Timothy Ruggles (October 20, 1711 - August 4, 1795) was as an American military leader, jurist and politician. He was a delegate to the first Stamp Act congress of 1765. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A Stamp Act is a law passed by a government that requires tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents such as property deeds. ... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Early life

He was the son of the Rev. Timothy Ruggles; grandson of Capt. Samuel Ruggles of Roxbury and Martha Woodbridge, his wife, who was a granddaughter of Governer Thomas Dudley. Thomas Dudley (October 12, 1576–July 31, 1652) was a colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. ...

He was graduated from Harvard in 1732; studied law, and established himself in practice in Rochester. In 1735 he married.

Stamp Act

He was a delegate to the first colonial (or Stamp Act) congress of 1765, which met in New York on October 7, and was elected its president, but refused to sanction the addresses sent by that body to Great Britain, for which he was publicly censured by the general court of Massachusetts. October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ...

Later life

In 1775, he left Boston for Nova Scotia with the British troops and accompanied Lord Howe to Staten Island. His estates were confiscated, and in 1779 he received a grant of 10,000 acres of land in Wilmot, Nova Scotia, where he settled. Earl Howe is a title that has been created twice: once in the Peerage of Great Britain and another time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Staten Island, shown in an enhanced satellite image Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located on an island of the same name on the west side of the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor. ...

His daughter, Bathsheba Ruggles, married Joshua Spooner, of whom she was convicted of murdering.