SAMUEL RUGGLES, A.M., b. Roxbury, Dec. 3, 1681, son of Capt. Samuel and Martha (Woodbridge) Ruggles; H.C. 1702, A.B., A.M.; Ord. Billerica, May 19, 1708; sett. Billerica, 1707-1749; d. Billerica, Mar. 1, 1748/9, a. 67. (from F.L. Weis, The Colonial Clergy and Colonial Churches of New England, 1936)
Billerica deaths: RUGGLES, Samuel, Rev., Mar. 1, 1748-9. [Mar. 3, a. abt. 68. GR1].
From contributor Joseph Bower:
The gravestone inscription translation -
Under this Saxo Sepulcher
spiced with the Ashes of Reverend
Samuel Ruggles
late pastor of the church of Billericae
the Course which God had given
after the death of AC 1749
the third day of March when he had lived for years
about 68 & 1 priestly gift
he had performed almost 41 faithfully.
Billerica deaths: RUGGLES, Samuel, Rev., Mar. 1, 1748-9. [Mar. 3, a. abt. 68. GR1].
From contributor Joseph Bower:
The gravestone inscription translation -
Under this Saxo Sepulcher
spiced with the Ashes of Reverend
Samuel Ruggles
late pastor of the church of Billericae
the Course which God had given
after the death of AC 1749
the third day of March when he had lived for years
about 68 & 1 priestly gift
he had performed almost 41 faithfully.
SAMUEL RUGGLES, A.M., b. Roxbury, Dec. 3, 1681, son of Capt. Samuel and Martha (Woodbridge) Ruggles; H.C. 1702, A.B., A.M.; Ord. Billerica, May 19, 1708; sett. Billerica, 1707-1749; d. Billerica, Mar. 1, 1748/9, a. 67. (from F.L. Weis, The Colonial Clergy and Colonial Churches of New England, 1936)
Billerica deaths: RUGGLES, Samuel, Rev., Mar. 1, 1748-9. [Mar. 3, a. abt. 68. GR1].
From contributor Joseph Bower:
The gravestone inscription translation -
Under this Saxo Sepulcher
spiced with the Ashes of Reverend
Samuel Ruggles
late pastor of the church of Billericae
the Course which God had given
after the death of AC 1749
the third day of March when he had lived for years
about 68 & 1 priestly gift
he had performed almost 41 faithfully.
Billerica deaths: RUGGLES, Samuel, Rev., Mar. 1, 1748-9. [Mar. 3, a. abt. 68. GR1].
From contributor Joseph Bower:
The gravestone inscription translation -
Under this Saxo Sepulcher
spiced with the Ashes of Reverend
Samuel Ruggles
late pastor of the church of Billericae
the Course which God had given
after the death of AC 1749
the third day of March when he had lived for years
about 68 & 1 priestly gift
he had performed almost 41 faithfully.
Inscription
Memento mori
From death's Arrest no age is free
Sub hoc Saxo Sepulcrali
conditi sunt Cineres Reverendi
Domnini Samuelis Ruggles
Ecclesiae nuper Pastoris Billericae
qui Cursu quem Deus dederat
peracto AC 1749 Morti cessit
tertio Die Martii cum vixisset Annos
circiter 68 & 1 Munere sacerdotali
ferme 41 fideliter perfunctus esset.
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