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Ruth Hill Eager
Birth:	4 February 1640 Massachusetts
Death:	6 January 1679 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Father:	Abraham Hill (c1600-)
Mother:	Sarah Long (c1600-)
Spouse / partner:	William Eager (1629-1690)
Wedding:	7 October 1659 Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Ruth Hill Eager was born 4 February 1640 in Massachusetts to Abraham Hill (c1600-) and Sarah Long (c1600-) and died 6 January 1679 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. She married William Eager (1629-1690) 7 October 1659 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Marriage & Family

Gravestone of Ruth Hill at Old Burying Ground, Cambridge MA.

He was married by Captain Marshall on October 7, 1659 in Malden MA to 1) Ruth Hill (daughter of Abraham and Sarah Long Hill) born 1640 in Malden. (Malden, MA Vital Records to 1850, p. 199) Ruth died in Cambridge 6 Jan 1679 and is buried there. Her headstone is inscribed "Ruth wife to William Eger, aged 39 year, Dec Jan y 6 1679".

William married in Cambridge, MA, on 13 Apr 1680: 2) Lydia Cheever Barrett Cole, widow of Thomas Barrett and Arthur Cole (Coale).

The names of his wives and 14 children are listed in the Malden church records and/or the will of William Eager, which was probated in 1690.

His children with Ruth Hill:

1. William b. and d. 1661 Malden
2. William b. 30 Nov 1662 Malden; d. before 1684
3. Zachariah b. October 1667 Malden; d. 5 Jul 1742 Marlborough
4. Captain Abraham Eager - b. 11 July 1670 Malden, MA; d. 25 Oct 1734 Shrewsbury, MA; m. Lydia Woods dau. John and Lydia Rice Woods
5. Zerubbabel b. 8 Jun 1672 Cambridge; d. 9 Jan 1746/47 Marlborough m. Hannah Kerley 23 Mar 1698 dau. Henry and Elizabeth Ward Howe Kerley.
6. Martha b. 26 Oct 1674 Cambridge
7. Ruth b. 1 Feb 1677 Cambridge; d. 25 Dec 1768 Marlborough; m. John Banister
8. Sarah b. 25 Jun 1679 Cambridge

Children

Offspring of William Eager (1629-1690) and Ruth Hill Eager
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
William Eager (1661-1661)
William Eager (1662-1684)
Zachariah Eager (1667-1742)
Abraham Eager (1670-1734)	1670 Massachusetts	25 October 1734 Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts	Lydia Woods (1672-1739)
Zerubbabel Eager (1672-1747)	8 June 1672 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts	9 January 1747 Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts	Hannah Kerley (1678-)
Martha Eager (1674-)
Ruth Eager (1677-1768)	1 February 1677 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts	25 December 1768 Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts	John Bannister (1670-1730)
Sarah Eager (1679-)

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