"The Ruples, originally from Germany, settled in Philadelphia, where Baltus Ruple, the founder of the family, was born about the year 1740. Shortly after the revolution he moved to Morris County, New Jersey, where he lived until 1794, when he came to western Pennsylvania, locating in Washington County near the line of Morris and Finley townships, two miles north of Prosperity Village. He died there the following year. He was twice married."
His first wife was not mentioned by name in the biographical sketch. By her he had: John, Ruth and Samuel.
His second wife was Anna McCallum; by her he had Colonel James Ruple, David, Elizabeth, Mary and Margaret. His widow married (second) Major Charles Cracraft, a pioneer and Indian fighter.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Baldus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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