James Ruse Jnr (1793)

Born 26 Mar 1793 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

James Ruse Jnr was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

James Ruse was a Mariner.

James Ruse the younger was born at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia on 26 March 1793 to James Ruse and Elizabeth Perry. He was baptised at St John’s Parramatta on 7th April, 1793. ^{[1] [2]}

In May, 1801 James was indentured to Henry Kable and James Underwood, in partnership with Samuel Rodman Chase, as an apprentice mariner. His indenture papers were contracted between “James Ruse, the younger; James Ruse, the father; and Messers Kable & Underwood.” ^[3]

February 1804, appeared on the crew list for the schooner Endeavour, the ship mentioned in his indenture papers. ^[4]

October 1806, appeared on the crew list for the schooner Speedwell. ^[5]

March 1807, appeared on a crew list to go sealing with Andrew Thompson of the Hawkesbury. ^[6]

June 1807, appeared on a crew list for The Governor Bligh. ^[7]

September 1810, appeared on the crew list for the American brig Aurora. The Aurora’s captain was Owen F. Smith, although this voyage was captained by Samuel Rodman Chase. ^[8] This voyage returned to Sydney at the end of December 1810. ^[9]

Research Notes

Multiple family trees have incorrectly claimed that James Ruse the younger died in Parramatta in 1794. There are no records supporting him dying in infancy, infact the records prove otherwise.

We now know that it is unlikely that James Snr is on any of these crew lists and that they were most likely all James Jnr, based on 1. This was James Jnr’s trade (see above). 2. The 1804 voyage on the Endeavour is the same ship named in James Jnr’s indenture papers, and 3. The 1810 voyage on the Aurora was from September until just after Christmas, meanwhile James Snr was a witness to Andrew Thompson’s will in October 1810 making it impossible for Snr to be on the Aurora. ^[10]

Current Research

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I am a descendant of James Ruse Jnr’s sister Susannah. I am actively researching James Jnr, and currently following some interesting leads. If you have any primary-records-based information on James Jnr, please send me a private message.

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Sources

1. ↑ NSW Births Deaths and Marriages birth/baptism registration no: 257/1793 V1793257 1A and 56/1793 V179356 148
2. ↑ Reference Number: REG/COMP/1; Description: Vol 01, Baptisms, 1790-1825; Marriages, 1789-1823; Burials, 1790-1825; Parish: St. John's Anglican Church Parramatta
3. ↑ Indenture of Apprenticeship May 1801 | Draft Copies of Agreements, Indentures and Assignments 1796-1815 | Series 5606, Container 5/1113 | NSW State Archives & Records
4. ↑ Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 5 February 1804, p. 1, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/626018?searchTerm=James%20Ruse
5. ↑ Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 12 October 1806, p. 1, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/627305?searchTerm=James%20Ruse
6. ↑ Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 8 March 1807, p. 1, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article627410.5.pdf?followup=262a9eddd86bb06ee7a11e35b0dc966b
7. ↑ Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 14 June 1807, p. 2, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/627453?searchTerm=Charles%20Fever
8. ↑ Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 8 September 1810, p. 1, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628063?searchTerm=James%20Ruse
9. ↑ Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 29 December 1810, p. 3, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628158?searchTerm=Aurora
10. ↑ Ruse Huntington, J. 2002. “My Mother Reread Me Tenderley, The Life of James Ruse,” 2nd Ed, Valiant Efforts. p.63