Elizabeth Ellen (Munn) Ruck (abt. 1540 - 1611)

Born about 1540 in Cranbrook, Kent, England

Wife of John Fosten — married 19 Jan 1562 in Cranbrook, Kent, England

Wife of Andrew Ruck — married 11 Jan 1574 in Cranbrook, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1611 at about age 71 in Cranbrook, Kent, England

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Biography

Elizabeth (Munn) Ruck was born in Cranbrook, Kent, England.

Elizabeth Ellen Munn was born about 1540 in Cranbrook, Kent, England to parents Stephen Munn and Bridget Saxby.

When she was age 21, she married firstly John Fosten on 19 Jan 1561 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.^[1][2][3]

Children:

1. Mary Foster
2. John Foster
3. Elizabeth Foster
4. John Foster

After her husband John died in 1573, at age 34, the parish register of Cranbrook shows that she as Helen Fosten married secondly, Andrew Ruck, a silk mercer, on 11 Jan 1573/74 in Cranbrook, Kent, England.^{[4][5] [6]}

Children: Thomas, Katherine, Ellen, Stephen.

She died on 18 Jul 1611 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, and was buried in St Dustan's Churchyard there on 6 Aug 1611.^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ England Select Marriages 1538-1973, published by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT 2013. Eluie Mune [sic]. Marriage date: 19 Jan 1561; Marriage place: Cranbrook, Kent; Spouse: John Fostenet [sic]; FHL film #:2228373.
2. ↑ Kent Marriages and Banns. Ellen Munn. Residence: Cranbrook; Marriage date: 19 Jan 1562; Marriage place: Cranbrook, St Dunstan; Spouse: John Fosten; Spouses's residence: Cranbrook; County: Kent; Archives: Canterbury Cathedral Archives; Record set: Kent Marriages and Banns; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish Records; Subcategory: Parish marriages. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FEASTKENT%2FMAR%2F029496%2F2
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN1Y-LJC : 12 March 2020), Elluie Mune in entry for John Fostenet, 1561.
4. ↑ The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874. Description: Civil Registry Office: Cranbrook. Ancestry.com. Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1901/images/31854_A012167-00030?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=900293935.
5. ↑ Eddy, Ruth. The Eddy Family in America (Boston, Mass., 1930) Page 4 mentions daughter Mary who married Rev. William Eddy.
6. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000; Genealogy of the Eddy Family Eddy, page 5: "Mary was the daughter of John and Ellen Munn Fosten who were married Jan. 19, 1562; Ellen Munn Fosten, widow, m Andrew Ruck, a silk mercer, in Cranbrook, Jan 11, 1574."
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179899607/ellen-ruck: accessed 04 October 2022), memorial page for Ellen Munn Ruck (1540–6 Aug 1616), Find A Grave: Memorial #179899607, citing St Dunstan's Churchyard, Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England.
8. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JCKF-X6R : 15 March 2020), Ellen Rucke, burial 6 Aug 1616, (error?) Cranbrook, Kent.