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Ebenezer and Ruth are described as poor farmers in Ricketson's History of New Bedford.      

children of Ruth Smith and Ebenezer Thornton:1

i. Rachel, b. 8 April 1733?
ii. Stephen, b. 7 July 1735?
iii. Ruth, b. 9 March 1737(/38?)
iv. Daniel, b. 8 June 1739
v. Ebenezer, b. 31 March 1742
vi. Phebe, b. 3 September 1744
v. Elisha, b. 30 June 1748
vi. Mary, b. 23 September 1750

vital records sources:

1. James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, etc., vol. 3, part 6 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1892), 119.