Ruth Mary Briscoe

Notes:

surname also spelled Biscoe?

Died at age 69

Ruth Briscoe was the first and only child of Samuel Briscoe and Ruth Smith. Her mother apparently died from complications from childbirth.
Her father a few years later married Abigail Platt who helped in raising her and her half-siblings.

Inscription
In Memory of
Mrs Ruth wife of
Joseph Brewster
(Esq who de)part(ed)
thi(s Life) Apr
AD 1 7 7 8 :
in the 69th year
of her Age.

Ruth married Joseph Brewster, Esquire Apr 1734, , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States. Joseph (son of Timothy Brewster and Mary Hawkins) was born 9 Aug 1709, , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 11 Jan 1760, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Joseph Brewster Cemetery, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

1. Ruth Brewster was born 1734, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States; died , , Orange, New York, United States.
2. Mary Brewster was born 1735, , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 1787.
3. Lieutenant Joseph Brewster was born 10 Feb 1735, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 17 Mar 1818, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Joseph Brewster Cemetery, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States.
4. Asnath Brewster was born 1739, , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 1761.
5. Deborah Brewster was born 30 Aug 1741, Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 2 Jan 1832, Selden, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Roe Cemetery, Selden, Suffolk, New York, United States.
6. Sarah Brewster was born 27 Sep 1746, , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 4 Jan 1784, , Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Middle Island Cemetery, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States.

Samuel married Ruth Smith. Ruth was born , of Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]