Martha (Woodbridge) Ruggles

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1. WikiTree Woodbridge-25 (sourced profile): Martha (Woodbridge) Ruggles, b. 15 Jun 1658 England, d. 1738 Billerica, daughter of John Woodbridge and Mercy (Dudley) Woodbridge; wife of Samuel Ruggles II (m. Roxbury 8 Jul 1680); her father named her in his will; children incl. Martha b. 1 Feb 1691 (d. 14 Sep 1740).

   Daughter of John Woodbridge and Mercy (Dudley) Woodbridge ... Wife of Samuel Ruggles II - married 8 Jul 1680 in Roxbury ... Her father named her in his will.

2. PARENTS LOCK: Vital Records of Roxbury (1925) births record Martha, daughter of Samuel and Martha Ruggles, born 1 Feb 1691/2 - the exact birth date Lane Genealogies gives for Deacon Job Lane's wife; Roxbury VR marriages record Mrs. Martha Ruggles m. Job Lane at Billerica 16 Dec 1713; Samuel jr. m. Martha Woodbridge 8 Jul 1680.

   RUGGLES, Martha, d. Samuel and Martha, Feb. 1, 1691-2.

3. Roxbury VR: Samuell Ruggles m. Hanna Fowles 10 Jan 1654 and m. 2nd Anna Bright 26 May 1670; 'Samuel, s. Samuel' bp. 20:12m:1658/9 - born while Hannah Fowle was the wife (she d. 1669, before the Bright marriage); Capt. Samuel d. 15 Aug 1692 a. 63 (the father) and Capt. Samuel d. 25 Feb 1715/16 a. 57 (the son).

   Samuell, jr., and Martha Woodbridge, July 8, 1680.

4. PARENTS LOCK: Bailey (1896) p.19: Martha Woodbridge, wife of Capt. Samuel Ruggles Jr. (m. 8 Jul 1680), was the tenth child of Rev. John Woodbridge and Mercy (Dudley) Woodbridge (5th child of Gov. Thomas Dudley); b. England c.1660; d. Billerica 1738 a. 78 at the home of her son Rev. Samuel Ruggles. Note: John Woodbridge of Newbury 1635, d. Newbury 1694/5.

   He married July 8, 1680, Martha Woodbridge, the tenth child of Rev. John & Mercy (Dudley) Woodbridge, who was the fifth child of Gov. Thomas Dudley. Martha was born in England about 1660 ... She died in Billerica, Mass. ... in 1738, aged 78