Amy RUCK

Amy RUCK[1]

Female 1733 - 1784  (~ 50 years)

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  • Name Amy RUCK 
    Christened 24 May 1733  Ospringe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Buried 1784  Preston-next-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3342  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 18 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 1 Henry KNOWLER 
    Married 1750  Aylesford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John HARPER,   b. St. Mary, Whitechapel, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1766, Greenwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Jun 1756  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Manorial records have helped to trace Amy at least until her marriage to John Harper in 1756. Her first husband, Henry Knowler, Gent. received lands belonging to the Manor of Faversham from his mother, Susannah during 1745. He was under 21 at that time and unable to swear fealty. The Manor rent book of 1755 records Amy Knowler on the property and assessed for 1) south side of West West; 2) north side Abbey Street and West side Abbey Street.

  • 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)), 10 Sep 1766.
      Will of Amy Harper (formerly Knowler nee Ruck), 10 Sept 1766, probate 7 August 1784




      THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me, AMY HARPER, of Greenwich, in the County of Kent, widow,

      First I desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be fully paid and satisfied and from and after payment thereof I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and effects of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever which I shall be possessed of, interested in or entitled unto at the time of my death unto JOHN SHERWOOD of Faversham, in the County of Kent, hoyman, to and for his own use and benefit.

      And I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said JOHN SHERWOOD the sole Executor of this my Will.

      And I revoke all former Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-six [1766].



      SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED
      By the said AMY HARPER and as for her last Will Amy Harper
      And Testament in the presence of



      John Vernon
      James Mountfort, Clerk to Messrs Vernon & Elderton





      THIS WILL was proved at London the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-four [1784] before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert, Doctor of Laws, Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of JOHN SHERWOOD the sole Executor named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the deceased having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer.