Ruth Woodhull

Ruth Woodhull

Female 1770 - 1810  (39 years)


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  • Name Ruth Woodhull 
    Birth 1 Apr 1770  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 1810  [1
    Person ID I17920  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

    Father Cap. Ebenezer Woodhull,   b. 2 Feb 1742, Mastic, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1803 (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Abigail Howell,   b. 16 Sep 1745   d. 21 Nov 1829 (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 1767  Long Island, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Selah Strong, 3,   b. Abt 1757   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage See notes for children Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Children (Ten):
      (1.) Henry Strong, married Mary McDowell. They had seven
      children. (See "Strong Genealogy.")
      (2.) Vincent Strong.
      (3.) Courtland Strong.
      (4.) Rensselaer Strong, married Abby Seely. They had no
      children.
      (5.) Schuyler Strong, born in the year 1797, at Blooming
      Grove, Orange County, New York. He graduated with
      honor at Union College, in 1819, having been elected to
      Phi Beta Kappa in 1818. He studied law with General
      Daniel Cruger in Bath, Steuben County, New York;
      was admitted to the Bar in New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania
      and Illinois. Commissioned Quarter Master,
      96th Regiment, New York, with rank from July 11,
      1823. He married, December 22, 1822, Frances Minerva,
      daughter of General Daniel Cruger, and Hannah
      Clement. (See Genealogical Appendix, Strong--Cruger,
      final note. Too late for classification.) She was
      born December 7, 1806. They had twelve children:
      Eliza Cruger Strong, born August 3, 1823; married, February
      4, 1857, Henry Rutgers Miller, of Mount Morris,
      New York. He was born October 11, 1815, and died
      September 23, 1865. She died March 10, 1891. They
      had one child:
      Frank Schuyler Miller, born April 4, 1858; married, October
      10, 1888, Mary M. Barnum. She was born January
      25, 1864. They had one child:
      Helen Barnum Miller, born February 16, 1897.
      Selah Strong, died July 12, 1826.
      Sarah Ann Strong, born April 6, 1825, died young.
      Sarah Ann Strong, (2nd,), born July 17, 1826, and died
      March 14, 1843.
      Daniel Cruger Strong, born May 27, 1828, and died
      August 28, 1838.
      Annah Clement Strong, born December 5, 1831; married
      Carl Wolf, of Brushsal Baden, Germany. He was graduated
      from the University of Heidelberg; practiced law
      in Germany, and came to America about 1848. He was
      a member of the New York Legislature. They had one
      child:
      Franz Strong Wolf, born January 19, 1859; married
      Agnes Smith Seely (a widow).
      Lydia Shepherd Strong, born July 20, 1833; married,
      July 10, 1855, James Faulkner Howell. He was born
      February 23, 1826. They had seven children:
      Edward Howell Howell, born August 28, 1856; married,
      September 15, 1886, Mary Eleanor Robinson. She was
      born July 8, 1862. They had three children:




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      James Homer Howell, born March 6, 1889.
      Helen Lydia Howell, born May 17, 1890, and died September
      1, 1890.
      Robinson Howell, born September 25, 1892.
      Frances Strong Howell, born May 31, 1858, and died
      August 14, 1880.
      Daniel Cruger Howell, born November 12, 1859.
      Hannah Howell, born June 12, 1862, and died November
      10, 1862.
      Minerva Underhill Howell, born February 10, 1864.
      Anna Clement Howell, born August 18, 1869.
      Schuyler Strong Howell, born April 25, 1871, and died
      in May, 1871.
      Frances Cruger Strong, born July 13, 1835; married (3rd
      wife), September 16, 1861, (Judge) Washington Barnes.
      He was born in the year 1809, and died in the year
      1864. They had one child:
      Ruth Woodhull Barnes, born February 21, 1863.
      Mary Ford Strong (twin of Frances Cruger Strong), born
      July 13, 1835, and died in infancy.
      Mary Augusta Strong, born July 1, 1837, and died April
      24, 1843.
      Catherine Illinois Strong, born September 3, 1840, and
      died in September, 1841.
      Ruth Woodhull Strong, born February 15, 1844; married,
      May 22, 1872, Benjamin Dorrance (A. M., F. R. H. S.),
      of Dorranceton, Pa. (then Kingston, Pa.). He was born
      August 14, 1846. Was graduated from Princeton College
      (now Princeton University) in 1868; admitted to
      the Pennsylvania Bar, in Wilkes Barre, Pa., in 1870.
      They had three children:
      Anne Dorrance, born June 26, 1873; was graduated from
      Vassar College in 1895.
      Frances Dorrance, born June 30, 1877; was graduated
      from Vassar College in 1900, Phi Beta Kappa in 1900.
      Ruth Dorrance, born August 9, 1879, and died February
      13, 1895.
      (Other children of Ruth Woodhull and Selah Strong (3rd):
      (6.) Sarah Ann Strong.
      (7.) De Witt Strong.
      (8.) Sarah Strong.
      (9.) Elliott Strong.
      (See "Strong Genealogy.")
      (10.) Ruth A. Strong, married, December 14, 1837 (her cousin),
      Richard William Woodhull. They had eight children:
      (See Genealogy, No. 418.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S424] , GEDCOM import (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
      Date of Import: Aug 6, 1998