Details of Ruth's birth are not known.

Ruth married Joseph Lavender on Thursday 13 November 1732 in Dudley, Worcestershire.

She had the following children from her marriage to Joseph Lavender:

- Joseph Lavender	born around 1732.
- Mary Lavender	born around 1734.
- Sarah Lavender	born around 1736.
- Ann Lavender	born around 1740.
- John Lavender	born around 1743.
- Edward Lavender	born around 1747.
- Mary Lavender	born around 1750.

Ruth died in 1781.  

She was buried in 1781 in St Thomas, Dudley, Worcestershire.