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 Abt 1540 - Abt 1589 (~ 49 years)
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| Name |
William RUCK |
| Born |
Abt 1540 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
Abt May 1589 |
Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England  |
| Person ID |
I5285 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
14 Feb 2022 |
| Father |
John RUCK, b. 1513, bur. 15 Jul 1600, Sheldwich, Kent, England (Age ~ 87 years) |
| Mother |
Johan, bur. 9 Jun 1561, Sheldwich, Kent, England |
| Married |
Abt 1535 |
| Family ID |
F1439 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ann FOWLER OR FULLER |
| Married |
18 Jul 1561 |
Selling, Kent, England [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Mildred ^ RUCK, c. 18 Jan 1564, Selling, Kent, England , bur. Feb 1565, Selling, Kent, England (Age ~ 1 years) |
| | 2. Margaret RUCK, c. 30 Jun 1566, Selling, Kent, England |
| | 3. John RUCK, c. 19 Jul 1569, Chilham, Kent, England , d. Aft 7 Apr 1628 (Age ~ 59 years) |
| | 4. Thomasine RUCK, b. Bef 1589 |
| | 5. Martha RUCK, b. Jan/Apr 1591 |
| | 6. William RUCK, b. Bef 1589, bur. Aft May 1589 (Age > 1 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1913 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- This William was definitely deceased prior to the Wills left during 1591 and the following grant of administration may confirm this suspicion:
Canterbury act books, vol 3, 1584/5-1591, 69a Administration of the goods of William Ruck, Senior [sic] of Boughton-under-Blean to Ann Ruck, relative; Hamon Ruck of Selling, husbandman; and William Ruk [sic], of Boughton-under-Blean, pointmaker, bound in GB50 granted 21 January 1589.90. Inventory value GB24.18.10.
Furthermore, I have now re-thought the William Ruck and Anne Fowler/Fuller placement within the Rucke family numerous times and I am now more convinced than ever that that William was the son of John and Johan Ruck, many of whose children remained in the Selling-Sheldwich area. Having had the Will (30 May 1567) of William Ruck of Boughton-Blean for many years, I already knew that Ciriack [many and varied spellings on this name] was his son. I just wanted to be sure that I had the correct wife - Margaret, now known to be Margaret nee Carter. So, the two Williams can now be seen to be quite separate and distinct individuals.
For future reference, I came to my conclusion of which William was which, based on the Will of John Ruck of Boughton-Blean probated 27 February 1573 O.S.. That Will confirms that John had brothers Ciriack, Adam, and Matthew. Therefore, the Testator of the Will had to be the son of William Ruck of Boughton and not the son of John Ruck of Preston-Faversham.
The Will of John Ruck of Preston-Faversham (dated 1 Jan 1590 O.S. but probated 14 April 1591) confirms, foremost, that he was the son of John Rucke of Shepherd's Fostal. It also confirms that he died without having married or having had issue. In that Will, John left certain bequests to the children of his deceased brother, William. In all, the children of that William were named as being John, Margaret and Thomasin.
In 1599 John Rucke of Selling, father of this above-mentioned John left his Will naming one additional child of the deceased William - Martha. The event of Martha's addition to William's family would have to place William's own death likely shortly before 1 Jan 1590 O.S. with the birth of Martha occuring at some time over the next nine months. By 1610, however, the Will of Thomasin fails to mention any bequests to any of her deceased step-son William's children, more or less indicating that all of William's line had failed to survive up to that time. While the lack of a bequest to what would have been Thomasine's step-grandchildren is not concrete evidence of the demise of those not named, generally, during the 16th and 17th centuries it was quite common practice for a second marriage partner to be deemed to be the parent or grandparent of any children from a spouse's previous marriage. Accordingly, I find it to be highly unusual that, should any of William's children have been alive at the time of Thomasine's own decease, that some token bequest was not made to those children by Thomasine.
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| Sources |
- [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Selling, Kent, England, LDS Film 2354740, 18 Jul 1561 NS.
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