Family:Whitney, Ruth (1698-1748)

Ruth⁴ Whitney (Benjamin³, John², John¹), daughter of Benjamin³ and Abigail (Hagar) Whitney, was baptized 10 Jul 1698, Watertown, MA,^[1] and died 1 Apr 1748, Worcester, MA.

She married, 7 Jul 1715, Watertown, MA, John Bond "both of Watertown",^[2] son of Nathaniel and Bethia (Fuller) Bond. He was baptized 23 Nov 1690, Watertown, MA, and died 1 Apr 1748, Worcester, MA.

In 1732 he was dismissed to the church at Worcester.

She and John Bond lived before 1748 at Worcester, MA.

Pierce says the following:^[3]

RUTH [WHITNEY], bap. July 10, 1698; m. July 17, 1715, John BOND, bap. Nov. 28, 1690. He was dismissed from Watertown in the church at Worcester in 1732, whither he had moved several years before, and where his wife, Ruth, d. Apr. 1, 1748. Ch.: Benjamin, b. Apr. 16, 1716; Ruth, b. Mar. 28, 1718; m. Aug. 8, 1750, Samuel KENDALL; Bethia, b. Mar. 23, 1719; m. Apr. 13, 1747, Enoch SAWTEL; Abigail, b. Apr. 9, 1722; m. Dec. 17, 1747, Josiah HOLDEN; John, b. Mar. 16, 1724; m. Nov. 21, 1731, Silence KING; Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1726; m. Nov. 21, 1751, Daniel BIGELOW; Josiah, b. June 22, 1728; d. Oct. 12, 1743; Sarah, b. Mar. 10, 1730; Susanna, b. Oct. 24, 1732; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 30, 1737; m. Oct. 21, 1761, Andrew PATTERSON, of Sudbury, and res. Petersham.

Children of John and Ruth⁴ (Whitney) Bond, all born Watertown, MA:

i.	Benjamin Bond, b. 16 Apr 1716.
ii.	Ruth Bond, b. 28 Mar 1718; m. Samuel Randall.
iii.	Bethia Bond, b. 23 Mar 1719/20; m. Enoch Sawtell.
iv.	Abigail Bond, b. 9 Apr 1722; m. Josiah Holden.
v.	John Bond, b. 16 Mar 1724/5; m. Silence King.
vi.	Mary Bond, b. 1 Feb 1726/7; m. Daniel Bigelow.
vii.	Josiah Bond, b. 22 Jun 1728; d. 12 Oct 1743, Watertown, MA.
viii.	Sarah Bond, b. 10 Mar 1730/31.
ix.	Susanna Bond, b. 24 Oct 1732.
x.	Elizabeth Bond, b. 30 Apr 1737; m. Andrew Patterson.

References

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2.^  "John Bond & Ruth Whitney, b. of Watertown, m. 7 Jul 1715," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, to the End of 1737. Also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1900), volume 2, page 54.

3.^  Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: 1895), p. 29.

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