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Ruth Corwithe
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Name Ruth Corwithe Birth Abt 1786 Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
Gender Female Death 8 Feb 1842 Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
Burial Bridgehampton Cemetery, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
Notes - The following Legal Notice was posted in the Albany Argus Newspaper for three days in 1859 regarding her sister, Puah's last will.
"The People of the State of New York to Temperance Dow, of Reading Center, Schuyler county, New York; Herman Woodruff, Daniel Woodruff, Helen M. Pierson, wife of David Pierson, all of Bridge Hampton, in the county of Suffolk; Samuel C. Woodruff, of Hong Kong, China; Ellen Williamson, of Sag Harbor, in the said county of Suffolk; Elvira S. Curry, wife of Ezekiel Curry, and Bulah C. Woodruff, of North Hector, Schuyler county, New York; and to Jonathan R. Cook, and Harriet N. Cook, heirs at law and next of kin of Puah Corwithe, late of the town of Southampton, in the county of Suffolk, deceased, send greeting.
Whereas James M. Hulsey, executor named in the will of said deceased lately applied to our Surrogate of the county of Suffolk to have a certain instrument in writing, purporting to dispose of personnal estate duly proved as the last will and testament of the said Puah Corwithe, deceased. Wherefore, you and each of you are cited and required personally to be and appear before our said Surrogate at this Surrogates office in the town of Riverhead in the county of Suffolk, on the 21st day of March, 1859 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, to attend the proof of said last will and testament.
In witness whereof, the Surrogate of our said county has hereunto affixed his seal of office, this 8th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-none.
J. Lawrence Smith, Surrogate."
Person ID I42256 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 26 May 2025
Father John Corwithe, b. 1751 d. 1 Jan 1829, Hayground, Suffolk County, New York
(Age 78 years) Mother Ruth, b. ca 1750 d. 8 Jan 1812, Hayground, Suffolk County, New York
(Age ~ 62 years) Marriage Abt 1775 Family ID F15306 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Daniel Woodruff, b. Oct 1778, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
d. 21 Sep 1831, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
(Age ~ 52 years) Marriage 2 Mar 1807 Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
Children 1. Herman Woodruff, b. Mar 1808, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
d. 12 Oct 1887, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
(Age ~ 79 years)+ 2. Elvira S. Woodruff, b. 3 Jun 1810, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
d. 17 Mar 1876, Hector, Schuyler County, New York
(Age 65 years)+ 3. Temperance Woodruff, b. 1813, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
d. 22 Nov 1856, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
(Age 43 years)4. Captain Samuel Corwith Woodruff, b. 1812, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
d. 16 Jul 1864, Shanghai, China
(Age 52 years)+ 5. Ellen Louisa Woodruff, b. 1818, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
d. 4 Feb 1872, Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York
(Age 54 years)6. Beulah Woodruff, b. 23 May 1821, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
d. 1 Jan 1876, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
(Age 54 years)7. Daniel O. Woodruff, b. Jun 1825, Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, New York
d. 29 Dec 1900, New York
(Age ~ 75 years)Family ID F15307 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2016
- The following Legal Notice was posted in the Albany Argus Newspaper for three days in 1859 regarding her sister, Puah's last will.
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