Rhoda Sprague
Rhoda was born on January 4th, 1784 in St. Johnbury, VT, USA.1 Rhoda's father was Benjamin Sprague and her mother was Hannah Barnes. Her paternal grandparents were Nicholas Sprague and Sarah Walker; her maternal grandparents were Thomas Barnes and Rachel Barrett. She had five brothers and three sisters, named Benjamin, Armanda, John, Doctor Alden, Lowell, Sally, Susannah Corners and Hannah. She was the second oldest of the nine children. She died at the age of 67 on April 19th, 1851 in Berlin Twp, OH USA.General Notes
Rhoda Sprague married Alexander Case Jr. about 1804. They had three children: Harlow born in Vermont, LYMAN born in New York, and Sarah Eliza born in Massachusetts.
About 1812, after Alexander's death, she married Capt. Aaron C. Buck. They were parents of Esther Buck.
Rhoda was administrator of the estate of Aaron C. Buck, bond posted 21 Mar 1816 and settled 24 Oct. 1817.
In 1816 she married Almon Ruggles, a widower with two daughters, Rebecca and Betsey.
Rhoda and Almon had two sons, Charles and Richard Ruggles.
Eight children of these four families were raised together as one family. "Mrs. Almon Ruggles was a woman of remarkable executive ability. Spinning, weaving and making garments for her large family, in connection with her ordinary household duties, occupied her time for many years. A good neighbor and a good mother, according to her son R. Ruggles of Ceylon, Ohio."
Rhoda Ruggles died at the age of 67.
A painting of the Ruggles family hangs in the Ohio Historical Society.:
!Sources: 1840 Census Vermillion twp. Erie Co., Ohio; 1850 Census, Vermillion twp. Erie Co., Ohio, p 433; " The Firelands Pioneer", Norwalk, Ohio, June 1863, p. 85; Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, Ed: "Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve", Women's Dept. of the Cleveland Centennial Commission, Dec 1896, p. 585; Firelands Historical Society: "The Firelands Pioneer", June 1863, p 85; Will of Rhoda Ruggles, #53, Erie Co., Ohio Probate Court, Sandusky, Estate #99; Photograph of Tombstone, Oak Bluff Cemetary, Berlin twp, Erie Co., Ohio; W. W. Williams: "History of the Firelands", 1879, p. 488; Inventory of estate of Aaron C. Buck, and Settlement papers, Huron Co., Court of Common Pleas file 21 Mar 1816; Margaret Manor Butler: "A Pictorial History of The Western Reserve 1796-1860" (The painting of the Ruggles family), Cleveland, 1963, p. 9; Marriage Book A, Huron County Probate Court; Henry R. Timmons, Huron Co. Historian.:
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.21 May 1685 in , , , England d.1740 in Ballerica, , Massachusetts, USA
- b.1698 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.31 Mar 1768 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.29 Dec 1722 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d.10 Feb 1800 in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
- b.1601 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d.22 Oct 1678 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
- b.1655 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.28 Nov 1743 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.1605 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, , England d.01 May 1661 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
- b.12 Jul 1698 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.15 Nov 1744 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.10 May 1629 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, , England d.19 Oct 1678 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
- b.12 Jul 1657 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d.01 Jan 1737 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- b.1633 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d.02 Apr 1657 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
- b.28 Dec 1752 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.22 Jun 1839 in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
- b.10 Oct 1645 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.Jul 1729 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.29 Oct 1686 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.02 Aug 1750 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.15 Apr 1650 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.26 Jan 1729 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.14 Mar 1726 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d.23 Nov 1796 in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
- b.15 Mar 1659 in Woburn,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA d.24 Jan 1719 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.31 Mar 1694 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.1731 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.27 Jul 1643 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d.05 Mar 1718 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- b.22 Oct 1667 in Woburn,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA d.28 Sep 1736 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.07 Feb 1647 in Woburn,Middlesex,Massachusetts,USA d.24 Oct 1708 in Norwich,New London,Connecticut,USA
- b.04 Jan 1784 in St. Johnbury, VT, USA d.19 Apr 1851 in Berlin Twp, OH USA
- b.1602 in Hingham, Norfolk, , England d.29 Nov 1672 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- b.06 Jun 1652 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d.17 May 1742 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- b.1615 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d.13 Dec 1672 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- b.10 Dec 1685 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d.25 Apr 1760 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
- b.1625 in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d.21 Oct 1683 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- b.08 May 1656 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d.20 Dec 1729 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- b.1630 in Cohaset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d.20 Dec 1710 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
- b.1722 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d.16 Feb 1805 in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
- b.1620 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d.03 Aug 1664 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- b.22 Apr 1654 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d.26 Sep 1716 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
- b.1622 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d.03 Aug 1664 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- b.1698 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.11 Feb 1772 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
- b.1670 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d.17 Jan 1756 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
- b.23 Mar 1759 in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA d.25 Dec 1839 in Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
- b.1619 in England d.08 Dec 1702 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.25 Mar 1662 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d.28 Nov 1743 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.1630 in Braintree, Massachusetts d.27 May 1694 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.Mar 1689 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d.09 Jul 1761 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- b.Oct 1664 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d.06 Apr 1745 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- b.17 Feb 1723 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.26 Apr 1777 in Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
- b.1601 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d.22 Oct 1678 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
- b.1655 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.28 Nov 1743 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.1605 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, , England d.01 May 1661 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
- b.21 Dec 1692 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d.29 Apr 1785 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- b.10 May 1629 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, , England d.19 Oct 1678 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
- b.12 Jul 1657 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d.01 Jan 1737 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- b.1633 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d.02 Apr 1657 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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Rhoda and Almon were married in a religious ceremony on May 14th, 1816. They had two sons named Charles and Richard.
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Children
Charles Ruggles
Charles was born about 1819 in Vermillion, Huron County, Ohio.2 He died about 1875. He was buried in Oak Bluff Cem., Berlin twp., Erie Co., Ohio.2 2
Richard Ruggles
Richard was born on May 17th, 1827 in Vermillion, Erie County, Ohio.3 He died at the age of 76 on December 9th, 1903 in Ruggles Beach, Erie, Ohio. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Berlin Heights, Erie County, Ohio.3 3
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