Deacon John Ruddock

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1653
• History: say 1654 to say 1657, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• History: say 1657 to death, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Death: Savage (1863) and Farmer (1829) give his death as September 1649.

Birth:
In 1664, he was 55 years old.

History:
In 1640, he became a freeman.

In 1653/54, he and his horse took Capt. Leverett to the Manhatos.

He first appears on the Sudbury records in 1639.

History:
He was one of the original proprietors of Marlborough. in 1656, the following patition was sent to the colonial government:

To y^e Hono^rd Governour, Deputy Governo^r, Magistrates, & Deputies of y^e Gener^ll Court now Assembled in Boston

The humble Petition of severall of y^e Inhabitants of Sudbury whose names are heere und^r written Humbly Showeth That whereas yo^r Petitio^rs have lived divers yeares in Sudbury & God hath beene pleased to increase o^r Children w^th are now divers of them growne to mans Estate, & wee many of us, growne into yeares : so as y^t wee should bee glad to see them setled before y^e Lord take us away from hence, as also God haveing given us some considerable quantity of Cattle ; so y^t wee are so streightned y^t wee cannott so Comfortably subsist, as could be desired ; & some of us haveing taken some paines to veiw the Country ; wee have found A place w^ch lyeth "Westw^d about eight miles from Sudbury, w^ch wee conceive might bee comfortable for o^r Subsistance: Petition for ye It is therefore the humble request of yo^r Petition^rs to this hono^rd Court : y^t yo^u would bee pleased to Graunt unto us — eight miles Square ; or so much Land as may containe to eight miles Square for to make A Plantation: If it shall please this hono^rd Court to graunt o^r Petition, It is farth^r then the request of yo^r Petition^rs to this hono^rd Court that yo^u will bee pleased to appoint m^r Thomas Danforth or Lieften^t ffisher to lay out the bounds of y^e Plantation and wee shall sattisfy those whome this hono^rd Court shall please to employ in it : So apprehending yo^r weighty occasio[n] wee shall not farther trouble this hono^rd Court but sha[ll] ever pray for yo"' Happinesse

Edmond Rice, Thomas King, John Ruddocke
William Ward, John How, Peter Bent
John Bent Sen^r, John Maynard, Thomas Goodenow
John Woods, Edward Rice, Richard Newton
Henry Rice

That this is a true Coppy of an originall Petition presented to y^e Generall Court May 1656: Lefte on file & thereto
compared is Attest^d

Edward Rawson Secreta^r


In 1656, he was on a committee chosen "to put the affairs of ye ds. new Plantation in an orderly way."

He was given 50 acres in the new town.

In 1657, he was one of the committee to convey lands at Whip Sufferage.

In 1664, Thomas Goodenow wrote his will mentioning his brother's Edmund Goodenow and John Ruddocke.

On 4 (8) 1664 [4 October 1664] he deposed giving his age as 55 years old.

In 1669, he was elected a Selectman and Town Clerk. He served as Town Clerk until King Philip's War.

In 1687, he was elected a Deacon in the Marlborough Church.

On 28 January 1692/93, he made his will.

On 15 March 1692/93, his will was probated.

John married Dorothy Goodenow after 18 Feb 1633/34. Dorothy (daughter of Thomas Goodenow and Ursula) was born about 1613 in Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England; died on 9 May 1686 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Jane Brimsmead on 30 Dec 1686 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Jane died on 9 Feb 1688 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rebecca. Rebecca died on 25 Dec 1694 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]