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Last name Spencer
First name Ruth
Middle name Anthony
Display name Ruth Anthony Spencer
Birth date 1769
Death date 1844
Birth place provi
Gender f
Affiliations Society of Friends, New York Yearly Meeting of Friends. Indian Committee, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends
Bio 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.
Data notes death date approximate

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Minutes of the Committee on Indian Concern No 1