General Information

Birth
1737

Notes

The Virginia Genealogist, Vol 27, No. 4.

I, ALSO, HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFO ON ELIZABETH BOWMAN RUDDELL. HER FATHER WAS GEORGE BOWMAN AND HER MOTHER WAS MARY HITE . MARY HITE 'S FATHER WAS JOIST HITE AND HER MOTHER WAS ANNA MARIA DUBOIS. ANNA MARIA'S FATHER WAS LOUIS DUBOIS. JOIST HITE (HANS JOST HEYDT) CAME FROM GERMANY VIA HOLLAND IN HIS OWN SHIP, THE SWIFT, BRINGING WITH HIM SIXTEEN FAMILIES TO KINSTON, LONG ISLAND, N.Y. IN 1710. IN 1716 HE SETTLED IN GERMANTOWN, PA. HE PLAYED A PROMINENT PART IN THE EARLY LIFE OF VA AND WAS JUSTIVE OF THE FIRST COURT OF ORANGE CO.

HE DIED IN 1750. THE HITES AND RUDDELLS WERE FOR A CENTURY CLOSE FRIEND AND NEIGHBORS IN PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA, AND KENTUCKY.

Parents

Mary Hite
- Mother

Spouse

Isaac Ruddell
- Husband
1738 - 1812
Birth
1738
Virginia
Death
FEB 1812
Bourbon County, Kentucky

Children

Cornelius Ruddell
- Son
1759 - 1786
Birth
1759
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Death
NOV 1786
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Isaac Ruddell Jr.
- Son
Birth
1754
Virginia
Abraham "Abram" Ruddell
- Son
1774 - 1857
Birth
3 AUG 1774
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Death
17 OCT 1857
Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas
Stephen "Sinnanatha" Ruddell
- Son
1768 - 1845
Birth
19 SEP 1768
Frederick County, Virginia
Death
12 OCT 1845
Ursa, Adams County, Illinois
John Ruddell
- Son
1760 - 1824
Birth
8 DEC 1760
Rockingham County, Virginia
Death
1824
George Ruddell
- Son
1757 - 1846
Birth
14 FEB 1757
Frederick County, Virginia
Death
10 MAR 1846
Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas
Elizabeth "Betsy" Ruddell
- Daughter
Birth
26 AUG 1776
Ruddells's Mill, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Mary Margaret Ruddell
- Daughter
1763 - 1806
Birth
1763
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Death
1806