Etheldred5 Ruffin Family
Born: Abt ? 1743
Married:? Mary Haywood (d/o Wm and Charity Hare Haywood)
Died: ?1819
Parents: Samuel and Sarah McWilliams Ruffin



William Haywood Ruffin (?1777-29 Sept 1824, ?Raleigh,NC)

Will 1822-Raleigh mentions sisters, nephews, nieces.
James L.Ruffin (? 1789-?1817) m. Polly STANTON
Samuel (?1775-?1798)

WILL -1798
Sarah "Sally" (?1740-?1842) m. Dr. Henry HAYWOOD
Margaret "Peggy" Elizabeth (?1786-1789)
Charity Ann (?1784-?) m.
Laurence Wood
Henry John Gray Ruffin (9 May 1782 - 8 Mar 1854) m. Mary TARTT

WILL - 1854

"Ruffin's Bridge is or was the bridge across Contentnea Creek on Highway NC 58
just south of Stantonsurg at the Wayne, Wilson and Greene County junction. It
was built prior to 1751 and was known as Peacock's Bridge until about 1776
when Etheldred Ruffin received a land grant of 640 acres on the southwest side
of the bridge. The bridge was at the corner of the Ruffin land and Etheldred
Ruffins hands made repairs and rebuilt the bridge. It became known as Ruffin's
bridge in 1776. During the Revolutionary War a minor skirmish was held at the
bridge when the local militia attempted to stop General Tarleton's Brigade of
British troops marching from Kinston to Halifax. These troops were part of
General Cornwallis' army."

"The existing bridge is about fifty (50) feet west of the site of the original bridge."

"The Etheldred Ruffin that it was named for was the son of Samuel Ruffin and
wife Sarah McWilliams. He married Mary Haywood and they had, among others,
Henry John Gray Ruffin."

"Henry John Gray Ruffin had a son named Etheldred Francis Ruffin who married
Elizabeth Lee Kennedy. This Etheldred Ruffin built the house in the 1860s that
is still there and owned by his descendants. It is no longer in the Ruffin
name. All the land (640 acres less about 4 acres) is still in one piece. It is
located in Greene County."
Contributed by: Marion (Monk) Moore

William Haywood Ruffin's will - 1822
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/wake/wills/ruffin01.txt

1)nephew  William Haywood, son of Henry J.G. Ruffin
2)nephew William H.R. Wood, son of Laurence Wood who married his sister, Charity
3)nephew William Willie, (Wiley) son of James L.
4)niece, Elisabeth, daughter of James L.

Sister Charity was a widow at this time.
Sister Sally, wife of Alexander Kilpatrick and her sons John Haywood and Samuel R. Hawyood (sons of previous marriage to Dr. Henry Haywood







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