Family Group Sheet

FATHER
Matthew RUE237,243
BIRTHabout 1720Bensalem, Bucks, Pennsylvania
PROPERTYbetween 1742 and 1754Bensalem Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania;
MISC12 June 1758witness in criminal trial vs. Benjamin SEVERNS278
DEATHbefore 2 July 1770Bucks County, Pennsylvania
FATHERMatthew RUE
MOTHERCatherine
 
MOTHER
Mary
BIRTHabout 1731Bucks County, Pennsylvania246
 
CHILDREN
1.Pvt. Lewis RUE  MALE
 BIRTHafter 13 July 1749Bucks County, Pennsylvania246,279
MISC13 June 1753older brother Benjamin his guardian to care for property left him by his grandfather280
MISC22 September 1773Pennsylvania Gazette announcing that Lewis had run away from indentured servitude with Anthony WRIGH281
MILITARYfrom 1775 to 1781in the Continental Army, Capt. William MacIlvain's company,; Bucks County, Pennsylvania
PROPERTY28 July 1777conveyed Bristol Township property to his brother Benjamin; 282
PROPERTY1779/80paid taxes in Ridley, Chester, Pennsylvania; 283
PROPERTY29 April 1787 284
RESIDENCEJune 1806whereabouts unknown; possibly Warren County, Ohio285
OCCUPATION waterman or cordwainer; 243

2.Capt. Benjamin RUE  MALE
 BIRTH22 January 1752probably in Bucks County, Pennsylvania251,252
OCCUPATION25 May 1774painter and glazier; 253
PROPERTY1779paid taxes on three acres of land in Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania; 254
PROPERTY31 July 1780of Tinicum Township, acquired "Sundry Islands of Land and marsh situate in the River Delaware"; 255
PROPERTY1782/3paid taxes in Tinicum Township; 256
PROPERTY16 November 1785 257
CENSUS1800Delaware County, Pennsylvania258
PROPERTY1800quarantine hospital moved to Tinicum; 259
PROPERTY31 October 1800bought two tracts of land in Tinicum from his father-in-law, John TAYLOR; 260
PROPERTY28 September 1801 261
OCCUPATION1804grocer; later, Inspector of Butter for the Port of Philadelphia; 262
RESIDENCEabout 1806Warren County, Ohio, where he operated "Crossed Keys" tavern and the Golden Lamb263,264
MISC29 January 1816pledged to make semi-annual payments of $21.50 for three years to administrators of Daniel CUSHING265
OCCUPATION25 February 1818advertised "The Golden Lamb" in The Western Star; 266
DEATH2 September 1823Lebanon, Warren, Ohio243,267,268,269
MARRIAGE29 May 1777Mary TAYLOR; Swedes Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania243
MARRIAGE29 August 1793 270

3.Catharine RUE  FEMALE
 BIRTH22 August 1753 286
MARRIAGE12 March 1776Newtown Presbyterian Church, Bucks, Pennsylvania243