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Ruth Merrick
1652–1680
era: colonialsupport: unsourced-entryresearch: incompletepublication: public
which grandparent's branch?
Through Grandpa Jack Benedum Sutphen
the parent-to-child line from Jack Benedum Sutphen (10 hops)
- Jack Benedum Sutphen · 1920–1982 — the branch head
- ↑ father — Henry Miller Sutphen · 1897–1972 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Joshua Clark Sutphen · 1873–1941 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Ellen Clarke · 1839–1903 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Adaline Doan · 1812–1881 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Orgillous Doane · 1781–1823 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Prince Doane · 1760–1806 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Prince Doane · 1726–1816 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Prence Doane · 1704–1751 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Ruth Freeman · 1680–1728 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Ruth Merrick · 1652–1680 walked provider link
check all four grandparent branches
- Jack Benedum Sutphen — ancestor on this branch
- Donna Ruth Lawton — no direct path recorded here
- Don Ray Remington — no direct path recorded here
- Marilyn Lowry — no direct path recorded here
This identifies the family-tree route, not an inherited DNA segment.
parents, marriages and children
- father William Merrick · 1602–1689 — walked provider link
- mother Rebecca Tracy · 1625–1686 — walked provider link
marriage
Ruth Merrick & LT. Edmond Freeman Sr. · 1657–1719
children of this couple (1)
- child Ruth Freeman · 1680–1728
Children listed here may not be the complete family — this edition follows the founder's blood line; siblings, other marriages and descendants largely live beyond the published record (coverage, not contradiction).
sources and research notes
era ≠ support: “colonial” dates the evidence; “unsourced-entry” assesses it — one never derives the other. Attribution distinguishes, never ranks.
- documentary record — FamilySearch KN7W-54L (retrieved 2026-09-16) · open the provider record — opens a new tab
- spiritual reflection (founder (reserved — his own words) · reserved: personal spiritual reflections (Seiðr-related experiences) will be preserved here in the founder's own words, dated and attributed. Personal importance without biological-descent verification — the lens never upgrades evidence.)
- research status: incomplete — no attached sources harvested for this person; era-heuristic only
- publication: public
identity + address
- internal id: p8be4f97827 (provider ids are references, not identity)
- ref: familysearch KN7W-54L
- bnr://skaists.dev/blood/p8be4f97827