Individual Details
Rev. Samuel Ruggles III
(3 Dec 1681 - 1 Mar 1748)
Notes for Samuel Ruggles: 1. Graduation, 1702. 5566 Harvard College More About Samuel Ruggles and Elizabeth Whiting: Marriage: December 19, 1710, Billerica, Middlesex, Mass. More About Samuel Ruggles and Elizabeth: Marriage: April 18, 1728, Billerica, Middlesex, Mass.
SAMUEL RUGGLES, A.M., b. Roxbury, Dec. 3, 1681, son of Capt. Samuel and Martha (Woodbridge) Ruggles; H.C. 1702, A.B., A.M.; Ord. Billerica, May 19, 1708; sett. Billerica, 1707-1749; d. Billerica, Mar. 1, 1748/9, a. 67. (from F.L. Weis, The Colonial Clergy and Colonial Churches of New England, 1936)
SAMUEL RUGGLES, A.M., b. Roxbury, Dec. 3, 1681, son of Capt. Samuel and Martha (Woodbridge) Ruggles; H.C. 1702, A.B., A.M.; Ord. Billerica, May 19, 1708; sett. Billerica, 1707-1749; d. Billerica, Mar. 1, 1748/9, a. 67. (from F.L. Weis, The Colonial Clergy and Colonial Churches of New England, 1936)
Events
| Birth | 3 Dec 1681 | Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |  |  | |
| Christen | 4 Dec 1681 | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 19 Dec 1710 | Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Elizabeth Whiting | |||
| Marriage | 18 Apr 1727 | Elizabeth Williams | |||
| Death | 1 Mar 1748 | Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | ||
| Burial | Old South Burying Ground, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Whiting (1689 - 1727) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Williams (1693 - 1748) |
| Father | Capt. Samuel Ruggles Jr. (1658 - 1716) |
| Mother | Martha Woodbridge (1658 - 1738) |
| Sibling | Lucy Ruggles (1683 - 1750) |
| Sibling | Rev. Timothy Ruggles (1685 - 1768) |
| Sibling | Hannah Ruggles (1688 - 1745) |
| Sibling | Patience Ruggles (1689 - 1766) |
| Sibling | Martha Ruggles (1692 - 1740) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ruggles (1694 - ) |
| Sibling | Capt. Joseph Ruggles (1696 - 1742) |
| Sibling | Mary Ruggles (1698 - 1717) |
| Sibling | Rev. Benjamin Ruggles (1700 - 1782) |
Notes
Birth
Samuel RugglesSex Male
Birth Date 3 Dec 1681
Birthplace Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Father's Name Samuel Ruggles
Burial
PLOT C102Inscription:
Memento mori
From death's Arrest no age is free
Sub hoc Saxo Sepulcrali
conditi sunt Cineres Reverendi
Domnini Samuelis Ruggles
Ecclesiae nuper Pastoris Billericae
qui Cursu quem Deus dederat
peracto AC 1749 Morti cessit
tertio Die Martii cum vixisset Annos
circiter 68 & 1 Munere sacerdotali
ferme 41 fideliter perfunctus esset.
From contributor Joseph Bower: The gravestone inscription translation -
Under this Saxo Sepulcher
spiced with the Ashes of Reverend
Samuel Ruggles
late pastor of the church of Billericae
the Course which God had given
after the death of AC 1749
the third day of March when he had lived for years
about 68 & 1 priestly gift
he had performed almost 41 faithfully.
Endnotes
1. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4LG-DS7 : accessed 19 May 2014), Samuel Ruggles in entry for Samuel Ruggles, 03 Dec 1681; citing Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, p 23; FHL microfilm 741320..
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3. "Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHDV-D36 : accessed 19 May 2014), Samuel Ruggles, 01 Mar 1748; citing , reference 17; FHL microfilm 901881..
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