Pg 159 Samuel Ruckman, a native of England b: 1643. The Ruckmans lived awhile in north east Wales, bordering England, and thence came to Long Island, NY, in 1682. Thomas Ruckman, s/o Samuel Ruckman, the Welsh emigrant, was born on Long Island in 1682, & his son James Ruckman, another link in the ancestral chain, was born in NJ in 1716. James Ruckman’s son, David Ruckman, was born in NJ in 1747.38522 (his father is James Ruckman)

Pg 125, p. 157 Settlement of estate David Ruckman, Samuel L. Ruckman, adm James Hamilton, James Gwin, Otho Wade, comm., Jul 30, 1825. Debits and Credits: John Bird, C. Calahan, Tyrus Perkins, William R. Callihan, Richard Curry (crying sale), Robert Gray, John Small, Thomas Ruckman, William Green, Thomas Hopkins, Zebulon Dyer, Charles L. Francisco, Adam Lightner, Thomas Sitlington, James Gum2753 (Him?)

Pg 137 p. 261 Settlement of estate of David Ruckman, Samuel Ruckman, exec., 31 Dec 1828, N. Pendleton, comm2753
Debits and credits: Susannah, John, James, David L., Hannah and Alice Gibbons, Elizabeth Gibbons, John Gum, John Slavens (Him?)