Robert Franklin Small
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Apr 1918 - Chatham, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 25 Apr 1968 - Chatham, Massachusetts 1
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: George Wesley Small (1878-1944)
Mother: Celia Franklin Nickerson (1879-1953)
Notes
Medical:
age 50-0-23
Roxanna Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Sep 1810 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 24 Feb 1895 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 3
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Small (Est 1780- )
Mother:
Spouses and Children
1. *John Hopkins Higgins (29 Jun 1804 - 6 Sep 1868) 4
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Addie S Higgins (1848-1931)
Rozetta Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Mar 1817 - Truro, Massachusetts 5
Baptism:
Death: 23 Jan 1892 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Small (1780-1856)
Mother: Thomasin Lombard (1785-1873)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 John Graham Burt b: 14 FEB 1814 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma
Married: 17 DEC 1835 in Truro
Rufus H Small
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Nov 1849 - Harwich, Massachusetts 6
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Isaac Small (1816- )
Mother: Ruth Kelley (1817- )
Rufus H Small Jr
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Oct 1879 - South Harwich, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Rufus Henry Small (1841-After 1920)
Mother: Lucy Anna Emery (1851-After 1920)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Adelia Morgan (1878 - )
Marriage: 21 Dec 1902 - Orleans, Massachusetts 8
Status:
Rufus Henry Small
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Jun 1841 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: After 1920 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Shadrach Small (1812-1870)
Mother: Rhoda Cahoon (1813- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Lucy Anna Emery (Sep 1851 - After 1920)
Marriage: 25 Oct 1877 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Rufus H Small Jr (1879- )
2. George L Small (1883- )
Notes
General:
1879 merchant, HarwichMarriage Notes (Lucy Anna Emery)
1900, 1910, 1920 US census, Harwich
Ruth Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1768 - of Harpswell, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Jonas Dean (5 Sep 1765 - 7 Mar 1846) 9
Marriage: 1789
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Jonas Dean)
children, at Thomaston:
Benjamin S, 7 aug 1790
Samuel, 22 may 1792
William, 7 feb 1794
Israel, 7 apr 1796
Ephram, 21 feb 1798
Mary, 20 feb 1800
Jonas, 25 jun 1802
Sarah, 6 sep 1804
Nancy, 15 jun 1807
Louisam 16 aug 1809
Elionai?, c 1811 9
Ruth Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jan 1797 - Truro, Massachusetts 10
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth 10, , Truro, Massachusetts in Truro, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Alexander Small (1768-1846)
Mother: Ruth Dyer (Est 1770-1858)
Ruth Small
Sex: F
AKA: Ruth Smalley
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Jan 1719 - Truro, Massachusetts 11
Baptism: 15 Feb 1719 - Truro, Massachusetts 12
Death: Bef Sep 1753 - Harpswell, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Smalley (Abt 1691- )
Mother: Sarah Young (Est 1690- )
Spouses and Children
1. *James Ridley (6 Feb 1717 - 14 Jul 1797) 13
Marriage: 30 Mar 1738 - Truro, Massachusetts 14
Status:
Children:
1. Ann Ridley (1740- )
2. Sarah Ridley (1743- )
3. James Ridley (1745- )
4. Ambrose Ridley (1748- )
5. David Ridley (1750-1755)
6. Ruth Ridley (1752- )
7. Mary Ridley (1755- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (James Ridley)
Lived in Truro till 1752, removed to Harpswell, Maine.
Ruth Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1819 - (Harwich, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Zidon Butler (9 Nov 1817 - 26 Sep 1846)
Marriage: 1836 - (Harwich, Massachusetts)
Status:
Ruth D Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Jun 1835 - Orleans, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Zachariah Small Jr (1803- ) 16
Mother: Lydia Rogers (1803- )
Ruth E Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1827 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 13 Jul 1909 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 17
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Colonel Joshua Small (1792-1850) 18
Mother: Ruth Kenney (1796-1884)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jesse Small (6 Jul 1814 - 15 Dec 1876)
Marriage: 2 Oct 1855 - Truro, Massachusetts 19
Status:
Children:
1. Jesse Small (1857-1876)
Ruth Harding Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Oct 1818 - Truro, Massachusetts 20
Baptism:
Death: 20 Apr 1874 - Boston, Massachusetts 21
Burial:
Cause of Death: pneumonia
Parents
Father: John Small (1786- )
Mother: Huldah Harding (1789-1843) 22
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Frederic Augustus Gross (7 Jun 1812 - 8 Jan 1871)
Marriage: 1834 - Truro, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Helen Augusta Gross (1834-1835)
2. Helen Augusta Gross (1836-After 1910)
3. Frederick Augustus Gross (1838-1839)
4. Frederick Augustus Gross (1841-1900)
5. Thomas Henry Pitt Gross (1843- )
6. Joseph Rider Gross (1845- )
Notes
Medical:
age 58-6Marriage Notes (Captain Frederic Augustus Gross)
Ruth H (Small) Gross
widow of Frederick A
b Truro, res 77 W. Cedar St, Boston
d/o John & Huldah, both b Truro
1860 US census, Truro
dwelling 952, household 1016
Frederic Gross, 45, seaman, $800 $500
Ruth, 43
Frederic, 20, seaman
Thomas, 17, seaman
Joseph, 14, in school
1870 US census, Boston, ward 6
Fred A Gross, 56, retired ship master, $8000 $4000, Ma
Ruth H Gross, 55, keeping house, Ma
Joseph R Gross, 24, retail grocer, $- $1000, Ma
John R Roberts, 18, domestic servant, Nova Scotia
Lottie A Atkins, 19, domestic servant, Ma
Anna Cahoon, 24, domestic servant, Ma
Ruth M Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1908 - (Chatham, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Chester H Small (1887- )
Mother: Hattie Rebecca Graves (1889- )
Ruth M Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1875 - (Orleans, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Charles T Small (1855-1927)
Mother: Ruth Sparrow Walker (1856-1935)
Ruth P Small
Sex: F
AKA: Ruthy Small 23
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Dec 1799 - Truro, Massachusetts 24
Baptism:
Death: 9 Dec 1872 - Truro, Massachusetts 25
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 26
Cause of Death: paralysis
Parents
Father: Jesse Small (1770-1804)
Mother: Jane Snow (1775-1852)
Spouses and Children
1. *Edward Pendergrass (Aug 1800 - Mar 1841)
Marriage: 1824 - Truro, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Edward T Pendergrass (1826- ) 27
2. Jane Snow Pendergrass (1828-1833)
3. Daniel Small Pendergrass (1830-1847) 28
4. Jesse Small Pendergrass (1835- ) 29
5. Jane Adelia Snow Pendergrass (1837- ) 29
6. Ruth Elizabeth Pendergrass (1839- ) 29
7. John Francis Pendergrass (1841-1852) 30
Notes
Medical:
age 73-0-2 (gs), 73-2 (vr)
Ruth P Perdergast
widow
b and res Truro
d/o Jesse Small and Jane mn Snow, both b Truro
Ruth S Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1828 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Bef 1853 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Small (1800-1874)
Mother: Thankful (Est 1800- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Charles W Roberts (1826 - Feb 1857)
Marriage: 19 May 1846 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 17
Status:
Children:
1. James C Roberts (1847- )
2. George N Roberts (1849- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Charles W Roberts)
1850 US census, Provincetown
Ruth Snow Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Jul 1839 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Snow Small (1802-1883) 24
Mother: Mary Harding Thomas (1801- )
Ruth Wells Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Sep 1792 - Truro, Massachusetts 31
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Daniel Small (1768-1828)
Mother: Joanna Wells (1774-1849)
Sally Small
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 May 1793 - Harwich, Massachusetts 32
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Enoch Small (Est 1758- )
Mother: Olive Harding (1760- ) 33
Sources
1. Burt Derick, Chatham town records from 1889 (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/chatham/chalinktable.html).
2. Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 331. This is a major source, which seems accurate.
3. index to Orleans, Massachusetts cemeteries (1970. Excel file at Orleans Historical Society, http://orleanshistoricalsociety.org/collections.html).
4. Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 330. .... births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 94.
5. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 226.
6. transcripitions of Harwich journals (Harwich, Mass. transcriptions at http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html), 4.
7. transcripitions of Harwich journals (Harwich, Mass. transcriptions at http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html), 81.
8. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Orleans.
9. William Reed Deane and John Ward Dean, "Descendants of Jonas Deane, of Scituate" (1871. NEHGR 25:358-362).
10. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 167.
11. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 11.
12. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), tb56. has transcription errors
13. Frank Dyer, "Descendants of William & Mary (Barrett) Dyer of Rhode Island" (Rootsweb files will_riged, spragueged).
14. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 10. by Rev. Mr. John Avery Pastor of ye Church in Truroe.
15. births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 126.
16. births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 84.
17. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Provincetown.
18. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 161.
19. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Truro.
20. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 222.
21. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Boston.
22. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).
23. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 183, 244.
24. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 183.
25. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), 247:19 (Truro).
26. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 54 North. Pendergrace.
27. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 259.
28. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 404-5.
29. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 303.
30. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 54 North. Pendergrace. .... George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 317.
31. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 164.
32. Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 270. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'
33. Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 270.