George RUCK

George RUCK[1]

Male 1730 - Bef 1757  (~ 27 years)

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  • Name George RUCK 
    Christened 5 Jan 1730  Ospringe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 6 Dec 1757  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3340  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 

    Father Lawrence RUCK,   c. 4 Jun 1699, Folkestone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 10 Dec 1747, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Mother Amy THOMSON,   c. 5 Nov 1697, Willesborough, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 31 Oct 1763, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1721  St. Edward, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Parish Register: Marriages at St. Edward's, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England:
      Lawrence Ruck, of Ospringe, co. Kent, gent., & Amy Thompson, of Cambridge, in Trinity Hall Chapel, lic. 16 Sep 1721
    Family ID F508  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary 
    Children 
     1. John RUCK,   c. 20 Apr 1749, Sheldwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 Aug 1828, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     2. William RUCK,   c. 10 Mar 1750, Sheldwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 6 Jan 1806, Chatham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
     3. Laurence RUCK,   c. 10 Jan 1753, Sheldwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 16 Jun 1830, Gravesend, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
     4. Martha RUCK,   c. 6 Jan 1754, Sheldwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Elizabeth RUCK,   c. 30 Oct 1755, Selling, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Anthony RUCK,   c. 14 May 1758, Sheldwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 8 Dec 1829, Sheldwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     7. Samuel RUCK,   c. 20 Feb 1763, Sheldwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1326  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S66] Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace, London, England, (England, Kew: The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office)), 21 Feb 1757.
      Will of George Ruck of Faversham 21 February 1757, probate 6 Dec 1757



      IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I, GEORGE RUCK, of Faversham, in the County of Kent, butcher, being of sound mind, memory and understanding do therefor make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say:

      First and principally I commit my soul to the Almighty God, my body to the Earth to be decently buried according to the discretion of my Executor hereafter named and for such worldly estate and effects as I shall be possessed of or any ways entitled unto at the time of my decease I give and bequeath the same unto my brother THOMAS RUCK of White Hill near Faversham in the County of Kent, Gentleman.

      And I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my said brother, THOMAS RUCK above named, Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all other and former Wills I have heretofore made and do declare this to be my last Will and Testament.

      In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven [1757] and in the thirtieth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, defender of the faith.


      SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED
      By the said Testator, GEORGE RUCK, as and for George Ruck
      his last Will and Testament in the presence of us.


      Christopher Cornforth,
      John Fossey
      Thomas Fossey




      THIS WILL was proved at London before the Worshipful Andrew Colter Ducarel [?] Doctor of Laws, Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir George Lee, Knight, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper of Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted on the sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven [1757] by the oath of THOMAS RUCK, the brother of the said deceased and sole Executor named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the deceased he having been first sworn duly to administer.