Mary Ruggles

Mary (Gibson) Ruggles was born May 29, 1637 to John and Rebecca (Thompson) Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was the second of five children born to the couple and also the second of three daughters.

On April 3, 1655, Mary became the first of three wives to John Ruggles of Roxbury. With John, she had four children:

• Mary, b. March 15, 1656, d. 1682; married John Searle of Roxbury
• John, b. May 19, 1657; first wife was Hannah Devotion, whom he married May 1, 1679
• Rebecca, b. Sept. 2, 1662
• Joseph, b. Dec. 25, 1669

Little is known about Mary as an individual. Her husband was a selectman and was one of the trustees of the Roxbury Free School, now known as the Roxbury Latin School.

Sources

• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston & Eastern Massachusetts. Boston: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1908.
• Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes & Institutions and Genealogical & Personal Memoirs. Boston: Lewis Publishing Co., 1907.
• Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. Boston: S. Usher [Private Printing], 1918.
• Wilson, Mehitable. John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts and His Descendants, 1634-1899. Boston: McGill & Wallace, 1900.