SALLY RUTTER Sampler, Middlesex, MA, 1801
Middlesex Co. Massachusetts sampler, dated 1801 and signed. Silk on linen, consists of cross-stitched cursive and upper case alphabets, numbers 1 -11, verse, and floral vine upper panel and border.
"Looking on Beauty as a Prize / For that will fade and die away / But on virtue keep your eyes / For that will live and not decay /
Sally Butter 1801"
Sally was a twin born to Joseph Rutter and Lavina Rice on January 20, 1790 in Wayland, Middlesex, MA.
Sally Rutter
Birth: 20 Jan 1790 (TWIN), Wayland, Middlesex, MA
Father: Joseph Rutter, 28 Mar 1752 - 22 Aug 1821
Mother: Lavina Rice, 1770 - 20 Mar 1813, m. 14 Jun 1789, #54394193
Spouse: Phinehas Rice Jr., 17 Jul 1789 - 1 Jan 1826
Marriage: 28 May 1812, Wayland, Middlesex, MA
Death: 1870
Burial: Edgell Grove Cemetery, Framingham, Middlesex, MA
Memorial ID: 191717089
Children:
Merrick Rice: 1812
Lorenzo Emerson Rice: 30 May 1815 - 24 Oct 1861
Lavinia Rice: 10 Apr 1817 - 4 Mar 1898
Abner Rice: 7 Jun 1819 - 24 Jun 1896
Sarah Frances Rice: 30 Aug 1821 - 28 Jun 1887
Adeline R. Rice Fay: 6 Feb 1824 - 19 May 1863
Phinehas Rice: 8 Feb 1826 - 16 Oct 1847
Siblings:
Eunice Rutter Draper: 20 Jan 1790 - 4 Nov 1869
Fanny Rutter: 1796 - 15 Feb 1838
Children of Joseph Rutter's first wife, Eunice Maynard
Micah Maynard Rutter
Josiah Rutter
DATE:
1801
SIZE:
11.5" x 14.5" x 0.75"
CONDITION:
Original period frame with bubble glass. Sampler is not conservation mounted. Bottom panel has been folded over, as it was unfinished. Ground and color loss. Small stain in verse. Includes genealogy.