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Ruth Wheeler (Clark)

Also Known As: "Ruth Clark "Plumb"", "Ruth Clark", ""Fitch""
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Death: 1709 (67-68)
Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Old North Cemetery Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Clark, II - farmer and Sarah Clark
Wife of Sgt. Thomas Fitch; Robert Plumb, Jr and John Wheeler
Mother of Sarah Ford; Thomas Fitch, III; Mary Terrill; Samuel Fitch and Sarah Fitch
Sister of Hannah (Clark) Platt; Sarah Marvin; Rebecca Browne; Esther Clark; N.N. Clark and 4 others

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About Ruth Wheeler

  • The story of the memorial in honor of the founders of the town of Milford : erected by their descendants and the citizens of Milford : dedicated August 28th, 1889, the town's 250th anniversary (1889)
  • http://archive.org/details/storyofmemoriali00pond
  • http://archive.org/stream/storyofmemoriali00pond#page/15/mode/1up
  • Pg. 15
    • No. 18. GEORGE CLARK.
    • Obit 1690.
    • SARAH his Wife.
  • This George was brother to John Clark, of Saybrook, who removed thence to Milford and was made deacon of the first church, and married here the widow of Deacon John Fletcher. His brother Daniel was one of the patentees under the famous charter from Charles II. His only son, John, probably died without issue soon after his father. 'His daughter, Ruth, married Thomas Fitch, of Norwalk, and her grandson was

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  • http://archive.org/stream/storyofmemoriali00pond#page/16/mode/1up
  • Pg. 16
  • 'Governor Thomas Fitch, of Connecticut.' Abigail, his daughter, married Abraham Pierson, first rector of Yale College. Sarah married first, Reynold Marvin, the celebrated Indian fighler, and after his death married Captain Joseph Sill, and from the latter union Lieutenant Governor George Griswold Sill descends.
    • Mrs. Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury (wife of Professor Edward E.), a descendant of Reynold Marvin, gives this stone.
  • __________________________
  • 'Ruth Clark
  • 'F, b. 20 February 1642, d. circa 1709
  • Father George Clark b. c 1615, d. Aug 1690
  • Mother Sarah Northrup b. c 1619, d. 19 Jul 1689
  • ' Ruth Clark was christened on 20 February 1642 at Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. She married Thomas Fitch, son of Thomas Fitch and Anna Stacy, in 1662 at Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. Ruth Clark married Robert Plumb after 1684. Ruth Clark married John Wheeler on 3 July 1706. Ruth Clark died circa 1709 at Woodbury, Litchfield, CT.
  • 'Family 1 Thomas Fitch b. 1640, d. 1684
  • Children
    • Sarah Fitch b. 1663
    • Thomas Fitch b. 1665, d. 10 May 1731
    • Mary Fitch+ b. 1668, d. 8 May 1712
    • Samuel Fitch b. 1681
  • 'Family 2 Robert Plumb b. 1648, d. 1703
  • 'Family 3 John Wheeler b. 1630, d. 1716
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p20.htm#i595
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from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190871942/ruth-fitch
"Ruth Clark Fitch [She is buried with her husband's relatives]
BIRTH: 20 Feb 1641
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH: 1709 (aged 67–68)
Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL :
Old North Cemetery
Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Family Members:
Parents:
George Clark 1613–1690, Sarah Harvey Clark 1622–1689
Spouse
Thomas Fitch 1630–1684 (married:1662)
Siblings:
Thomas Clark 1637–1719, Sarah Clark Law 1643–1704, Sarah Clark Marvin Sill 1644–1715, Samuel Clark 1645–1718, George Clark 1648–1734.
Children:
Sarah Fitch Stoughton 1663–1714, Mary Fitch Terrell 1668–1712."

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Ruth Wheeler's Timeline

1641
February 20, 1641
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, Colonial America
February 20, 1641
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, Colonial America
February 20, 1641
Milford, New Haven Co, Connecticut,
February 20, 1641
Milford,New Haven,CT
1663
1663
Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT, United States
1663
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
1665
1665
Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Conn.
1668
April 19, 1668
Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1681
1681
Norwalk, CT