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John Ruggles (1625 - 1658)

John Ruggles
Born in Nazeing, Essex, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 24 Jan 1650 (to 15 Sep 1658) in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 33 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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The Puritan Great Migration.
John Ruggles migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 109)
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Biography

John Ruggles son of Thomas Ruggles and Mary Curtis Ruggles, was born January 1624/5 in Nasing, England. He came to Roxbury in 1635 on board the Hopewell,[1] at the age of 10 years, under the care of Philip Eliot. His uncle, John Ruggles, was on the same ship.

John married January 24, 1650, Abigail Craft, daughter of Griffin Craft one of the first settlers of Roxbury. She was born in Roxbury, 28 March, 1634. She died 19 Jan 1706, having had two husbands after the death of her first husband John Ruggles, who died Sept. 15, 1658, aged 33; leaving three young children. They were:

  1. John b. Oct 16, 1651; d. y.
  2. John b. Jan 22, 1653.
  3. Thomas b. Jan 28, 1655.
  4. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1657.

Widow Abigail (Craft) (Ruggles) (Day) Adams, died in Medfield, Mass., Jan. 19, 1706-7. "John Ruggles died mo. 7, day 15, 1658" according to the church records. His will witnessed by Robert Pepper, Peleg Heath, was dated Sept. 9, 1658. He appointed "my Uncle Ruggles, my father Craft, and my brother Samuel to be overseers; and if my wife mary again, and my overseers do not like the usage of my children, I give them power to take them away and one half of my estte which I leave in the hands of my wife." By the conditions of the will, the mother was to have the whole estate until the children were of age, then John was to have two parts, and Samuel and Thomas one part each. By the will of his father Thomas, John inherited one-half of the house and homestead of Thomas, and brother John and sister Sarah the other half after their mother's decease. John appointed his wife Abigail and father Craft executors. In April, 1662, it became necessary to sell a part of John's estate, which he had pledged in his lifetime, and as he had not come into full possession because his mother was still living, when it appeared that it requred the signature of widow Abigail (now Day), Griffin Craft, Mary widow of Thomas, and John's two brothers, Thomas and Samuel to complete the sale. This deed was witnessed by the well-known secretary of the colony, Edward Rawson, also recorded by him, and was acknowledged before Daniel Gookin, Sen'r. This deed related, apparently, to the estate on "Meeting House Hill," suggesting a cutting up of the estate. By anticipating in time, events, it may be said here: John the oldest son of John and Abigail, who married Sept. 2, 1674, Martha Devotion, died Dec. 16, 1694, and administration of his estate was given to his widow Martha in 1695. But Feb. 14, 1704-5, widow Martha had become Martha Payne, and Abigail (Craft) (Ruggles) Day, whose assent was still required to the deeds had become Abigail Adams.[2]

Marriage

"Abigaile Crafts and John Ruggles, Jan. 24, 1650."[3]

Birth

6 JAN 1625
Nazeing, Essex, England

Death

15 SEP 1658
Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk)

Sources

  1. Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. VI. p. 112 John Ruggles.
  2. Franklin Ladd Bailey, The Genealogy of Thomas Ruggles of Roxbury, 1637, to Thomas Ruggles, of Pomfret, Conn., and Rutland, Vt. (Boston, Mass.: Unknown publisher, 1896), p. 9 An OpenLibrary.org E-Book FLBailey
  3. Essex Institute, compiler, VRs of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926), p. 92

Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile Ruggles-151 created through the import of mike_walton_2011.ged on Aug 20, 2011 by Mike Walton.
  • WikiTree profile Ruggles-139 created through the import of Adele Schauman Skinner_2011-07-11.ged on Jul 11, 2011 by Adele Schauman.




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Robert Charles Anderson,Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, pp. 112-114 gives only four children to John Ruggles & wife Abigail Crafts:
  1. John, bp. Roxbury 16 Oct 1651 [probably died young]
  2. John, bp. Roxbury 22 Jan 1653/4, m. Martha Devotion, dau. of Edward, 2 Sep 1674. [discusses impossibility of a 2nd wife Hannah Devotion]
  3. Thomas, bp. Roxbury 28 Jan 1654/5, named in father's will 9 Sep 1658, no further information.
  4. Samuel, b. Roxbury 16 Aug 1657, named in father's will 9 Sep 1658, no further information.

If any of the PMs have any further info on additional children, they'll need to find credible sources for them. Since we use Anderson's GM as a trustworthy source, I'll suggest severing connections with the other children. Discussion?

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Two of the children listed (Rebecca and Elizabeth) have birth dates after John's date of death. Perhaps they were daughters of a different John Ruggles. There seem to have been a lot of John Ruggles's around at the time -- either that or a bunch of messed up profiles for one John Ruggles.
posted by Chase Ashley