Ruth Howland
(25 October 1778 - 16 August 1848)
Date this page was last edited=18 Jul 2004
Ruth Howland was born on 25 October 1778 in Pembroke, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Robert Howland and Ruth Crocker.1
Ruth Howland married Josiah Josselyn, son of Charles Josselyn and Rebecca Keen, about 1798 at Pembroke, Massachusetts.2,1
In his copy of Barry's Hanover history, Alonzo Josselyn noted that the children of Josiah and Ruth were his cousins.3 Two of these cousins seem to have been at opposite ends of the political spectrum. Josiah and Ruth's fourth child, Lewis (born 1805), was editor of the Bay State Democrat and for two years was Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.4 Robert (1810-1884), the sixth and last child, was an attorney who became a close friend of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and became his private secretary in 1861.1
Ruth Howland died on 16 August 1848 in Pembroke, Massachusetts, at age 69.1
Ruth Howland married Josiah Josselyn, son of Charles Josselyn and Rebecca Keen, about 1798 at Pembroke, Massachusetts.2,1
In his copy of Barry's Hanover history, Alonzo Josselyn noted that the children of Josiah and Ruth were his cousins.3 Two of these cousins seem to have been at opposite ends of the political spectrum. Josiah and Ruth's fourth child, Lewis (born 1805), was editor of the Bay State Democrat and for two years was Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.4 Robert (1810-1884), the sixth and last child, was an attorney who became a close friend of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and became his private secretary in 1861.1
Ruth Howland died on 16 August 1848 in Pembroke, Massachusetts, at age 69.1
Citations
- [S82] Kroeger, Josselyn Family History, 63.
- [S2] Barry, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., 340; the wife's name is given as Ruth Howard, and no date of marriage is given.
- [S388] Note written in pencil by Alonzo Josselyn in his copy of "A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass." by John S. Barry, now (2004) in the possession of Howard DeVoe; 340.
- [S2] Barry, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., 340.
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