Ruth Lea

1602 - 1642  (40 years)

• Name	Ruth Lea
  Birth	1602	Norwich, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Religion	24 May 1640 (38 years)	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Ruth was admitted to the Charlestown Church.
  Death	29 Aug 1642	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Her death date was recorded as 29 (6) 1642.
  Complier's Note	2011 (409 years)  [3]
  Rob -- Thanks for your efforts in assembling the genealogical information on your website, including that about Thomas Wood of Rowley, Mass. I would, however, appreciate your correcting the reference to Ruth "Mousall" as Thomas Wood's mother. This factoid is widespread but it is absolutely, uncontestably, completely, utterly false. This notion is the product of the mention in Ralph Mousall's will of his "daughter Ruth Wood." However, Ralph was not talking about Ruth the wife of Edward Wood and the mother of Thomas Wood here. For one thing, that Ruth Wood had already been dead a number of years when Ralph wrote his will. One doesn't make bequests to corpses. Edward Wood and his wife Ruth Lea (or Lee) were from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where the christenings of their older children appear in the parish register. The register also records their marriage in Nuneaton, 2 Feb 1619 /20.
  Person ID, Branch	I1946	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	4 May 2019

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Edward Wood,   b. Abt 1598, England d. 27 Nov 1642, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	2 Feb 1619/20	Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England   [2, 4]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 18 years and 2 months - He : ~ 22 years and 2 months.
  Children	3 sons and 3 daughters
  1. Elizabeth Wood,   b. 1623, England  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. Obadiah Wood,   b. 1625, England d. 3 Dec 1694, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 69 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   3. Thomas Wood,   b. 12 Sep 1633, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England d. 9 Sep 1687, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 53 years)  [Father: Birth] ▻ Ann Hunt  m. 7 Jun 1654     4. Josiah Wood,   b. Abt 1635, England d. 24 Sep 1691, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 56 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Ruth Wood,   b. Abt 1636, England d. 18 Jan 1696/97, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 61 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Tabitha Wood,   c. 30 May 1641, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 29 Aug 1642, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 1 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 May 2019

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Ruth Lea(1602 – 1642) 2 3

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1602 - Norwich, Norfolk, England Marriage - 2 Feb 1619/20 - Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England Religion - 24 May 1640 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 29 Aug 1642 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source. [S84] Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1818 , (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1879). [S272] Wood, Barry. Email: 2008-09-17 "Ruth (Lea) Wood, not Mousall, and Ralph Marshall - Mashall" , (Email message from luciusmontooth (at) yahoo.com, 17 September 2008). [S271] I, Jane. Email: 1998-06-27 "WOOD, Thomas (abt 1635-1687) of Rowley, Essex Co., MA", (Email message from thaia (at) goodnet.com, 27 June 1998).