When Penny Ruffin was born about 1777, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Benjamin Ruffin, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Bullock, was 30. She married Hammond about 1793, in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. She died on 15 March 1796, in Franklin, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 20.
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English and French: from the Old French personal name Ruffin, from Latin Rufinus, a diminutive of Rufus ‘red’, borne by several early Christian saints, including a 3rd-century martyr of Soissons and a 4th-century Church Father. Compare Ruffo .
English: nickname from Middle English ruffine (Old French rufin) ‘reddish’, for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: possibly also a nickname from Middle English ruffin ‘fiend, devil’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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