut.)