Joseph Ruggles

21 October 1781–21 June 1849 (Age 67)
Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

The Life of Joseph

When Joseph Ruggles was born on 21 October 1781, in Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joseph Ruggles, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Breakenridge, was 33. He married Hannah Tilson in 1805, in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 21 June 1849, at the age of 67, and was buried in Peru Center Cemetery, Pontiac, Huron, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Ruggles
1781–1849
Hannah Tilson
1785–1852
Marriage: 1805
Leonard Ruggles
1808–
Summer Ruggles
1809–1843
Nancy Ruggles
1811–1814
Benjamin Ruggles
1813–1834
Henry Ruggles
1816–1901
George Washington Ruggles
1818–1884
Mary M Ruggles
1820–
Levi Ruggles
1824–
Nancy Ruggles
1826–1899
Lyman Ruggles
1828–1832

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1805
Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
children

(10)

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Parents and Siblings

siblings

(7)

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World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

Age 2

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Age 5

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

Age 19

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

Name Meaning

English: patronymic from a pet form of Rudge .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Joseph Ruggles in entry for Ruggles, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
  • Joseph Ruggles, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Joseph Ruggles, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

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