Benjamin RUCK

Benjamin RUCK[1]

Male 1762 - 1803  (~ 40 years)

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  • Name Benjamin RUCK 
    Christened 28 Dec 1762  Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 1 Aug 1803  Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6624  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2020 

    Father Benjamin RUCK,   c. 12 Jan 1740, Loose, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 18 Feb 1799, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Sarah HOUGHTON,   b. Of Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. pre-25 Jan 1799 
    Married 15 Feb 1762  Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F2275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah,   d. Bef 20 Nov 1846, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1786 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth RUCK,   c. 28 Sep 1788, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Benjamin RUCK,   c. 8 Aug 1790, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Charles RUCK,   b. 30 Jun 1792, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Henry RUCK,   c. 1 Jan 1794, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Joseph RUCK,   c. 13 Mar 1796, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Hannah ^ RUCK,   c. 31 Jan 1798, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 24 Jul 1799, Leeds, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F2276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Apprenticed as a bricklayer to Benjamin Ruck, his father, at Maidstone during 1776 being then aged 14 years.

  • 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)), 5 May 1803.
      Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Will of Benjamin Ruck, of Maidstone, 5 May 1803


      THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me, BENJAMIN RUCK, of Maidstone, in the County of Kent, bricklayer.

      I nominate, constitute and appoint my dear wife, HANNAH RUCK and JOHN HOLLOWAY, of Maidstone aforesaid, fruiterer, Executrix and Executor of this my Will jointly

      And I direct that all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses be in the first place paid and satisfied by my said Executrix and Executor from and out of my personal estate.

      And as to, for and concerning all my real estate of which I shall die seized or entitled to at the time of my decease in possession, reversion, remainder or expectancy or otherwise howsoever or of which any person or persons shall be seized in trust for me at the time of my decease, I give and devise the same unto my said wife to hold unto and to the use of her my said wife, her heirs and assigns forever

      And as to all the rest and residue of my personal estate of what nature or kind soever or wheresoever of which I shall die possessed or entitled to at the time of my decease, in possession, reversion, remainder or expectancy, after payment of my said debts, funeral and testamentary expenses, I give and bequeath the same to my said wife to and for her own use and benefit absolutely.

      And I do hereby revoke, annul and make void all and every former and other Will and Wills or Testamentary disposition by me at any time heretofore made and do publish and declare this only as and for my last Will and Testament.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereto set and affixed my hand and seal this fifth [5] day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three [1803].

      SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED by the
      Said Testator, BENJAMIN RUCK, as and for his last Will
      And Testament in the presence of us who, at his request Benjamin Ruck
      In his presence and in the presence of each other, have
      Subscribed our names as witnesses.

      William Charles
      John Carter
      Robert Barnby


      THIS WILL was proved at London the tenth [10] day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four [1804] before the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne, Knight, doctor of laws, master keeper or commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, lawfully constituted by the oath of HANNAH RUCK, widow, the relict of the deceased and one of the Executors named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, she having been first sworn by commission duly to administer, power reserved of making the like grant to JOHN HOLLOWAY, the other Executor named in the said Will when he shall apply for the same.

    2. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Maidstone, Kent, England, 1762.
      Marriage banns read 17, 24 and 31 January 1762 at Maidstone for the intended marriage of Benjamin Ruck bachelor of Leeds and Sarah Houghton, a spinster of Maidstone.