John
Ruggles
Born about in Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Ruggles
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Barbara (Unknown) Ruggles
— married
1633 in England
Husband of
Margery (Hammond) Ruggles
— married
about 1638 in Roxbury, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
John Ruggles
Died before
before about age 72
in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
John Ruggles was born about 1591 (aged 44 on 3 April 1635) and emigrated from Nazeing, Essex, England. His brother, Thomas, arrived in New England two years after John's arrival.[1] No birth record for John or Thomas is found and Anderson does not name John's parents. In several secondary sources, the brothers are said to be the sons of Thomas Ruggles of Sudbury, Suffolk and Nazeing, Essex, and grandsons of Nicholas Ruggles of Sudbury. The name of John and Thomas' mother is not found.[2][3][4] John is said to have been born in Sudbury, Suffolk in 1591; and brother Thomas was thought to have been born there in 1584.[4]
John married Barbara ______ by about 1633,[1] in England. They had a son:
On 3 April 1635, "shoemaker John Ruggles" age 44, his wife Barbara, age 30, and their son John, age 2, were enrolled in London as passengers aboard the Hopewell in a family group with Elizabeth Elliot age 8, Giles Payson age 26, and Isack Morris age 9, all from Nazeing, Essex. Also traveling from Nazeing aboard the Hopewell was John's nephew, John Ruggles aged 10,[1] who was traveling under the care of Philip Elliot.[4] The Ruggles family settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where John and Barbara were admitted to the church in 1635.[1]
Elliot records: "He was a lively Christian, known to many of the Church in Old England, where they enjoyed socially together. Of Barbara he says, "The power of the grace of Christ did much shine in her life and death."[5]
Barbara died in childbirth in Roxbury, "11th month, 1636" (January 1636[/7?]), the child was stillborn.[1]
John married second to Margery Hammond about 1637 or later at Roxbury, Massachusetts. She had migrated in 1632, a maid servant, and about 6 months following her emigration she joined the church.[1] The couple had no issue.
John was admitted a freeman of Roxbury on 18 April 1637. He was a deputy for Roxbury to the Massachusetts Bay General Court in 1658, 1660 and 1661 and served on a Suffolk County petit jury in 1640.[1]
In 1644, John was a witness to his brother Thomas' will.[4]
John was buried on 6 October 1663 at Roxbury, Massachusetts.[1][6] He left a will dated 28 February 1657/8 that was proved 30 January 1663/4. The inventory of his estate was taken 16 October 1663 and totaled £343 1s, most of which was real estate.[1] He appointed his son John as his executor, but in the will he "showed great anxiety for the welfare of his wife." She had been in good health when he made his will and become infirmed before he died. The overseers believed that the son John should give security for the support of his "mother-in-law."[4]
No death record for wife, Margery, has been found.[4]
Research Notes
Associations
Edward Bridge and John called each other brother or brother-in-law,[1] and many assume John's first wife, Barbara, was Edward's sister. However, Anderson does not believe that this association is sufficient evidence of Barbara's LNAB.
Mother's Name
There are no sources that name Margery Danridge/Dandridge as the wife of Thomas Ruggles of Sudbury/Nazeing or as the mother of any of Thomas's children. She was detached as wife/mother.
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI: R-S. Boston: NEHGS, 2009, pp. 109-114. AmericanAncestors.org($).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Henry Stoddard Ruggles. "Five Generations of the Ruggles Lineage" in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Oct 1897, Vol. 27-28, p. 214-216. HathiTrust.org
- ↑ William Richard Cutter. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, Vol. 4. Baltimore, MD: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1908, p. 1877. Archive.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Franklin Ladd Bailey. Genealogy of Thomas Ruggles of Roxbury, 1637. Boston: 1896, pp. 23-25, 7 (witnessed 1644 will of his brother). Archive.org
- ↑ Francis S. Drake. The Town of Roxbury: Its Memorable Persons and Places, Its History and Antiquities. Roxbury, MA: the author, 1878, p. 365. Google Books.
- ↑ Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. 2: Marriages and Deaths. Boston, MA: 1926, p. 627 (death). Google Books.
- See also:
- Ellis, Charles. History of Roxbury Town. Boston: Samuel Drake, 1847, p. 129. Archive.org.
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Also, I developed his wife Barbara's profile - her LNAB should be changed to Unknown.
2. Barbara's LNAB should be changed to Unknown. She is probably called Bridge because in GM6 p. 112, Anderson says that Edward Bridge-274 and John Ruggles called each other brother or brother-in-law; however Anderson calls her Barbara _____ (likely because the two calling each other bro/bro-in-law is not enough evidence to assign a LNAB of Bridges to Barbara).
I added Barbara as a PGM Project Candidate. Once the profile is developed we can add it to Project Management and then we can fix the LNAB if the PM doesn't take care of it.