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Benjamin RUCK

Benjamin RUCK[1]

Male 1740 - 1799  (~ 59 years)

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  • Name Benjamin RUCK 
    Christened 12 Jan 1740  Loose, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 18 Feb 1799  Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6620  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2020 

    Father Daniel RUCK,   c. 1 Jun 1711, Elham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth AUSTIN,   b. Of Stockbury Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 7 Apr 1735  Stockbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • he of Westwell, she a sojourner in the parish of Stockbury. They paid 0.5.0. for the marriage.
    Family ID F2044  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah HOUGHTON,   b. Of Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. pre-25 Jan 1799 
    Married 15 Feb 1762  Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Benjamin RUCK,   c. 28 Dec 1762, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 1 Aug 1803, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years)
     2. Daniel RUCK,   c. 30 Nov 1764, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 5 Apr 1799, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years)
     3. John ^ RUCK,   c. 23 Dec 1765, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 26 Dec 1765, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     4. Mary RUCK,   c. 9 Nov 1766, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. d-pre 25 Mar 1771  (Age ~ 4 years)
     5. Elizabeth RUCK,   c. 11 Mar 1769, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Charles RUCK,   c. 26 Dec 1770, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 16 Feb 1792, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
     7. Edward RUCK,   bur. 10 Apr 1777, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F2275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Benjamin was a bricklayer working at Maidstone by 1776 having purchased his freeman's status in that town during 1771.

      Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury Vol.67 folio 124, Probate 15 Aug 1799 Benjamin Ruck the elder of Maidstone, bricklayer, will dated 25 Jan 1799 to be buried at Leeds near my late wife John Boys of Teston?, carpenter, executor nephew John Ruck of Maidstone, bricklayer, executor occupier Robert Woollett, Stone Street, Maidstone occupier Steed, St Faiths Green occupiers Collens, Anthony Lockey, Falconer, Pearce, Miles and Thomas Henderson, Stone Street occupiers William Mercer, George Smith, George Highland, Widow Johnson, Tilbe, Joshua Lanes, Broomfield at Stone Street children Benjamin, Daniel and Elizabeth wife of Thomas Sloman of Maidstone, wheelwright Witnessed by Charles Topping - Robert Bewley - John Hill - E.H. Steed 2 Codicils dated 25 Jan 1799 with same witnesses.

  • Sources 
    1. [S104] Settlement Certificates, Church of England, Province of Canterbury, (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.: Genealogical Society of Utah), Maidstone Parish Chest, LDS Film #1736866, 25 Mar 1771.
      Settlement certificate given to Langley parish, Kent, England, certifying the settlement of Benjamin Ruck, his wife, Sarah and their children: Daniel, Elizabeth and Charles, at Maidstone.

    2. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Maidstone, Kent, England, 1762.
      Marriage banns read 17, 24 and 31 January 1762 at Maidstone for the intended marriage of Benjamin Ruck bachelor of Leeds and Sarah Houghton, a spinster of Maidstone.


  

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