Benjamin Ruggles (1725 - bef. 1781)

Born 18 Aug 1725 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

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Biography

The early years

Benjamin Ruggles, son of Joseph and Rachel Ruggles was born on 18 Aug. 1725 at New Haven Connecticut.^[1][2][3]

Benjamin was christened Aug 22 1725 in New Haven Congregational Church, New Haven, Connecticut. ^[4]

It is believed Benjamin's siblings are: ^[4]

• by father's 1st wife Rachel (Benjamin's mother)
  • Sarah, b Sep 25 1723, m David Smith
  • Lois (Ruggles) Warner, b Apw 2 1727, m Oliver Warner
  • Joseph Ruggles , b Feb 25 1728, m Sarah Deming
  • Lazarus Ruggles, b Oct 29 1730, d May 6 1797, m Hannah Bostwick
  • Rachel, b Jul 7 1732, m John Bishop
  • Mercy (Ruggles) Bostwick, bpt Apr 14 1734, m Edmond Bostwick
  • Mabel, bpt Jul 11 1736, m Reuben Bostwick
  • Timothy, bpt Apr 30 1738, m Sybil Wooding
  • Ashbel, bpt Sep 2 1739
  • Lucy, m Jonathan Starr
  • Anna (Ruggles) Phelps, m William Phelps
• by father's 3rd wife Elizabeth Sturdevant
  • Samuel Ruggles [half] , b Sep 18 1750, m Huldah Wakelee
  • Elizabeth, b Mar 22 1753, m Eli Segar
  • Mary (Ruggles) Merwin, b Aug 22 1757, m Nathan Merwin

Family Life

He married Sarah Seeley^[3] Jan 1750.^[4][2] Some sources state marriage was Jun 1750. ^[5]

Research Notes

• May 29, 2018 checked family search and no additional direct sources attached to his tree.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH71-MP6

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74R-NB4 : 11 February 2018), Benjamin Ruggles, 18 Aug 1725; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Butts, Knowles & Hills; The Seeleys, Turneys, Sturges & Barlows, by Larry Daniels (Privately printed, Bowie, MD 20715-1336, March 1993.) p. 25.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Sandra Boudrou. Genealogies Extracted From History Of The Towns Of New Milford And Bridgewater, Ct. 1803 – 1882. Hartford, Conn: Press Of The Case, Lockward And Brainard Co. 1882. Genealogies Extracted
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Families of New Haven: Vol. VII, pg 1572, Ruggles Fam. 2 Joseph # 2 Benjamin, mar Jan 1750
5. ↑ History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield: Vol. 1, Page 533 199/440 'top of page' Sarah, bapt Mar 31 1734, m Jun 1750, also available at Ancestry.com

• Hawley, Emily Carrie Annals of Brookfield (1929) Page 546
• Donald Lines Jacobus. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1930)
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine) Published New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932.
• Tolles, William Marshal and Alyce Jane (Tolles) Morow. Tolles in America. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1997, p. 26, 233.
• Curtis, Sarah K., Joseph Ruggles of Brookfield, Connecticut, in 1790 , Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Aug 2014) Vol. 57, No. 1, Page 39.