Ruth Woodhull, †

Ruth Woodhull, †[1]

Female 1740 - 1822  (81 years)


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  • Name Ruth Woodhull  [2, 3
    Suffix † 
    Birth 5 Dec 1740  Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Female 
    Birth 5 Dec 1740  Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Burial 1822  Woodhull Cemetery, Mastic Beach, Suffolk, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 10 Jan 1822  Manor St George, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name Ruth Woodhull 
    Death 10 Jan 1822  {Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Person ID I21342  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2024 

    Father Nathaniel Woodhull,   b. 2 Nov 1691, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1760, Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Sarah Smith, "Bull" † >,   b. 23 Feb 1700, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1750 (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 1716  Long Island, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Family ID F3451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Judge William Smith, "Tangier" †,   b. 28 Jun 1720, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1799, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 2 Mar 1762  New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Smith, "Tangier" †,   b. 12 May 1763, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1829, {Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     2. Hannah Smith, "Tangier",   b. 3 Oct 1764, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1809 (Age 44 years)
     3. William "Longwood" Smith, Jr.,   b. 30 Apr 1769, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1803, Blooming Grove, Orange, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
     4. Caleb Smith, "Tangier",   b. 26 May 1771, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1805, New York, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
     5. Sarah Smith, "Tangier",   b. 10 Jan 1773, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1793, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     6. Elizabeth Smith, "Tangier",   b. 6 Jun 1775   d. 4 Dec 1795, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     7. William Tangier Smith,   b. 30 Apr 1769, Mastic, Suffolk County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1803, Blooming Grove, Orange, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    Family ID F2932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Notes 
    • She was Sister to General Nathaniel Woodhull.

  • Sources 
    1. [S4246] 1Susan Hall Narula Family Tree, William Tangier Smith.

    2. [S1790] , Stephanie S. Bigelow, "The Remarkable Tangier Smiths," Long Island Forum (1973): (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).

    3. [S796] , Mary Gould Woodhull and Francis Bowes Stevens, compiler, Woodhull Genealogy: The Woodhull Family in England and America (Phildelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates and Company, 1904). Available Google Books and Ancestry.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., p. 63, 82 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/_glc_/3123/3123_82.html, Genealogy.com.

    4. [S2680] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current.

    5. [S1031] , Ruth Tangier Smith, M.D. and Henry Bainbridge Hoff, The Tangier Smith Family: Descendents of Colonel William Smith of The Manor of St. George, Long Island, New York (The Order of colonial Lords of Manors in America. Publication No. 34. 1978.) (N., p. 7.

    6. [S1791] , New York Evening Post (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., 17 Jan 1822, p. 2.
      Died. On Thursday, the 10th instant, at St. Georges Manor, Brookhaven, (Long Island,) in the 90th year [sic] of her gae, Mrs. Ruth Smith, widow of the late William Smith, Esq. formerly of that place.
      [Note that her age was given as 90, which would have meant that her birth year would have been about 1732.]

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

    8. [S796] , Mary Gould Woodhull and Francis Bowes Stevens, compiler, Woodhull Genealogy: The Woodhull Family in England and America (Phildelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates and Company, 1904). Available Google Books and Ancestry.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., p. 62. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/_glc_/3123/3123_62.html, Genealogy.com.

    9. [S425] , Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy2/software/getperson.php?personID=I18731&tree=.