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About Thomas Rucker, Sr.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33549519/thomas_rucker
BIRTH
1693
Essex County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
1763 (aged 69–70)
Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Thomas Rucker died between 11 Jun 1763 (Will written) and 20 Oct 1763 (Probate date).
Children named in Will:
Thomas, Peter, Mary, John, Elisabeth, Martha, William, Muldin, Isaac, Easter, Franky, George
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Elizabeth "Eliza" REYNOLDS Rucker was the second wife, or more, of Thomas Rucker. This would mean that the children of Thomas Rucker which were born before 1753 are not children of Elizabeth "Eliza" REYNOLDS Rucker.
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The Rucker Family; Page 176
Will of Thomas Rucker, June 11, 1763, Oct. 20, 1763
"In the Name of God, Amen. June the eleventh day in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred sixty-three.
I, Thomas Rucker of Blumfield Parish in the county of Culpeper, having my sound and Perfect Sense of mind, and memory Thanks to the Almighty God for the same, and calling to mind the mortality of mankind and that all men must die, Therefore as Touching such Worldly Estate that it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this world with I do give and bequeath in manner and form following.
Imprimis. First and principally, I Bequeath my soul to the almighty God that gave it to me, and my Body to be Buried in a Christian like manner at the Direction of my Executors.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my well-beloved son John Rucker all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being in Culpeper County and Bound between Cornelius Rucker's line, Peter Rucker's Line, Michael Eharts Line, Thomas Rucker's Jun. his line, and the road that now parts it from the Land I now live on to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son George Rucker the Land and Plantation I now live on, it being Bounded by the Road that now is Thomas Rucker Jun. his line, the river and William Craford's line which said land and plantation I give to my son George and his heirs forever.
Item: But and in case my son John Rucker should die without heir then his Part as above mentioned shall be and I give the same unto my son William Rucker and if in the like case my son George Rucker should die without heir that the part laid off for him above mentioned shall be and I give the same to my son Muldin Rucker, the above two Parcels of Land shall be to my two said sons William and Muldin and their heirs for Ever if Either of the forementioned John Rucker and George Rucker should die without heirs as above mentioned.
Item: I will and Desire that my wife, Elizabeth Rucker shall have the work and I do lend her the two negroes, as shall be here mentioned (viz) Jack and Hannah which said negroes I do lend to my wife Elisabeth for and during her Natural Life and no Longer and After the Decease of my said wife Elisabeth then the said Negroes and future increase of the said Negroes Hannah if any shall be at the Decease of my wife shall return to my Estate and shall be as I shall hereafter mention.
I lend unto my wife Elisabeth my manner Plantation I now live on For and During her Natural Life and no Longer and at the Decease of my said Wife Elisabeth then the said Lands and Plantation to return to my son George as above mentioned.
Item: I lend to my wife Elisabeth all and Every of my Estate that Remained and Every of my Estate Personal and all and Every Negro shall be sold and then the money arising hereby shall be Equally Divided Between my Children as shall be hereafter named, Thomas, Peter, Mary, John, Elisabeth, Martha, William, Muldin, Isaac, Easter, Franky, George.
Item: I constitute Nominate and appoint my Two sons Peter and John to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament, utterly Revoking, Disallowing and Disannulling all former and other Wills, Testaments, Bequests, Legacies by me formerly made and done and allowing this and only this to be my last will and Testament. In Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written. Signed Thomas Rucker (W. B. A, P. 350), Culpeper Co.
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Death date of 11 Jun 1763 suggested on 20 Aug 2020 by Wallace L Boshaw Jr; FIND A GRAVE ID 49604962
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The date of 11 Jun 1763 given for his death is the date of his will. It wasn't probated until October 20 which means he probably didn't die until early October.
Contributor on 11 Jun 2022: Jan (47435774)
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Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Index, 1655-1900
Name: Thomas Rucker
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1753
Marriage Place: Richmond and Essex, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Rennolds
Comments: 1753, RUCKER, THOMAS Married Elizabeth, daughter of Martha Rennolds
Page: page 203
Thomas Rucker
- Gender: M
- Birth: 1683 / 1705- England / Essex, Virginia Colony
- Marriage: abt 1711/ 1753 - Essex County, Virginia
- Death: 1763 - Bromfield Parish, Culpepper, Virginia Colony
- Father: Peter Rucker
- Mother: Elizabeth (unknown)
- Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Rucker (born Reynolds)
Children:
- Cornelius Rucker
- John Rucker
- George Rucker
- Thomas Rucker
- Peter Rucker
- Mary Rucker
- William Rucker
- Muldin Rucker
- Isaac Rucker
- Frances Frankey Alexander (born Rucker)
Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rucker-134
Thomas Rucker was born in Essex, Colonial Virginia, a son of Peter Rucker and Elizabeth Fielding.
Other researchers believe that Thomas and his brother John Rucker were immigrates to American.[1]
Thomas and his mother were both mentioned in his father’s Will.[2] Brothers John and Thomas Rucker were heading ship loads of settlers to VA in the 1690's. John and Thomas each received 5,850 acres of land in 1699 when the normal grant was 50 acres with the option to buy 100 more. John was granted the title of Earl. He was co-founder of St. Mark's Parish.
On 27 May 1725, Thomas (of St. Anne Parish) bought 100 acres from James Taylor (of St. Stephen Parish, King and Queen County). He then sold this land to Henry Downs in 1727. According to Wood, Thomas was by this time living in King and Queen County, suggestion this is where the land was.[3] He patented 876 acres in Spotsylvania in 1730. He sold 476 acres of this to his brother John Rucker in 1732, and in 1737 Thomas and his wife "Elizabeth" along with James Rucker and Margaret, his wife, sold land to Charles Beasley.[4] This would prove that Thomas and Elizabeth were married prior to 1737. In 1739 he purchases 539 acres "on the North side of the Rapidan River, on Maple Run" from his brother John.
Thomas was appointed constable of Orange County on 28 May 1741.[5] That same year, he sold land to Robert Taliaferro. By 1747 he was living in St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, when he sold 123 acres to son William Rucker (this puts William's birth before 1726, as he would have had to be at least 21 years of age to own land). He then sold 90 acres to Thomas Coffee, "both of Orange [County]." In 1754 he patented 347 acres of "wash land." It would appear he then moved to Culpeper County, where he purchased 100 acres from Lewis Herndon and his wife. This land was on both sides of the Stanton River. On 16 Jul 1761, he is given as "of Culpeper" in a deed selling 240 acres to Michael Erhart.[6]
Thomas married Elizabeth Eliza Reynolds, born 1715, in Virginia. Elizabeth appears as "Sarah" in her father's Will [Cornelius' will read "to daughters Sarah, Annie, Margaret, Mary"; not sure how this is interpreted as "Elizabeth"] but as "Elizabeth Rucker" in her mother's will.[7] Marriage record for Elizabeth Reynolds and Thomas Rucker, Essex County VA married 1753.[8] Husband, Thomas Rucker was one of the executors for his mother-in-law.
If Thomas and Elizabeth Reynolds married in 1753, she CANNOT be the mother of his children. It is possible that the mother of Thomas's children may have been a "Mauldin," daughter (or sister) of Richard Mauldin who was a contemporary of Thomas Rucker, appearing in many land transactions in Orange County, between 1733 and 1745.
Thomas had 13 children (listed in the order they appear in their father's will, except for Cornelius who predeceased his father) NOTE: Wood gives no birth dates for any of Thomas's children.
- Cornelius Rucker, b. abt. 1730; d. bef. 1763; m. Mary White. [9]
- Thomas Rucker, Jr., d. bef. 23 Jun 1805, when his will was probated in Madison Co. VA;[10] m. Elizabeth (née unknown; some researchers say "Wisdom").
- Peter Rucker, b. bef. 1738, (Thomas deeded him 122 acres of land in Culpeper County on 15 Mar 1759) [11] m. Sarah (possibly Cowherd) and removed to Mississippi.
- Mary Rucker, d. aft. 1763
- John Rucker, b. abt. 1728; d. 1794; m. 1750, Mary Burton.[12]
- Elizabeth Rucker, d. aft. 1763
- Martha Rucker, d. aft. 1763
- William Rucker, b. bef. 1726 (Whitley gives DOB between 1720-1725) [13]; m. ___ Smith, dau. of Isaac and Margaret (Rucker) Smith.[14] Whitley states William married an "Elizabeth" in Culpeper County in 1744, and moved to Elbert County, Georgia where he died about 1834.[15]
- Mauldin Rucker, d. aft. 1763
- Isaac Rucker, d. aft. 1763
- Frances "Franky" Rucker; m. 1782, William Alexander [16]
- George Rucker, d. bef. 6 Nov 1815, when his will was probated; m. Catherine Ehart [17]
- Esther Rucker
Thomas was a slave owner as evidenced by his will which lists the following enslaved people lent to his wife, Elizabeth for the duration of her life following his death:
Negro Jack
Hannah Unknown (bef.1763-)
Thomas wrote his Will on 11 Jun 1763, in Culpepper County, Virginia (which was established in 1749).[18][19]
Notes
1731-1734 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book B; [William Armstrong Crozier];
Feby. 6, 1732. Thomas Rucker of Caroline Co. to John Rucker of Spts. Co. £20 ster., 476 a. St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co.—part of pat. granted sd. Thos. Rucker. Witnesses: Thos. Chew, Joseph Hawkins, Robert Turner. Feby. 6, 1732-3. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Rucker, acknowledged her dower, etc.
Comments
Other researchers suggest Elizabeth's maiden name was Tinsley. Elizabeth Tinsley The marriage record for Thomas Rucker and Elizabeth Reynolds gives a date of 1753.[1] This would mean that Elizabeth Reynolds was not the mother of Thomas's children.
References
- https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I6877...
- http://www.theruckerfamilysociety.org/
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rucker-134
- Wilkerson, Eva Eubank. Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia, 1655-1900. Richmond, VA, USA: Clearfield Co., 1953.
- 1753, RUCKER, THOMAS Married Elizabeth, daughter of Martha Reynolds [p. 203]
- 1753, RENNOLDS, ELIZABETH Daughter of Martha, married Thomas Rucker [p. 197]
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Thomas Rucker, Sr.'s Timeline
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1683
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Gloucester, England
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1728
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Spotsylvania County, Virginia, British Colonial America
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1731
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Orange County, Virginia
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1735
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Orange County, Virginia
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1739
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Orange County, Virginia, Colonial America
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1740
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Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States
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1744
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October 20, 1763
Age 80
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Bromfield Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia, British Colonial America
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1765
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Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
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