Hannah (Prescott) Rugg (abt. 1639 - 1697)

Born about 1639 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Rugg — married 4 May 1660 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1697 at about age 58 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Hannah Prescott was born about 1639 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her parents were John and Mary (Gawkroger) Prescott. Her birth year is guessed based on her marriage in 1660. Her birth location in inferred from where her parents were living at the time.

Hannah married John Rugg, as his second wife, on 4 May 1660, in Lancaster, Middlesex (later Worcester), Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1][2] John's first wife was Hannah's sister Martha, who in 1656 died along with her twins in a difficult childbirth.

Hannah and John had children, all born in Lancaster:^[3][4]

1. John (1662), married Elizabeth ______
2. Marra (Mercy) (1664), alive in 1696
3. Thomas (1666), married Elizabeth Munroe
4. Joseph (1668), married unknown wife about 1690
5. Hannah (1670/1), married John Ball, then John Whittaker
6. Rebecca (1673), married Nathaniel Hudson
7. Samuel (ca 1675-1678)
8. Daniel (1678), married Elizabeth Priest
9. Jonathan (1680/1), married Sarah Newton, then Hannah Singletary, then Elizabeth _____

John wrote his will on 9 December 1696. He bequeaths to wife Hannah, to sons John, Thomas, Joseph, Daniel, and Jonathan, and to daughters Mercy and Hannah. He died shortly thereafter, as his inventory was taken on 19 January 1696/7.^[5]

On 11 September 1697 Lancaster was attacked by Native Americans at the end of King William's War, an offshoot of the war between France and England. Hannah, her son John, and his wife and three children were all killed.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.2 p.1310 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. NEHGS member site
   • Text: "RUGG, John (-1696?) & 2/wf Hannah (not Prescott) ____ (?1639-1697); (sis 1/wfd Martha, above); 4 May 1660; Lancaster {Tubbs (1956) 30; Reg 16:358; Stevens-Miller 59; Warner-Baker 73; Blake-Glidden 204; Lancaster VR 13; Rugg 15; DePew 167+; Lowe 101; R. Wheeler; Essex Ant. 1:182; Prescott 41; Ball (1932)#14}
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850, p.13 InternetArchive
3. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Lancaster, pp.12-14 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). NEHGS member site
4. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Lancaster Records, v.16 pp. 357-359, (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) NEHGS member site
5. ↑ Rugg, Ellen R., The descendants of John Rugg, pp.10-12 FamilySearch

• The Longley Family Genealogy compiled by Louise Baneck Longley and Janneyne Longley Gnacinski, 1967, FHL Film # 928132 Item 6, page 3.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Prescott-259 created through the import of HART, Elizabeth - WIKITREE.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Betty Patterson

• WikiTree profile UNKNOWN-85984 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough.

• Thank you to Michael Thomas for creating WikiTree profile Prescott-752 through the import of HepzibahRugg-ancestors_2013-12-09.ged on Dec 9, 2013.