Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock (1690 - aft. 1763)

Born 1690 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Murdock — married 27 Nov 1701 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 11 Jul 1763 after age 73 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Children

John and Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock had the following (5) children:^[1][2]

1. Jennet, born 10 December 1711; married Stephen Tillson
2. Robert, born 4 August 1713
3. James, born about 1722; married Hannah Tillson and Faith (Shaw) Sturtevant
4. Ruth, born about 1726; married James Lucas and John Wall
5. Bartlett, born about 1729; married Sarah Lucas and Lucy (Cobb) Tillson

In 1762, Benjamin Shurtleff guardian of James Lucas petitioned the General Sessions of Peace to have the minor's grandparents help in his support.^[3] Margaret Lucas (grandmother of James) answered that she had agreed the minor's income should not exceed 40 shillings, and Ruth Murdock (his other grandmother) should be chargeable for the minor's maintenance together with the income from the estate.^[4] In 1763, it was ruled that Ruth Murdock was to pay Margaret Lucas 6 shillings a week until further order.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, John Bradley Arthaud, MD, FASG, et. al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Richard Warren, Volume 18, Part 2 of 3, 2nd Ed., (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2011), 2
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 143
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-G9P2-4 : 24 November 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston, Vol 2., Page 28.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-G9GL-S : 24 November 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-G9G2-T: 24 November 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston.

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Richard Warren, Volume 18, Part 2, Second Edition, p. 1

• Source: Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford and Williams, Alicia Crane, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 16 Part 1 of 3, John Alden, Boston, Mass. General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002

Information was taken from the Alden Kindred website [1]

http://www.longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I05190&tree=Mayflower

• Official Mayflower Descendant Record.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Charles Seamon for starting this profile.

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