Person Page - 4167

Joseph Ruggles¹

• Father*: Rev. Timothy Ruggles¹ b. 3 Nov 1685, d. 26 Oct 1768
• Mother*: Mary White¹ b. 27 Aug 1688, d. 23 Jan 1749

• Birth*: 23 June 1717; Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 28 January 1791; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Mary Ruggles¹

• Father*: Rev. Timothy Ruggles¹ b. 3 Nov 1685, d. 26 Oct 1768
• Mother*: Mary White¹ b. 27 Aug 1688, d. 23 Jan 1749

• Birth*: 1 January 1719; Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 2 July 1750; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Susannah Ruggles¹

• Father*: Rev. Timothy Ruggles¹ b. 3 Nov 1685, d. 26 Oct 1768
• Mother*: Mary White¹ b. 27 Aug 1688, d. 23 Jan 1749

• Birth*: 6 January 1721; Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 16 December 1813; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Nathaniel Ruggles¹

• Father*: Rev. Timothy Ruggles¹ b. 3 Nov 1685, d. 26 Oct 1768
• Mother*: Mary White¹ b. 27 Aug 1688, d. 23 Jan 1749

• Birth*: 12 April 1725; Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 25 December 1776; Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Thomas Ruggles¹

• Father*: Rev. Timothy Ruggles¹ b. 3 Nov 1685, d. 26 Oct 1768
• Mother*: Mary White¹ b. 27 Aug 1688, d. 23 Jan 1749

• Birth*: 2 March 1730; Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 6 May 1776; Royalston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

John Ruggles¹

• Father*: Rev. Timothy Ruggles¹ b. 3 Nov 1685, d. 26 Oct 1768
• Mother*: Mary White¹ b. 27 Aug 1688, d. 23 Jan 1749

• Birth*: 2 September 1731; Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 1815; Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per famioy tree of deemoines on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Lucia Spooner¹

• Father*: Daniel Spooner¹ b. 28 Feb 1694, d. Aug 1797
• Mother*: Elizabeth Ruggles¹ b. 21 Sep 1711, d. 17 Aug 1767

• Birth*: 29 October 1729; Dartmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 29 January 1746; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.; Principal=Edward Ruggles¹
• Death*: 2 April 1821; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

• Married Name: 29 January 1746; Ruggles¹

Daniel Spooner¹

• Birth*: 28 February 1694; Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 10 October 1728; Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.; Principal=Elizabeth Ruggles¹
• Death*: August 1797; Petersham, Worccester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Elizabeth Ruggles¹

• Father*: Capt. Samuel Ruggles¹ b. 3 Dec 1681, d. 1 Mar 1748
• Mother*: Elizabeth Whiting¹ b. 26 Apr 1689, d. 29 Jul 1727

• Birth*: 21 September 1711; Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 10 October 1728; Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.; Principal=Daniel Spooner¹
• Death*: 17 August 1767; Petersham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

• Married Name: 10 October 1728; Spooner¹

Capt. Samuel Ruggles¹

• Father*: Capt. Samuel Ruggles b. 1 Jun 1658, d. 25 Feb 1715
• Mother*: Martha Woodbridge b. 12 Jun 1658, d. 3 Jul 1738

• Birth*: 3 December 1681; Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 19 December 1710; Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachsuetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.; Principal=Elizabeth Whiting¹
• Marriage*: 18 April 1728; Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.; Principal=Elizabeth Williams¹
• Death*: 1 March 1748; Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Elizabeth Whiting¹

• Birth*: 26 April 1689; Dunstable, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 19 December 1710; Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachsuetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.; Principal=Capt. Samuel Ruggles¹
• Death*: 29 July 1727; Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

• Married Name: 19 December 1710; Ruggles¹

Elizabeth Williams¹

• Birth*: 12 January 1693; Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 18 April 1728; Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.; Principal=Capt. Samuel Ruggles¹
• Death*: 25 June 1748; Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

• Married Name: 18 April 1728; Ruggles¹

Timothy Ruggles¹

• Father*: Edward Ruggles¹ b. 30 Aug 1723, d. 21 May 1778
• Mother*: Lucia Spooner¹ b. 29 Oct 1729, d. 2 Apr 1821

• Birth*: 25 September 1748; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 22 June 1831; Cambridge, Washington Co., New York, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Edward Ruggles¹

• Father*: Edward Ruggles¹ b. 30 Aug 1723, d. 21 May 1778
• Mother*: Lucia Spooner¹ b. 29 Oct 1729, d. 2 Apr 1821

• Birth*: 3 August 1750; New Braintree, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 17 January 1805; Barnard, Windosr Co., Vermont, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Elizabeth Ruggles¹

• Father*: Edward Ruggles¹ b. 30 Aug 1723, d. 21 May 1778
• Mother*: Lucia Spooner¹ b. 29 Oct 1729, d. 2 Apr 1821

• Birth*: 29 October 1752; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 21 December 1810; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Daniel Ruggles¹

• Father*: Edward Ruggles¹ b. 30 Aug 1723, d. 21 May 1778
• Mother*: Lucia Spooner¹ b. 29 Oct 1729, d. 2 Apr 1821

• Birth*: 5 January 1756; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 30 December 1779; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.; Principal=Lucy Paige¹
• Death*: 26 February 1838; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Lucy Paige¹

• Birth*: 19 March 1757; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 30 December 1779; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.; Principal=Daniel Ruggles¹
• Death*: 3 August 1840; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

• Married Name: 30 December 1779; Ruggles¹

Lucy Ruggles¹

• Father*: Edward Ruggles¹ b. 30 Aug 1723, d. 21 May 1778
• Mother*: Lucia Spooner¹ b. 29 Oct 1729, d. 2 Apr 1821

• Birth*: 26 July 1765; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 11 May 1790; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

Constant Ruggles¹

• Father*: Edward Ruggles¹ b. 30 Aug 1723, d. 21 May 1778
• Mother*: Lucia Spooner¹ b. 29 Oct 1729, d. 2 Apr 1821

• Birth*: 28 November 1767; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Death*: 28 April 1846; Hardwick, Worccester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

James Ruggles¹

• Father*: Edward Ruggles¹ b. 30 Aug 1723, d. 21 May 1778
• Mother*: Lucia Spooner¹ b. 29 Oct 1729, d. 2 Apr 1821

• Birth*: 30 October 1770; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; Date Oct 30 1770 & location Hardwick, MA per family tree of Gary and Cheryl Hubbard on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019. Date Oct 30 1770 & location Hardwick, MAS per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹
• Marriage*: 4 December 1801; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "7. On the fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one, were married by license James Ruggles, Esq., and Esther Dunham, by me, George O Kill Stuart, Minister, Missionary at York. Mr. Ruggles, mentioned here, was one of those who some years later were drowned in the wreck of the Speedy, off Brighton, Ont." from Landmarks of Toronto, Volume 3, Page 395
  Date 1795 & location Braintree, MA per family tree of Gary and Cheryl Hubbard on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.; Principal=Esther Dunham^1,2
• Death*: 8 October 1804; Lake Ontario, Newcastle, Newcastle Dist., Upper Canada; "The passengers on board the ill-fated Speedy, as near as we can recollect," the narrative goes on to say, "were Mr. Justice Cochrane; Robert J. D. Gray, Esq., Solicitor-General, and Member of the House of Assembly; Angus Macdonell, Esq.,
  Advocate, Member of the House of Assembly; Mr. Jacob Herchmer, Merchant; Mr. John Stegman, Surveyor; Mr. George Cowan, Indian Interpreter; James Ruggles, Esq.; Mr. Anderson,
  Student in the Law; Mr. John Fisk, High Constable, all of this place. The above named gentlemen were proceeding to the District of Newcastle, in order to hold the Circuit, and for the trial of an Indian (also on board the Speedy) indicted for the murder of John Sharp, late of the Queen's Rangers." from Toronto of Old, Henry Scadding, page 527 & 528 of downloaded version.
  
  
  
  
  Date Feb 5 1838 & location Lake Erie per family tree of Linda Sea-LeBanc on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019. Date 1805 & location Lake Erie per family tree of Gary and Cheryl Hubbard on ancestry.ca, April 12, 2019.¹

• Note*: 21 May 1778; Hardwick, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.; His father, Edward Ruggles, died May 21 1778.¹
• Residence*: 1 November 1796; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "Springfield 1 Novr. 1796; Sir, I have no objection to your licensing William Frazer & your employing him as an extra Surveyor when wanted- A Mr. Ruggles, nephew of Brigadier General Ruggles, a staunch Loyalist, has applied to me to be employed in the Surveying Line. I referred him to you for Examination, but did not know there was any opening for employment. If however he is qualified & you think him upon Examination a fit person to be trusted in your office and he wishes it," a letter from the Russell papers, Peter Russell, Administrator of Upper Canada, to D. W. Smith, Surveyor of Upper Canada, Vol 1, page 79.
  Note: This does not say James Ruggles, in particular, but goes with other items indicating the James Ruggles as in York at this time, probably looking for employment.³
• Residence: 1797; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "James Ruggles, 2 males" List of the inhabitants of the township of York and it's vicinity in the year 1797, from The Town of York 1793-1815, Law and Order, page 89.
  Note: This confirms that brothers James and Nathaniel Ruggles were at York in 1797, neither married.⁴
• Residence: 1798; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "James Ruggles (d. 1804) and his younger brother Nathaniel were nephews of Brigadier General Timothy Ruggles, who served in the army under Lord Amherst and was one of the most prominent Massachusetts Loyalists. They belonged to the sixth generation of their family in Massachusetts, and ketp a shop on Younge Street. James Ruggles was drowned in the loss of the Speedy. Nathaniel Ruggles declined serving in the militia." from The Town of York 1793 - 1815, Defence, page 69, footnote No. 30.⁴
• Residence: 1798; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "1. Mr. James Ruggles, Merchant, Nephew of B G Ruggles ... to be Ensigns" from The Town of York 1793 - 1815, Defence, page 69 Note: His brother, Nat Ruggles is listed in the same section.⁴
• Residence: 10 April 1800; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "Justices Present - William Jarvis, Esq., Chairman; William Willcocks; John Small; James Macaulay; Alexander Wood; Willial Allan; James Ruggles, Esquires" Minutes of Special Sessions of the Peace, Home District .... considering fire safety for town of York... The Town of York 1793-1815, Law and Order, page 97.⁴
• Note: 20 August 1801; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "Monday 20. Captn. De Hean called on me in the morning to know my time and place. I told him 6 next morning at the point of the Don. I then went to Mr. Ruggles to get him to be my second, he agreed, he lay with me that night. The hour was changed from 6 to 5" .. and ...." Tuesday, 21. At 4 oclock Ruggles and I were going to the place appointed when the Sheriff met us & put us under an arest. I gave security before Mr. Jarvis to keep the peace for six months." Extracts from Joseph Willcocks' Diary, from The Town of York 1793-1815, page 235.⁴
• Note: 1 May 1804; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "I do certify that there is about fifteen acres cleared on Lot No. 5 in the 6th Concession of the Township of Markham; a house built thereon, sixteen feet by twenty two, & an actual settler residing therein for above four years. The road cleared half a chain in front of the same, & the cleared land under fence.; Signed James Ruggles, J. P.,      York, 1st May, 1804
  Mes's. Chewett & Ridout; Inform Mr. Terry what fees are to be paid on ?the .. their? land & give him a Ticket to the Receiver General.; Signed H. Allcock C. J.; May 12 1804" AO, MS 7442, Vol 61, Pg. 1766
• Note: 22 July 1804; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "Sunday, 22nd. July 1804 - ... Jas. Ruggles & me had a deal of talk about a Library which we wished to establish." Extracts from Ely Playtoer's Diary, from The Town of York 1793-1815, Life in York, page 250.⁴
• Residence: 4 August 1804; York, York Co., Upper Canada; "BURLINGTON BAY BRIDGE; "And also for repairing in a good and substantial manner the bridge at the outlet of Burlington Bay. "All the before mentioned work to be completed in a good and substantial manner on or before the last day of October next, and when completed the money contracted to be given will be paid by the Receiver-General. "But each party entering into an engagement for any part of the aforesaid work will be required to produce two sufficient sureties to be bound for the performances of the contract. "The particulars to be delivered in to William Allan or Duncan Cameron, Esquires, of York, or to James Ruggles or William Graham, Esquires, of Yonge street, or to William Applegarth, Esquires:, of Flamborough East, all of whom are Commissioners named for carrying the aforesaid act into execution."" from Landmarks of Toronto, Volume 6, page 315 & 316 - originally from The Oracle, in the Gazette newspaper of York, Saturday, Aug 4, 1804.³