Ruth Spencer

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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Female

Birth Date: 1769

Birth Place: Providence

Death Date: 1844

Death Place: Unknown

Affiliations: New York Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee , Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends , Society of Friends

Notes: Daughter of Daniel and Mary Anthony; married Nathan Spencer c.1793 and moved to Rensselaerville, NY. Recognized a minister circa 1809; visited most of the Yearly Meetings in Eastern North America; twice travelled in New England; Attended most of the individual meetings of Philadelphia YM (Race St). Added to NYYM Indian Committee in 1811; appointed in 1814 to visit tribes in Western New York.

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