Samuel 6 Ruffin Family

born: ? 1800 NC/VA actually unknown
death:  1840

spouse: Elizabeth Forehand  d/o David Forehand
(Marriage Records in Nash County)(Wife of David Forehand was Letha Holland.
Family tradition says that Letha was not Elizabeth's mother)

born: 1803 ?
died:  Prior to Feb. 12, 1844- according to Nash Co.court paper dated Feb 12,
1844 naming the orphans of Elizabeth Ruffin & grand children of David
Forehand deceased  as:   David Ruffin, Martha Ann Ruffin, Samuel H. Ruffin,
Elizabeth F. Ruffin, John Ruffin.

Family tradition says that Elizabeth "Betsey" Forehand was illegitimate & her
mother worked on the Forehand Farm.

(Wife of David Forehand was Talitha "Litha" Holland (possibly Lettie Forehand
mentioned in David Forehand will)  According to the date on the marriage bond
he was then about 76 years old when he married Litha.
(Marriage Bonds of Edgecombe Co on File @ Tarboro & Cross Indexed By Hugh B.
Johnston, Jr. (Wilson Co. Historian) May 25, 1939 page 10.

Forehand, David & Talitha "Litha" Holland : Dec. 4, 1830 Moore (G.) Carter


 Will of Elizabeth Ruffin, 1851
Mentions her brother's children...most likely nieces and nephews by her brother, Samuel and spouse Elizabeth "Betsy" Forehand Ruffin.  This Elizabeth was never married and had not children that we know of.

Will of David Forehand

Children:
1. Mary Polly
born: 1823
died:
spouse: 7 Nov 1838 James Boseman  2) 1 Feb 1847 John B. Taylor
*mentioned in Elizabeth Ruffin's will 1851
*not mentioned 1844 court paper as orphan of Elizabeth "Betsey" Forehand
Ruffin & grand child of David Forehand.
*mentioned in 1838 will of David Forehand as Polly Ruffin Taylor an heir of
Betsey Ruffin along with all of Betsey's other children & David's other
grandchildren.

2. David C. [possibly Crockett, but no proof]
born: 1825
died:			Nash County?
spouse: 1824  Susanna Daughtridge d/o Geraldos Daughtridge
*not mentioned in Aunt Elizabeth Ruffin's will 1851
*mentioned 1844 as orphan of Elizabeth "Betsey" Forehand Ruffin & grand child
of David Forehand
*mentioned in 1838 will of David Forehand & heir of Betsey Ruffin




3. Martha Ann Susan
born: Jan 23, 1827
died: Feb 17, 1908
spouse: 7 Sept 1847  Elisha Thomas

*mentioned in Aunt Elizabeth Ruffin's will 1851
*mentioned 1844 as orphan of Elizabeth "Betsey" Forehand Ruffin & grand child
of David Forehand
*mentioned 1838 will of David Forehand & heir of Betsey Ruffin
a. Elizabeth Thomas
*mentioned only in will of Elizabeth Ruffin 1851 (relationship ?? unknown )

b. James Robert Thomas s/o Martha Ann Susan Ruffin & Elisha Thomas
born:  June 30, 1862 Edgecombe Co., NC
spouse: June 5, 1886 (his 1st cousin) Frances Ann Cornelia "Neely" Ruffin d/o
Samuel Henry Ruffin & Charity Ann Boon. (see below)
died: July 12, 1940 (age 78)


4. Samuel H.
born: 1831
died: unverified, but probably Civil War (burial?)
*mentioned in will of Aunt Elizabeth Ruffin 1851
*mentioned as orphan of Elizabeth "Betsey" Forehand Ruffin & grand child of
David Forehand
*mentioned 1838 will of David Forehand & heir of Betsey Ruffin


spouse: Charity Ann Boon
born: Jan 30, 1842
1) husband: Samuel Henry Ruffin            May 20, 1858   ____ Co. -  1 child
2) husband: Joseph Hilliard Daughtridge   Dec __, 1863  Nash Co. - 10 children
died:  Mar 11, 1922 buried Pineview Cmty Rocky Mt., NC,buried w/ 2nd husband

Frances Ann Cornelia "Neely" Ruffin d/o Samuel Henry Ruffin & Charity Ann 			Boon
	born: June 15, 1860 Nash Co., NC
	spouse: June 5, 1886 (her 1st cousin) James Robert Thomas (see above)
	died: June 8, 1946 (age 86) Buried in Family Plot in Edgecombe Co., NC



5. Elizabeth Frances
born: 1834
died:
spouse: 3 Jan 1858  Burwell Barnes
*furniture will 1851   correction *furniture will of  Aunt Elizabeth Ruffin
1851
*mentioned 1844 as orphan of Elizabeth "Betsey" Forehand Ruffin & grand child
of
David Forehand
*mentioned 1838 will of David Forehand & heir of Betsey Ruffin


6. John  ? possibly Davis
born: 1835
died:
spouse:4 Mar 1856  Mary Ann Edna Mercer

*not mentioned in Aunt Elizabeth's will 1851.
*mentioned 1844 as orphan of Elizabeth "Betsey" Forehand Ruffin & grand child
of David Forehand
*mentioned 1838 will of David Forehand & heir of Betsey Ruffin
He can't be dead because...looks like Aunt Elizabeth died in 1851 & he got
married in 1856  see  above spouse Mar 4, 1856  to Mary Ann Edna Mercer.
Enlisted in Co. F 61st Infantry at Wilmington, NC  year?

7. Sally
   born:
   spouse:
   died:
(relationship to deceased unknown)


8. Charity Ann
   born:
   spouse:   ?  Wood
   died: ?
(relationship to deceased unknown)


Will of David Forehand, Mar 30, 1838, proved in Aug Court 1838 names the
heirs of Betsy Ruffin as:  Polly Ruffin Taylor,  David Ruffin, Martha Ann
Ruffin, Samuel Henry Ruffin, Elizabeth Francis Ruffin, John Ruffin.
Executors: Barney Pearson

Mentions Polly Ruffin Taylor, as an heir of Betsy Ruffin.

[Notice date is March 30, 1838 on his will.   She is Samuel & "Betsey"s
eldest.  She is not mentioned as an orphan in 1844...but that may be because
she was married already when her mother & father died and did not need to be
listed as an orphan...but you don't have her being married to a a Taylor
until 1847!! Could your date be wrong...maybe your date of marriage
to John B. Taylor is not correct??????  They have her being a Taylor in her
Grandfather's will as early as March 30, 1838 proved Aug Court 1838...you
have her as a Boseman Nov 7, 1838

Barney Pearson's Orphan Bonds/ returns
"David Forehand, sale by Barney Pearson, Exe, Sept 20, 1838, Nov term 1838.
David Taylor, Matilda Derem, Elizabeth Ruffin and the widow were buyers"


"David Ruffin, orphan of Samuel Ruffin and son of Elizabeth Ruffin.
Bond 1840, returns 1841, 42, 42, 44 by Barney Pearson, Guardian. Was grandson
of David Forehand, deceased".

The very same wording as above is in the Nash County Court Minutes for
Elizabeth Frances Ruffin, John Ruffin, Martha Ann Ruffin, and Samuel Henry
Ruffin.

Researcher for this line: Alycia Dale Morgan   YeOldeFolk@aol.com


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