Born in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Timothy Ruggles Jr.
and Bathsheba (Bourne) Ruggles
Sister of
Mercy (Newcomb) Bassett [half], Desire (Newcomb) Tobey [half], Peter Newcomb [half], Mary (Newcomb) Pope [half], Sarah (Newcomb) Fessenden [half], William Newcomb [half], Hannah (Newcomb) Jennings [half], Thomas Newcomb [half], Timothy Ruggles III, Mary (Ruggles) Green, John Ruggles, John Ruggles, Richard Ruggles, Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner and Elizabeth (Ruggles) Chandler
Wife of
John Tufts
— married
11 Nov 1765 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 75
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Dec 2014
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Biography
Martha Ruggles married 11 Nov 1765 Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts to John Tufts [1]
John Tufts Birth 18 Nov 1735 Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Death 2 Oct 1788 Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts - Tufts-918
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/9306037?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a223079512f716e4c4e78666e722f6555434f4b5246763471356f592b693378305146676a487a50635a664e773d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
- Navas, Deborah; Murdered By His Wife. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4KX1-MR3Z : 15 January 2020), Bathsheba Newcomb in entry for Martha Ruggles, 1737.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #337121 - Marion O'Donnell :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H1a1, FTDNA kit #217884
- William Thornton :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H1a1, FTDNA kit #159230
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Sarah (Hawes) Shaw :
23andMe
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~0.78%
C (Ruggles) Swinamer :
23andMe
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