Timothy Dwight Ruggles | |
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| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1762–1764 | |
| Preceded by | James Otis, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Samuel White |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for Hardwick[1] | |
| In office 1754, 1757, 1761 – 1755, 1759, 1770 | |
| Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas[3] of the Province of Massachusetts Bay | |
| In office January 21,[2] 1762[3] – 1774[2] | |
| Judge of the Court of Common Pleas[3] of the Province of Massachusetts Bay | |
| In office April 19, 1757[3][2] – 1774[2] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 20, 1711 Rochester, Massachusetts[4] |
| Died | August 4, 1795 (aged 83) |
| Resting place | Wilmot, Nova Scotia[5] |
| Spouse | Bathsheba Newcomb née Bourne |
| Children | Martha Ruggles (b. August 10, 1736),[6] Timthy Ruggles (b. January 7, 1738–39),[6] Bathsheba Ruggles (1746–1778),[6] John Ruggles,[5] Timothy Ruggles,[5] Richard Ruggles.[5] |
| Residence | Wilmot, Nova Scotia[7] |
| Alma mater | Harvard |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Branch/service | Massachusetts militia |
Timothy Dwight Ruggles[8] (October 20, 1711 – August 4, 1795) was an American colonial military leader, jurist, and politician. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 and later a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War.
- ^ Paige, Lucius Robinson (1883), History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, p. 312
- ^ a b c d Paige, Lucius Robinson (1883), History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, p. 313
- ^ a b c d Stark, James Henry (1910), The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution, Boston, MA: James H. Stark, p. 226
- ^ Stark, James Henry (1910), The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution, Boston, MA: James H. Stark), p. 226
- ^ a b c d Stark, James Henry (1910), The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution, Boston, MA: James H. Stark, p. 229
- ^ a b c Calnek, William Arthur (1897), History of the county of Annapolis: Including old Port Royal and Acadia including: with memoirs of its representatives in the provincial parliament, and biographical and genealogical sketches of its early English settlers and their families, Toronto, ON: William Briggs, p. 592
- ^ Calnek, William Arthur (1897), History of the county of Annapolis: Including old Port Royal and Acadia including: with memoirs of its representatives in the provincial parliament, and biographical and genealogical sketches of its early English settlers and their families, Toronto, ON: William Briggs, p. 590
- ^ Wetmore, Donald (1983), Loyalists in Nova Scotia, Hantsport, Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press, p. 38