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| Although I am not a descendant of William Ruffin, some of his descendants married into my family.
Consequently, I have devoted Allied Family Topic RU to his family. |
William Ruffin, in his own words |
| If he could speak to us today, William Ruffin might describe his life as follows. |
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I was only 18 when I embarked for Virginia 24 July 1635 on the Assurance, settling in Isle of Wight County.  |
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The governor granted me 758 acres in Isle of Wight at the Cypress Swamp 4 May 1666, and, with Robert Coleman, I got another 938 acres the same day. I sold my part of the Coleman tract—450 acres—to Thomas Pope in 1668. |
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I made no will and was dead by 9 January 1674/5 when Robert Ruffin, my “son and heir” sought administration of my estate in Isle of Wight County. If I had daughters, their names have been lost to history. |
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Descendants of William Ruffin |
Information about the children of William Ruffin, their descendants, and allied families previously found at Virginians.com is
now available as Southside Virginia Genealogies.
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| Names found in this topic include the following. |
| | Robert Ruffin (c.1645-1693), |
| William Jewry, |
| Elizabeth (Prime) Watkins, George Watkins, Edmund Prime, William Ridley, |
| William Newsome, |
| William Hooker, |
| William Edwards, |
| Robert Ruffin, Elizabeth (—) Ruffin, Thomas White, |
| Col. John Ruffin, Martha Hamlin, |
| Roger Delk, William Melson, |
| Robert Ruffin, Mary Clack, |
| William Ruffin, Mary Bland, Lucy Cocke, |
| Theodorick Bland Ruffin, Susanna Murray, |
| Ann Ruffin, Hartwell Cocke, |
| Elizabeth Ruffin, George Nicholas, |
| John Ruffin, |
| George Nicholas, |
| Col. John Ruffin, |
| George Cogbill, |
| Martha Ruffin, Robert Newsom, |
| Martha Ruffin Newsom, Robert Cocke, Rev. Samuel Butler, |
| Thomas Ruffin, |
| Francis Ruffin, Hannah Cocke, John Cocke, Susanna Harris, William Harris, Nicholas Cocke, |
| John Ballard Jr., |
| John Ruffin, |
| Thomas Ruffin, |
| Robert Ruffin, |
| Hannah Ruffin, Caufield Seward, |
| Martha Ruffin, Thomas Edwards, |
| John Faulcon, |
| Elizabeth Ruffin, Reuben Butler, |
| Francis Ruffin, Mariah Wilson, |
| Edmund Ruffin, Ann (Simmons) Edmunds, Thomas Edmunds, |
| John Edmunds, Elizabeth (—) Ruffin, |
| Mary Ruffin, Nathaniel Harrison, |
| James Ruffin, |
| Elizabeth Ruffin, |
| Edmund Ruffin, Jane Skipwith, |
| George Ruffin, Jane Lucas, |
| Rebecca Cocke, |
| Edmund Ruffin, |
| Susan H. Travis, |
| Susan Ruffin, Dr. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, |
| Anne Ruffin, |
| Benjamin Ruffin, Lucy Simmons, Christopher Ford, Henry Barksdale, |
| Joseph Ruffin, |
| Benjamin Ruffin, Sarah Edmunds, |
| Lucy Ruffin, Dr. Robert Irvine, |
| Sarah Edmunds Irvine, |
| Polly Ruffin, |
| Mary Ruffin, |
| Martha Ruffin, |
| Elizabeth Ruffin, Kinchen, William Kinchen, |
| Matthew Kinchen, |
| Richard Cocke, |
| William Ruffin, Faith Gray, William Gray, Sarah (Crafford) Newsom, John Newsom, |
| William Ruffin, |
| Ethelred Ruffin, Mary Haywood, Col. William Haywood, |
| Henry John Grey Ruffin, Thomas Ruffin, |
| Robert Ruffin, Anne Bennett, Capt. William Bennett, |
| Faith Ruffin, |
| William Ruffin, Sarah Hill, |
| Anne Ruffin, Arthur Smith, |
| Olivia Ruffin, William Barrow, |
| Samuel Ruffin, |
| Elizabeth Ruffin, |
| Jane Ruffin, |
| Olive Ruffin, William Chambers, |
| | William Skipwith (1707-1764), |
| Sarah Peyton, |
| William Skipwith, |
| Sir Peyton Skipwith, Anne Miller, |
| Jean Miller, |
| Robert Skipwith, Elizabeth Nicholas, |
| George Nicholas Skipwith, |
| George Nicholas Skipwith, Mary Murray, |
| Henry Skipwith, |
| William Skipwith, |
| Henry Skipwith, Ann Robertson, Mrs. Elizabeth Hill (—) Dunbar, |
| Martha Wayles Skipwith, Edmund Harrison, |
| Mary Skipwith, Thomas Randolph, |
| Mary Skipwith, William Randolph, |
| Col. Richard Kidder Meade, Rev. William Meade, |
| Sarah Skipwith, Robert Kennon, |
| Elizabeth Skipwith, William Short, William Short, |
| Jane Skipwith, Edmund Ruffin, |
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| Notables |
This family topic includes the following notable individuals.
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Selected sources |
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Boddie, John Bennett. “Ruffin of Surry.” Virginia Historical Genealogies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1965:262-271. • Family of William Ruffin. |
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Boddie, Mrs. John Bennett. “Ruffin of Virginia, North Carolina, Middle Tennessee, Missouri and Oklahoma.” Historical Southern Families, 23:135-146. • Continuation of Family of William Ruffin from Virginia Historical Genealogies. |
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“Ruffin Family.” Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982(4):334-341. • Family of William Ruffin. |
Notes |
This topic, which represents .16% of all the family history material at Virginians.com,
includes 161 citations and the names of 153 individuals.
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