Ruth Wheeler

1671 - 1732  (61 years)

• Name	Ruth Wheeler  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	15 May 1671	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Sep 1732	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  Burial	Second Parish Cemetery, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I9354	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Wheeler,   b. 8 Feb 1633, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d. 1696, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Abigail Allen,   b. 4 Jan 1639, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1696, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Jun 1686	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F8502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Riggs,   b. 25 Dec 1669, Goose Cove, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Jan 1748, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1690	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Children	1. John Riggs,   b. 22 Mar 1691, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1733, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Comfort Riggs,   b. 3 Mar 1698, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Abigail Riggs,   b. 10 Sep 1702, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 Aug 1744, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Ruth Riggs,   b. 16 Feb 1712, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Aug 1744 (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jonathan Riggs, I,   b. 3 Jan 1699, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Jan 1699, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Elizabeth Riggs,   b. 26 Jun 1707, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Rachel Riggs,   b. 30 Aug 1704, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Jonathan Riggs,   b. 20 Dec 1700, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 Dec 1759, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Ruth Riggs,   b. 4 Nov 1690, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Aug 1711, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. (Infant Daughter) Riggs,   b. Abt 1693, Goose Cove, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. Abt 1693, Goose Cove, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Mary Riggs,   b. 30 Jun 1696, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Jan 1742, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Jeremiah Riggs,   b. 5 Oct 1694, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA d. 3 Dec 1716, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 May 1671 - Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1 Jan 1690 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death - 28 Sep 1732 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~d Gott-F Gott Female Ancestor

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S10035] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Ruth Wheeler and John Riggs. Record Type Marriage Marriage Date 1 Jan 1690 Marriage Place Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA Marriage Record-RIGGS Ruth and John [S10320] Find a Grave: WHEELER Ruth Riggs 1671-1732, Ruth Wheeler Riggs. Mrs Ruth Riggs was the wife of John Riggs. She was born Ruth Wheeler, daughter of Henry Wheeler and Ann [probably Abigail--her mother was Ann] Allen, on 15 July 1671 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. She married John Riggs in 1690 and moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her older sister, Ann, had married Thomas Riggs (John's brother) three years earlier on 22 November 1687. John Riggs died on 12 January 1748 and is buried in Second Parish Cemetery, too. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69445039/ruth_riggs