Deacon John Ruddock

Abt 1609 - 1693  (84 years)

• Name	John Ruddock
  Birth	Abt 1609  [6, 9]
  In 1664, he was 55 years old. [6]
  Immigration	1653 (44 years)  [6]
  History	say 1654 to say 1657 (45 years)	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  In 1640, he became a freeman. [2, 3, 4, 5, 10] In 1653/54, he and his horse took Capt. Leverett to the Manhatos. [5] He first appears on the Sudbury records in 1639. [1]
  History	say 1657 to death (48 years)	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  He was one of the original proprietors of Marlborough. in 1656, the following patition was sent to the colonial government: To ye Honord Governour, Deputy Governor, Magistrates, & Deputies of ye Generll Court now Assembled in Boston The humble Petition of severall of ye Inhabitants of Sudbury whose names are heere undr written Humbly Showeth That whereas yor Petitiors have lived divers yeares in Sudbury & God hath beene pleased to increase or Children wth are now divers of them growne to mans Estate, & wee many of us, growne into yeares : so as yt wee should bee glad to see them setled before ye Lord take us away from hence, as also God haveing given us some considerable quantity of Cattle ; so yt wee are so streightned yt wee cannott so Comfortably subsist, as could be desired ; & some of us haveing taken some paines to veiw the Country ; wee have found A place wch lyeth "Westwd about eight miles from Sudbury, wch wee conceive might bee comfortable for or Subsistance: Petition for ye It is therefore the humble request of yor Petitionrs to this honord Court : yt you would bee pleased to Graunt unto us — eight miles Square ; or so much Land as may containe to eight miles Square for to make A Plantation: If it shall please this honord Court to graunt or Petition, It is farthr then the request of yor Petitionrs to this honord Court that you will bee pleased to appoint mr Thomas Danforth or Lieftent ffisher to lay out the bounds of ye Plantation and wee shall sattisfy those whome this honord Court shall please to employ in it : So apprehending yor weighty occasio[n] wee shall not farther trouble this honord Court but sha[ll] ever pray for yo"' Happinesse Edmond Rice, Thomas King, John Ruddocke William Ward, John How, Peter Bent John Bent Senr, John Maynard, Thomas Goodenow John Woods, Edward Rice, Richard Newton Henry Rice That this is a true Coppy of an originall Petition presented to ye Generall Court May 1656: Lefte on file & thereto compared is Attestd Edward Rawson Secretar [3, 4, 7] In 1656, he was on a committee chosen "to put the affairs of ye ds. new Plantation in an orderly way." [4, 7] He was given 50 acres in the new town. [4] In 1657, he was one of the committee to convey lands at Whip Sufferage. [5] In 1664, Thomas Goodenow wrote his will mentioning his brother's Edmund Goodenow and John Ruddocke. [3] On 4 (8) 1664 [4 October 1664] he deposed giving his age as 55 years old. [5] In 1669, he was elected a Selectman and Town Clerk. He served as Town Clerk until King Philip's War. [2, 4, 10] In 1687, he was elected a Deacon in the Marlborough Church. [2, 4, 10] On 28 January 1692/93, he made his will. [5] On 15 March 1692/93, his will was probated. [5]
  Death	28 Jan 1693	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4, 11]
  Person ID, Branch	I23320
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Savage (1863) and Farmer (1829) give his death as September 1649. [2, 10]

  
  

Spouse / Partner 1	Dorothy Goodenow,   b. Abt 1613, Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England d. 9 May 1686, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 73 years)
Marriage	After 18 Feb 1633/34  [6]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 25 years and 2 months - She : ~ 21 years and 2 months.
Family ID	F8031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	5 Jul 2021




Spouse / Partner 2	Jane Brimsmead   d. 9 Feb 1688, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [6]
Marriage	30 Dec 1686	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [6]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 78 years - She : ??.
Family ID	F8032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	23 Nov 2019




Spouse / Partner 3	Rebecca   d. 25 Dec 1694, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [6]
Family ID	F8033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	23 Nov 2019




• Pedigree

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• Event Map		History - say 1654 to say 1657 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - say 1657 to death - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - 30 Dec 1686 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 28 Jan 1693 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1651] Chamberlain, George Walter. "Grantees and Settlers of Sudbury, Mass.", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume LX, 1906). [S1571] Farmer, John, Genealogical Register of First Settlers of New England, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Carter, Andrews, & Company, 1829). [S953] Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638-1889, Reprint of 1889 edition, (Sudbury, Massachusetts: The Sudbury Press, 1968). [S952] Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861 with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, (Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862). [S72] Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S263] Richardson, Douglas. "The Goodenow-Haynes Connection" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume LXI, 1985). [S1652] Spalding, Mary E. "Colonial Records of Marlborough, Mass.", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume LXII, 1908). [S1653] Spalding, Mary E. Colonial Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, (Boston: New England H. Franklin P. Rice, 1909). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). [S808] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume III, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861). [S1051] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin. P. Rice, 1908).