Job Ruston and Mary Ruston

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Husband Job Ruston ^{1 2 3}

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           Died: Jan 1785 4
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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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Wife Mary Ruston ¹

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           Born: Abt 1718
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           Died: 19 Jun 1757 1
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Children

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1 F [Unk] Ruston ²

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         Spouse: Rev. John Evans Finley (1753-Aft 1813) 2 3

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2 F Sarah Ruston ⁵

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         Spouse: Dr. Samuel Kennedy (Abt 1730-1778) 5

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3 M Dr. Thomas Ruston ⁴

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           Born: 1742 - Upper Oxford Twp, Chester Co, PA 4
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           Died: 1811 - Philadelphia, PA 4
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         Spouse: Mary Fisher (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Job Ruston

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He was born in Berwick, near the line between England and Scotland, and came to America early in the eighteenth century. He was of the Presbyterian faith, and settled on Fagg's Manor, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and in 1739 purchased from James Logan and Peter Lloyd, attorneys for Letitia Aubrey, the owner of that manor, 425 acres of it on its western side and near its southern boundary, and partly within the present limits of Upper Oxford township. On this tract he settled and erected buildings, including a mill, later known as McDowell's mill. His dwelling stood near the mill, and on the site of the later dwelling-house of Marshall W. Aitkin. Here he resided during his life. A mill building was erected by him, and took the place of a former mill near by, which had also been built by him. A pair of stones in the later mill, were sent to Mr. Ruston from England, it is believed by his son Thomas. He afterwards purchased 44 acres adjoining this tract, and also a tract of 436 acres situate in Penn's Manor, in the same township, a little northwest of Penn's Grove meeting- and school-house, and on and near the road leading from his residence at the mill to the village of Russellville. One-half of this tract he sold to his son-in-law, Rev. John Evans Finley. He received funds from England, which enabled him to make these large purchases, and he was, for the times and locality, a man of considerable wealth.
Job Ruston was one of the founders and stanch supporters of the Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church, of which his son-in-law, Rev. John Evans Finley, was pastor from 1781 to 1793.
During the French and Indian war he commanded a company from Chester County. He was one of the most intelligent, energetic, and useful men in the western part of the county.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Ruston

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On her tombstone in the graveyard at Fagg's Manor it is recorded that as Job Ruston's wife, "she bore unto him in twenty-two years twelve children," and underneath are these quaint lines:
"The dame that lieth underneath this tomb
Had Rachel's face and Leah's fruitful womb,
Abigail's wisdom, Lydia's open heart,
With Martha's care, and Mary's better part."

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 717.

2 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 36.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 325.

4 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 718.

5 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 619.