John Rusco (abt. 1624 - bef. 1702)

Born about 1624 in Billericay, Great Burstead, Essex, England

Husband of Rebecca (Beebe) Rusco — married 2 Jan 1651 in Hartford, Colony of Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 20 Nov 1702 before about age 78 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Colony of Connecticut

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Biography

John Rusco immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Origin

John Ruscoe and various spellings: Rusco, Roscoe

Note: "Ruscoe" is the spelling used by Robert C Anderson in his Great Migration series.

John was born "say" 1624 at Billericay, Great Burstead, Essex, England, a son of William Ruscoe and his first wife, Rebecca Unknown.^{[1][2] [3]}

Immigration

William and his wife Rebecca sailed aboard the Increase with four of their children (Sarah aged 9, Mary or "Marie," aged 7, Samuel aged 5, and William aged 1) aboard the Increase in 1635.^[4][3] Sons, Nathaniel and John, were not listed as passengers aboard the Increase, but we have records of their presence in the colonies.^[1] The family settled first at Cambridge but removed to Hartford, Connecticut by 1639.^[1] From there, Norwalk, Connecticut in 1654 and finally Jamaica, Long Island, New York in 1665.^[1]

Marriage

John married on 2 January 1650/1 at Hartford, to Rebecca Beebe, ^[3] daughter of John Beebe, the 1650 immigrant to Connecticut.^{[2][1][5][6][7]}

Property and Positions

John lived in Hartford until 1651, when he became one of the fourteen original proprietors of Norwalk, Connecticut, where he witnessed the will of Richard Seamer in 1655.^[5] In 1673, there is a record of John living in Norwalk.^[8]

Death and Legacy

John Roscoe died intestate.^[5] Inventory of his estate was taken on 20 Nov 1702 at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Colony of Connecticut.^[5]

Children

Children of John and Rebecca:^[5][9][3]

1. Mary Ruscoe, d unmarried
2. John Ruscoe, d young
3. Rebecca Ruscoe; m James Brown
4. Thomas Ruscoe, d 1739; m Abigail (Unknown) and had 9 children
5. Sarah Ruscoe, b c. 1680; m 1703 to Thomas Rockwell
6. Ruth Ruscoe; m John Abbott
7. Mehitable Ruscoe; m William Lees

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Anderson, Robert Charles, (1995) "William Ruscoe" Featured name." Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS (Vol R-S, Pages 118-24).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Hull, Robert W., (2003) "Mr. John (2) Rusco, Proprietor of Norwalk, Rebecca (3) Beebe Rusco, Mother of (some of not all) of his Children, and his Daughters." Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol 36. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS (Vol 36, Pages 2-22).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Atwater: John Ruscoe Page 680-681
4. ↑ Drake, Samuel Gardner, (1860) Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England ... Boston: NEHGR Archive.org (Page 22).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Seymour, George D., (1917) "The English Home and Ancestry of Richard Seamer of Semer of Hartford, Conn." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 71. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS (Vol 71, Pages 104-15). see at google books [1]
6. ↑ Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry.com.
7. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. The Society, 1917. English Home and Ancestry of Richard SeamerPage 114.
8. ↑ Connecticut Census, 1790-1890. Author: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
9. ↑ The children's births were not recorded at Norwalk, so their birth dates and birth order are uncertain.

• Atwater, Edward Elias. History of the Colony of New Haven to Its Absorption Into Connecticut (Journal Pub. Co., 1902)

See Also the following private genealogies:

• Family Search Profile [2]
• Falk Relations: Ruscoe Family. Descendants of William Ruscoe [3]