Ruth Sherwood

Ruth Sherwood was born in 1670 in Connecticut to Thomas Sherwood, Jr. and Ann Turney (needs verification). She married John Barlow III on June 4, 1693 (1,2,3,4). They had the following children:

1. Deborah Barlow, born January 10, 1705 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

2. Abigail Barlow, born June 30, 1697 (5).

Ruth also married Samuel Drake, who died before she married John Barlow (4).

Ruth died about 1718 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (needs verification).

1. Rootsweb, The Inman Compendium, him76501@wm.com, 11/14/2014

2. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, page 42

"Barlow, John 3 and Ruth (Sherwood) [Drake] w Samuel, b 1695, ca 1692, Fairfield, CT

3. Family Data Collection of the Charles and Eva Small Family. Retrieved from http://gsmall.us/Family/Small/index.php

4. Ancestry Minor Databases, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol I, page 27.

5. Descendants of William Hill, of Fairfield, Conn., who Came from.... by Mrs. Eva Loesa Hill Hosely. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=L_hUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%22ruth+sherwood+barlow%22&source=bl&ots=DCydkcp3wm&sig=2jNWSQjQvYT7glXOUM6mWfdEgQk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I9iiVIWaCoywogTc24LwDQ&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22ruth%20sherwood%20barlow%22&f=false