When Ruth Eggleden was born about 1630, in England, her father, Eggleston, was 36 and her mother, Jane, was 32. She married Samuel Blodgett on 13 October 1655, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 14 October 1703, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 74.
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A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
English: see Igglesden .
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