Hon. Edward Ruggles

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor #: A099755

Sharon Fehr:

from email July 2008

8. Hon. (Ensign) Edward Ruggles m. Lucy Spooner

(Lived and died at Hardwick, Mass. where his "traitor" brother had his estate confiscated)

Edward - an ensign

Son Timothy, captain

Son Edward, (our line) sergeant and captain

Son Daniel, lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army, 1779

--Sharon Fehr

Sharon Fehr in 1995. May need revision now:

from "Preachers, Politicians and Other Storytellers," page 12

Honorable Edward Ruggles' brother was Brigadier-General Timothy Ruggles, a determined loyalist. His son, our grandpappy, Sergeant Edward Ruggles, was in the Continental Army fighting against the loyalists and the British. In fact General Timothy Ruggles had six nephews who were officers in Washington's army.

  I can just imagine the spirited debates at Sunday dinner at their home with opposing viewpoints for the main course.  All would feel their stand was right.  All would be vocal.  . . . . maybe there was so much hostility that they wouldn't even sit down at the same table.

--Sharon Fehr