Newsletter for the Aday, Young-Wherry, Loshbaugh-Drake, and related families, who came mainly from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Some settled in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and surrounding states. Later descendants moved westward to settle the Rocky Mountain states and elsewhere.

John Ruggles, was born 3 February 1776, at Pomfret, Connecticutt, died 19 February 1831 at Rutland, Vermont. He married first 17 January 1800, Mary Gould, daughter of Henry Gould of Concord, Massachusetts. He had two daughters and one son by Mary. He married second 15 December 1807, Eunice Kingsley, daughter of Phineas Kingsley, of Rutland, Vermont. He had three sons and one daughter by Eunice. His third marriage was to Sarah Beaman on 30 December...

John Ruggles was born in England. He emigrated in 1635. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts and North Carolina.

"Both the English and American Ruggles families trace their descent from Thomas Ruggles, esq., of Sudbury, Suffolk, England, whose will was of date June 21, 1547 ..." Various evidences and research of ancestry is shown for the Ruggles of Suffolk and those of Staffordshire.

Early families of Rowe, Gilsdorf, Blackman, Doremus and Ruggles.

Gordon M. Brown was born November 24, 1917 in Anoka, Minnesota. Ellen M. Sandall was born June 13, 1919 in Carlton county, Minnesota. They were married August 3, 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ancestry includes Moses Brown born in the late 1720's or early 1730's, birthplace unknown. His son, Joseph Brown was born in Yarmouth, Maine on September 2, 1750. Descendants live mainly in Minnesota. Includes Sandall, Stanwood, Ruggles, Buzzell, Cooper and...