----- Original Message ----- From: <Sessfam@aol.com> To: <jwmuse@compuserve.com> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 9:51 AM Subject: Re: Ruth Shattuck and Jonathan Farnsworth Hello - greetings from the FARNSWORTH One-name Study, based in Britain but researching world-wide. Most interested to see your entry for Ruth Shattuck and would be grateful if you could confirm the dates you list (hopefully from a source other than the FARNSWORTH Memorial, which is being debated in parts nowadays). If you also have a marriage date somewhere for her wedding to Jonathan Farnsworth that would be great. The debate is about the actual spouse of Jonathan, as some feel that she was named Ruth but was not of the Shattuck family. Have you any thoughts here? Our One-Name Study web-site is found at www.farnsworth.org.uk and the databases here in the UK hold about 98 thousand entries to date. We are a research resource, offering texture for write-ups of family trees, social history and help where able (all free o charge of course). Hope to hear from you Patrice Farnsworth Sessions FARNSWORTH One-Name Study Society of Genealogists ------------------------ Dear Patrice: We have had a recent discussion among Whitney researchers recently. The source I cited for the birth of Ruth Shattuck (b. 24 Jun 1668, Watertown) was "A Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. 4 Volumes" by James Savage. Volume IV, p62. I cited no sources for her marriage to Jonathan Farnsworth (1698) nor for her death 16 Jun 1748, unfortunately. As you can see, I have copied this message to the Whitney list on Rootsweb. Hopefully more information will be forthcoming for Farnsworth/Shattuck researchers who subscribe to that list. Thank you for writing! Jeanne (Whitney) Muse jwmuse@compuserve.com ------------------------------------------ Researching GOLDSMITH, REED, WHITNEY http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/roots.htm -----------------------------------------