Edward Ruggles I (1691 - 1765)

Born 2 Oct 1691 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Craft) Ruggles — married 24 Jan 1716 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1765 at age 73 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Edward Ruggles, son of John and Martha (Devotion) Ruggles, was born on 2 Oct. 1691 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

He married Hannah Craft, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Sharp) Craft, on 24 Jan. 1716 in Roxbury.^[1][2]

He married Mrs. Abigail Williams, widow of joseph Williams, and daughter of John and Mary (Torrey) Davis.^[2]

Edward died in 1765 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[1]

Hannah and later children were born in Roxbury.

Children of Edward and Hannah

1. Samuel b. 29 March 1717 in Pomfret, CT.
2. Hannah Ruggles b. 22 Dec. 1718 married Robert Pierpoint.
3. Elizabeth b. 21 Oct. 1720 died soon.
4. Elizabeth b. 20 Oct. 1722 married James Noble.
5. Edward b. 22 June 1724. married Ann Sumner.
6. Abigail b. 15 Nov. 1729.
7. Thomas b. 15 Nov. 1729.
8. Benjamin b. 19 Feb. 1731.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} William Francis Crafts. The Crafts Family: A Genealogical and Biographical History of the Descendants of Griffin and Alice Craft, of Roxbury, Mass. 1630-1890. Roxbury, MA. 1893. page. 80. A Google E-Book. The Crafts Family
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Franklin Ladd Bailey; Genealogy of Thomas Ruggles of Roxbury, 1637, to Thomas Ruggles of Romfret Connecticut… Boston. 1896. p.11 An OpenLibrary.org E-Book FLBailey
3. ↑ Children page 80 Crafts, page 14 Bailey

• Family Records. LXIX. Ruggles, Roxbury, Mass., The American Genealogist (1940) Vol. 17, Page 115 & Page 116.