John RUCK

John RUCK

Male 1645 - 1694  (~ 49 years)

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  • Name John RUCK 
    Christened 19 Jan 1644/1645  Chilham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried Apr/Jun 1694  Tillingham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I5758  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2022 

    Father George RUCK,   c. 18 Mar 1610, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 20 Jan 1670, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Catherine WILSON,   bur. 24 Sep 1658, Boughton-Blean, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 26 Oct 1641  Throwley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F2048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth HUBBARD 
    Married 23 Nov 1675  Milton-next-Sittingbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth RUCK,   c. 5 Apr 1681, Milton-next-Sittingbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Anne RUCK,   c. 4 Nov 1683, Milton-next-Sittingbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F2055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S66] Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace, London, England, (England, Kew: The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office)), Folio 32, 29 Jun 1694.
      Will of John Ruck of Tillingham, Essex, Flaxman proved 29 June, 1694.


      IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, this four and twentieth day of April in the sixth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary, anno domini one thousand six hundred ninety four, I, JOHN RUCK, of Tillingham, in the County of Essex, flaxman, being sick and weak but of disposing mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament revoking all former Wills by me made and first and principally, I commit my body to the earth hoping assuredly through the merits of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to receive free pardon for all my sins,

      In primus I give and bequeath unto GEORGE RUCK second son to my brother GABRIEL RUCK of Molash [spelled Morelash in the Will] in the County of Kent all that my messuage or tenement with an acre and half of ground thereunto belonging lying and being on Stockett’s Hill joining unto Boughton-under-the-Blean in the said County of Kent to the use and behoofe of the said GEORGE RUCK, his heirs and assigns forever.

      All the rest of my goods and chattels whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my loving friend MR. JOHN HOLLINGSWOORTH of Tillingham, aforesaid, he paying first my debts and funeral expenses, whom I make Executor to this my last Will and Testament.

      In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.

      the mark of John Ruck


      Sealed, signed, delivered, published and declared to be
      my last Will and Testament in the presence of
      Richard Strutt, Richard Bratton, Hez: Jocelyn.


      PROBATUM fuit huismodi Testamentum apud London Vicesimo non die mensis Junii Anno Domini Millimo Sexcemno Nonagemo quarto coram venli vire Georgio Bramston Legum Dcore Surrogate venlis et egregii viri domini Richardi Raines Militis Legum etiam Doctoris curae Praerogative Cantuariensis Magri Custodis sive Commissarii ltime constituti juramente JOHANNIS HOLLINGWORTH, Executoris in huismodi Testamento nominat cui commissa fuit Admistraco onnimum et singulorum bonorum jurium et creditorum dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter adminstrand eadem ad sancta dei evangelia jurat, etc.


      PROBATE granted at London on the 29th day of the month of June, A.D. 1694 by George Bramston, Doctor of Laws and Surrogate to Sir Richard Raines, Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to John Hollingworth the Executor named in the Will he being first duly sworn to perform the same faithfully, etc.

    2. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Throwley, Kent, England, 26 Oct 1641.

      George Rucke and Katherine Wilson married