Individual Details

Benjamin Ruggles Jr.

(15 Dec 1726 - 21 Oct 1795)

Benjamin Ruggles, son of Rev. Benjamin and Dorcas (Whiting) Ruggles, was born December 18, 1726. Immediately after his first marriage he removed from Middleboro, settling on the farm in Hardwick which is still the homestead of the family, and located in the vicinity of Furnace village. On account of his bushy hair, and to distinguish him from others of the same name, he was known as "Bush Ben." He died October 22, 1795. He married for his first wife, in 1750, Sarah Hunt, of Dartmouth. She died May 20, 1772, and he married for his second wife, in February of the following year, Jerusha, widow of John Aiken. Jerusha died October 28, 1787, and in July, 1789, he married for his third wife Hannah Hamblin, of New Braintree. His children were: Samuel, Benjamin, Lemuel, Ephraim, Sarah, Rebecca, Hannah and Benjamin 2d. His widow became the wife of John Jones, of Barre, May 29, 1796, and resided near Furnace village in a house which she purchased. She survived her husband many years and died April 22, 1816.

Events

Birth15 Dec 1726Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Marriage21 Apr 1750New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts - Sarah Hunt
Marriage11 Feb 1773Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts - Jerusha Atwood
Marriage20 Jul 1789Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts - Hannah Hamblin
Census (family)1790Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts - Hannah Hamblin
Death21 Oct 1795Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts
BurialOld Hardwick Cemetery, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseSarah Hunt (1722 - 1772)
ChildSamuel Ruggles (1751 - 1829)
ChildBenjamin Ruggles (1753 - 1820)
ChildLemuel Ruggles (1755 - 1806)
ChildEphraim Ruggles (1757 - 1836)
ChildSarah Ruggles (1760 - 1822)
ChildRebecca Ruggles (1763 - 1845)
ChildHannah Ruggles (1764 - )
SpouseJerusha Atwood (1730 - 1787)
SpouseHannah Hamblin (1754 - 1814)
FatherRev. Benjamin Ruggles (1700 - 1782)
MotherDorcas Whiting (1704 - 1778)
SiblingMary Ruggles (1728 - 1799)
SiblingDorcas Ruggles (1731 - )
SiblingWhiting Ruggles (1733 - 1796)
SiblingElizabeth Ruggles (1735 - 1821)
SiblingMartha Ruggles (1737 - 1826)
SiblingLucy Ruggles (1740 - 1814)
SiblingSamuel Ruggles (1742 - 1818)
SiblingJoseph Ruggles (1743 - 1815)
SiblingBetsey Ruggles (1745 - 1795)
SiblingNancy Ruggles (1759 - )

Notes

Birth

Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001:
Name: Benjamin Ruggles
Parents: Benjm. & Dorcas
When born: Dec 15, 1726
Page: 78

Marriage

There are records of the marriage indicating variously Hardwick, Dartmouth, Middleborough, or New Bedford as the place of marriage.

Endnotes

1. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHC3-C73 : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Benjamin Ruggles in entry for Benjamin Ruggles, 15 Dec 1726..

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3. "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHCG-HLN : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Benjamin Ruggles Jr. and Sarah Hunt, 21 Apr 1750..

4. "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCHN-NLS : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Benjamin Ruggles and Hannah Hamblin, 20 Jul 1789..

5. "United States Census, 1790," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHKL-H8Q : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Benjamin Ruggles, 1790..

6. Find A Grave Memorial 130282295.