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William E. Ruddick

b. ABOUT 1723 · probably Chester Co., Pennsylvania  |  d. ABOUT 1805 · Carroll Co., Virginia

Parents

Events

Birth
ABOUT 1723 · probably Chester Co., Pennsylvania[1][2]
Death
ABOUT 1805 · Carroll Co., Virginia[1]

Family

Spouse: Anna Cox · m. 23 Aug 1746 · Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania

Children:

  1. Joseph Ruddick (ABOUT 1747–ABOUT 1800)
    m. Phebe Alice Mecca · 21 Dec 1774 · Center
  2. Benjamin Ruddick (ABOUT 1749–)
  3. William E. Ruddick (ABOUT 1751–8 Oct 1798)
    m. Lydia
  4. Solomon Ruddick (ABOUT 1753–ABOUT 1825)
    m. Ann Bedsaul · 26 Sep 1778 · Montgomery Co., Virginia
    Children: Elisha Ruddick (1779–1845); William Ruddick (1781–1863); Jesse Ruddick (1784–1870); John Ruddick (1786–); Mary Ruddick (1787–1855); Ann Ruddick (1789–1826)
    m. Amy · ABOUT 1797 · Grayson Co., Virginia
  5. John H. Ruddick (ABOUT 1755–15 Jun 1829)
    m. Catherine Cox (–(about winter 1825)) · ABOUT 1780 · Warrington, Pennsylvania
    Children: William Ruddick (1785–1852); Lydia Reddick (1787–1858)
  6. Hardy Ruddick (ABOUT 1758–ABOUT 1798)
    m. Mourning Turner
  7. Robert Ruddick (ABOUT 1760–)
  8. Jane Ruddick (ABOUT 1761–)
    m. Levi Coleman · 16 Nov 1782

Notes

He was a quaker. Moved from PA to North Carolina. From North Carolina, moved to Virginia, where he is found on early Virginia tax records. Timeline: *14 Feb 1745: He has 50 acres surveyed in Lancaster Co., PA. *23 Aug 1746: Marries Ann Cox *1759: Moves to NC (his mother and several siblings had already moved there in the preceeding years). They settled near the Cane Creek MM, but further east than his siblings. Spring 1770: His family becomes members of the New Garden MM. *1772, he build a home in Fincastle Co. (which later became Montgomery Co., then Wythe Co., 1790, Grayson Co., 1792, and eventually Carroll Co.), on the banks of Chestnut creek near present day Piper's Gap in Carroll Co., Virginia, along the border of Surry Co., NC. They became members of the Tom's Creek MM in Surry Co., NC. *?? Help to found and joined the Mt. Pleasant MM near their home. *1790, he was in Montgomery Co., near Wythe Co., Va. *1792, moved to Grayson CO., Va. c1796 or c1805: Estimates for his date of death [Sources: Hanneman, 1993; Ruddicks of Benton Cty, Arkansas, http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/3869/Ruddick.html, which cites Ruddick-Hanks deed]. During the revolutionary war, William did not take the oath of allegiance to the rebellion's cause. This was apparently a result of his Quaker interpretation of biblical injunctions, "swear not at all" and "above all things my brethren, swear not", in which Quaker's found such oaths to be in conflict with their pursuit of truth. However, William Rudduck Sr., was found in Capt. Flower Swift's company of Quakers, but noted as being "not fit enough to serve."

Sources

  1. Ruddicks of Benton Cty, Arkansas . http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/3869/Ruddick.html
  2. The Ruddick Family in America . 1993, Oakland, Calif. http;//members.nbci.com/_XMCM/mak65/ruddick/desc01.htm