flag female ancestor  Ruth  FAY

  (b. 5 June 1786 Worcester, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay   d. 20 October 1874 Westborough, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Ruth FAY was born 5 June 1786 in Worcester, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Ruth FAY was the child of ?   and   ?

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Ruth  married  John BELKNAP .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John BELKNAP  was born 27 December 1782 John died 4 February 1864 in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA (Westboro). 

Ruth FAY died 20 October 1874 in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA .
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flag photo of Dorthy "Dolly" BELKNAP  Dorthy "Dolly" BELKNAP (b.10 January 1807, Westborough, Massachusetts, USA   d. 13 October 1878, Canton, Maine, USA)
m. Tristam LIBBY 



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birth1786 Birth
5 June 1786
Worcester, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
1807 Birth of Child
Dorthy "Dolly" BELKNAP was born 10 January 1807, Westborough, Massachusetts, USA (Westboro)

Ruth was 20 years old.
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
John BELKNAP died 4 February 1864, Westborough, Massachusetts, USA (Westboro)
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
death1874 Death
20 October 1874
Westborough, Massachusetts, USA

She died at the age of 88.
Added: 3/30/2021 1:21:56 PM - Updated: 3/30/2021 1:21:56 PM
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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