Ruhamah Mitchell

  General Notes:

Carter's History of Pembroke, NH
She was born in Boston in 1749, the daughter of Rev Daniel Mitchell and Martha White. Her father was born in the north of Ireland, 1697, and educated at Edinburgh, Scotland receiving his A.M. from King James College Feb 6th 1746. He came to America and was licensed to preach by the Boston Presbytery, 1746. He was ordained pastor at Pembroke Dec 3, 1760 and so continued til his death December 15, 1766. He was the first and only minister settled over the Presbyterian Church in Pembroke. He married Martha White and had two daughters, Ruhamah who married Robert Moor and Martha who married James (Samuel) Parker of Bow.
Martha and James Parker had 6 children: Daniel 1769, Vashti 1771, Martha 1773, James 1775, Ruhamah 1777, and Samuel 1778

  Events

• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth, 1749.

Ruhamah married Robert Moore, son of Deacon James Moore and Agnes Colbreath, on 5 Dec 1765 in Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (Robert Moore was born on 1 May 1741 in Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, died in Jan 1829 in Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and was buried in Pembroke Street Cemetery in Pembroke, Merrimack County, NH.)