Person:Stephen Ruddle (4)

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Rev. Stephen Ruddle
b.Abt 1768 prob. Virginia
d.1845 Ursa, Adams, Illinois, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1756
  1. George Ruddell1757 - 1846
  2. Isaac RuddellEst 1759 -
  3. Margaret 'Margery' RuddellEst 1763 -
  4. Rev. Stephen RuddleAbt 1768 - 1845
  5. Abraham Ruddle1772 - 1857
  6. Elizabeth Ruddell1776 - 1854
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Stephen RuddleAbt 1768 - 1845
  • W.  Indian Girl (add)
m. Est 1790
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m. Bef 1808
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m. 6 Jul 1809
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m. Aft 1809
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. Stephen Ruddle
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1768 prob. Virginia(Findagrave note says Kentucky)
Other[3] 21 Jun 1780 Bourbon, Kentucky, United StatesCapt. Henry Byrd and his British and Indian troops kidnapped Stephen Ruddle among others
Marriage Est 1790 to Indian Girl (add)
Marriage Bef 1808 to Catherine Kingery
Marriage 6 Jul 1809 to Susannah David
Occupation[2] 1810 became an ordained minister
Marriage Aft 1809 to Rachel Woods
Death[2] 1845 Ursa, Adams, Illinois, United States
Burial[2] New Providence Cemetery, Ursa, Adams County, Illinois, USA(he was said to have been buried at the family farm and this is the location of a memorial marker)
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Adoption by Blackfish

It is said that Chief Blackfish adopted Stephen Ruddle and his brother Abraham after they were kidnapped during a raid of their father Isaac's fort (Martin's and Ruddle's Station on Licking Creek, Kentucky).

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Citations

http://genforum.genealogy.com/ruddell/messages/66.html
References
  1.   Pangburn, Richard. Indian blood : finding your Native American ancestor. (Louisville, Kentucky: Butler Books, 1993)
    Page 424-427.

    Excerpt: "At first, Trabue suspected that the man was an imposter as he looked like a full-blooded Indian. But later he found that all the whites among the Indians looked like full-bloods. Stephen Ruddle rode in on horseback with his Shawnee wife, his brother Abram,and Abram's adopted brother. Trabue thought none of them could speak English, except for Stephen, and his was broken..."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stephen Ruddell, in Find A Grave.

    There is an inscription on the back of the memorial marker at New Providence that reads:

    "Stephen was captured by Indians at age 12 during the Revolutionary War when Ruddell's Station in Kentucky was attacked by the British under Capt. Bird. While a captive, he was adopted by the Indians, he had all white blood washed out and was made a Warrior. He married a squaw and returned to Kentucky. After the Treaty, he was ordained a Minister of the Gospel in 1810 and founded the Ursa Christian Church".

  3. ↑ Lafferty, Maude Ward. Destruction of Ruddle's and Martin's forts in the Revolutionary war. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987).
  4.   Ancestry.com - Stephen "Big Fish" - Sinnanatha Ruddle
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