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Family Subtree Diagram : Descendants of John Rucker (1680)

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In this same neighborhood there was a John Venton with 1000 acres in 1728. He mentions as neighbors:


Michael Raffer (Kaifer),
Jacob Priall (Broyles),
Michael Holt, and
John Rucker.
Three of these four men are known Germans.

Peter died in 1743 and left several heirs, one of which was John, who is mentioned above. John was very active politically. He (John) had a sister, Mary, who married William Offill which sounds a lot like the German Apfel (i.e., Apple). A niece of John, Mary, married William Vawter, a family with connections to the Germans. John Rucker's sister, Margaret, married Isaac Smith (English), and this family had many German connections also.

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In the year 1700 four shiploads carrying seven hundred passengers sailed f rom Gravesend, England, for the journey to the colonies. The ships land ed in Jamestown 1700. John and his brother Thomas were the leaders of t he passengers. The vessel in which John was sailing was wrecked in Jamesto wn Bay off the coast of Virginia and John floated for three days on a pie ce of driftwood, being picked up by a passing vessel. John's reward for h is role in bringing so many settlers to the new world was a grant from t he King of England of 5850 acres in what was then Orange County (now Amher st County including land that is now home to Sweet Briar College.)

John became a naturalized citizen in 1702 by a proclamation of the Gener al Assembly.

With John Lightfoot established St. Mark's Parish, in Orange County (now G reene County). Scott, in his History of Orange, says "John Lightfoot and J ohn Rucker were ordered to pitch on a place near some good spring" in 173 1. Scott ways this is the old church near Ruckersville in Greene County.

John was a vestryman and very influential member of the church. He was a C aptain in the Colonial Militia of Orange County in 1740. He deeded land f or Rucker's Chapel in 1745.

John had 12 children. In his will he left 1 shilling to his daughter Marga ret Smith. He greatly disapproved of her marriage to Isaac Smith.

Feby. 6, 1734. John Rucker of St. Mark's Parish, Spots. Co., to Peter Ruck er, Elizabeth Rucker, Peter Rucker, Jnr., and Ephraim Rucker. 20 pounds st erling currency, 420 acres--remainder of a patent granted said John Rucke r, in St. Mark's Par., Spots. Co. "Peter and Elizabeth Rucker, during the ir Natural lives, and afterwards to Peter Rucker, Junr., and Ephraim Rucke r," etc. Witnesses: G. Home, Joseph Delaney, John Johnson.

Feby. 6, 1733-4. John Rucker of St. Mark's Pa., Spots. Co., "to my siste r, Mary Rucker," love and affection and 1 pound sterling, To "Mary Ruck er and William Offall, her lawful husband," etc., etc. 100 acres in St. Ma rk's Parish Spots. Co. Dated, Feby. 6, 1730. Recd. Feby. 6, 1733-4. Witnes ses: G. Home, Joseph Delaney, John Johnson.

March 5, 1733. John Rucker of Spots. Co. to Phillip Stockdale of St Anne 's Par., Essex Co. 21 pounds sterling 5 shillings currency and 6000 lbs. t obacco 703 acres--150 acres thereof part of a patent granted said Rucker A ugt. 17, 1727, and 553 acres part of a patent granted Thos. Rucker June 1 6, 1730, and sold and made over to said John Rucker, as by Deeds, Feb y. 5, 1732. In Spots. Co. Thomas Chew, James Cox, Charles Stevens, witness es. Susannah, wife of John Rucker acknowledged her dower, etc.

His will:

In the name of God Amen. I John Rucker of St. Marks Parish in the coun ty of Orange a Planter, being weak in body but of perfect mind and memo ry and knowing that it is appointed to all men to die once, do make and or dain this my last will and testament in manner and form following:

Imprimis I do order that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid a nd satisfied . Item: I give to my well beloved wife Susannah Rucker four N egro by name of Bristol , Tony, Doll and Sue and one third part of my hous ehold and furniture and stock horses excepted, one horse I give to my wi fe named Roger. The four mentioned Negro to remain my wife's no longer th en her widowhood after to be sold and divided as the rest of my Estate her eafter mentioned.

Item. I give to my son Peter Rucker one black horse called Jockey and h is choice of my guns.

Item. I give to my son John Rucker one grey Horse called Oglesby and a g un the next choice after his brother.

Item. I give to Thomas Wright Belfield one lot in Fred K urg No.5 to him a nd his heirs forever.

My desire is that one half of my land on the branches of the James River m ay be sold by my Executors for six months credit to the highest bidder lik ewise my wagon and five horses and horse kinds in the same manner in ord er to pay my debts. I likewise leave my dwelling house and land thereun to adjoining to be sold at the direction of my Executors if my debts cann ot be complied with, if they can the dwelling house and land to rema in my wife's during her widowhood and if she marrys to be sold by way of a uction.

Item. I give to my well beloved sons Peter Rucker , John Rucker , Ambro se Rucker, Benj. A. Rucker, Rueben Rucker, Isacc Rucker, Anthony Rucker a nd to their heirs forever half the land I hold in the branches of the Jam es River to be equally divided between the seven brothers.

The rest of my Estate I desire may be equally divided between my beloved c hildren as follows: Peter Rucker, John Rucker , Sarah Rucker, Winifred Ruc ker, Ambrose Rucker, Benj. Rucker, Rueben Rucker, Isacc Rucker, Anthony Ru cker, Mildred Rucker, Phebe Rucker to them and their heirs forever.

Item I give to my daughter Margaret Smith one shilling Sterl.

And lastly I do constitute and appoint my beloved wife Susanah my Execut or and my beloved son Peter Rucker and my beloved friend George Tayl or my whole and sole Executors of this my last will and testament hereby r evoking and disallowing all other wills and testaments by me made and conf irming this my last will and testament. In witness thereof I have now s et my hand and seal this XI day of January 1742.

Signed and Sealed and Published in the presence of: Robert Seagre Joseph H awkins Richard Cross.

John Rucker Seal
 Harry Worthington Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree John Horn Ballard Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1893 - 1980 Russell Ward Ballard 86 86 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1893 - 1993 Ethel Marion Horn 99 99 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1855 - 1916 Elbert Surveyor Ballard 60 60 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1860 - 1928 Mary Susannah Lee 67 67 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Howard Orville Ballard Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1882 Harry Lee Ballard Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1884 Loey Belle Ballard Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Roy Worthington Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1868 - (UNKNOWN) Eliza Ward Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1830 - (UNKNOWN) William Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Mina Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree ? Woods Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1837 - (UNKNOWN) William Taylor Ward Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1762 - (UNKNOWN) John Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1767 - 1818 Nancy Ann Shelton 51 51 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1838 - 1904 John Miller Lee 66 66 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1841 - 1872 Mary Angeline Edwards 31 31 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1866 - (UNKNOWN) Thomas Lee Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Ann Lee Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1862 - 1898 William Lee 36 36 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Loey Lee Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Elizabeth Lee Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1800 - (UNKNOWN) Ezekiel Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1807 - (UNKNOWN) Mary (Polly) Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Betsy Ann Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Dave Dodson Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Walter Lee Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Leonard Dodson Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Oscar Dodson Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Elmer Dodson Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Henry Curtis Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1842 - (UNKNOWN) Ezekiel Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1836 - (UNKNOWN) Mahalie (Mahulu) Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1837 - (UNKNOWN) Nancy C. Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1849 - (UNKNOWN) Amanda "Mandy" Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1831 - (UNKNOWN) John Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1839 - (UNKNOWN) James Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1846 - (UNKNOWN) Austin Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1847 - (UNKNOWN) Samuel Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1833 - (UNKNOWN) Francis "Frankie" Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1850 - (UNKNOWN) George Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Douglas Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. 1918 Adrian Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Henry Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Grover Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Jenny Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Harry Curtis Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Edith Curtis Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Florence Curtis Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1723 - 1801 Margaret Rucker 78 78 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (Deceased) Isaac Smith Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1728 - (UNKNOWN) Sarah Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (Deceased) Alexander Marr Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1730 - (UNKNOWN) Winifred Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) John Lea Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1733 - 1810 Benjamin Rucker 77 77 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Betty Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1735 - (UNKNOWN) Reuben Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Mildred Tinsley Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1740 - 1821 Anthony Rucker 81 81 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1735 - 1802 Rebecca Burgess 66 66 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1737 - 1815 Mildred Hawkins 78 78 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1737 - (UNKNOWN) Isaac Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1678 - (Deceased) Susanna Phillips Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1752 - 1796 Benjamin Plunkett 44 44 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. 1792 Winifred Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1754 - 1796 Sarah 'Sallie' Plunkett 42 42 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 4 JAN 1750/51 - 1814 John III Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1737 - 1818 Mary Headley (Hedley) 81 81 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1735 - 1803 Ambrose Rucker 68 68 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1725 - 1781 John II Rucker 56 56 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1728 - 1798 Eleanor Mildred Warren 70 70 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1766 - (UNKNOWN) Mary Foster Terrell Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1765 - 1785 Reuben Rucker 20 20 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1722 - 1794 Peter Rucker 72 72 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1742 - 1773 Elizabeth Terrell 31 31 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1785 - (UNKNOWN) Ambrose Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1785 - (UNKNOWN) Reuben Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1785 - (UNKNOWN) Edmund Terrell Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Jane Brown Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1789 - (UNKNOWN) Nancy Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) John Henderson Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1820 - 1892 William Henderson 71 71 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1820 - (UNKNOWN) Richmond Harvey Carroll Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1822 - (UNKNOWN) Reuben Terrell Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1824 - (UNKNOWN) Samuel Brown Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Martha McGaughy Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1840 - (UNKNOWN) Edmund Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1840 - (UNKNOWN) Samuel Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1840 - (UNKNOWN) Oscar Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1840 - (UNKNOWN) Mary Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1840 - (UNKNOWN) Emma Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1840 - (UNKNOWN) Laura Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1840 - (UNKNOWN) Ida Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1840 - (UNKNOWN) Augusta Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Martha Ann Paul Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. 1931 Sarah Henderson Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Joseph Pyle Wiggins Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Dudley Howard Wiggins Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1845 - 1933 William Rossman Henderson 87 87 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Willis Craig Henderson Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Ephraim Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1780 - (UNKNOWN) Agnes Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1780 - (UNKNOWN) Benjamin Ogden Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Armistead Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Elizabeth Richeson Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1770 - 1839 Abner Rucker 69 69 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Nancy Morton Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Nancy Miller Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1776 - (UNKNOWN) Ann Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Jesse Richeson Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1778 - (UNKNOWN) Amelia Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Bartlett Eads Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1781 - 1867 Absolem Rucker 86 86 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Nancy Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1794 - (UNKNOWN) Betsy Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1795 - 1845 Agatha Rucker 50 50 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Isaac Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1797 - (UNKNOWN) Anthony Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Rebecca Eads Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1803 - (UNKNOWN) Jeremiah Rucker Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1804 - 1884 Julius Morton Rucker 79 79 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1811 - 1885 Sarah Louisa Kirkpatrick 73 73 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1807 - 1832 Jonathan M. Rucker 25 25 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1772 - 1844 Reuben Rucker 72 72 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. 1821 Elizabeth Carter Dawson Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1809 - 1889 Isaac Martin Rucker 80 80 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree 1836 - 1920 Adeline Virginia Tweedu 84 84 Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree D. (UNKNOWN) Nancy Hubbard Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Betsy Ann Edwards Downloaded from the Nick Hayes-Sue Drake family tree Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.