Abraham B. Rutan

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AN EXTRACT FROM "10 GENERATIONS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF CLAUDIN RUTTAN"

14. Abraham B RUTAN was born in of Metz, Lorraine, France. Christened on 10 Jun 1658 in Metz, Lorraine, France. Died on 19 May 1713 in New Barbadoes, Bergen, New Jersey.

CHRISTENING: An extract from the register of infant baptisms in the Reformed Church of Metz reads: "June 10, 1658. Abraham, son of Daniel Rutan and of Anne de Bize, his wife. Godfathers Abraham Boudat and Paul Cluien, godmothers Marie Bancelin and Susanne Pilon." (Ruttan, 1986 p.7).

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: "While living in Metz, Abraham was a minor and no records of his life there have been found. Probably about 1670, he went into Germany, as did many other Huguenots, and settled in or near Mannheim in the Palantinate where he is believed to have joined the Hasbrouck Party and journeyed with them via Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and England to America, arriving in the town of Boston in early 1675.

Abraham, so far as is known, was the first and only of our name to have emigrated from Europe to America in these times. The Hasbrouck Party sailed on to New York and travelled on, reaching Ulster County in July 1675. They moved on to Esopus, the area around Kingston in Ulster County on the west bank of the Hudson River, where, in 1677, New Paltz was founded. Abraham settled there and the first record of him in America is as a sponsor, on October 14, 1679, at the baptism of a daughter of Peter Deyo, one of the "Douzaine" (the twelve families that established New Paltz) at Kingston, New York. In 1680, the exact date not known, Abraham married Marie Petilion (or Piteljon) who is believed to have come to America in the same group as Abraham. Their children were amongst the first to be baptized in the French Church, which had been established in 1683 at New Paltz.

On September 1, 1689, Abraham took the Oath of Allegiance to the English Crown. By indenture dated October 26, 1699, Abraham bought a parcel of land and meadow in New Barbadoes in the County of Essex in the Province of East New Jersey from Thomas Noell of the City of New York, merchant, and Hannah, his wife. There he and Marie and likely some of their children lived and it seemed prospered, until he died on May 19, 1713. Marie (Mary) died later that same year. With the exception of a parcel of land that had been given to their eldest child, Daniel, and some other small bequests, her will dated February 19, 1712 (or possibly 1713?) directed that her estate be distributed in equal proportions amongst her children. While there is some disagreement among researchers, it appears that Abraham and Marie had twelve children, the first five of whom are recorded as being baptized in the French Church at New Paltz" (Ruttan, 1986 pp. 10-11).

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: "The first known of the Rutan family (in America) is one Abraham Rutan who came to America from Platz-Loraine in 1677. Loraine at that time belonged to France and it was on account of religious persecution that Rutan and a party of friends first went to Manheim, Lower Pallalinate, Germany, from there to Holland and from there to America, landing at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1677 and settling at New Platz, Ulster County, New York. Abraham Rutan married Marie Patiljon who was supposed to have come from Lorraine with the Rutan party. We have no record of her family, however, earlier than 1678 when Marie joined the Dutch Reformed Church of New York City. The date of the marriage of Abraham Rutan and Marie Patiljon is unknown. The earliest church records that we have are recorded in the Dutch Reformed Church, New York City, when in 1860 Abraham Rutan was Godfather for Racheal, the daughter of Abraham Hasbrouck, and also for Samuel, the son of Moses DeGrave." (From a genealogical record of the Rutan Family assembled by Howard Rutan, posted to GenWeb on the Internet by Warren Simmons).

He married Marie PETILION in 1680 in New Platz, Ulster, New York. Marie PETILION was born about 1662 in of Metz, Lorraine, France. Died about 19 May 1713 in New Barbadoes, Bergen, New Jersey. BIRTH: Her birthplace may have been New Paltz, Ulster, NY.

NAME: Also spelled as "Patiljon".

They had the following children:

+17 i. Daniel RUTAN
+18 ii. Paul RUTAN
19 iii. David Abraham RUTAN was christened on 17 Apr 1688 in New Paltz, Ulster, New York. Died in 1775 in Morristown.

CHRISTENING: "His godparents were Peter Doye and Genne Vybau" (Ruttan, 1986 p.11). Baptized in the French church in New Paltz. His Godparent's names are spelled elsewhere (on GenWeb) as "Piere Dygle" and "Genne Uylar".

Abraham married Marie Petilion in 1680 in New Paltz, Ulster, New York, USA. Marie was born about 1662 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; died about 19 May 1713 in New Barbados, Bergen, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PaulusPaul Rutan was born on 20 Mar 1685 in Esopus, Ulster, New York, USA; died in 1740.

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9. Daniel RUTAN was born in of Metz, Lorraine, France. Christened on 10 Apr 1644 in Metz, Lorraine, France. Died on 23 Dec 1675 in Metz, Lorraine, France.

He married Marie RODERQUIN about 1664 in France. Marie RODERQUIN was born about 1644 in France. Died on 12 Jul 1675 in of Metz, Lorraine, France.

They had the following children:

16 i. Paul RUTAN was born about 1665 in of Metz, Lorraine, France.


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Daniel married Marie Roderquin about 1664 in France. Marie was born about 1644 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; died on 12 Jul 1675 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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3. Claude RUTTAN was christened on 19 Oct 1590 in Saint-Mihiel, Lorraine, France. Died on 2 Sep 1658 in of Metz, Lorraine, France.

OCCUPATION: He was a master draper.

CHRISTENING: "Extract of the registers of acts of the civil state of the town of St. Mihiel (Meuse). 'In the year 1590, the 19th of October, was baptized Claude son of Claudin Ruttan and Catherine his wife, godfather Georges Gouboux, godmother Marguerite daughter of Hirton Thomas' ______ certfied conformed , St. Mihiel, the 11th of March 1907, the Mayor, O. Charron." [The original of this record at Saint-Mihiel is no longer legible.] (Ruttan, 1986 p. 6).

MARRIAGE: He was married in the Reformed Church of Metz.

He married Sarah BIGENE on 21 Apr 1613 in Metz, Lorraine, France. Sarah BIGENE was born about 1590 in Metz, Lorraine, France.

They had the following children:

4 i. Judith RUTTAN was christened on 30 Dec 1616 in Metz, Lorraine, France.
5 ii. Marie RUTTAN was christened on 30 Dec 1616 in Metz, Lorraine, France.
6 iii. Jean RUTTAN was christened in May 1618 in Metz, Lorraine, France.
+7 iv. Daniel RUTTAN
8 v. Abraham RUTTAN was christened on 9 Jan 1624 in Metz, Lorraine, France.


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Claud married Sarah Bigene on 21 Apr 1613 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Sarah was born about 1590 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7602
• Birth: Abt 1564, Saint-Mihiel, Lorraine, France

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FIRST GENERATION

1. Claudin RUTTAN Furrier was born about 1564 in Saint-Mihiel, Lorraine, France. Died about 1613 in Saint-Mihiel, Lorraine, France.

ORIGINS: "The Ruttan family were huguenots who fled from France after the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572 and went to England, then back to Holland where they amassed a large fortune." (Reaman, 1964 pp. 218-219).

ORIGINS: "Dumont, a Judge of Saint-Mihiel, author of Nobiliaraire de Saint-Mihiel, printed in 1864 at Nancy, quotes an earlier author, one Dom Pelletier, who wrote Nobiliiaire de Lorraine, as placing the Rutants among the aristocratic families of France for over a century and as saying that it had been indicated, probably without proof, that the family came from England. Dumont goes on to say that the first of the name in Saint-Mihiel were of the middle class and were entirely engaged in commerce where by there knowledge and energy they prospered. He suggests that the first of the name could have been one Philippe who, in 1506, was a leading draper or cloth merchant. Ferri, said to be a son of Philippe, had a son Jean, who had four sons, Nicolas, Jaques, Jean, and Pierre. Dumont provides biographies of these four and of another member of the family named Florentine, who were enobled by Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, between 1567 and 1599. We are told by Dumont that Jean, in 1554, lent the Town of Saint-Mihiel fifty gold crowns to present to the Duchess of Lorraine and that in 1589 the Abbe of Saint-Mihiel bought from Jaques 'quantities of Buckram and Silk and Gold thread' required by Abbe Merlin for uniforms for his soldiers at the time of the Holy League. Many other Rutants are recorded as being appointed to high civil and military positions. So far as the writer knows, no evidence has been found that proves that the Rutans or Ruttans of America and Canada are direct descendants of the Rutants of Lorraine. But in the final paragraph of his record of Florentine and his family, Dumont states that it was often said that there were in Saint-Mihiel many other Rutants, nobelmen and commoners, who had not been listed in his book for lack of certainty. He mentions one Blaise Rutant, by profession a dealer in trimmings of lace and braid, who being unable to make a living in Saint-Mihiel, obtained permission to move to Metz, which he did in 1608. Dumont adds, 'he was a son of Claude.' Dumont closes by saying that, in 1636 other Rutants, descendants of Ferri, left Saint-Mihiel in order to avoid persecution as Protestants. The earliest documented records of the ancestors of the Rutan or Ruttan family of North america were found in the Saint-Mihiel civil registers of the year 1590 where Claudin Ruttan, furrier, and Catherine, his wife, are recorded as parents of Claude at his baptism on October 19, 1590." (Ruttan, 1986 pp.9-10).

He married Catharine about 1584 in France. Catharine was born about 1568 in Saint Mihiel, Meuse, France.

They had the following children:
+2 i. Blaise RUTTAN
+3 ii. Claude RUTTAN

Claudin married Catherine Unknown. Catherine was born about 1584 in Saint-Mihiel, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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