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 1762 - 1803 (~ 40 years)
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| Name |
Benjamin RUCK |
| Christened |
28 Dec 1762 |
Leeds, Kent, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
1 Aug 1803 |
Leeds, Kent, England |
| Person ID |
I6624 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Father |
Benjamin RUCK, c. 12 Jan 1740, Loose, Kent, England , bur. 18 Feb 1799, Leeds, Kent, England (Age ~ 59 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah HOUGHTON, b. Of Maidstone, Kent, England , d. pre-25 Jan 1799 |
| Married |
15 Feb 1762 |
Maidstone, Kent, England [2] |
| Family ID |
F2275 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Hannah, d. Bef 20 Nov 1846, Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Married |
Abt 1786 |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth RUCK, c. 28 Sep 1788, Maidstone, Kent, England |
| | 2. Benjamin RUCK, c. 8 Aug 1790, Maidstone, Kent, England |
| | 3. Charles RUCK, b. 30 Jun 1792, Maidstone, Kent, England |
| | 4. Henry RUCK, c. 1 Jan 1794, Maidstone, Kent, England |
| | 5. Joseph RUCK, c. 13 Mar 1796, Maidstone, Kent, England |
| | 6. Hannah ^ RUCK, c. 31 Jan 1798, Maidstone, Kent, England , bur. 24 Jul 1799, Leeds, Kent, England (Age ~ 1 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F2276 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Apprenticed as a bricklayer to Benjamin Ruck, his father, at Maidstone during 1776 being then aged 14 years.
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| Sources |
- [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.
- [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.
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