Ruhamah Jones

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name
Ruhamah Jones
aka
[Ruhamah Nickerson]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Joseph Nickerson of Harwich, Massachusetts, and probably the mother of John Nickerson, as the Nickerson family history has it; it gives her father as Teague Jones. By family tradition she was a great beauty of disagreeable nature whom her neighbours feared to provoke, and lived to a great age. Harwich ordered her care in 1735, the last record of her.
born
date
c. 1650
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[book-nickerson-family-1997]
died
date
aft. 1735
place
Harwich, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-nickerson-family-1997]
note
In 1735 the town of Harwich was ordered to pay for her care in the home of John Eldredge.
father
name
Teague Jones
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-nickerson-family-1997]

Great-grandmother of Sarah (Cole) Holdershaw, wife of Joseph Nickerson of Harwich. The family history has a story of her that it calls tradition, and it is worth keeping as that: she was "a 'great beauty', but 'of a disagreeable nature'" and "delighted in harassing others, so that both her Indian and white neighbors tried not to offend her. It is said that, if provoked, she would play havoc with their washing, their choice plants, and the fruits of their harvest." She was suspected when Edward Bangs's barn burned after a quarrel, and was said to be too ill to attend the trial. "Ruhamah lived to a 'great age', and had remained sitting for so many years that, at her death, it was thought best to bury her in 'the same crooked position'," on Burial Hill south of Ryder's Cove, where many of the early Nickersons lie (source). The town's order of 1735 for her care is the last record of her.

Research: Cape Cod ancestry of Hope Holdershaw and Hannah Brown.

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  2. name: Ruhamah Jones
  3. aka: [Ruhamah Nickerson]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Joseph Nickerson of Harwich, Massachusetts, and probably the mother of John Nickerson, as
  8. the Nickerson family history has it; it gives her father as Teague Jones. By family tradition she
  9. was a great beauty of disagreeable nature whom her neighbours feared to provoke, and lived to a
  10. great age. Harwich ordered her care in 1735, the last record of her.
  11. born:
  12. date: c. 1650
  13. basis: compiled
  14. confidence: possible
  15. sources: [book-nickerson-family-1997]
  16. died:
  17. date: aft. 1735
  18. place: Harwich, Massachusetts
  19. basis: compiled
  20. confidence: probable
  21. sources: [book-nickerson-family-1997]
  22. note: In 1735 the town of Harwich was ordered to pay for her care in the home of John Eldredge.
  23. father:
  24. name: Teague Jones
  25. basis: compiled
  26. confidence: probable
  27. sources: [book-nickerson-family-1997]
  28. ---
  30. Great-grandmother of Sarah (Cole) Holdershaw, wife of Joseph Nickerson of Harwich. The family history
  31. has a story of her that it calls tradition, and it is worth keeping as that: she was "a 'great
  32. beauty', but 'of a disagreeable nature'" and "delighted in harassing others, so that both her Indian
  33. and white neighbors tried not to offend her. It is said that, if provoked, she would play havoc with
  34. their washing, their choice plants, and the fruits of their harvest." She was suspected when Edward
  35. Bangs's barn burned after a quarrel, and was said to be too ill to attend the trial. "Ruhamah lived to
  36. a 'great age', and had remained sitting for so many years that, at her death, it was thought best to
  37. bury her in 'the same crooked position'," on Burial Hill south of Ryder's Cove, where many of the
  38. early Nickersons lie ([source](/files/sources/book-nickerson-family-1997/)). The town's order of 1735 for
  39. her care is the last record of her.
  41. Research: `research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Cape_Cod.md`.
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