Individual Details
Mary Curtis
(1586 - 14 Feb 1674)
Ralph Roote probably married (2) Mary (Curtis) Ruggles, sister of William Curtis and widow of Thomas Ruggles. On 14 February 1674/5, "Old Mother Roote who was Tho[mas] Ruggles widow afore" died or was buried at Roxbury. "She lived not only till past use, but till more tedious than a child. She was in her 89 year."
No recorded children of this marriage.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
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Thomas Ruggles (1) married Mary Curtis, of the parish of Nazing in the county of Essex, November 9, 1620, and she accompanied him to America. She was a sister of the first William Curtis, one of the original settlers of Roxbury, and Thomas Ruggles settled in that town, where he died November 16, 1644-45. His widow subsequently married (???) Root.
Ralph Roote 1585–1665 (m. 1660) probably married (2) Mary (Curtis) Ruggles, sister of William Curtis and widow of Thomas Ruggles. On 14 February 1674/5, "Old Mother Roote who was Tho[mas] Ruggles widow afore" died or was buried at Roxbury. "She lived not only till past use, but till more tedious than a child. She was in her 89 year."
No recorded children of this marriage.
Mary Curtis died February 14, 1674-75, aged eighty-six years.
Thomas Ruggles and Mary Curtis had 5 Children:
Thomas Ruggles (AFN: 2CC3-16R ) gender: Male BIRTH 25 August 1621 Nazing, Essex, Eng.
Mary Ruggles (AFN: 2CC3-0R4 ) gender: Female BIRTH 15 February 1623 Nazing, Essex, Eng.
John Ruggles (AFN: 2CC3-135 ) gender: Male CHRISTENING 6 January 1625 Nazing, Essex, Eng. DEATH 16 September 1658
Sarah Ruggles (AFN: 2CC3-0ZC ) gender: Female BIRTH 16 February 1627 Nazing, Essex, Eng. DEATH 9 February 1689
Samuel Ruggles (AFN: 2C97-TPC ) gender: Male BIRTH 14 March 1629 Nazing, Essex, England. DEATH 15 August 1692 Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.
Three of these, John, Sarah and Samuel came with their parents to New England.
No recorded children of this marriage.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
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Thomas Ruggles (1) married Mary Curtis, of the parish of Nazing in the county of Essex, November 9, 1620, and she accompanied him to America. She was a sister of the first William Curtis, one of the original settlers of Roxbury, and Thomas Ruggles settled in that town, where he died November 16, 1644-45. His widow subsequently married (???) Root.
Ralph Roote 1585–1665 (m. 1660) probably married (2) Mary (Curtis) Ruggles, sister of William Curtis and widow of Thomas Ruggles. On 14 February 1674/5, "Old Mother Roote who was Tho[mas] Ruggles widow afore" died or was buried at Roxbury. "She lived not only till past use, but till more tedious than a child. She was in her 89 year."
No recorded children of this marriage.
Mary Curtis died February 14, 1674-75, aged eighty-six years.
Thomas Ruggles and Mary Curtis had 5 Children:
Thomas Ruggles (AFN: 2CC3-16R ) gender: Male BIRTH 25 August 1621 Nazing, Essex, Eng.
Mary Ruggles (AFN: 2CC3-0R4 ) gender: Female BIRTH 15 February 1623 Nazing, Essex, Eng.
John Ruggles (AFN: 2CC3-135 ) gender: Male CHRISTENING 6 January 1625 Nazing, Essex, Eng. DEATH 16 September 1658
Sarah Ruggles (AFN: 2CC3-0ZC ) gender: Female BIRTH 16 February 1627 Nazing, Essex, Eng. DEATH 9 February 1689
Samuel Ruggles (AFN: 2C97-TPC ) gender: Male BIRTH 14 March 1629 Nazing, Essex, England. DEATH 15 August 1692 Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.
Three of these, John, Sarah and Samuel came with their parents to New England.
Events
| Birth | 1586 | Essex, England | |||
| Christen | 28 Mar 1589 | Nazeing, Essex, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 1 Nov 1620 | Nazeing, Essex, England - Thomas Ruggles | | ||
| Marriage | 1660 | Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Ralph Roote | |||
| Death | 14 Feb 1674 | Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas Ruggles ( - 1644) |
| Child | Thomas Ruggles ( - ) |
| Child | Mary Ruggles ( - ) |
| Child | John Ruggles ( - 1658) |
| Child | Sarah Ruggles (1627 - 1689) |
| Child | Capt. Samuel Ruggles (1629 - 1692) |
| Spouse | Ralph Roote (1585 - 1666) |
| Father | Thomas Curtis (1560 - 1606) |
| Mother | Mary Camp (1560 - 1594) |
| Sibling | William Curtis (1591 - 1672) |
| Sibling | Thomas Curtis ( - ) |
Notes
Christen
Mary's birth year (28 March 1589) is incorrect, she was age 88 at her death 14 Feb 1674, thus 1674 - 88 = 1586 per the following sources:- Roxbury Vital Records, Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849; Essex Institute; Salem, Massachusetts.
- Bailey, F. L. (1896). Genealogy of Thomas Ruggles of Roxbury, 1637, to Thomas Ruggles of Romfret Connecticut: The genealogy of Alitheah Smith ... and Samuel Ladd of Haverhill, Mass. Boston.
- Mackenzie, George N, and Nelson O. Rhoades. Colonial Families of the United States of America: In Which Is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies from the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. New York: The Grafton Press, 1907.
- Pope, C. H. (1900). The pioneers of Massachusetts: A descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. Boston: C.H. Pope.
- Spooner, Thomas. Records of William Spooner, of Plymouth, Mass: And His Descendants, Vol. I. Cincinnati: Press of F.W. Freeman, 1883.
Marriage
"Thomas Ruggles, of Nazing, Essex, and Roxbury, Massachusetts, (1637); will made November 9, 1644; married November 1, 1620, Mary Curtis, sister of William Curtis, the first of Roxbury."Source: Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ..., Volume 4, p. 1877.
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Death
Mary Curtis in New England Marriages Prior to 1700Citation: Torry, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Source text: p. 642 SPECIFICALLY states her year of birth and death, as well as age at death. Includes her second marriage.
BURIAL Unknown.