SEVENTH GENERATION

64. Michael RUTTAN was born between 1798 and 1800 in Adolphustown, Lennox&Addington, Ontario. He died on 2 Feb 1861 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. He has reference number 5003217-42. !CENSUS: "He is found in the 1819 Census of Loughborough with two
children Abraham and Christy. There is no mention of his wife whose name is not
known ... Michael is found in the 1851-52 Census of Loughborough
Township, aged 54, with Mary Mountainee, aged 30, Charles Ruttan, aged 7, and
Ann Ruttan, aged 2" (H. N. Ruttan, 1986 p.28).

!MARRIAGE: Ontario Marriage Register, vol. 3 No. 1 pg. 29.; Also listed in
County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869 Volume 16 Frontenac
County & Kingston City; Compiled & edited by Elizabeth Hancocks, C.G.;
Agincourt, Ontario: Generation Press; 1986 p.99). Note, Michael is listed as 58
at the time of his marriage to Mary. If correct, he was born in 1800.

!SOURCE: "Loyalist Lineages of Canada" 1984 p. 566, 577. He was married to Mrs._Michael RUTTAN in , , Ontario.

65. Mrs._Michael RUTTAN was born about 1800 in of Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. She has reference number F503217-37. Children were:

i. Abraham RUTTAN was born about 1815 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. He died about 1863. He has reference number 5003217-37.
32 ii. Christopher RUTTAN.
iii. David A RUTTAN was born in 1827 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. He died on 23 May 1898 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. He has reference number 5003217-37. !DEATH: Ontario Death Index, LDS film 1819302, Reg. 005902.
iv. John Wesley RUTTAN was born on 16 Mar 1830 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. He died on 2 Jun 1908 in Ryde, Muskoka, Ontario. He has reference number 5003217-37. !SOURCE: There does not appear to be any documentary proof that Wesley John was
as son of Michael but his age and associations lead one to this belief.
(H. N. Ruttan, 1986 p.28-29).

!CENSUS: "He, with his wife and five of their eight children, born after 1856,
are found in the 1881 Ryde Township Census." (Ruttan, 1986 p. 49).

!DEATH: Ontario Death Register, LDS film 1819302, Reg. 019440.
v. Charles RUTTAN was born on 3 Dec 1831 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. He died on 21 Nov 1912 in Sydenham, Frontenac, Ontario. He was buried on 24 Nov 1912 in Sydenham Cem., Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. He has reference number 5003217-37. !DEATH: Death date given in Family Bible; photocopy in possession of M. O.
Ruttan.

!BIRTH: Source Family Register; photocopy in possession of M. O. Ruttan.

!MARRIAGE: Given as Feb 19 in "Clayton Purdy's Purdy Geneaology", p.3940; Also
given as this date in the County Marriage Records of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869
Volume 16 Frontenac County & Kingston City (cited in Hancocks, 1986 p.99).
vi. Charles E RUTTAN was born in 1845 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. He has reference number 5003217-37.
vii. Sinthy E RUTTAN was born in 1850 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. She has reference number 5003217-37.
viii. Mercy Ann RUTTAN was born in 1853 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario. She has reference number 5003217-37.

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