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The blue links on this site have ceased to work. This site is a bit like a giant spaceship adrift on the internet with plenty of information that is difficult to access.

There is a new, better site that contains all the information in this site. You can find it by googling -

"Ruffin Family History google sites"

https://sites.google.com/view/ruffin-family-history/home

The recent changes to google sites seems to have removed the links that allowed visitors to easily find their way around this site. You might find it difficult to use the site to find the names you seek.

The site has information on Ruffin and related families going back to about 750.

You may be able to use the search facility to find the information you seek.

If you would like a PDF file that is much easier to read you could send me an email at -

jackruffin@hotmail.com

Welcome!

Feel free to copy anything you want for your own use.

This site records the history of the Ruffin and related families.

This page describes how to easily find information on this site.

To search a family name you can click on -

NAMES

The RUFFIN FAMILY in the USA and RUFFIN FAMILY in Australia

If you are from the RUFFIN family in the United States of America it is likely that you are from a different RUFFIN family group to the one outlined on this site. I believe you will find your ancestors in the RUFFIN family from England. The families on this site descend from the RUFFHEAD family in England who took the name RUFFIN in Australia. If you are a member of the RUFFIN family in Australia that last part may be surprising. There are many more surprises in store for you here as you explore many centuries of family history.

The DOWD family form one of the main matrilineal lines in this family. If you are from the DOWD family you will find centuries of family history here.

Many other family names can be found in the NAMES SECTION and throughout this site.

DNA

I recently had my DNA examined to determine the major groups from which I'm descended.

The results fit very well with the family history outlined here on ruffinstory. My Irish ancestors in Sligo traded with, and probably fought, the nearby Viking settlement as well as being seafarers themselves. My Mann ancestors in Glasgow lived close to Viking settlements. My Norman ancestors in Brittany were descended from Danes and other "Norsemen". It understandable that I have Scandinavian ancestors on both sides. There were Irish ancestors on my mother's side and British ancestors on both sides.

The main groups from which I descended were -

97%. European comprising -

37%. Irish

28%. Scandinavian

17%. Great Britain

Additional Trace Regions in Europe

8%. Iberian Peninsula being European Jewish (Sephardi)

3% Europe West

2%. Finland/Northwest Russian

Less than 1% Europe East

Less than 1% Italy/Greece

Along with -

2%. West Asian - Caucasus

1%. Asian South

For more details you could look at -

http://dna.ancestry.com.au/ethnicity/A8993D5E-5D9E-48B2-A655-C7A297E439B9

Interestingly I have a DNA match with a person wherein the link is at the 5th to 8th cousin level. To test the Ancestry system I had searched for matches between my name and the name Whitbread. Once the match was produced I looked up my 8th grandfather and found him to be Henry Whitbread

If I have learnt anything from this research into my family's history it is that the further back you go, the more you see that we are all related.

We are all one family.

START : Choose a link - all links are in coloured text

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NAMES

ruffinstory Family Charts.pdf

NOTE; The PDF charts and the Family History PDF need to be checked against the notes on each person as the notes on the pages below contain some later information. Given that need to check the notes for updated information, if you would like to view, or would like to copy the information in a "book" format then please click on this pdf file - Family History.pdf

For pages of this website click -

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8

The Grandparents List for 40 generations of family

To return to this page press Control and Home , then click the HOME button at the top of any page.

See - PRIVACY POLICY and - USE OF INFORMATION FROM THIS SITE

GALLERY OF PHOTOS

Go see photos of family members in the “Gallery”. Press the button at the top of this page.

CONVICT ANCESTORS

These people came to Australia as convicts.

MARY PHILLIPS 1768- 1850

THOMAS STEVENS 1763-183

RICHARD WINCHESTER RUFFHEAD Snr. (Later RUFFIN) 1799 – 1863

EMMA NORCUP* 1817-

If you would like to know more about their families and lives please go to the NAMES link above.

WILLS

If you would like to see some interesting Wills go to the bottom of page 7

YOUR VIEWS

Your comments are welcome!

If you would like to make a comment please click on the Contact button at the top of all pages.

I will be pleased to hear your views.

General Site Details/Information

The main heading for each person on the maternal line is in italics.

For example - Hugh JENNINGS 1783 –

The Helpful Asterisk *

If you wish to follow the links in the RUFFIN family through to the present day look for names that are followed by an asterisk (*). For example - Isabella ELSLEY* 1810 - 1869

By following the names with an asterisk forward from parent to child you will arrive at the present generation.

Ancestors marked with an asterisk (*) can also be found on the attached Family Charts.

PRIVACY POLICY

Generally I don't have an issue about publishing information about deceased people. When its already on the public record somewhere else I may record information on living people. However, the information published on living people is restricted.To ensure your privacy the names of living people are not recorded unless they give permission. The birth and marriage dates of living people are not recorded and no detail are published on adoption, divorce, occupation or residential addresses.

This site therefore contains very little information on living people. If anyone is concerned about, or objects to any information about themselves on this site, I will remove that material at their request.

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USE OF INFORMATION FROM THIS SITE

Use of information from this site for private family history research is permitted. It would be very useful for other people to also have these records so that they will not be lost to the family when I can no longer provide them.

When using information from this site please give https://sites.google.com/site/ruffinstory/

as a reference. This will help other interested people to find this site.

Use of material from this site for commercial gain is not permitted. All information on this website is copyright and may not be used or reproduced for business purposes without permission.

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CHANGES TO THE CALENDAR YEAR

NOTE: Prior to 1752 the calendar year ran from March 25th to the following March 26th. This may help understand the sequence of some family events.

RELATIONSHIPS

To work out your relationships have a look at - http://www.parl.ns.ca/rooms/localhistoryroom/chart.html

REFERENCES

Many notes are followed by a references to the source of the information.

Abbreviated references-

IGI refers to –International Genealogical Index;

Records from Cornwall with an ID number refer to the Cornwall Parish Records;

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In the text you will find references to internet sites and the many family members who shared family information and provided family photographs and stories. I would like to especially thank (in alphabetical order) Anthony John Lee Crawford, Barrie Wilson, Eva Wilson (nee GUBBY), Jim Sharp, John Michael Fitzgerald, Karen Seckold, Kathryn Alice Claire Beadle, Ken Ripper, Maureen Kerry Ruffin, and especially Ron Ruffin. Many other contributors are acknowledged in the text.

I would also like to thank the many other people who collect and share information on family history and whose efforts have made my search possible.

Developed by Jack Ruffin.

(John Ernest Ruffin)

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