Person:Samuel Ruggles (14)

Name^[5]	Samuel Ruggles
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	9 May 1751	Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	11 Jan 1776	New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Hawes
Death^[2]	29 Nov 1829	Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Burial^[3]		Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass, 1917)
p. 100.

RUGGLES, Samuel, s. of Benjamin Jr. and Sarah, [born] May 9, 1751.
↑ Orange (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Births and deaths, 1770-1850. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
p. 4.

Samuel Ruggles Died in Royalston Nov 29th 1829 Aged 78
{Note: birth about 1751. Death not recorded in Royalston, gravestone in Athol, uncertainty about correct location.]
↑ Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Athol, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1910)
p. 218.

RUGGLES, Samuel, [died] Nov. 29, 1829, a. 78. GS1
Paige, Lucius R. History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: with a genealogical register. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1990)
p. 484.

Children of Benjamin Ruggles and Sarah Hunt: Samuel, b. 9 May 1751, "res. at Orange, m. Lydia Hawes of N. Br. 11 Jan. 1776, and had son Lyman, who d. at Orange 4 Dec 1863, a. 75".
↑ Source:Holman, Mary Lovering. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Massachusetts, p. 69, in its coverage of Samuel Ruggles, s/o Samuel Ruggles and Alice Sherman, b. Rochester 1742-43, says "A Samuel Ruggles m. Lydia Howes or Hawes, 11 Jan 1776, in New Braintree." This speculation is shown to be incorrect by the age at death.