John Ruggles Jr (1753 - 1821)

Born 27 Sep 1753 in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Pettee) Ruggles — married 10 Mar 1781 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1821 at age 67 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Research Notes

The following record -- whose January, 1753 date fits perfectly with the recorded September birthdate for John -- would seem to show the marriage of John's parents (NEHGS; image of printed record): "RUGGLES... John and Elizabeth Eaton of Dedham, Jan. 11, 1753. In Dedham."^[1]

The marriage of Mary Pettee to John Ruggles is recorded in 1782. ^[2] Their son Simon is shown born in 1787; there is a record showing his 1812 New Hampshire marriage to Sarah Dustin (this marriage is not currently shown on Simon's profile): it plainly lists John and Mary (Pettee) Ruggles as Simon's parents.^[3]

There is a problem, however, in the connection of this profile's John Ruggles with Simon Ruggles as father and son. The dates given on Simon's profile are a clear match to the death record for a Simon Ruggles found at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7N6-LVP. But both parents of that Simon Ruggles are recorded, in that death record, as having been born in _Ireland_ -- while the John Ruggles of this profile was born at Wrentham, and his wife Mary (Pettee) Ruggles was born at Dedham. Therefore: it would appear that either the wrong parents, or the wrong dates, have been assigned to Ruggles-1339.

The groom in the first marriage noted above -- marrying a bride from Dedham, which is within ten miles of modern Quincy -- may well be the John Ruggles shown born at Quincy (originally, Braintree, until 1792) in early 1725: "RUGGLES... John, the son of John Ruggles, Mar. 14 1724/5".^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Wrentham VRs, Vol. 2, p. 367; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7837/367/142034105 (by subscription)
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH9X-1ZV : 24 January 2020), John Ruggles, 1782.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL6B-KPJ : 2 April 2020), John Ruggles in entry for Simon Ruggles and Sarah Pattee Dustin, 31 Dec 1812; citing Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,298.
4. ↑ Quincy VRs; Quincy, MA: Vital and Church Records, 1672-1870. . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Unpublished transcription by Waldo C. Sprague from original records held at the Randolph Town Hall, donated from the estate of Mr. Sprague to NEHGS in 1962); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2712/rd/1320031986 (by subscription)

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JS-J89 : 15 January 2020), John Rugles, 1753.

• Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (F.H. Gilson Co., Stanhope Press, Boston, Mass., 1910); p. 182 "John, s. of John and Elizabeth, Sept. 27, 1753."

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 January 2020), memorial page for John Ruggles (1753–22 Sep 1821), Find A Grave: Memorial #114044433, ; Maintained by Jacki Earp, Weymouth, Massachusetts (contributor 47755371) Unknown, who reports a Buried at Cambridge, but not Mount Auburn.

• Birth (NEHGS; image of printed record): "RUGGLES (see Ruggels, Ruggles)... John, s. of John and Elizabeth, Sept. 27, 1753." -- Wrentham VRs, Vol. 1, p. 182; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7836/182/142027765 (by subscription)

• Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1845 (Dedham, Massachusetts, 1886) Vol. 1, Page 160. Marriage record.

• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 Pg. 182