Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

Samuel Ruggles Jr.

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 92 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Ruggles   
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Fowle   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 20 Feb 1658/1659 
  • Christening Location:
  • Roxbury (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 25 Feb 1715/1716 
  • Death Location:
  • Roxbury (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Woodbridge
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Jul 1680 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Roxbury (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Samuel Ruggles (Ahnentafel No:46 )

  Timothy Ruggles

  Hannah Ruggles

  Sarah Ruggles

• Sources for Samuel Ruggles Jr.

  • ¹ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase) , New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008) , Roxbury, Vol. 1, p. 302, Birth record for son Timothy Ruggles.
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States , 1987, Vol. 4, p. 72, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register , 1878, Vol. 32, p. 293, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register , 1871, Vol. 25, p. 313, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁵ Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VII, T- Y , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2011) , 507.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 1 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998) , 193.
  • ⁷ Watson, Marston , Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 1, Governor Thomas Dudley and D escendants . . ., 2nd Ed. , Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2004) , 10, 29-30, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ⁸ Williams, Alicia Crane, ed. , Mayflowe r Families through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden , Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1999) , 516.