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Second Generation

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Family of John RUDDELL (1) & Mary COOK

2. Archibald RUDDELL. Born in 1727 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Archibald died in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia about 1787; he was 60.

about 1755 when Archibald was 28, he married Elizabeth BEGGS. Born about 1730. Elizabeth died in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia about 1787; she was 57.

They had the following children:

              6                i.             Elizabeth (1763-1840)

              7               ii.             Sarah

              8              iii.             James (1758-~1840)

3. Isaac RUDDELL Captain. Born about 1730 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Isaac died in Ruddle’s Mills, Kentucky in February 1812; he was 82. Buried in Stonermouth Presbyterian Cemetery, Ruddle’s Mills, Kentucky.

RUDDLES, ISAAC-A, 239-Wife, Elizabeth; sons, Steven, Abram, Cornelius; daus., Betsy Mulhering, Mary Daniel (?). Mar. 6, 1806-Feb. 1812. Thos. A Thomson, Jesse Daugherty, Wm. Thomson, Wts. [2]

Captain Isaac Ruddle’s Company 1779-1780 at Ruddles and Martin’s stations, near  now Cynthiana:

Capt. Isaac Ruddle, Lt. John Haggin, Ensign John Mather, Quartermaster Joseph Isaacs, Sgt. John Waters, Andrew Baker, George Baker, Andrew Bartle, John Bird, George Bronker, Caspar Brown, Reuben Boughner, John Burger, Sr., John Burger, Jr., Peter Call, Leonard Croft, Wm. Dehlinger, David Ederman, Thos. Emory, Paul Fishes, George Hatfall, John Hatton, Jacob Leach, Sr., Edward Low, George Loyl, Henry Loyl, Peter Loyl, Thomas Machen, Wm. Marshall, Chas. Munger, Wm. Munger, Sr., Wm. Munger, Jr., Andrew Pirtenbustle, Henry Pirtenbustle, H. Pirtenbustle, Jr., Len. Pirtenbustle, Peger Rough, George Ruddell, Stephen Ruddell, James Ruddle, Patrick Ryan, Wm. Sandidge, Wm. Scott, John Smith, Sr., John Smith, Jr., James Stuart, Frederick Tanner, Martin Tuffelman, Moses Waters, John Cloyd, Drummer. Total: 50.

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Library of Virginia - Governor's Letters Received, June 29, 1776 - November 30, 1784.

Letter of Isaac Zane, Marlbro Iron Works, [to] governor, January 14, 1783,

Sir,

The Letter enclosed in the note you honored me with was immediately  sent to General Muhlenburg on my arrival at home, and I had his answer the 2d  inst. the 3rd he came to the forge and directly went in quest of Isaac Ruddle  the person mentioned to him, and he brought him before me on the 5th I sent  for the bearer Lieutenant Machen, he came, but the indisposition of some of  his fellow sufferers and inability of others for want of horses - we  adjourned the further examination to Winchester - where the deponents where  confronted with the said Isaac Ruddle, and the inclosed depositions taken -  by those you will be pleased to observe that there are several most material  witnesses not present - they have passed on to the Western Waters, and not  likely to be soon obtained - Nevertheless on the present Evidence it was the  unanimous opinion of the several Justices (who did me the favor to attend)  that the charge was tryable in the General Court only, in consequence of  which there is an examining Court called to that purpose - General  Muhlenburg's assiduity & attention, as well as the [illegible] respect he  paid to the Civil Authority deserves Acknowledgment.

I have the honor to be your Excellencies

Most respectfull Friend & Gent

Isaac Zane

Marlbro Iron Works, Jany 14th, 1783

Frederick Sct.

 The deposition of sundry persons taken before Isaac Zane Gent. One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid in consequence of a charge against a certain Isaac Riddle for Committing sundry Treasonable practices against the United States.

John Machen of full age being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of the Almighty God Deposeth and saith that the motives which influenced his information against the said Isaac Riddle were in consequence of sundry informations he had received from John Dunkin, Judith Laforce, William McGuire and Christiana Gatliff to whose depositions he beged have to refer  and also from the information he had received from Thomas Berry alledging  that Riddle had advised him in a particular manner to alienate himself from  his Country and enter into the service of his Majesty King George 3rd. That  John McFall had informed him, this Deponent he was well assured from convienencing circumstances it was thro the means of Riddle that he (McFall) being then a prisoner with the British was transported from Detroit to  Montreal. That Samuel Brooks had also informed him to the same purpose previous to his death which was occasioned he this deponent was well assured by the severities and hardships he had received in his confinement being released there from but a few days as supposed inconceivable. This deponent saith that injustice to himself and his fellow sufferers he could not suffer these circumstances to pass over in silence as during the whole time of his Captivity it was the prevailing Opinion among the prisoners, and which was demonstrated by the Conduct of Riddle that he was disaffected to his  Countries Cause and further the deponent saith not.

John Dunkin being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist Deposeth and saith that sometime in or about the month of October 1780 in course of conversation with Isaac Riddle he the said Isaac informed him he was at that time under pay of four shillings / day from the British for making out sundry returns. This deponent further saith that at the same time, Riddle informed him he had proposed to Captain Bird of the British his intentions of converting his property in Virginia, and slaves, and transporting them into Canada which he could readily do thro his son then in Virginia. This deponent saith that it was the universal opinion among the prisoners that Riddle was disaffected to the American cause and further saith not.

Judith Laforce of full age being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist Deposith and saith that being a prisoner sometime in or about the month of Octr. 1780 on a Sunday she was in conversation with Isaac Riddle who informed her that he the sd. Isaac was then under pay of the Congress and also the King, that as far as she could discover, the said Isaac Riddle's whole conversation was in favour of the British, this Deponent saith that she has since been informed by Capt. Stokely that he had turned Riddle out of his Quarters supposing him to be inimical to the Cause of America, and in a particular manner prejudicial to the prisoners and this Deponent saith that during the whole time of their captivity it was the prevailing Opinion among the prisoners, that the said Riddle was disaffected to the American cause.

Christiana Gatliff of full age being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist Deposeth and saith that sometime in or about the month of Septr. 1780, while she was a prisoner in a Blockhouse at Detroit with John McFall who understanding he was like to be sent to Montreal declared that should an attempt of that kind be made, he would make his escape at the risk of his life upon information of which Isaac Riddle [illegible] by Sergeant Chapman of the British came to this Deponent and minutely interrogated her, what information she had made to John Conway (who has since taken protection under the King) respecting John McFall's declaration of making an attempt to escape to which the replies as above upon which Riddle Ordered the Sergeant immediately to take McFall into Custody and take care of him and since then she has never seen McFall. She further saith that about that time she was present when a difference arose between the said Isaac Riddle and Samuel Brookes a fellow prisoner concerning his non compliance with an agreement to go with him to some Island not far distant, to reside while in captivity, that within three or four hours after they parted a Sergeant of the Guard came to Brookes and took him into close custody, upon which Brookes demanded his crimes when the sergeant replied it was the major's order. In consequence of his refusal to accompany Riddle upon an Island after agreeing to do the same. This deponent further saith that during the whole time of Captivity it was the general opinion of the prisoners that the said Riddle was disaffected to the cause of America and further this deponent saith not.

William McGuire being sworn (at the particular request of Isaac Riddle) on the Holy Evangelist deposeth and saith that during the whole time of his Captivity with Isaac Riddle in Detroit & Montreal it appeared to be the universal opinion among the prisoners, that Riddle was disaffected to the cause of America but that after they were released, the said Riddle offered to lend him this deponent one or two Guineas. That it was also reported he hand lent Capt. Brown [illegible] a prisoner five Guineas & had profered to len money to other prisoners. And further the deponent saith not.

January 11th 1783  Isaac Zane

Deposition of John Dougharty before Edward McGuere, January 13, 1783

Frederick Sct.

The Deposition of John Dougharty being of full age & sworn on the Holy

Evangelist Deposeth & sayeth that sum time on or about the begining of the month of August In the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty This Deponent being then a prisoner at Detroit heard sum of the Prisoners ask Capt. Isaac Riddle's Opinion Or what he thought of their taking the Oath of Alegance to the British King he the said Isaac made answer he would let them know in about two days & accordingly came to them & told him that it was best for them to take the oath & accordingly went with them to a Majistrate who was in the British Intrist & there had taken the oath as the afterwards Informed him & sum of which were in the British Intrist when this Deponent came away & this Deponent further sayeth not Sworn Before me January 13th 1783.

Edward McGuere   A true Coppey - -

Certificate of John Machan, February 25, 1783, Image no. GLR04395

These are to certify that Captn James Simrell Jnr., Colonel Joseph Holmes and my self settled the different returns for provisions issued the Canada prisoners now laying in the Borough of Winchester from the Twenty Eighth day of December One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty two Untill the Twenty fifth day this first Feby and there appears by they several provision Return signed by myself in behalf of the whole two thousand one hundred and sixteen Rations each ration consisted of one pound flour, one pound of Beef One Gill Whiskey and the proportional Quantity of Sope & Candles. Given under my hand this 25th day of February 1783.

Jno Machan

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Source: "Ruddle-Riddle Genealogy and Biography" by Pauline Ruddle Harman, L.C. #84-52275, pp. 21-26

ISAAC RUDDELL

Isaac (2), the fifth son (of John Ruddell), has probably had more written about him than all the other Ruddell brothers. In 1769 he disposed of 900 acres in Frederick County, Virginia and moved to Washington County on the Virginia-North Carolina border where he organized a company of Militia and attained the rank of Captain.

Captain Isaac Ruddell's company was paid to fight the British and Indians under Colonel George Rogers Clark in Kentucky and Illinois. Possibly while in Kentucky, he discovered the land was cheap and good, so he moved his family and a number of relatives to what is today the rich bluegrass region of Kentucky and established Ruddell's Station, also called Ruddell's Fort. A station was a cluster of cabins arranged for defense against Indians. Ruddell's Station also had a stockade to which the whole settlement could flee for protection when threatened.

Built in the spring of 1779, it was located on the east bank of the South Fork of the Licking River, about 7 miles from present-day Paris, the County Seat of Bourbon County. In June of 1780 the fort was attacked and captured by British Colonel Henry Bird along with Simon Girty and a force of 600 Canadians and Indians. Ruddell's Fort was built of wood and could only withstand rifle fire, not the 6 cannons the enemy possessed, so the only thing Captain Ruddell could do was surrender having made the condition that the prisoners would be under the protection of the British and not turned over to the Indians. The agreement was made, but once the gates were open the Indians rushed in and Colonel Bird lost control. Many were killed on the spot, but 470 men, women, and children were made captive and forced to march 800 miles to Detroit, where they were divided among their captors, some being taken on to Canada.

The records of the War Department show that Captain Isaac Ruddell' was released two years later in an exchange of prisoners and returned to the colonies in October 1782. He was treated well while in captivity in Detroit because of his association with the British officer in charge, due to the fact that they were both members of the Masonic Fraternity.

Two of Isaac's sons, Stephen (3), age 12, and Abraham (3), age 6, (also called Abram) were captured and grown up as Indians. They did not see their father again until 1795, 15 years later.

Stephen (3), although having married an Indian squaw, returned to civilization, received some education and became a minister. He was a missionary to the Indians and founded a church in Illinois, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1983. His Indian wife returned to her people and Stephen (3) had two other marriages. The movie Brave Warrior was the story of his life.

Abram (3), because of his younger age when captured, never gave up his Indian ways, but was very useful as a spy and interpreter in the War of 1812. He married, and in his later years settled first in Missouri and then in Arkansas.

Although there are variances in the story as told by different authors, it is "a true life drama of as absorbing interest as is to be found in fiction." It is copied in part from Collins' History of Kentucky:

"In the summer of 1780, a formidable military force, consisting of 600 Indians and Canadians, under the command of Colonel Bird, an officer of the British Army, accompanied by six pieces of artillery, made an incursion into Kentucky. Such a force, accompanied by artillery was resistless to the stockards of that state which were altogether destitute of ordinance. The approach of the enemy was totally undiscovered by our people until on the 22nd day of June, 1780, the report of one of the field pieces announced their arrival before Ruddle's Station. This station had been settled the previous year on the easterly bank of the south fork of Licking River, three miles below the junction of Hinkston and Stoner's branches of the same stream. A summons was immediately made by Col. Bird; to which demand Capt. Ruddle answered that he could not consent to surrender, but on certain conditions, one of which was that the prisoners should be under the protection of the British, and not suffered to be prisoners of the Indians. To these demands Col. Bird consented and immediately the gates were thrown open to him. No sooner were the gates opened than the Indians rushed into the station and each Indian seized the first person he could lay his hands upon and claimed him as his own prisoner. In this way the members of every family were separated from each other, the husband from the wife, and the parents from their children. The piercing screams of the children when torn from their mothers, the distracted throes of the mothers when forced from their tender offspring, are indescribable. Ruddle remonstrated with Col. Bird against this barberous conduct of the Indians, but to not any effect. Bird confessed that it was out of his power to restrain them, their number being so much greater than the troops over which he had control, that he himself was completely in their power.

"It may be said without hesitation that Isaac Ruddle acted with perfect discretion and showed sound judgment in surrendering the fort without a fight on being guaranteed the protection of the British. It must be remembered that the stockade of Ruddles Station was built entirely of wood and was made to withstand rifle fire only. Huddled within its walls were not only the men but also all the women and children of the settlements. Capt. Ruddle, besides being vastly outnumbered by the British and Indians, had no cannons, whereas the enemy had six. To use the words of Collins, 'Such a force accompanied by artillery, was resistless to the stockades of Kentucky.' To have held out against such odds would have courted certain disaster because Col. Bird with his six cannons would have reduced the fort in almost no time and brought needless slaughter to the women and children. No one knew this better than Capt. Ruddle. As it turned out, however, even this might have been preferable to the awful fate which overtook them after the fort's surrender.

"The number of prisoners taken at Ruddle's Station is reputed to have been 470 in men, women and children. Most of the children and a large number of adults were slaughtered by the Indians, but a few of the most promising boys were adopted into the tribe. Of the fate of two of these boys you will presently learn.

"It is at times very difficult to determine whether to regard the men taken at Ruddle's Station as soldiers or as merely settlers in that region. But that the British regarded them as Revolutionary soldiers is clearly shown by the fact that they were held prisoners by the British till the close of the war, some of them, including Capt. Isaac Ruddle himself having been released earlier in an exchange of prisoners. It appears therefore that the affair at Ruddle's Station may safely be regarded as an engagement of the Revolution. As one historian puts it, at Ruddle's and Martin's Stations both of which were taken at the same time, 'was waged the War of the Revolution on Kentucky soil.' And this was only five years after the first permanent white settlement had been made in Kentucky, at Herrodsburg.

"In all fairness to Col. Bird who commanded the British and Indians, it must be admitted that he did all in his power to restrain his savage allies. He did manage to recover a large number of the captives, including all of the Ruddles, except Isaac's two young sons, Stephen and Abraham, whom the Indians adopted. These he sent to Detroit and some of them across the border into Canada. Col. Bird personally saw that they were treated kindly and he himself married one of the captive women.

"The records of the War Department show that Capt. Isaac Ruddle was released two years later in an exchange of prisoners and returned to the Colonies, in October, 1782, from Canada by way of Lake Champlaine, Many of the others did not gain their freedom till after nearly four years."

Following the treachery of Ruddle's Station the Indians decided to adopt such of the boys as should prove to have the nerve and endurance of Indian boys. So they rolled the captive white children one at a time down a steep bank. If one cried, he was rejected as being unfit to become a member of the tribe and was consequently put to the tomahawk. If he did not cry, he was adopted. Subsequent events proved that at least two of Capt. Isaac Ruddle's children, Stephen, then twelve years of age, and his Younger brother, Abraham, had enough of the Ruddle hardihood and frontier prowess to make them the equal, if not the superior of any Indian boy. They were consequently accepted and became the regular members of the Indian tribe. What eventually became of them I shall let Colonel Daniel Trabue, a contemporary, acquaintance, and eye witness to many of the events connected with them, tell you in his own words, just as he wrote it down in his journal.

"In the summer of 1795 I was with General Wayne at Grunsvil at the Indian Treaty. General Wayne hired some of the first Indians that came to the Treaty to go to the other towns and get the Indians to come to the Treaty.

"The Indians were hard to persuade to bring in the prisoners, but gradually they came in, and brought a large number of prisoners. A number of men and women that came to the Treaty had been captured when children and they now looked like Indians. I was at Fort Jefferson about six miles from Grunsville and at a distance, in the parade we saw an Indian riding up toward the Fort, and when he got to within the distance of about 200 yards, he halted.

"Captain McColester beckoned to him, and told him to advance; so he came up some higher and stopped. Captain McColester went out to meet him, and I went with him. We took no arms with us, and the Indian told us he was a Chief and he was willing to talk about the treaty.

"He could speak broken English. When he told us what Nation of Indians he belonged to, Captain McColester asked him if he knew Stephen Ruddle and Abraham Ruddle. He said he did, so Captain McColester told him that the Father of these Ruddles was then at Grunsville, and wanted very much to see his children. The old Captain Ruddle had given many presents to other Indians to go to his children, and persuade them to come in.

"Captain McColester invited the Indian when he first came up, to come in to the Fort and Drink some Whiskey. He refused, and after talking some time, and asking more particularly about the Ruddles, he said "Me" and struck his hand against his breast saying, "Me, Stephen Ruddle. "The Captain and I immediately shook hands with him, and told him how glad we were, and we knew his Father was not far off, and that he, the Captain, would send a message for old Captain Ruddle.

"Captain McColester then went with the Indian Chief to where his company were, and there found Abraham among them, Abraham Ruddle and Abraham's adopted brother. They all alighted and came in, and all had the appearance of Indians; silver trinkets hanging about their necks, and breasts, and some brooches in their breech cloths and beads in the leggins and moccasins, they were painted and very Dirty. I suppose they thought themselves fine.

"We gave them something to eat, but none could speak English, but Stephen, and he, in a very broken manner. He and his brother, Abraham Ruddle had been taken prisoners at his Father's Fort in June, 1780. Stephen's squaw was old and ugly.

"In the fort several of the soldiers had their wives with them, and gathered together to see these Indians.

"When Capt. Ruddle came, Capt. McColester conducted him to his children. Old Captain Ruddle cried out aloud, and fell down on the floor crying, and bewailing his condition. Said he, "My children are Indians." Stephen took hold of his Father, and said, "Hold your heart, Father, hold your heart." The Indians, the white women, and some of the soldiers cried aloud, and Capt. Ruddle continued crying aloud whenever he would look at his children.

"The next morning Capt. Ruddle gave his sons clean clothing, and got them to wash off the Paint, and put on the clothes. I gave Abrams adopted Brother a shirt, and he was very glad to get it. We told Capt. Ruddle he ought to give Stephen's wife something, but he refused. As there was a Store in this Fort, some of the soldiers got some calico and the white women in a little time sewed it up, and when this was given her, she was highly pleased.

"The next day Old Capt. Ruddle and his children, and the Indians who were with him all went to Greensville, and after two or three days, old Mr. Ruddle told me he knew I could be of benefit to him. He said his son, Stephen, thought a great deal of me, and he wanted me to talk with him, and persuade him to leave his squaw and go home with his Father. But Stephen told me that although he was willing to go home he would not give up his squaw for any woman in the world, she would do anything for him and was mighty good to him.

"One night at Greenville, Stephen said that all of his company's horses had run away. I asked him if we were going to hunt them, and he said no, his squaw would go after them alone. After two or three days she brought them all back from a distance of forty miles, five horses in number. I then thought that she was worth all the rest of the company together."

John W. Wayland in his History of Shenandoah Count has the following to say of Stephen:

"The Rev. Stephen Ruddle was born (in Frederick County, Va.) in 1768. He met Tecumseh when both were 12 years of age and grew up in the same village with him. Stephen was with the Indians in several fights against the whites. After his return (from Indian captivity in 1795), he was converted to Christianity, given some education, and became a Baptist preacher. From 1805 to 1811 he made yearly missionary visits to the Shawnees and Delawares and introduced Christianity among them. He acted as interpreter for John Johnson, Indian agent at Upper Piqua, during the War of 1812. He preached in Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois, dying in the last named state in 1845. Rev. Stephen Ruddle's son, John M. Ruddell, represented Adams County, in the Illinois House of Representatives, 1846-48. The people of Bourbon County, Kentucky, remembered with respect Rev. Stephen Ruddle."

Eckert, in his book The Frontiersmen writes:

"Sinnanatha - Big Fish - was in actuality Stephen Ruddell. It was in 1780 that he was taken and adopted into the Shawnee tribe. Since he was only 12 at the time, the same age as Tecumseh, they became extremely close companions. Ruddell adapted to Indian life well. A bright, cheerful youngster, he held his own with the other boys in the tribe. Stephen and Tecumseh taught each the others language and by the end of their first year together Tecumseh could speak English unusually well and Sinnanatha was nearly as good in the Indian tongue."

Because of the fact that Abram was six years younger than Stephen when they were adopted into the Indian tribe, the influence of the Indian association was much more in evidence in him than in his brother. Wayland says that he never became "civilized", but was always in manner an uncouth Indian. Wayland further states that Abram was a spy and interpreter for Gen. Harrison in the War of 1812.

Judge Asa C. Jeffrey of Batesville, Arkansas, a life long friend and acquaintance of the Arkansas Ruddells wrote -1 short account of the family which was published in the Melbourne (Arkansas) Clipper in 1877. He had the following to say of Abraham:

"Old Abe Ruddell was captured by the Indians in the settling of Kentucky while a small boy and was not changed or given up till nearly grown. He talked very brokenly and always had a decided Indian appearance. He shunned people except his intimate acquaintances. On one occasion he went to witness a ball and when some compliments were paid to a young lady's dainty foot and ankle while dancing, old Abe said, "Yes, looks jes like pins stuck in a pumpkin seed."

Old Abe may not have been a connoisseur of dainty ankles and he may have been in manner and mien an "uncouth" Indian, as contended by Wayland, but he was a "grand old man" according to Trent Noland and he blazed the trail of civilization in the State of Arkansas. He was among the very earliest settlers in that territory and played no small part in wresting it from its wildernes state."

On his release, Isaac (2) went back to Virginia to collect a debt of several hundred pounds in order to get a fresh start, as he had lost everything except his land in Kentucky. He gave his friends Colonel Abraham Byrd and Captain Isaac Bowman, power of attorney in September 1783 so he could go immediately to Kentucky. Here he located on his property and built a gristmill, sawmill, and later a tobacco warehouse. Ruddell's Mills is a small village today with a highway marker telling of the mills.

Isaac (2) lived to be 81 and died in February 1812. He is buried in the Stonermouth Presbyterian Churchyard at Ruddell's Mills, for which he deeded the land. His simple stone is lettered "Isaac Ruddle - Va. Mi. - Rev. War."

According to Transylvania Presbytery records, the Stonermouth Presbyterian Church at Ruddell's Mills was first mentioned in October 1786, but it was one year later that Isaac Ruddell deeded to Stonermouth Presbyterian Church two acres of land in the forks of Stoner Creek. Hinkson Creek, and the South Licking River for the purpose of building a meetinghouse and establishing a cemetery. The sale was made for a price of five shillings. Stonermouth was the oldest Presbyterian Church in Transylvania Presbytery and Andrew McClure, pastor from 1786-1793, is believed to have organized the church.

Isaac's wife was Elizabeth Bowman, daughter of George Bowman and Mary Hite, and his will states in addition to other grants, that her grain is to be ground toll free.

The names of his sons follow the pattern of his brothers: John (3), Isaac, Jr.(3), George (3), Cornelius (3), Stephen (3), and Abraham (3). The girls were Margry (3) and Elizabeth (3). The first two sons died without heirs, so are not included in his will. Cornelius (3) was also deceased, but left daughters, Polly (4) and Nancy (4) and they are given their father's share, which is also true of Margry's (3) two sons.

Isaac (2) left many descendants in the west, some of whom are listed in the work done by Dr. Barb. This branch of the family retain the Ruddell spelling.

The following story about Isaac, Jr.' was found in a by Ridlon:

"Isaac was a great hunter and Indian fighter. He had a revolving rifle before Colonel Colt, the celebrated inventor of the revolver, was born. When hunting with a companion named Martin, on Kingston Creek, Isaac took the right hand of a hill and Martin the left, to meet on the table-land above, where they expected to see some bison or buffalo. Martin had proceeded cautiously about a quarter of a mile when he heard the report of Ruddle's rifle, and in a few seconds another report from the same direction. He immediately ran to the top of the hill, and down to where Ruddle was, and found him scalping an Indian. He asked Martin to load his rifle while he scalped another Indian below. He had just time to get the second scalp and grasp his rifle when he was hotly pursued by two Indians. Ruddle knowing of a large oak ran round and through its forks where he stopped and watched his pursuers. An Indian swung round a dogwood to look for his victim, when Ruddle sent a ball through his feathered head. The other Indian came running with raised tomahawk when Ruddle drew a heavy horse-pistol from his belt, which caused the Indian to fly to the thick woods below. It is said the lone Indian was asked by his tribe where his companions were, and replied that they had seen the devil, who killed three of them and would have shot him had he not run. This was the same tribe that captured Daniel Boone."

As Cornelius (3), son of Isaac (2), was one of the subjects of Harriette Simpson Arnow in two of her books, Seedtime On The Cumberland and Flowering Of The Cumberland, it seems appropriate to give a few paragraphs to the story at this point. Arnow's books show how an old, old culture shaped in Europe British Colonial became American and built a culture and a society that would in time influence much of the southwest.

Cornelius (3) served 3 years during the Revolution and was not at Ruddle's Station when it was captured in 1780, as he was on duty at the Falls of the Ohio. In 1782 when he was 23 and she was 21, he met and married "the beautiful Jane Mulherrin". Her brother, John, later married his sister, Elizabeth; they were children of James Mulherrin. The wedding is described in Guild's Old Times In Tennessee. Four couples were married at the same time in what is now the city of Nashville and the ceremony was performed by a trustee of the colony. The description, in part, follows:

"The colony was then in its infancy and the settlers were not supplied with the means or appliances necessary to make a wedding occasion brilliant, either in the way of gorgeous dresses, a table laden with rich viands and luxuries to tempt the fastidious appetite, and a fine band to furnish music while the guests' tripped the light fantastic toe' as the older settlements could do, but there was not wanting the disposition on the part of those more immediately interested to make the affair as grand and imposing as circumstances would admit, especially as it was among the first weddings in the new settlement. They were well supplied with game of almost every description, with which to prepare the most savory and tempting dishes, but there was neither flour nor meal in the whole colony with which to make bread, nor had there been for six months. In this emergency two of the settlers were mounted on horses and hurried off to Danville, Kentucky, for a small quantity of corn to supply the wedding table with bread. Only a few days elapsed before the couriers returned, bringing with them each one bushel of corn, which soon found its way to the mortar and pestle, where it was speedily converted into excellent meal, and from it was baked the first 'bride's cake' of which this new colony boasted. It was made with pounded corn meal, with no other ingredients than a little salt and water. Amid the dangers that environed the settlement, the hearts of this band of pioneers grew happy while celebrating the wedding with song, dance, and feast, rendered exquisitely delightful by the introduction of the wedding 'pound cake' and perhaps no cake on a similar occasion, before or since, was enjoyed with more zest."

Two little girls were born (Polly, Aug. 1784) and (Nancy, March 1786). In November of 1786 Cornelius (3) went turkey hunting and was ambushed by Indians. An inventory of his estate was made January 1787 and is on record in Davidson County, Tennessee, Will and Inventory Book 1784-1794. From this inventory Arnow, whose books are a study of the first settlers weaves a story showing the Ruddles to be an example of a Cumberland pioneer family.

The inventory follows:

A horse about 14 hands or near 4 years old, 5 cows and calves, one two year old heifer, one bed and furniture, two bedsteads, half dozen pewter plates, two pewter basons, one pewter dish, 4 tin cups, half a dozen pewter spoons, half a dozen knives and two forks, one dutch oven, two water pails, two coolers, one wash tub, a box iron and one heater, one pair of cotton cards, an iron candlestick, two saddle trees wt ye irons, one briddle, a hand saw, one ax. Two beaver traps, a table and chest, a frying pan two chairs, a lead ink stand, a razor, two small horses, looking glass, a chiles bed, a weeding hoe, a small ball, a saw sett, a pair bullet moles, a common prayer book, a spur, a pair of knitting needles, a little spinning wheel, a cotton gin, a lock and key, about 130 lbs. of flax, two 31 lb. of cotton in yeseed, about 50 bus. of Indian corn.

Arnow wrote that "Ruddle was the only first settler found who had even a small bed, for his trundle bed was referred to as a 'chile's bed'."

Cornelius' widow, Jane, married his first cousin, James Ruddell (3), on December 8, 1788. James (3) was the son of Archibald (2), brother of Isaac (2), Cornelius' father. Jane and James were parents of ten children and the youngest was named Cornelius. James (3) had been captured at Ruddle's Station and was a prisoner for 2 years and a half.

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Problematical Bourbon County Stations [3]

Isaac Ruddle (Ruddell, Riddle, among other spellings), who is best known for rebuilding John Hinkston's Station in Harrison County and then losing it to the British, reportedly came from Virginia in 1776 and built a log cabin near a spring north of a James Coons home (KentuckianCitizen 1944). Ruddle's property consisted of 1400 acres in two connected tracts on Flat Run (Brookes-Smith 1976:187; Virginia Survey Book 2, pp. 506-507). He also owned with Mounce Bird a 2000-acre tract which encompassed present Ruddel Mills (modern spelling) (Brookes-Smith 1976:187; Virginia Survey Book 3, p. 215). Presumably, this early cabin was located on one of these tracts. Strictly speaking, it probably is more accurately categorized as a land improvement.

about 1750 when Isaac was 20, he married Elizabeth BOWMAN, daughter of George BOWMAN & Mary HITE. Born about 1731. Elizabeth died in Ruddle’s Mills, Kentucky about 1814; she was 83. Buried in Stonermouth Presbyterian Cemetery, Ruddle’s Mills, Kentucky.

They had the following children:

                                i.             John. Born about 1752. John died about 1800; he was 48.

              9               ii.             Stephen (1768-)

                              iii.             Abraham. Born on August 3, 1774. Abraham died in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas on February 25, 1841; he was 66.

                                                Subject: Obituary of Abraham Ruddell

                                                Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 12:29:08 EDT

                                                From: Jsellars3@aol.com

                                                To: RUDDLESFORT-L@rootsweb.com

                                               

                                                This originally appeared in the Batesville News, March 4, 1841.

                                               

                                                Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas. Little Rock, AR: Clearfield Press, 1908, p. 339-342.

                                               

                                                REMARKABLE LIFE OF ABRAHAM RUDDELL.

                                               

                                                Abraham Ruddell, of Independence County, had a career which the pen of J. Fennimore Cooper might have depicted as it deserved, but which my pen in the space allotted cannot adequately express. He was born as far west as white people at that time had found permanent homes. Far down on the Holstein in Virginia in a log house on August 3, 1774, he first saw the light of day. He never knew much about this home nor his parents, for on June 22, 1780, the Indians fell upon the little settlement and with savage ferocity tomahawked its residents, carrying off as a prisoner the little curley-headed Abraham Ruddell. They carried him over into Kentucky and the same something that prompted his savage captors to spare his life, whatever that may have been, prompted the great Tecumseh to not only further spare him, but to take him into his family as an adopted son. Strange fortune was this! Strange mutation of the little child's life. He grew up under Tecumseh's eye and was trained by that renowned warrior in all the arts of Indian life and Indian warfare. He learned the language of the tribe, played the Indian boyhood games, and took part in all the Indian wars. He was an adept in the use of a tomahawk, though his white blood restrained him from its more barbarous uses. He was skilled with the bow and could contest favorably with all his dusky comrades. In the use of the rifle he had no superior and Tecumseh awarded him many happy encomiums. When the tribe fought other Indian tribes Ruddell fought at Tecumseh's side and fought well. He had no particle of cowardice in his system and was far more venturesome than even his savage friends. He was trained, however, to know that he was white, and Tecumseh always held out to him the fact that at some time he would go back to the whites to live the white man's life. So gentle was Tecumseh to him that he grew to love him and throughout his life had a warm vein of affection for the great warrior. When Tecumseh died there was one white man, at least, that sincerely mourned his death. Logan, the Mingo, stood alone in his absolute lack of mournful friends; Tecumseh was mourned by his tribe and by Abraham Ruddell. For Tecumseh's brother, the prophet, Ruddell had a supreme contempt, and it was only his love for Tecumseh that kept him from openly showing his dislike.

                                               

                                                LIVED SIXTEEN YEARS WITH INDIANS.

                                               

                                                After sixteen years of captivity under the provisions of Mad Anthony Wayne's treaty, he returned to the whites. His parting with Tecumseh was grievous, and each shook the hand of the other in proud good faith as they separated. Ruddell went back to his own people, a stranger in their midst. In Kentucky he started a new life, the white man's life with an added Indian education. His counsels were sought by the border woodsmen, and his Indian craft was used to circumvent thecraft of the Indians. In 1811 he became a soldier of the United States and with the backwoodsmen of Virginia and Kentucky, with unerring rifles and forest tactics, marched with the brave and gallant Winchester into Canada. He was in the ever memorable fight of the Raisin and with others felt all the mortification of defeat. All day long his eye swept the field of savage faces hunting for the familiar face of Tecumseh. At the risk of his life he would have tried to shake Tecumseh's hand again. He had bullets for the Indians, but none for Tecumseh. But he saw not his friend, nor did he see that other, the Prophet, for whom he had saved a special bullet, and whom he would gladly have shot. Ruddell always attributed the prevalence of the Indian atrocities to the evil eye of the Prophet.

                                               

                                                MOVED TO ARKANSAS.

                                               

                                                In battle after battle the defeat was retrieved and the war cry "Remember the Raisin," became the rallying cry of all future combats. Ruddell served through the war and went back to his forest home to ever afterwards live a peaceful life. In 1816 the Western fever attacked his neighborhood and with one accord they pulled up stakes and began a journey into the greater and newer West. Crossing the Mississippi below St. Genevieve they took the old St. Louis and Washita road and turned South. One by one they found their Canaan and blazed their claims. Ruddell found his in the fairest part of what is now Independence County, in that township which will forever carry his name. Grand old Abraham Ruddell! Was there ever a man more respected in the county?

                                               

                                                UNIVERSALLY RESPECTED

                                               

                                                Fent Noland, who knew him well, who gleaned the fore going story from his lips, said, "No. He was a man of his word, honest and clean. He was never asked for a bond, and hated a liar. He was not only respected, but loved, and at his death, February 25, 1841, the whole county grieved. He loved the forest and spent the greater part of his time in its depths. He knew all the trees and communed with them; he knew the habits of all the birds and loved to imitate their music. Every flower of the county was known to him, not by its Latin, but by its loving backwoods name. Such a man had in him all the fire of a poet linked to the soul of a scientist. He never injured any man and all men were his friends. He could lie down in the forest, draw the drapery of a couch around him, and in the presence of the stars sleep that sleep which abounds only in pleasant dreams."

                                               

                                                Fent Noland was a clean man--a man of lofty, poetic ideals, and his testimonial to the character of Abraham Ruddell is one of the brightest parts of old Independence County history. He had several children, but at his death had but one son and one daughter living, who with his wife shed genuine tears of regret

                                               

                                                He never sought office, and but one of the name, John Ruddell, is enrolled on the county's official roll. George Ruddell was a citizen of Batesville in 1821. Abraham Ruddell's name marks the township in which Batesville stands, and that is a most signal honor. There on the hallowed ground where James Boswell, Richard Peel, Richard Searcy, Thomas Curran, J. Redmon, Charles H. Pelham, Charles Kelly, J. Egner, John Read, Colonel Miller, J. L. Daniels, Robert Bruce, John and James Trimble, Colonel and Fent Noland, James Denton, Townsend Dickinson, William Moore, and other choice spirits of the earliest times met with him and lived with him-there was he buried amidst the most profound grief of his fellows. No more romantic character ever lived on Arkansas soil, and some rising Arkansas Octave Than it will do credit to her name by writing a characteristic romance with Abraham Ruddell as its central figure. He was "The Last of the Mohicans," as it were, but his life story ought not to die.

                                                On August 21, 1797 when Abraham was 23, he married Mary Vinnel CULP, daughter of Lt. Daniel CULP (~1740-~1791) & Esther CHAPLIN(E). Born about 1775. Mary Vinnel died about 1813; she was 38.

            10              iv.             George (1757-1846)

            11               v.             Cornelius (~1759-1787)

                              vi.             Isaac. Born about 1760. Isaac died about 1790; he was 30.

                                                On June 23, 1790 when Isaac was 30, he married Nancy FOSTER. Born about 1765.

                             vii.             Margry. Born about 1763. Margry died about 1785; she was 22.

                                                about 1780 when Margry was 17, she married Henry? DEWIT. Born about 1760.

            12            viii.             Elizabeth (1776-1854)

4. Cornelius RUDDELL. Born about 1717 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Cornelius died in Botetourt County, Virginia in March 1798; he was 81.

about 1750 when Cornelius was 33, he married Ingabo?. Born in 1730. Ingabo? died in Botetourt County, Virginia in 1814; she was 84.

They had one child:

            13                i.             John (~1755-1824)

5. Stephen RUDDELL Sr. Born about 1725 in Probably Chester County, Pennsylvania. Stephen died in Woodford County, Kentcky in August 1800; he was 75.

abt 1751/1752 when Stephen was 26, he first married Mary BYRD, daughter of Andrew BIRD III (~1702-1750) & Magdalene JONES (~1695-), in Pendleton County, Virginia. Born about 1727. Mary died about 1780; she was 53.

They had the following children:

            14                i.             James (1752-~1836)

            15               ii.             Ann (1754-1795)

                              iii.             Eleanor. Born in 1757 in Lost River, Virginia.

                                                Eleanor married Joseph NEVILL. Born about 1757.

                              iv.             Isaac. Born in 1765. Isaac died in February 1819; he was 54.

            16               v.             Cornelius (1769-1849)

                              vi.             Stephen.

On October 28, 1782 when Stephen was 57, he second married Sarah BARNES, in Virginia, Rockingham County.

They had the following children:

                                i.             Sarah.

            17               ii.             Stephen (1786-<1860)

Third Generation

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Family of Archibald RUDDELL (2) & Elizabeth BEGGS

6. Elizabeth RUDDELL. Born in 1763. Elizabeth died in 1840; she was 77.

On March 24, 1787 when Elizabeth was 24, she married George SHARP. Born about 1760. George died in 1846; he was 86.

They had the following children:

                                i.             Isaac.

                                                On December 22, 1811 Isaac married Nancy Agnes LYON, daughter of John LYON (ca1752-1807) & Sarah DAVIS (1765-1816), in Harrison County, Kentucky. Born on October 10, 1791. Nancy Agnes died in Hamilton County, Indiana on November 8, 1872; she was 81.

                               ii.             Margaret. Born in 1792. Margaret died in 1882; she was 90.

                                                On September 26, 1811 when Margaret was 19, she married John Lewis LYON, son of John LYON (ca1752-1807) & Sarah DAVIS (1765-1816). Born on September 13, 1792 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. John Lewis died in Decatur County, Indiana on April 5, 1871; he was 78.

            18              iii.             George R. (1810-)

7. Sarah RUDDELL.

Sarah married Thomas DAVIS.

They had one child:

            19                i.             George M. (1794-)

8. James RUDDELL. Born on August 20, 1758 in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. James died in Boone, Kentucky about 1840; he was 81.

Notes for JAMES RUDDELL: [4]

Will dated 20 Aug 1835 probated Jan 1840, Boone County, KY will book D. P 33.

John Ruddell of the Shenandoah by Smutz.

His pension papers in the appendix of above referenced book, show that he was one of the garrison at Ruddell's Station when it was captured in 1780 . He stated in his application that in 1777 he served six months in the Shenandoah militia under Col. Abraham Byrd: 1779-80 he served in the KY Co., VA militia under Capt Isaac Ruddell, was captured 24 June 1780 and remained a prisoner of war until the fall of 1783, and later that fall returned to Ky and became a resident of Fayette County. Children were listed in the Haynes Family Bible.

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Subject: Deposition of James Ruddle

Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 14:27:07 EDT

From: Krazymix@aol.com

Harrison Co KY suit 4911. Daniel Barton vs William E Boswell Taken 28 and 29  July 1812

Also the deposition of James Ruddle of lawful age and being first duly sworn,  deposith and saith. that he was at the settlement of Ruddle's station in 1779  in company with a number of others. He says that sd station was much  recounted by adventures to this country. He further says that the settlers of  Ruddle's station hunted frequently over on these waters and he has often  heard them speak of having been over to Lee's lick and McFalls lick on Mill  creek before he came over himself which was in 1780. He says that Mill creek  was well known in sd station from the first settlement. He says that he was  taken prisoner by the Indians at Ruddles station in 1780 and he and other  prisoners were taken down upon the south side of the south fork of Licking  and crossed Mill creek near where the widow Coleman now lives and that creek  was well know by that name to them. He says that after his return from the  Indians to Kentucky which was some time in the year 1783. He knew and hunted  this fork of Mill creek called the south fork. The other principal fork the  north fork. And he believes they were generally known after his return as  aforesaid by those names.

Question by comptfs. Have you not been much accustomed to the woods and as a woodsman and among woodsmen would not this be called the south fork and the other principal fork the north fork of Mill creek? Ann. I have been much accustomed to the woods and I think the forks would be distinguished as before stated. Question by same Have you known on the north side of the Kentucky River any other creek by the name of Mill creek? Ann. I do not and have not known of any other. Question by the defts Which did you call the main fork, the one now called the north fork or the south fork? Ann. From my first acquaintance, I called this south fork the main fork. Question by same Whether or not did you ever hear of this fork called the south fork before 1782. Ann I do not know that I heard them to be distinguished that early. Question by Will E Boswell When were you acquainted with Hinkson's station and at what time? Ann. I raised corn there in the year 1779. Question by complts What kind of oak do you call the trees which this corner is made? Ann. A large red oak & white oak & black oak The black oak & white oak growing together at the root and now blown up & a buckeye marked SM marked also as a corner. Question by defts. Did you ever see these corner trees before today? Ann. I did not. Question by same Whether or not could you tell the kind of trees as well as if they were standing considering their decayed state. Ann. The large red oak and white oak are known to me but the black oak is not. And further this deponent saith not. Jas Ruddle.

Carolyn Kent

James married Jane MULHERIN, daughter of Charles MULHERIN Jr. (~1730-1789). Born on January 25, 1761 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jane died in Boone County, Kentucky in 1833; she was 71.

Notes for JANE MULHERIN: [4]

Jane died in l833 in an epidemic of Cholera which claimed many lives . She was referred to as the beautious Jane Mulherin. James, her second husband, was a first cousin to Cornelius.

They had the following children:

                                i.             Elizabeth. Born on August 23, 1789 in Fayette County, Kentucky.

                               ii.             Archibald. Born on October 7, 1791 in Fayette County, Kentucky. Archibald died in Kentucky before 1835; he was 43.

            20              iii.             Charles (1791-1886)

                              iv.             George. Born on April 23, 1793 in Fayette County, Kentucky.

                               v.             Sarah. Born on April 23, 1795 in Fayette County, Kentucky.

                                                Sarah married John KILGORE.

                              vi.             Margaret Herd. Born on November 5, 1796 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Margaret Herd died in Hamilton, Indiana on January 18, 1882; she was 85.

                             vii.             James. Born on September 25, 1798 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

                            viii.             Rebecca. Born on April 14, 1802.

                              ix.             Cornelius. Born on July 4, 1804 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

Family of Isaac RUDDELL Captain (3) & Elizabeth BOWMAN

9. Stephen RUDDELL. Born in 1768.

This is the famous Stephen Ruddell who was captured at Ruddell’s fort on June 24, 1780 and raised by the Shawnee.  He was best friends with Tecumseh.

On October 2, 1797 when Stephen was 29, he first married Catherine KINGREY.

They had the following children:

                                i.             Terricia. Born in 1799 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

                                                Terricia married Thomas FISHER. Born in 1795 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

            21               ii.             Sarah (1809-1872)

On July 9, 1809 when Stephen was 41, he second married Susannah DAVID, daughter of William DAVID (1740-1819) & Mary Ann SIMMONS. Born in 1780. Susannah died before 1833; she was 53.

They had the following children:

            22                i.             John Mulherrin (1812-1896)

                               ii.             Catherine. Born on September 9, 1814 in Kentucky. Catherine died on June 12, 1846; she was 31.

                                                Catherine married James NICHOLS.

            23              iii.             Stephen Dudley (1816-1891)

            24              iv.             William David (1820-)

about 1833 when Stephen was 65, he third married Rachel NIGHTSMITH. Born on November 27, 1797 in Savannah, Georgia.

They had the following children:

                                i.             Susannah. Born on December 31, 1834 in Adams County, Illinois. Susannah died on March 2, 1911; she was 76.

                                                Susannah first married WOODS. Born about 1830.

                                                On September 6, 1854 when Susannah was 19, she second married James Franklin GRIMES. Born about 1830.

                               ii.             Amanda Van. Born on March 2, 1837 in Adams County, Illinois.

                                                Amanda Van married GROVES. Born about 1835.

                              iii.             Abigail Nightsmith. Born on March 15, 1838.

                              iv.             Mary Elizabeth. Born in August 1840 in Adams County, Illinois.

                                                Mary Elizabeth married JORDAN.

10. George RUDDELL. Born on February 14, 1757 in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. George died in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas on March 10, 1846; he was 89.

On April 12, 1779 when George was 22, he married Theodocia LYNN. Born on June 13, 1763 in Pennsylvania. Theodocia died in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas on September 30, 1830; she was 67.

They had one child:

                                i.             Abraham. Born on June 8, 1785 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Abraham died in Arkansas on November 22, 1855; he was 70.

11. Cornelius RUDDELL. Born about 1759 in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Cornelius died in French Lick, Nashville, Tennessee on July 2, 1787; he was 28.

Notes for CORNELIUS RUDDELL: [4]

Cornelius was killed by indians while hunting wild turkey.

In 1782 when Cornelius was 23, he married Jane MULHERIN, daughter of Charles MULHERIN Jr. (~1730-1789). Born on January 25, 1761 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jane died in Boone County, Kentucky in 1833; she was 71.

Notes for JANE MULHERIN: [4]

Jane died in l833 in an epidemic of Cholera which claimed many lives . She was referred to as the beautious Jane Mulherin. James, her second husband, was a first cousin to Cornelius.

They had the following children:

            25                i.             Polly (1784-)

                               ii.             Nancy. Born on March 27, 1786 in Davidson, Tennessee.

                                                On February 21, 1805 when Nancy was 18, she married Isaac/Charles COOK. Born about 1785.

12. Elizabeth RUDDELL. Born on August 26, 1776 in Virginia. [4] Elizabeth died in Clarksville, Pike County, Missouri on October 25, 1854; she was 78.

Notes for ELIZABETH RUDDELL: [4]

Elizabeth was captured by Indians at the raid of Ruddle's Station in 1780 by British and Indians led by Capt Bird and Simon Girty. As a small girl she was marched to Detroit with her family and held captive for about three years.

On January 31, 1789 when Elizabeth was 12, she married John MULHERIN, son of Charles MULHERIN Jr. (~1730-1789), in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Born on January 15, 1758 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. John died in Paynesville, Pike County, Missouri on February 20, 1850; he was 92.

Notes for JOHN MULHERIN: [4]

DAR Patriotic Index, pg. 487. 1800-1810 Census Bourbon Co; John Ruddell Gone; Pike Co., MO Marriage records; John Ruddell Rev. War Pension Application Griffith & Allied Families by Loraine Harting, 4/3/1985

There is a Marriage Bond in Bourbon Co, KY between John Mulherin and Elizabeth Ruddell. Capt. Isaac Ruddell was bondsman-gives consent to marriage of "My daughter Elizabeth" John Ruddell witness. Jan 3l , 1789.

They lived in Bourbon County, KY until 1818, when they moved to Pike County, MO. John must have helped his father-in-law, since they were partners in a mill and other affairs. At one time they manufactured a species of brandy from pumpkins. Their children were born in KY.

John was an Elder and possibly a lay minister in the Clarksville Christian Church. He operated the first steam mill in Pike County, MO.

They had the following children:

                                i.             Charles. Born in Ruddle’s Station, Bourbon County, Kentucky.

            26               ii.             Sarah (1795-1849)

            27              iii.             Stephen R. (1799-1851)

            28              iv.             Jane (1801-1866)

                               v.             Polly Mary. Born on March 12, 1806 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Polly Mary died on August 29, 1865; she was 59.

                              vi.             Rebecca. Born on May 6, 1808 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Rebecca died in Pike County, Missouri on November 13, 1864; she was 56.

                             vii.             John D. Born in 1810 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. John D. died in Pike County, Missouri on September 15, 1851; he was 41.

                            viii.             William B. Born in 1812 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. William B. died in Calumet Twp., Pike County, Missouri.

                              ix.             Elizabeth. Born on April 22, 1819 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Elizabeth died in Pike County, Missouri on June 12, 1856; she was 37.

Family of Cornelius RUDDELL (4) & Ingabo?

13. John RUDDELL. Born about 1755 in Frederick County, Virginia. John died in Rockingham County, Virginia in 1824; he was 69. Buried in Riddle Cemetery Near Chimney Rock.

For further information about John and Mary (Lair) Ruddell, refer to “The Genealogy of the Ruddell’s Family,” Vol. II, p. 30.

about 1780 when John was 25, he married Mary LEHRER, daughter of Mathias LEHRER (1714-1787) & Catharina Margaretha MOYER (->1787), in Rockingham County, Virginia. Born circa 1756 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Mary died in Rockingham County, Virginia after 1824; she was 68. Buried in Riddle Cemetery Near Chimney Rock.

They had the following children:

                                i.             Mary Margaret. Born in 1776 in Brock’s Gap, Augusta County, Virginia. Mary Margaret died on February 4, 1860; she was 84.

                                                On March 19, 1799 when Mary Margaret was 23, she married William DYER. Born about 1775.

            29               ii.             Cornelius (1780-1876)

                              iii.             John H. Born on October 16, 1788 in Brock’s Gap, Augusta County, Virginia. John H. died on February 14, 1871; he was 82.

                                                On March 5, 1827 when John H. was 38, he married Sarah BYRD. Born in 1791. Sarah died in 1875; she was 84.

            30              iv.             Isaac (1791-1882)

Family of Stephen RUDDELL Sr. (5) & Mary BYRD

14. James RUDDELL Sr. Born on September 24, 1752 in Hampshire County, Lost River Area, Virginia. James died in TN Or NC ? about November 19, 1836; he was 84.

about 1778 when James was 25, he married Agnes WILSON. Born about 1755. Agnes died after 1838; she was 83.

They had one child:

            31                i.             James (1790->1832)

15. Ann RUDDELL. Born on September 20, 1754 in Probably Lost River, Virginia. Ann died in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia on June 10, 1795; she was 40.

On September 24, 1770 when Ann was 16, she married Benjamin WILSON Sr., in Virginia. Born on November 30, 1747 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Benjamin died in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia on December 2, 1827; he was 80.

They had the following children:

                                i.             Mary Byrd. Born on July 7, 1771 in Virginia, Shenandoah County, Cedar Creek. Mary Byrd died in Virginia or WA, Braxton County, Bulltown on December 28, 1837; she was 66.

                                                On July 3, 1787 when Mary Byrd was 15, she married John HAMMOND. Born about 1770.

                               ii.             William B. Born on January 23, 1773 in Virginia. William B. died in Roane County, Tennessee before 1858; he was 84.

                                                On June 19, 1794 when William B. was 21, he married Elizabeth DAVISSON. Born about 1775.

                              iii.             Stephen Ruddell. Born on October 21, 1775.

                                                On May 23, 1798 when Stephen Ruddell was 22, he married Martha SPENCER. Born about 1775.

                              iv.             Benjamin. Born on June 13, 1778 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia. Benjamin died in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia on June 29, 1830; he was 52.

                                                about 1800 when Benjamin was 21, he first married Martha Louise DAVISSON.

                                                Benjamin second married Margary MARTIN. Born about 1780.

                               v.             Sarah. Born on September 11, 1780. Sarah died on April 24, 1854; she was 73.

                                                On August 16, 1798 when Sarah was 17, she married Benjamin Jones BRICE.

                              vi.             Elizabeth. Born on August 17, 1782. Elizabeth died on September 3, 1782.

                             vii.             Ann. Born on January 17, 1786. Ann died in Licking County, Ohio on July 19, 1849; she was 63.

                                                On January 6, 1806 when Ann was 19, she married John Jones BRICE. Born about 1783.

                            viii.             John. Born on July 5, 1788. John died on December 26, 1864; he was 76.

                                                John first married Carradine CALDWELL. Born about 1795.

                                                On December 6, 1804 when John was 16, he second married Catherine ASH.

                                                In 1816 when John was 27, he third married Margery MARTIN.

                              ix.             Arichibald Blackburn. Born on July 25, 1790. Arichibald Blackburn died in Clarksburg, (West) Virginia on July 17, 1830; he was 39.

                                                On February 27, 1812 when Arichibald Blackburn was 21, he first married Edith DAVISSON.

                                                On May 4, 1828 when Arichibald Blackburn was 37, he second married Alphenia MOUNT.

                               x.             Cornelius Ruddell. Born on April 7, 1795. Cornelius Ruddell died in Newark, Ohio on February 25, 1856; he was 60.

                                                On July 11, 1816 when Cornelius Ruddell was 21, he married Rachel Bray MARTIN. Born about 1795.

16. Cornelius RUDDELL. Born on August 5, 1769 in Hardy County, (West) Virginia. Cornelius died in Utica, Clark County, Indiana on July 5, 1849; he was 79. Buried in New Chapel Cemetery.

about 1788 when Cornelius was 18, he first married Margaret WILSON. Born on April 7, 1769 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Margaret died in Clark County, Indiana on September 19, 1826; she was 57.

They had the following children:

                                i.             Sarah. Born on March 23, 1798 in Woodford County, Kentucky. Sarah died in Clark County, Indiana.

                                                On February 24, 1816 when Sarah was 17, she first married Joseph KINCADE. Born about 1785.

                                                On April 22, 1830 when Sarah was 32, she second married Jacob BOTTORFF. Born about 1795.

            32               ii.             Elizabeth (1792-1830)

            33              iii.             William (1794-1842)

                              iv.             Stephen. Born on June 23, 1796 in Woodford County, Kentucky. Stephen died in Woodford County, Kentucky on August 5, 1820; he was 24.

            34               v.             Cornelius (1800-1828)

                              vi.             Rebecca.

                             vii.             Isaac.

                            viii.             Wilson.

                              ix.             Margaret.

                               x.             Mary. Born on April 28, 1790 in Clark County, Indiana. Mary died in Ashland, Illinois on August 3, 1871; she was 81.

                                                On November 12, 1812 when Mary was 22, she first married Charles BEGGS. Born on October 30, 1775 in Virginia.

                                                about 1815 when Mary was 24, she second married Joseph KINCAID.

                              xi.             James.

In 1829 when Cornelius was 59, he second married Catherine KERN.

They had one child:

                                i.             Jacob Edward. Born on September 4, 1832. Jacob Edward died on June 16, 1878; he was 45.

Family of Stephen RUDDELL Sr. (5) & Sarah BARNES

17. Stephen RUDDELL Jr. Born in 1786 in Kentucky. Stephen died in Could't find Stephen on the 1860 census before 1860; he was 74.

On September 1, 1806 when Stephen was 20, he married Sarah KIRK, in Kentucky, Woodford.

They had the following children:

                                i.             Robert K. Born in 1810 in Kentucky, of Woodford County.

                               ii.             Martha. Born in 1813.

                              iii.             Cornelius C. Born on June 22, 1818. Cornelius C. died on March 7, 1855; he was 36.

                              iv.             Margaret M. Born in 1822. Margaret M. died in Kentucky, Hardyman County in 1852; she was 30.

                               v.             Elizabeth. Born in 1827.