On 21 Aug 1726 when Ruth was 19, she married
John Peterson (23523) , son of
Jonathan Peterson (ca 1674-) &
Lydia Wadsworth (8905) (13 Feb 1678/9-26 May 1756), in Duxbury, MA.
475 Born on 22 Aug 1701 in Duxbury, MA.475
From William Bradford Browne’s article “The Peterson Family of Duxbury, Mass.”:475
From deeds it is known that John Peterson lived at various times at Duxbury, Middleborough, Pembroke, and Rochester, Mass., and also at Richmond and Scituate, R.I. In 1756, at Richmond, R.I., he sold his Pembroke lands, and in 1765, at Scituate, R.I., he conveyed land to his son Silvanus, the deed furnishing the only positive records of any of his children. It is , however, beyond doubt that the Peterson marriages recorded at Middleborough were those of his children, for his family was the only Peterson family redisent there at that time; and the same applies to the Peterson marriages recorded at Richmond and Scituate, R.I., and at Rochester. Furthermore, there is no possible place elsewhere for these children.