Person:John Ruckman (4)

Information on John Ruckman

First record is from "Town Book of Middletown"- Nov.9, 1688 Thomas Whitlock Sr., of Middletown, sold for L3-12-0, to John Ruckman Jr. of same place, eight acres, lying at Mohorus brook, and bounded by lands of John Ruckman Sr., James Grover and the late Edward Tart, which the said Whitlock had received from the Proprietors by patent. Daniel Seabrook a witness.

Sept. 8, 1690 purchased 6 acres from Mordecai Gibbons in Middletown.

June 9, 1692 purchased tract of land from John Reid, deed states John Ruckman Junior was a weaver.

He is listed Dec. 22, 1700 as J. Rockman junior in a land discription. Moved to Kingwood, Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey?.

Dec. 22, 1701 Purchased 28 acres bounded by Mahoras brook from Gulsbertsen and his wife Ester. (Possibly his father John Sr. purchased this?)

A memorandum added to the deed for land given to him by father John II in March of 1702/3 was dated Sept. 7, 1710 and states John appeared before Thomas Gordon and aknowledged the deed as his act. Not sure if the John that appeared was John II or John III.

Oct. 13, 1713 his land near Middletown mentioned in a road return. It was next to his brother Samuel's land.

Source: http://sarahsgenealogy.lunarpages.com/gedcom/23831.htm