Descendants of Griffin Craft


Generation No. 1

1.  GRIFFIN1 CRAFT died 04 Oct 1689.  He married (1) ALICE.  She died 24 Mar 1673.  He married (2) DORCAS RUGGLES.    He married (3) URSULA ADAMS 15 Jul 1673, daughter of HENRY ADAMS and EDITH SQUIRE.  She was born 19 Jul 1619, and died 20 Feb 1679.

Notes for GRIFFIN CRAFT:
--came to this country in 1630 with wife Alice and daughter Hannah;
	
Children of GRIFFIN CRAFT and ALICE are:
	i.	HANNAH2 CRAFT.
	ii.	MOSES CRAFT.

Notes for MOSES CRAFT:
--Moses wrote the name Crafts prior to 1700, though it is spelled Craft on his tombstone.  The "s" was also added by Griffin Craft's grandson Thomas, whose descendants have retained that form.

	iii.	JOHN CRAFT, b. 10 Jul 1632; m. REBECCA WHEELOCK.
2.	iv.	ABIGAIL CRAFT, b. 28 Mar 1634, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. 19 Jan 1707, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
	v.	MARY CRAFT, b. Abt. 1636; m. JOSEPH GRIGGS, 1653.
3.	vi.	SAMUEL CRAFT, b. 12 Dec 1637, Roxbury; d. 1691.


Generation No. 2

2.  ABIGAIL2 CRAFT (GRIFFIN1) was born 28 Mar 1634 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died 19 Jan 1707 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.  She married (1) UNKNOWN.    She married (2) JOHN RUGGLES 24 Jan 1651, son of THOMAS RUGGLES and MARY CURTIS.  He was born 1625 in Nasing, Essex, England, and died 16 Sep 1658 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.  She married (3) RALPH DAY 15 Nov 1659.  

Notes for JOHN RUGGLES:
--came to Roxbury 1635 when 10 years of age on the "Hopewell" with his uncle John Ruggles.
	
Children of ABIGAIL CRAFT and JOHN RUGGLES are:
	i.	JOHN3 RUGGLES, b. 16 Oct 1651; d. Died young.
4.	ii.	JOHN RUGGLES, b. 22 Jan 1654, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. 16 Dec 1694.
	iii.	THOMAS RUGGLES, b. 28 Jan 1655; d. 01 Jun 1728.
	iv.	SAMUEL RUGGLES, b. 16 Aug 1657.

	
Child of ABIGAIL CRAFT and RALPH DAY is:
	v.	ABIGAIL3 DAY, b. 22 Apr 1661, Dedham.


3.  SAMUEL2 CRAFT (GRIFFIN1) was born 12 Dec 1637 in Roxbury, and died 1691.  He married ELIZABETH SEAVER 16 Oct 1661 in Roxbury, daughter of ROBERT SEAVER and ELIZABETH BALLARD.  

Notes for SAMUEL CRAFT:
--Lieutenant;
	
Children of SAMUEL CRAFT and ELIZABETH SEAVER are:
	i.	SAMUEL3 CRAFT, b. Abt. 1662; d. Died young.
	ii.	ELIZABETH CRAFT, b. Abt. 1663.
5.	iii.	SAMUEL CRAFT, b. 24 May 1664, Roxbury; d. 09 Dec 1709.
	iv.	JOSEPH CRAFT, b. Abt. 1666.
	v.	MARY CRAFT, b. Abt. 1668.
	vi.	ABIGAIL CRAFT, b. Abt. 1670.
	vii.	NATHANIEL CRAFT, b. Abt. 1672.
	viii.	EBENEZER CRAFT, b. Abt. 1674.
	ix.	ALICE CRAFT, b. Abt. 1676.
	x.	BENJAMIN CRAFT, b. Abt. 1678.


Generation No. 3

4.  JOHN3 RUGGLES (ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 22 Jan 1654 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died 16 Dec 1694.  He married MARTHA DEVOTION 02 Sep 1674, daughter of EDWARD DEVOTION and MARY.  She was born 13 Mar 1653 in Roxbury.

Notes for JOHN RUGGLES:
--born born 19 May 1657 died 28 Feb 1711-2?

Notes for MARTHA DEVOTION:
--her sister married another John Ruggles
--third child of Deacon Edward and Mary Devotion
---the John Ruggles, the two sisters married, could be a son of John and Mary (Gibson) Ruggles or John and Abigail (Craft) Ruggles?  -- one source claims both sisters married the same John Ruggles, another source definitely states they were different John Ruggles.  One source claims Hannah, not Martha, married (2) John Paine;


	
Children of JOHN RUGGLES and MARTHA DEVOTION are:
6.	i.	ABIGAIL4 RUGGLES, b. 05 Jun 1675, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts; d. 04 Jun 1758.
7.	ii.	JOHN RUGGLES, b. 16 Mar 1680, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
	iii.	EDWARD RUGGLES, b. 16 Nov 1683; d. Died young.
	iv.	MARTHA RUGGLES, b. 21 Dec 1686.
8.	v.	EDWARD RUGGLES, b. 02 Oct 1691, Roxbury; d. 1765, Cambridge.


5.  SAMUEL3 CRAFT (SAMUEL2, GRIFFIN1) was born 24 May 1664 in Roxbury, and died 09 Dec 1709.  He married ELIZABETH SHARP 25 Dec 1693 in Roxbury, daughter of JOHN SHARP.  
	
Children of SAMUEL CRAFT and ELIZABETH SHARP are:
	i.	JOSEPH4 CRAFT, b. Abt. 1695.
9.	ii.	HANNAH CRAFT, b. 15 Mar 1697; d. 11 Mar 1732, Roxbury.
	iii.	SAMUEL CRAFT, b. Abt. 1700.
10.	iv.	MOSES CRAFT, b. 29 Sep 1703, Roxbury.
	v.	MARY CRAFT, b. Abt. 1705.
	vi.	AARON CRAFT, b. Abt. 1707.


Generation No. 4

6.  ABIGAIL4 RUGGLES (JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 05 Jun 1675 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died 04 Jun 1758.  She married THOMAS RICHARDSON Abt. 1697.  He was born 30 Dec 1675, and died 1717.

Notes for THOMAS RICHARDSON:
--grandson of Thomas Richardson, one of three brothers, emigrants, who settled in Woburn, Mass.
	
Children of ABIGAIL RUGGLES and THOMAS RICHARDSON are:
	i.	TEN CHILDREN5 RICHARDSON.
	ii.	MARTHA RICHARDSON, m. THOMAS HORSLEY.
	iii.	RUTH RICHARDSON, m. WILLIAM TARBELL.
	iv.	SARAH RICHARDSON, m. FRANCIS CROSBY.
	v.	SUSANNA RICHARDSON.

Notes for SUSANNA RICHARDSON:
--unmarried

	vi.	ABIGAIL RICHARDSON, m. UNKNOWN HILL.
	vii.	ANN RICHARDSON, m. SAMUEL BAYLEY.


7.  JOHN4 RUGGLES (JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 16 Mar 1680 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.  He married SARAH FEILDER 24 May 1704, daughter of STEPHEN FEILDER and MARY GRIGGS.  She was born 30 May 1685.

Notes for JOHN RUGGLES:
--grandson of John and Abigail

Notes for SARAH FEILDER:
--Sarah Tilden??
	
Children of JOHN RUGGLES and SARAH FEILDER are:
11.	i.	JOHN5 RUGGLES, b. 21 Feb 1705, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
	ii.	STEPHEN RUGGLES, b. 29 Mar 1707.
	iii.	SARAH RUGGLES, b. 18 Sep 1708.
	iv.	MARY RUGGLES, b. 12 Nov 1716.
	v.	MARTHA RUGGLES, b. 10 Nov 1717.


8.  EDWARD4 RUGGLES (JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 02 Oct 1691 in Roxbury, and died 1765 in Cambridge.  He married (1) HANNAH CRAFT 24 Jun 1715, daughter of SAMUEL CRAFT and ELIZABETH SHARP.  She was born 15 Mar 1697, and died 11 Mar 1732 in Roxbury.  He married (2) ABIGAIL DAVIS 11 Jan 1733, daughter of JOHN DAVIS and MARY TORREY.  
	
Children of EDWARD RUGGLES and HANNAH CRAFT are:
	i.	SAMUEL5 RUGGLES, b. 29 Mar 1717, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut.
	ii.	HANNAH RUGGLES, b. 22 Dec 1718.
	iii.	ELIZABETH RUGGLES, b. 21 Oct 1720; d. Died young.
	iv.	ELIZABETH RUGGLES, b. 20 Oct 1722; m. JAMES NOBLE.
12.	v.	EDWARD RUGGLES, b. 22 Jun 1724, Roxbury; d. 25 Dec 1797, Montague, Massachusetts.
	vi.	ABIGAIL RUGGLES, b. 12 May 1726.
	vii.	THOMAS RUGGLES, b. 15 Nov 1729.
	viii.	BENJAMIN RUGGLES, b. 19 Feb 1731.


9.  HANNAH4 CRAFT (SAMUEL3, SAMUEL2, GRIFFIN1) was born 15 Mar 1697, and died 11 Mar 1732 in Roxbury.  She married EDWARD RUGGLES 24 Jun 1715, son of JOHN RUGGLES and MARTHA DEVOTION.  He was born 02 Oct 1691 in Roxbury, and died 1765 in Cambridge.
	
Children are listed above under (8) Edward Ruggles.

10.  MOSES4 CRAFT (SAMUEL3, SAMUEL2, GRIFFIN1) was born 29 Sep 1703 in Roxbury.  He married ESTHER WOODWARD 15 Nov 1729 in Newton, Massachusetts.  She was born 30 Nov 1704.
	
Children of MOSES CRAFT and ESTHER WOODWARD are:
13.	i.	ABIGAIL5 CRAFTS.
	ii.	SAMUEL CRAFTS.
	iii.	JOSEPH CRAFTS.
	iv.	ESTHER CRAFTS.
	v.	ABIGAIL CRAFTS.
	vi.	MARTHA CRAFTS.
	vii.	BULAH CRAFTS.
	viii.	MARY CRAFT, b. 11 Apr 1731, Newton, Massachusetts; d. 09 Apr 1813, Newton, Massachusetts; m. (1) THADDEUS TROWBRIDGE; b. 20 Nov 1728, Newton, Massachusetts; d. 06 Jan 1777, Newton, Massachusetts; m. (2) JOHN ROGERS, 01 Oct 1780, Newton, Massachusetts.

Notes for JOHN ROGERS:
--Lieut.; of Newton, Mass.;

14.	ix.	JOHN STAPLES CRAFTS, b. 09 Jan 1733, Newton, Massachusetts; d. 06 May 1816.


Generation No. 5

11.  JOHN5 RUGGLES (JOHN4, JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 21 Feb 1705 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.  He married KATHERINE WILLIAMS 20 Jan 1741, daughter of STEPHEN WILLIAMS and MARY CAPEN.  

Notes for KATHERINE WILLIAMS:
--niece by marriage of Deacon Edward Ruggles by his second wife, widow Abigail (Davis) Williams.
	
Children of JOHN RUGGLES and KATHERINE WILLIAMS are:
	i.	ELIZABETH6 RUGGLES, m. UNKNOWN SLACK.
	ii.	MARTHA RUGGLES, m. UNKNOWN PHIPPS.
	iii.	MARY RUGGLES, m. UNKNOWN WELD.
	iv.	SARAH RUGGLES, m. UNKNOWN PARKER.
15.	v.	JOHN RUGGLES, b. 13 Dec 1742, Roxbury; d. 25 Feb 1821, Milton, Massachusetts.
	vi.	KATHERINE RUGGLES, b. 09 Aug 1744; m. UNKNOWN SOPER.


12.  EDWARD5 RUGGLES (EDWARD4, JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 22 Jun 1724 in Roxbury, and died 25 Dec 1797 in Montague, Massachusetts.  He married ANN SUMNER 02 Apr 1747 in Pomfret, Connecticut, daughter of SAMUEL SUMNER and ELIZABETH GRIFFIN.  She was born 25 Sep 1724 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, and died 10 Jul 1808 in Montague, Massachusetts.
	
Children of EDWARD RUGGLES and ANN SUMNER are:
	i.	BENJAMIN6 RUGGLES, b. 18 Aug 1747; d. 10 Jul 1794; m. ELIZABETH DURKEE.
	ii.	ABIGAIL RUGGLES, b. 23 Jun 1749.
16.	iii.	SAMUEL RUGGLES, b. 26 Feb 1752; d. 23 Oct 1778, Killingly, Connecticut.
	iv.	ELIZABETH RUGGLES, b. 10 Apr 1754.
	v.	ANNA RUGGLES, b. 01 Oct 1756.
	vi.	HANNAH RUGGLES, b. 15 Aug 1758.
17.	vii.	EDWARD RUGGLES, b. 03 Apr 1763.
18.	viii.	THOMAS RUGGLES, b. 11 Aug 1765; d. 1824.


13.  ABIGAIL5 CRAFTS (MOSES4 CRAFT, SAMUEL3, SAMUEL2, GRIFFIN1)  She married JONATHAN GOODRICH 03 Dec 1691, son of JOHN GOODRICH and ELIZABETH EDWARDS.  
	
Children of ABIGAIL CRAFTS and JONATHAN GOODRICH are:
	i.	JONATHAN6 GOODRICH, b. 09 Feb 1693.
	ii.	ABIGAIL GOODRICH, b. 28 Nov 1694; m. SAMUEL WRIGHT, 02 Jan 1718.
	iii.	MOSES GOODRICH, b. 19 Jul 1697.
19.	iv.	LUCENIA/LUCY GOODRICH, b. 09 Sep 1699.
	v.	REBECCA GOODRICH, b. 24 Dec 1702.


14.  JOHN STAPLES5 CRAFTS (MOSES4 CRAFT, SAMUEL3, SAMUEL2, GRIFFIN1) was born 09 Jan 1733 in Newton, Massachusetts, and died 06 May 1816.  He married ELIZABETH PARK 06 Jul 1758, daughter of EDWARD PARK and EUNICE BARNES.  She was born 12 May 1731, and died 28 Dec 1802.

Notes for JOHN STAPLES CRAFTS:
--settled in 1756 in North Bridgewater (now Brockton, Massachusetts), where he practiced medicine for more than fifty years;  moved to Minot, Maine with his wife and sons;
	
Children of JOHN CRAFTS and ELIZABETH PARK are:
	i.	THOMAS6 CRAFTS.
	ii.	MARTHA CRAFTS.
20.	iii.	SAMUEL CRAFTS, b. 1762, North Bridgewater, Massachusetts; d. 02 Feb 1844, Hebron, Maine.


Generation No. 6

15.  JOHN6 RUGGLES (JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 13 Dec 1742 in Roxbury, and died 25 Feb 1821 in Milton, Massachusetts.  He married MARY WADSWOSRTH May 1772.  
	
Child of JOHN RUGGLES and MARY WADSWOSRTH is:
21.	i.	JOHN7 RUGGLES, b. 10 Feb 1773; d. 19 Dec 1846, Milton, Massachusetts.


16.  SAMUEL6 RUGGLES (EDWARD5, EDWARD4, JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 26 Feb 1752, and died 23 Oct 1778 in Killingly, Connecticut.
	
Children of SAMUEL RUGGLES are:
	i.	EBENEZER7 RUGGLES, b. 17 Dec 1773; d. 1823.
	ii.	JOHN RUGGLES, b. 03 Feb 1776; d. 19 Feb 1831, Rutland, Vermont; m. (1) POLLY GOULD; m. (2) EUNICE KINGSLEY; m. (3) SALLY BEAMAN.

Notes for JOHN RUGGLES:
--moved to Rutland, Vermont in 1801


17.  EDWARD6 RUGGLES (EDWARD5, EDWARD4, JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 03 Apr 1763.  He married (1) JERUSHA 06 Jun 1784.  She was born Abt. 1760, and died 09 Jan 1785.  He married (2) SYBIL TAFT Abt. 1785.  

Notes for EDWARD RUGGLES:
--moved in 1794 to Montague, Massachusetts
	
Child of EDWARD RUGGLES and SYBIL TAFT is:
	i.	TWELVE CHILDREN7 RUGGLES.


18.  THOMAS6 RUGGLES (EDWARD5, EDWARD4, JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 11 Aug 1765, and died 1824.  He married ALITHEAH SMITH Abt. 1790, daughter of JAMES SMITH and LOIS PRESTON.  She was born 05 Apr 1767, and died Mar 1843.

Notes for THOMAS RUGGLES:
--moved about 1800 to Windsor, Vermont and next to Rutland, Vermont about 1814.
	
Children of THOMAS RUGGLES and ALITHEAH SMITH are:
	i.	PRESTON7 RUGGLES, b. Abt. 1791; d. 22 Feb 1792, Abington.
22.	ii.	ELETHEAR RUGGLES, b. 25 May 1795, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut.
	iii.	ADOLPHUS RUGGLES, b. 01 Nov 1796; m. SOPHRONIA PARTRIDGE, 1822.
	iv.	SUMNER RUGGLES, b. 25 Feb 1797; m. EMILY MAY.
	v.	LUCRETIA RUGGLES, b. 02 Aug 1799; m. DAVID HOUGH.
	vi.	LORINDA RUGGLES, b. 04 Apr 1804; m. NATHAN WOOD.
	vii.	STEPHEN RUGGLES, b. 04 Jul 1808; d. 28 May 1880.

Notes for STEPHEN RUGGLES:
--unmarried;


19.  LUCENIA/LUCY6 GOODRICH (ABIGAIL5 CRAFTS, MOSES4 CRAFT, SAMUEL3, SAMUEL2, GRIFFIN1) was born 09 Sep 1699.  She married DANIEL FULLER1 07 Aug 1723, son of THOMAS FULLER.  He was born 20 Apr 1699 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, and died 06 Dec 1758 in Willington.

Notes for LUCENIA/LUCY GOODRICH:
--possibly the daughter of William and MaryAnn Goodrich.

Notes for DANIEL FULLER:
--Jonathan was child of Lucy, but the others??
	
Children of LUCENIA/LUCY GOODRICH and DANIEL FULLER are:
	i.	JONATHAN7 FULLER.

Notes for JONATHAN FULLER:
--noted physician in Mansfield, Connecticut

	ii.	FOUR SONS FULLER.
	iii.	FOUR DAUGHTERS FULLER.


20.  SAMUEL6 CRAFTS (JOHN STAPLES5, MOSES4 CRAFT, SAMUEL3, SAMUEL2, GRIFFIN1) was born 1762 in North Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and died 02 Feb 1844 in Hebron, Maine.  He married ANNE PACKARD Abt. 1787, daughter of REUBEN PACKARD and ANNE PERKINS.  She was born 19 Dec 1765 in North Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Notes for SAMUEL CRAFTS:
--in May 1799, he moved to Hebron, Maine;
	
Children of SAMUEL CRAFTS and ANNE PACKARD are:
	i.	MARY7 CRAFTS.
	ii.	MOSES CRAFTS.
	iii.	ISAAC P CRAFTS.
	iv.	ANNE CRAFTS.
	v.	JOHN CRAFTS.
	vi.	VAREN CRAFTS.
	vii.	ELIZABETH H CRAFTS.
	viii.	THOMAS P CRAFTS.
	ix.	PHEBE S CRAFTS.
	x.	ALONZO CRAFTS.
	xi.	HIRAM CRAFTS.
	xii.	SAMUEL CRAFTS, b. 21 Mar 1790, North Bridgewater, Massachusetts; d. 1884, Milan, New Hampshire; m. ALTHEA STURTEVANT, 30 Nov 1815; b. 04 Jul 1792, Wareham, Massachusetts; d. 17 Jan 1882, Milan, New Hampshire.


Generation No. 7

21.  JOHN7 RUGGLES (JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 10 Feb 1773, and died 19 Dec 1846 in Milton, Massachusetts.  He married BETSY WADSWOSRTH.  
	
Children of JOHN RUGGLES and BETSY WADSWOSRTH are:
	i.	MARY WADSWORTH8 RUGGLES, d. Died young.
	ii.	BETSY RUGGLES, b. 31 Aug 1808; m. FRANCIS W DAVENPORT.
23.	iii.	JOHN RUGGLES, b. 28 May 1816.


22.  ELETHEAR7 RUGGLES (THOMAS6, EDWARD5, EDWARD4, JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 25 May 1795 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut.  She married EZEKIEL LADD BAILEY in Rutland, Vermont, son of JACOB BAILEY and MOLLY/MARY LADD.  He was born 12 Jun 1786.

Notes for EZEKIEL LADD BAILEY:
--of Newbury and Rutland, Vermont;
	
Children of ELETHEAR RUGGLES and EZEKIEL BAILEY are:
	i.	THOMAS R8 BAILEY.
	ii.	MARY L BAILEY.
	iii.	FRANKLIN L BAILEY.
	iv.	ELEANOR BAILEY.


Generation No. 8

23.  JOHN8 RUGGLES (JOHN7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JOHN3, ABIGAIL2 CRAFT, GRIFFIN1) was born 28 May 1816.  He married MARY L GARDNER.  
	
Child of JOHN RUGGLES and MARY GARDNER is:
	i.	JOHN9 RUGGLES, d. 04 Dec 1866.



Endnotes

1.  Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Biographical sketches of the graduates of Yale College:--New York: H. Holt and Co., 1885-1912, 4752 pgs.