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Bourne, Bathsheba [2] |
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Female |
| Died |
Unknown |
| Person ID |
I26493 |
Sackett |
| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2021 |
| Family |
Ruggles, Brig. Gen. Timothy, b. 11 Oct 1711, Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA  , d. 1795, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
18 Sep 1736 |
Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Ruggles, John, b. 30 Sep 1742, Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1821, Wilmot Township, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 78 years) |
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| Last Modified |
18 Jan 2009 |
| Family ID |
F1396 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Married - 18 Sep 1736 - Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA |
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 | Child - Ruggles, John - 30 Sep 1742 - Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Notes |
- daughter of Melatiah Bourne and Desire Chipman.
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| Sources |
- [S231] http://www.webspawner.com/users/ruggles/, Nancy Compton.
- [S1282] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 2), 3 Sep 2021.
A genealogy and history of the Hute [i e Chute] family in America : with some account of the family
5. v. Brigadier-General Timothy Ruggles (Rev. Timothy, Capt. Samuel, Capt. Samuel, Thomas), b. at Rochester, Plymouth county, Mass., Oct. 11, 1711; H. C., 1732; m. a Miss Humphrey, 1735; was an able lawyer, 1736. His wife d. 1750, and soon after he m. Bathsheba, only daughter of Meletiah Bourne, and widow of William Newcomb )Peter, Andrew, Andrew), who. d. April 8, 1736, aged 34, leaving seven children. Mr. Ruggles moved to Sandwich about this time, opened a tavern and attended bar and stable, and continued the practice of law and the courts. About 1753-4, he moved to Hardwick, Worcester county, and entered the British Army, and led a body of troops to join Sir William Johnson in 1755, as Colonel, and was in the expedition to Crown Point and the Battle of Lake George. He remained in the army til 1760, the last three years as brigadier-general, under Lord Amherst. He represented Hardwick several years in the Legislature, and was speaker in the House, 1762-3. In 1765 he was made president of the Congress of the nine colonies at New York, at which Otis and Partridge were delegates from Massachusetts. In 1774 he was made a "Mandamus Councillor," at Salem, Mass. He was a good scholar, shrewd, brave, and witty. He was a Loyalist or Tory and had to leave his extensive estates in Hardwick, which were confiscated. He accompanied the British army to Halifax, N. S., in 1783. In 1784, he received a grant of land in Wilmot, Annapolis county, N. S., and commenced a settlement near the top of the North Mountain, called Ruggles Mountain; but being bought by Lot Phinney about 1800, it has since been called Phinney Mountain, and there he d. Aug. 4, 1795, aged 84.
Children.
i. Martha, b. Aug. 10, 1736; m. John Thafts (Tufts?).
6 ii. Timothy, b. Jan. 7, 1738.
iii. Mary, b. Feb 10, 1740; m. Dr. John Green.
7 iv. John, b. Sept. 30, 1742.
8 v. Richard, b. March 5, 1744.
vi. Bathsheba, b. Feb. 18, 1746; m. Joshua Spooner, and d. 1778.
vii. Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1748; m. Gardner Chhandler.
Transcribed by Ted Smith
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