She was the first white child born in Springfield (Westerly) Mass. and married Robert Burdick at the age of 15. Springfield at that time was called Westerly. ----------------------------------------------------------------- from SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. She was one of the first three to join the S.D.B. church in Westerly R.I. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Seventh Day Baptists in Europe and America. Ruth Burdick, wife of Robert Burdick, was the first to embrace the Sabboth here ( Westerly ) as her mother, Tacy Hubbard, had been on Newport a few months before. the date of her accepting the truth was November 1666. -----------------------------------------------------------------