Thomas RUCK^{[1, 2, 3]}

1747 - 1812  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Thomas RUCK
  Born	Jul 1747	Westwell, Kent, England
  Christened	6 Aug 1747	Westwell, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1582ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C3567CD
  Buried	31 May 1812	Ospringe, Kent, England   [4]
  Person ID	I1516	YoungFamily
  Last Modified	29 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Edward RIGDEN,   c. 1726, Ashford, Kent, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary RUCK,   c. 17 May 1727, Westwell, Kent, England
  Relationship	Birth
  _UID	AD4C1BA095D8D811B6EAA99745C652347B68
  Family ID	F2270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth BROADBRIDGE,   c. 4 Jan 1747, Selling, Kent, England ,   bur. 29 Jun 1834, Faversham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Marriage Banns	29 July, 2 Aug, 9 Aug 1767	Ospringe, Kent, England   [5]
  	Thomas Ruck of this parish and Elizabeth Broad of Faversham, married by Francis Giraud, Vicar of Preston
  Married	13 Aug 1767	Faversham, Kent, England   [6]
  _UID	157AABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C355F55
  Notes	Thomas Ruck of this parish [Ospringe] and Elizabeth Broad of Faversham, married by Francis Giraud, Vicar of Preston
  Children	1. Mary BROADBRIDGE AKA RUCK,   b. Abt 1 Jun 1767, Faversham, Kent, England ,   d. Apr 1844, Faversham, Kent, England  (Age 76 years)   2. Thomas RUCK,   b. 1768/1772,   d. 29 Nov 1840, Faversham, Kent, England  (Age 68 years)   3. Lucy RUCK,   c. 29 Jul 1770, Faversham, Kent, England ,   bur. Pre-1821  (Age ~ 50 years)   4. James RUCK,   b. 26 Apr 1772, Faversham, Kent, England   5. Elizabeth RUCK,   c. 22 May 1774, Faversham, Kent, England ,   bur. 5 Mar 1844, Faversham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 69 years)   6. John RUCK,   c. 28 Mar 1779, Faversham, Kent, England ,   bur. 4 Feb 1859, Faversham District, Kent, England  (Age ~ 79 years)   7. Sarah Ann RUCK,   c. 9 Jun 1782, Faversham, Kent, England   8. George RUCK,   c. 6 Nov 1785, Faversham, Kent, England   9. Rebecca ^ RUCK,   c. 1 Jun 1788, Faversham, Kent, England ,   bur. 8 Jun 1789, Faversham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 1 years)
  Last Modified	15 May 2022
  Family ID	F506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A release of recognizance issued to Thomas Ruck was found among the Faversham Borough Sessions records. That release was given as Thomas Ruck had made arrangements for the support of his illegitimate child who was born to "Elizabeth Broadbridge". That release, therefor, confirms two pieces of information: 1) that Mary was indeed Thomas' child; and 2) the maiden surname of Elizabeth Broade [sic] was indeed Broadbridge. See the citation under Elizabeth Broadbridge. ------------------------------------------------------------ This Thomas Ruck is not the son of Lawrence Ruck and Amy Thomson, the Will for that Thomas Ruck having been found. That Thomas Ruck died 1786 at Southwark, St. John, Surrey. ------------------------------------------------------------ Rooke Variants: Rook, Ruck, Rooks, Rookes • Current frequencies: GB 3301, Ireland 19 • GB frequency 1881: 2200 • Main GB location 1881: Lancs and WR Yorks; Warwicks; Surrey and Sussex; Devon • Main Irish location 1847–64: Dublin; Limerick 1 English: (i) nickname from Middle English rok(e) , ruk(e) ‘rook’, perhaps for someone with very dark hair or a dark complexion, or with a raucous voice. (ii) see Rock. Early bearers: William Roc, 1185 in Templars Records (Oxon); William le Roke, 1243 in Assize Rolls (Somerset); William Ruk, 1296 in Subsidy Rolls (Sussex); Richard le Rouke, 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Somerset); Adam Rucke, 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Suffolk); Robertus Rooke, 1549 in IGI (Chislet, Kent); Elizabeth Rooke, 1553 in IGI (East Down, Devon); William Rooke, 1557 in IGI (Fernhurst, Sussex); Thomas Rooke, 1558 in IGI (Norwich, Norfolk); Willyam Rooke, 1562 in IGI (Ware, Herts). 2 English: locative name from Middle English rok(e) ‘rook’, signifying someone who lived at a house with the sign of the rook. Early bearers: Robert of ye Rook, 1318 in DAFN (London). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland$ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure Publisher: Oxford University PressPrint Publication Date: 2016Print ISBN-13: 9780199677764Published online: 2016Current Online Version: 2016eISBN: 9780191781797 https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-34909# ------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Land Tax Assessments, England, Great Britain: Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1483019, Faversham, 1798. OWNER OCCUPIER ASSESSMENT Mr. Holness Thomas Ruck 0:4:0 also with Edward Chambers and John Gammon all at the same rent assessment. [S104] Settlement Certificates, Church of England, Province of Canterbury, (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.: Genealogical Society of Utah). Title Settlement certificate Ref No CCA-U3-146/13/8/353 Date 1768 Description Ruck, Thomas, wife Elizabeth, daughter Mary one year and six months Ospringe Conservation Public Unfit for production [S104] Settlement Certificates, Church of England, Province of Canterbury, (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.: Genealogical Society of Utah), Canterbury Cathedral Archives, 1 Dec 1768. “We Edward Toker [had been transcribed as "Joker" with the note as follows: uncertain, difficult to read, could be Toker, Goker,] James Thurston & John Simmons Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Ospringe in the County of Kent aforesaid, do hereby own and acknowledge Thomas Ruck and Elizabeth his wife and Mary their daughter aged one year and six months or thereabouts to be our Inhabitant legally settled in the Parish of Ospringe aforesaid. In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals, this 1st Day of December in the ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith and so forth; and in the Year of our Lord 1768” [signatures] “To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Faversham in the County of Kent aforesaid or to any or either of them.” “We whose names are hereunto subscribed, two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the County of Kent aforesaid, do allow of the above-written Certificate. And we do also Certify, that James Copping one of the Witness, who attested the Execution of the said Certificate, hath made Oath before Us, that he did see the Church-wardens and Overseers, whose Names and Seals are to the said Certificate subscribed and set, severally sign and seal the said Certificate, and that the Names of the said James Copping and Edward Elfick [again uncertain, difficult to read] whose Names are above subscribed, as Witnesses to the Execution of the said Certificate, are of their own proper Hand-writing. Dated the third Day of February in the Year 1769”. [signatures] Transcript from original document graciously provided by Mr. .......... of the Canterbury Cathedral Archives to Susan D. Young on 19 Sep 2014. Original document in too fragile a state for any other copying method. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Ospringe, Kent, England, 31 May 1812. Buried Thomas Ruck aged 66 years. [bc1746] [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0193527, Ospringe, Kent, 9 Aug 1767. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1886147, Faversham, 13 Aug 1767. August 13 [1767] Thomas Ruck of Ospringe and "Eliz: Broade" of Fav: [Faversham]. Banns. See citation under Elizabeth Broadbridge concerning her correct name. SURNAME GIVEN NAME BRIDESUR BRIDE GIV EVT DATE YEAR PARENTS/SPOUSE PLACE SOURCE RUCK Thomas BROADE Elizabeth M 13 Aug 1767 he of Ospringe & she of this parish. Wit: Uriah Burr & Edward K. Smith Faversham PR AD