At 02:41 PM 11/15/2006, Christie Trapp wrote: >David Carver (1669-1727) and Ruth Whitmarsh (1677-). Does anyone have her >date of death and place? I can probably make the presumption that it was in >Canterbury, Windham, CT, but I have nothing listed. Christie - It would not have been in CT, as David was living in Weymouth until at least 1717 when his daughter Hannah was born [Weymouth VR 1:70; History of Weymouth 3:154]. Ruth's death is not found in Weymouth VR, but she must have died after the 04-Nov-1704 birth of her son Samuel [Weymouth VR 1:70]. She must have died before her husband's 2nd marriage to Hannah Dyer, say, before Jul-1709, since Hannah's son Jonathan was born 13-Apr-1710 [Weymouth VR 1:70]. >I have three children listed for this couple. They may have had more, but >I've only got three in my database. > >Ruth >Sarah >Samuel Only Ruth and Samuel are found in Weymouth VR. The 2nd wife of Rev. Solomon Paine of Canterbury, CT, has been identified by some writers as Sarah, daughter of David and Ruth (Whitmarsh) Carver. >On the website it had this to say about Sarah: Sarah, perhaps identical >with Ruth, d. 9 Aug. 1731, m. 2 Mar 1720 Rev. Solomon Paine (b. >1698 in Eastham, >MA, lived at Canterbury, CT, minister of the Separatist Church, d. 1754). That is a direct quote from 88:220 of William Jones, "Robert Carver of Marshfield, Mass., and Some of His Descendants" (NEHGR, 88 [1934]:215-221, 311-329; 89 [1935]:34-46; Additions: 96 [1942]:304-305). >Now, in Hopkins 6:177 it gives Sarah Carver who married Solomon Paine to be >Ruth and provides a date of birth in Weymouth as 14 Dec. 1701 That is the date recorded for Ruth's birth [Weymouth VR 1:70]. >It also has this to say about Ruth: Prob. scrivener's error is the >reference to her as "Sarah" in rec. of bp. of eldest child. I take that to mean that whoever recorded the 03-Jun-1772 baptism of her son Solomon erroneously wrote "Sarah" as his mother's name rather than "Ruth." I do not have "Records of the Congregational Church in Canterbury, Connecticut 1711-1844" (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society, 1832; facsimile reprint, Salem, MA: Higginson Books, 1997). >What does the Weymouth VR have to say? As noted, only the births of Ruth and Samuel are recorded. >In the death record for Ruth/Sarah >as the wife of Solomon Paine, what does it say? That would be found in the Barbour Collection of Connecticut vital records at the Connecticut State Library in Hartford, also on microfilm at NEHGS. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project http://members.cox.net/plymouthcolony/index.shtml