On 18 Dec 1690 when Joshua was 37, he second married
Ruth Peirce (21504) , daughter of
John Peirce (7987) (ca 1631-21 Oct 1682) &
Ruth Bishop (14 Apr 1639-), in Reading, MA.
81 Born on 22 Nov 1662 in Boston, MA. Ruth died in Stoneham, MA, on 10 Jul 1748; she was 85.29
Ruth first married Philip Kirtland, second Joshua Eaton as his second wife, third Jonathan Dunster as his third wife, fourth Amos Merritt, and fifth Peter Hay as his fifth wife.
Check out Frederick W. Wead’s article “Ruth Peirce’s five husbands” in The American Genealogist 26 (1950): 162.