From the book James Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England" in 5 volumes I found: BEAL, or BEALS, ABRAHAM, Charlestown, by w Catharine had Abraham, wh d. 16 Jan 1657; Abraham, again, 17 Nov foll. and Isaac, 10 Oct. 1662. ARTHUR, York 1680. BENJAMIN, Dorchester 1674, rem. to Boston 1676. CALEB, Hingham, s. of John, b. in Eng. m. 30 DEc 1664, Eliz. Huet, perhaps d. of Thomas of the same, had a d. b 30 Mar 1666, d. soon; Caleb, 17 Mar 1670; Joseph, 7 Jan 1672; Solomon, bapt. June 1673, d. soon; Eliz 18 Nov 1674; Josiah, 31 Mar 1676, d. soon; Josiah, again 24 Oct 1677; Joshua, 6 Nov 1678, d. soon; Joshua again, 6 Sept 1680; Ruth, 25 Mar. 1683; and Benjamin, 2 June 1687, d. soon; was freem. 1672, and d. 18 June 1716, aged 79. His wid. d. 31 Dec. 1721. Ruth m. 1703 Peter Lincoln. There is much more about this family in the book. This may be where your Ruth name came from. Anyway just some info someone might use. Beverly On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Eileen J. Bennett wrote: > Date: Mon, 02 Feb 98 08:30:11 PST > From: "Eileen J. Bennett" <ebsamhou@iserv.net> > To: beall-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BEALL-L] Re: Beals in Maine, 1786-1825 > Resent-Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 19:21:05 -0800 (PST) > Resent-From: BEALL-L@rootsweb.com > > > > ---------- > > Ruth BEALS was born about 1786. She married Gideon EDES about 1807 and she died > > in Freeport (Cumberland) Maine, 21 November 1825. Their children were: > > Elizabeth b. 6 May 1808 in Freeport (Cumberland) Maine > > Esther H. b. 6 February 1811 in Freeport. > > Enos b. 18 June 1813 in Freeport. > > Sarah Ann b. 30 Decebmer 1817 in Freeport. > > Esther (2nd) b. 10 September 1820 in Freeport and > > Elimira b. 30 December 1823 in Freeport. > > > > Am searching for the parents of Ruth BEALS and her birthplace. Will greatly > > appreciate any help. Many thanks from > > Eileen in Jenison, Michigan > >