Ruth SHERWOOD

1643 - 1699  (56 years)

• Name	Ruth SHERWOOD
  Birth	7 Apr 1643	Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	961S-221
  _UID	113F7993ADB84297B9400C962717B57DA543
  Death	10 Sep 1699	Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Burial	10 Sep 1699
  Person ID	I17169	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas SHERWOOD,   b. 1586, Ipswich, Suffolk, England d. 21 Jul 1655, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary FITCH,   b. Mar 1629, Bocking, Essex, England d. 1693, Rye, New York (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	1641	Stanford, Connecticut
  Family ID	F8689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joshua HOLCOMBE,   b. 7 Apr 1640, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 1 Dec 1690, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1663	Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
  	How this couple became acquainted does not appear, but there was an early migration of some Windsor famlies to Fairfield and it may be that afterwords there was some visiting back and forth. NOTE MARRIED
  Children	1. Ruth HOLCOMBE,   b. 26 May 1664, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 21 May 1706, Farmington, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 41 years)   2. Capt. Thomas HOLCOMB,   b. 20 Mar 1666, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 5 Mar 1731, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 64 years)   3. Sarah HOLCOMBE,   b. 23 Jun 1668, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 22 Jan 1763, Of Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 94 years)   4. Elijah HOLCOMB,   b. 4 Apr 1670, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown   5. Elizabeth HOLCOMB,   b. 4 Apr 1670, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 26 Feb 1762, Terry Plains, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 91 years)   6. Ensign Joshua HOLCOMBE,   b. 18 Sep 1672, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 10 Feb 1727, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 54 years)   7. Deborah HOLCOMB,   b. 16 Feb 1674, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown   8. Mary HOLCOMB,   b. 1676, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 14 Jul 1745, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 69 years)   9. Moses HOLCOMB,   b. 4 Jul 1686, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 16 Feb 1700, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 13 years)   10. Mindwell HOLCOMB,   b. 1687, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 1776 (Age 89 years)   11. Hannah HOLCOMB,   b. 1689, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 11 Mar 1740, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F8498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	John BARLOW   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	4 Jun 1663
  Family ID	F8504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 3	Sam DRAKE   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1682
  Family ID	F8505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  CONFLICT: Beckler lists birth date as 1644

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Dec 2022), entry for Ruth SHERWOOD, person ID 961S-221. (Reliability: 3).