William (Ruthven) Ruthven of Ruthven (abt. 1321 - abt. 1376)

Born about 1321 in Ruthven, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1376 at about age 55 in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland

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Biography

William (Ruthven) Ruthven of Ruthven is a member of Clan Ruthven.

William Ruthven was the son of William of Ruthven.^[1] Although his year of birth is not provided in source it is likely he was born between 1320 and 1335. He had safe-conducts in 1358-59, 1362, and 1363 and he is believed to have been of age at the first.^[2]

He died before 25 June 1376.^[3]

He married a lady by the name of Johanna, and a payment to Johanna, stated as his wife, is entered in 1363.^[4]

Research Notes

This note is retained. The source work is called Five Hundred Years of Ruthven – Ruffin Pedigree; Book of Jared – Volume 3; By Eleanor M. Hall; Information found after pg. 272. It can be found on the web in a pdf format.

Care needs to be taken with the list and it contains no source material. It does however provide a general overview of the line although a better one can be found in Cowan's work. Notable errors are pointed out.

1. THOR-the-LONG - (1124-1165) – Lord of Tibbermore. This may not have been Thor Longus. There were multiple people by the name of Thor. It is generally regarded as being Thor, son of Swain, and he and Thor Longus are unlikely to have been the same.
2. SWAINE – (1163-1199) – Lord of Tibbermore & Ruthven
3. . ALAN – Lord of Tibbermore & Ruthven
4. Walter – (1204 – 1245) - Lord of Tibbermore & Ruthven. He was the first to be found carrying the surname of Ruthven.
5. Gilbert Ruthven (not in the work) was Laird between 1245 and 1270, son of Walter.
6. William Ruthven – (1270-1298) – md Margaret – d/o Ramsey of Auchterhouse - (succeeded brother Gilbert.) The wife will require source.
7. . Walter Ruthven – (1298 – 1330) – md 1st Cecilia Strathearn – md 2nd Marjory dau. of Prince Henry. Cecilia Strathearn actually married Walter, son of Alan, the grandfather of this person.
8. . William Ruthven of Balerno – (1330-1346)
9. . William Ruthven – (1346-1376)
10. . William Ruthven – (1376 – 1408) – md Joan The name was Johanna and she married the father)
11. . William Ruthven – (1412 – 1428)

Not confirmed past this point:

1. . Sir John Ruthven – (1428 – 1454) – md daughter of Sir Thomas Cranstoun
2. . Sir William Ruthven – (1465 – 1528) – md 1st Catherine Buttargask – md 2nd Jean Hepburn, daughter of Alexander Hepburn & Janet Napier, daughter of Alexander Napier
3. . Sir William Ruthven – (1528 – 1552) – md 1st March 1482/3, Isable Levington (Liv. June 1509) – md 2nd Christian, daughter of John Forbes
4. . Sir William Ruthven – (1528 – 1584) md Dorthea Stewart, daughter of Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven. Sir William Ruthven was the 2nd Lord Ruthven, grandson of the 1st Lord. Ruthven, became first Earl of Gowrie, (1566-1584)
5. . William Ruthven – b. 1580 or 81. “Lived beyond the seas” became a great chemist and philosopher. Married in America, a daughter of William Jewry whose will William witnessed. His son Robert was a Legatee named in William Jewry’s will, dated 1 January 1651, IOW Co., VA.
6. . Robert Ruffin – b. ca. 1646, Isle of Wight Co., VA – will dated 1693 – Married Elizabeth Prime, daughter of Edmund Prime, and widow of Capt. George Watkins
7. . Their daughter, Elizabeth Ruffin married William Kinchin
8. . Their daughter Martha Kinchin married in 1734, Thomas Jarrett (Jared)
9. . Their son, John Jared, is the common ancestor of all us of Jared Descent. “In my case he is my 4th great grandfather,” Eleanor M. Hall, author of The Book of Jared, all volumes.

• William Ruthven, changed his surname to Ruffin when he came to America to aid in hiding his identity

Sources

1. ↑ Paul: Vol 4, Page 256
2. ↑ Paul: Vol 4, Page 256
3. ↑ Paul: Vol 4, Page 256
4. ↑ Paul: Vol 4, Page 256

See also:

• Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1904-1914) Volume 4

• The Ruthven family papers; the Ruthven version of the conspiracy and assassination at Gowrie house, Perth, 5th August, 1600, critically rev. and edited by Samuel Cowan; Cowan; 1912, archive.org