Ruth Ely

  Noted events in her life were:

• Family: From Ely Ancestry by Moses S. Beach & Rev. William Ely, Pages 51 and 79, 1902. Page 51
6. Ruth. b. 1727; m. 1750. Samuel Beckwith.

Page 79
148. Ruth Ely, daughter of Major Daniel Ely and his second wife, Ruth Wells, was born in 1727. l n 1750 she married Samuel Beckwith, and died without issue.

From Welles Genealogy, Volume 1, Page 481

823 i. RUTH^5, b. in 1727 (Ely 51); d. in 1750 (Ely 51); m. (Ely 51) SAMUEL BECKWITH, son of Jonathan Beckwith and Elizabeth Waller, b. c. 1723, cl. c. 1776. They had no children. He m. (2) Love Mack, daughter of Jonathan Mack and Sarah Bennett, b. 15 Apr 1734.

The entry for Ruth is followed by the following references:

Published Works: Ely 51-54; FEH 658; Goodwin (1856) 257; HH 785-786;
Presidents 90.;\X/elles (1968) 4:25: family CCCXXI.

It is unclear what source was used to specify that Ruth Ely Beckwith died in 1750 or that Samuel Beckwith married Love Mack following Ruth's death. Clearly these two events are not supported by the referenced Ely Ancestry.

• Death: From her father's probate records, After Apr 1776. Her father's will dated 8 April 1776 mentions her along with her living sisters as follows:

And further more my will is and I hereby give the whole of the Remainder of my moveable estate (to dud namely Mary, Ayne, Ruth, Sarah & Lucritia) Equal to be Divided between them, among all my Daughters ^ Excepting my Case of Drawers and a Looking glass which I give to my son Wells Ely they being the same his Mother Brought to me.

Page 51 of Ely Ancestry identifies Daniel Ely's daughters as follows:
Mary b. 1714
Ann b. 1716
Elizabeth, b. 1718: d. Feb. 21, 1759
Sarah
Ruth. b. 1727
Amy or Anne. b. 1740: d 1776
Lucretia. b. 1742

which is consistent with the order for his daughters listed in his will. He did not include Elizabeth or Amy/Anne as they died before him.

His will also identifies his fourth wife, Ruhanah, his sons, and one grandson, Erastus Seldon, whose mother died in 1776. No other grandchildren are mentioned. Erastus had several sisters, one of which, Anne, was alive in 1776, but she is not mentioned in Daniel Ely's will. Lucretia Ely had a daughter, Ethelinda, who was born in 1771. Mary Ely had 11 children with Benjamin Lee and Elizabeth Ely had 11 children with Abraham Perkins. None of these grandchildren are mentioned in Daniel Ely's will. Therefore, the absence of any grandchildren with the surname of Beckwith in Daniel Ely's will is not sufficient to conclude that Ruth Ely Beckwith had no children.

Ruth married Samuel Beckwith in 1750 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.