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

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Rusk, Ruskie, Ruskyn, Rusken, Ruskin, Rusky and others.

First found in Perthshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rusk research. Another 170 words(12 lines of text) covering the years 1296 and 1306 are included under the topic Early Rusk History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Rusk Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rusk Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Wm Rusk, who landed in Virginia in 1652

Rusk Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • James Rusk settled in New York in 1804
  • James Rusk, aged 23, arrived in New York, NY in 1804
  • Thomas J Rusk, who arrived in Texas in 1835
  • Samuel Rusk, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
  • John Rusk arrived in Philadelphia in 1851

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  • David Dean Rusk (1909-1994), American Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-1893), Wisconsin politician and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1889-1893)
  • Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857), Texas military man and politician, U.S. Senator 1846-1857
  • Simon Rusk (b. 1981), Scottish footballer
  • Harry Welles Rusk (1852-1926), Maryland politician
  • Roger Rusk (1906-1994), Bible scholar and brother of Dean Rusk


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  2. Bain, Robert. The Clans and Tartans of Scotland. Glasgow & London: Collins, 1968. Print. (ISBN 000411117-6).
  3. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
  4. Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
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  6. Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1970. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
  7. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  8. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Scotch Irish Pioneers In Ulster and America. Montana: Kessinger Publishing. Print.
  9. The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X).
  10. Moncrieffe, Sir Ian of That Ilk and Don Pottinger. Clan Map Scotland of Old. Edinburgh: Bartholomew and Son, 1983. Print.
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The Rusk Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Rusk 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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