When Thomas Ruffell was born in July 1803, in Swarraton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Ruffell, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Wilkes, was 20. He married Jane Simes on 10 July 1843, in Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 25 July 1860, in Northington, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 57, and was buried in Northington, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
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English (Essex): nickname from Middle English ruffel ‘commotion, riotous disturbance, struggle, dispute, confusion’.
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