Captain of Roxbury military company, which at this period was strong and important. From BiblioDesiderata, 1871, page 20.
On Mar 25, 1667, "Samuel Ruggles, going up the meeting hill, was struck by lightning, his two oxen and horse killed, a chest in the cart, with goods in it, burnt in sundry places, himself coming off the cart, carried twenty feet from it, yet no abiding hurt." From "The Town of Roxbury", published Oct, 1878, pg. 15.
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Immigrated: 1637, Nazing, England to Roxbury, MA