For his grandson, a merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, see Timothy Ruggles (Nova Scotia politician).
Timothy Dwight Ruggles
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1762–1764
Preceded by
James Otis, Sr.
Succeeded by
Samuel White
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for Hardwick[1]
In office 1754, 1757, 1761 – 1755, 1759, 1770
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas[3] of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
In office January 21,[2] 1762[3] – 1774[2]
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas[3] of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
In office April 19, 1757[3][2] – 1774[2]
Personal details
Born
October 20, 1711 Rochester, Massachusetts[4]
Died
August 4, 1795 (1795-08-05) (aged 83)
Resting place
Wilmot, Nova Scotia[5]
Spouse
Bathsheba Newcomb née Bourne
Children
Martha Ruggles (b. August 10, 1736),[6] Timthy Ruggles (b. January 7, 1738–39),[6] Bathsheba Ruggles (1746–1778),[6] John Ruggles,[5] Timothy Ruggles,[5] Richard Ruggles.[5]
Residence
Wilmot, Nova Scotia[7]
Alma mater
Harvard
Occupation
Lawyer
Military service
Allegiance
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Branch/service
Massachusetts militia
Timothy Dwight Ruggles[8] (October 20, 1711 – August 4, 1795) was an American colonial military leader, jurist, and politician. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 and later a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War.
^Paige, Lucius Robinson (1883), History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, p. 312
^ abcdPaige, Lucius Robinson (1883), History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, p. 313
^ abcdStark, James Henry (1910), The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution, Boston, MA: James H. Stark, p. 226
^Stark, James Henry (1910), The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution, Boston, MA: James H. Stark), p. 226
^ abcdStark, James Henry (1910), The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution, Boston, MA: James H. Stark, p. 229
^ abcCalnek, William Arthur (1897), History of the county of Annapolis: Including old Port Royal and Acadia including: with memoirs of its representatives in the provincial parliament, and biographical and genealogical sketches of its early English settlers and their families, Toronto, ON: William Briggs, p. 592
^Calnek, William Arthur (1897), History of the county of Annapolis: Including old Port Royal and Acadia including: with memoirs of its representatives in the provincial parliament, and biographical and genealogical sketches of its early English settlers and their families, Toronto, ON: William Briggs, p. 590
^Wetmore, Donald (1983), Loyalists in Nova Scotia, Hantsport, Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press, p. 38
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