John Ruland (1823 - 1890)

Born 1 Mar 1823 in Jefferson, Schoharie, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Lorena Mayham — married 4 Aug 1853 in Schoharie, New York

Descendants

Died 12 Aug 1890 at age 67 in Wilbur Park, Oneonta, New York

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Biography

This person was created through the import of My Family File 8.ged on 05 December 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

Name

Name: John /Ruland/

Name Prefix: Dr.

Source: #S50

Source: #S59

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1 MAR 1823

Place: Jefferson, Schoharie, New York

Source: #S50

Source: #S59

Death

Death:

Date: 12 AUG 1890

Place: Wilbur Park, Oneonta, New York

Source: #S59

John Ruland was a butter merchant in Jefferson but later, in 1854, graduated with honor from Castleton Medical College in Vermont. He practiced for eight years in Blenheim, then he and his wife spent a year in travel. In 1865 he bought the stage route from Richmondville to Stamford, New York. He soon sold out and conducted a large grocery buiness in Unadilla from 1866 to 1871. From there they moved to Oneonta where he was a druggist. Dr. John Ruland died of a heart attack while delivering an address to those old settlers who had moved there from Schoharie County.

Information from Steve Watrous of Springville, Utah - Ruland Family Researcher (1997) - transcript entitled "The Ruland Genealogy" by John Ruland, M.D., dated 1885:

"Relying on tradition, one or more persons of the name of Ruland emigrated from England to New England about 1650, of whom Israel, Benjamin, Joseph, Obadiah, and others were probably direct descendants. The Ruland families of which the writer is known to be a member can be readily traced back to the early settlement of Long Island. They were citizens of Suffolk county (then the East Riding of Yorkshire.) The earliest settlements were made in 1639 on Gardner's island. The town of Hungtington, L.I., was settled in 1653 by English emigrants from Ne wEngland. At about the same time a company from Sandwich, Massachusetts, settled Suffolk, England, from whence came the early emigrants to Massachusetts. The above, Obadiah (1) was born about 1735 in the eastern part of Long Island and settled at Comac (post-office, Commack) and married; name of wife or date of marriage unknown."

Continues to Obadiah (2):

"Obadiah (2), born 4 July, 1769, at Comac; m. in 1799, Mary, dau. of Richard S. Shelmidine, an emigrant from England, whose wife's name was Kniskern; she, b. on Schoharie county, 8 July, 1782. He d. at Jefferson, N.Y., 2 May, 1844; she d. at same place 4 April, 1867. They settled at Jefferson in that county, near with place they traveled peacefully life's toilsome journey and at the waning of life's lamp the star of faith in the near dawn of a brighter day illumined their pathway, and at the close death was peaceful and the beginning of an eternal rest. They had 11 children that lived to mature years; one named David, and next in order of age to Joel b.d. aged 2 years, and one female infant who d. soon.Their ch'n were all born at Jefferson, New York and were as follows:" -lists birth, death, marriage dates of all children in original transcript.

The names are as follows: Barnett, Sophia, Jerusha, Catherine, Betsey,Jeremiah, Richare(d?), Obadiah, Joel, John, Katura, Almy, and Peney.

Marriage

Husband: John Ruland

Wife: Lorena Mayham

Marriage:

Date: 4 AUG 1853

Place: Schoharie, New York

Source: #S50

Source: #S59

Child: Don Stephen Ruland

Husband: Obadiah Ruland

Wife: Mary UNKNOWN

Marriage:

Date: 1799

Place: Schorarie, New York

Source: #S50

Child: Barney Ruland

Child: Sophia Ruland

Child: Jerusha Ruland

Child: Catherine Ruland

Child: Betsey Ruland

Child: Jeremiah Ruland

Child: Richard Ruland

Child: Obadiah Ruland

Child: Joel B. Ruland

Child: Mary Ruland

Child: John Ruland

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Ruland-212 created through the import of Clancy Family 9.ged on Aug 22, 2011 by Shirley Becker. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Shirley and others.

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