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Ruggle Family Crest
Ruggle Family Crest
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Where did the English Ruggle family come from? What is the English Ruggle family crest and coat of arms? When did the Ruggle family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Ruggle family history?

The name Ruggle reached English shores for the first time with the ancestors of the Ruggle family as they migrated following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Ruggle family lived in Suffolk. Their name, however, is a reference to Rugles, a village in the department of Eure, Normandy, the family's place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The name Rudgely is of the same derivation and shares its coat of arms with the Ruggles family.

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Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Ruggle, Ruggles and others.

First found in Suffolk where they held a family seat from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.


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Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Ruggle name or one of its variants:

Ruggle Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Thomas Ruggle, who settled in Roxbury Massachusetts in 1637 and was originally of Suffolk

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The Ruggle Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Ruggle Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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