Ruth Willett

Abt 1722 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Ruth Willett  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1722	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Will - Witnessed a will	15 Aug 1749	Worcester Co, Maryland   [2]
  	It was on this date that Joshua Mitchell, Ruth Willit & Mary Willet witnessed the will of Joakim White, wife Elizabeth.
  Will - Named in Fathers will	1 Feb 1758	Worcester Co, Maryland   [1]
  	In his will Ambrose Willet gave to son Thomas Willett all that tract of land including the plantation he now lives on called Parramore's Double Purchase containing 100 acres on the seaboard side and also what household goods and other things he hath now in his possession. To son William Willett the plantation he now lives on with part of my land I now live on beginning at a Red Oak Saplin where formerly stood a marked Hickory and then down the branch to a Stoopin White Oak and thence south until it intersects with Tobais Peppers line containing 100 acres and one shilling sterling. To my son John Willett my plantation I now live on with my land not yet mentioned and 2 young steers and 1 feather bed and some funiture, etc. To my daughter Elizabeth Nicholson one shilling sterling. To daughter Ann Holland one shilling sterling. To daughter Joyce Bradshaw one young bull and one small iron pot. To daughters Ruth and Mary the remainder of my personal estate and they to have the liberty to live on the plantation and in the house where I now live durying their single lives. Son Thomas Willet sole Extr. Witt: Eliam Johnson, William Pruitt & Moses Mills.
  Estate Settlement - They were named in a settlement	10 Aug 1773	Worcester Co, Maryland   [3]
  	Ruth Slocium and Thomas Willett were named as the next of kin to Ambrous Nicholson dec'd when his estate was appraised.
  Will - Named as a Brother in a will	13 Feb 1779	Worcester Co, Maryland   [4]
  	In his will Thomas Willett gave to Elizabeth Holland, daughter of Benjamin Holland and his wife Molly. To Benjamin Holland all the money due me from Phillip Quinton and the part of the tract of land that I have not sold that I possess of Parramores Double Purchase. To William Cowley, son of Samuel Cowley and Elizabeth his wife, the tract of land called Willets Out Lett and the enlarging and the rest of my goods and personal estate. And if William Cowley dies without heirs, then to William Slocomb, son of Robert Slocom and his wife Ruth. William Cowley and Robert Slocom my sole Extrs. Witt: Levin Newton, Levin Hill and Joshua Sturgis.
  Marr Name	Ruth Slocomb
  Reference Identifier	P.1.1.7
  Record ID	98934
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William Willett,   b. 1645, England d. Bef 4 Nov 1719  (Age < 74 years)  (Grandfather)  Ruth Aydelotte, (Aydelotte?),   b. Abt 1690, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother)
  Siblings	3 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. William Willett,   b. Abt 1709, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 30 Oct 1770, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 61 years)   2. Thomas Willett,   b. Abt 1710, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 13 Mar 1779, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 69 years) + 3. Ann Willett,   b. Abt 1712, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Nehemiah Holland, II,  m. Abt 1730 > 4. Elizabeth Willett,   b. Abt 1714, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Ambrous Nicholson,  m. Abt 1740   5. John Willett,   b. Abt 1718, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown > 6. Joyce Willett,   b. Abt 1720, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ▻ (--?--) Bradshaw,  m. Abt 1745 + 7. Ruth Willett,   b. Abt 1722, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Robert (of Robt I) Slocomb, II (S.S.),  m. Aft 15 Aug 1749   8. Mary Willett,   b. Abt 1725, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I98934	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Ambrose Willett,   b. Abt 1688, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 10 Mar 1758, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 70 years)
  Mother	Ruth Aydelotte, (Aydelotte?),   b. Abt 1690, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1708  [5]
  	SPECULATION - Ruth, wife of Ambrose Willet, may not be the dau. of John Aydelotte. There were land dealings between Ambrose Willet & John Aydelotte.
  Family ID	F31812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert (of Robt I) Slocomb, II (S.S.),   b. Abt 1715, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Aft 18 Jun 1791, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age > 76 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Rebecca (of Jno of Wm Sr) Blake,   b. Abt 1695, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. Abt 1740
  Marriage	Aft 15 Aug 1749  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas (of Robt II) Slocomb,   b. Abt 1750, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 15 Nov 1825, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age < 75 years) ╚═ Eleanor (143) Tull  (Age < 56 years)  m. Abt 1772;    ╚═ Anne 'Nancy' Banister  (Age < 79 years)  m. 6 Apr 1802   2. William (of Robt II) Slocomb,   b. Abt 1752, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F32881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1722 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S2653] Albert James Willett Jr., Willett, Albert James - The Willett Families, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, SC, 1985), p. 629 (will of Ambrose Willett), 2653. [S2002] Sharon S. Jones, Jones, Worcester Co, MD Wills, 1759-1769, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD 1987), p. 13 (will of Joakim White, wife Elizabeth), 2002. [S2217] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 16, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2003), p. 182 (Unplaced Slocombs), 2217. [S2653] Albert James Willett Jr., Willett, Albert James - The Willett Families, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, SC, 1985), p. 632 (will of Thomas Willett), 2653. [S2560] Rob Hall (C.R.V. Hall) [email protected], Ancestors of William Thomas Taylor, (Email to M.K. Miles, 11/30/2015), 2560.