................................................II. Harriet Ruggles Frisbie, b. Westford, VT, Sept-14-1815
................................................III. Benjamin Franklin Frisbie, b. Westford, VT, Mar-17-1818
................................................IV. Susan Stowe Frisbie, b. Westford, VT, Oct-31-1821
.................................................V. VanNess Ransom Frisbie, b. Westford, VT, Feb-8-1824
................................................VI. Denison Crane Frisbie, b. Milton, VT, Mar-16-1827
................................................VII. James Emerson Frisbie, b. Feb-23-1830
................................................VIII. Adna Landon Frisbie, b. Georgia, VT, Aug-14-1832
................................................VIIII. Louise Maria Frisbie, b. Mar-24-1834
........................................3. Isaac Wakelee Ruggles- b.14 Jul 1783 ,Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut. m. Elisheba Dart in Oakland Co. MI abt. 1825. In 1850 census Oakland Co. MI with Daughter Elizabeth age 21.
........................................ 4. Eldad Ruggles- b.11 Feb 1785 ,Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.d.15 Jan 1874 m. Olive Sherman, b. 9 Jul 1792 d.15 Jan 1874
........................................6. Lodema Ruggles- b.Aug 1788 , Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
....................................... 7. Marcia Ruggles-
................................................I. Lucia Kamamalu Holman b. in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)
............................................... II. Thomas Spencer Holman
................................................III. Eli Holman
" Keepers of the Culture "
A study in time of the Hawaiian Islands
As told by the ancients--
Queen Kaahumanu -- Part 3
First Arrival of Missionaries
transcribed by Darlene E. Kelley, November 20, 2000, donkeyskid@webtv.net
Samuel Ruggles -- [ 1795-1871 ]
Born in Brookfield, Connecticut, Ruggles studied at the Mission school
at Cornwell before sailing with the First Company of American
missionaries in 1820. He and his wife, Nancy Wells Ruggles [1791-1873 ]
were future parents of six children, helped to establish two mission
stations in the Islands; One at Waimea, Kauai, with Samuel Whitneys, and
another at Hilo with the Joseph Goodriches. Ruggles, who was so beloved
by the Hawaiians that they called him " Keiki"
[ child ],struggled with ill health and finally returned to the United
States wth his family in 1834. Ruggles was a brother of Mrs. Thomas
Holman.
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Quilt made by Hulda Ruggles in the 1840's from the cast off clothing of the Royal Family of Hawai'i. Standing next to Quilt is the granddaughter of Hulda, Myrtle Grace Stevens Hinkle Cave. picture taken in early 1970's
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Dr. Thomas Holman-- [ 1793-1826 ]
First medical missionary to Hawaii. Holman was born in New Haven,
Connecticut, and educated at Cherry Valley Medical School, New York. He
spent the summer of 1819 at the Cornwall Mission school, Connecticut,
before embarking in October on the Thaddeus as a member of the First
Company to Hawaii. The previous month he had married Lucia Ruggles, a
sister of his fellow worker and shipmate Samuel Ruggles. After only four
months in the islands, the Holmans had not adjusted to the spirit of the
mission and he was excommunicated. The couple departed on a whale ship
with their daughter. [ Later they had two sons ] The Mentor sailed via
Canton, China, and the Cape of Good Hope to Boston. Lucia Holman is
considered to be the first American woman to circumnavigate the globe.
Queen Kahumau -- part 7
Hawaii ----
Hilo ---established 1824.
Joseph Goodrich
Samuel Ruggles
Sheldon Dibble
Jonathan S. Green
David B. Lyman
Titus Coan
Abner Wilcox
Charles H. Wetmore
Kaawaloa --- establishd 1824.
James Ely
Samuel Ruggles
Cochran Forbes
William S. Van Duzee
Mark Ives
John F. Pogue
John D. Paris
Protestant Missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands; Sesquicentennial Edition,
(Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, 1969), Honolulu, Hawai`i, pp. 168-169
It also has portraits of Samuel and his wife - the book is still available
for sale from the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society.
Samuel Ruggles, Teacher and Catechist
* Born March 9, 1795, Brookfield, Connecticut
* Studied at the Foreign Mission School, Cornwall, Connecticut.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruggles were members of the Pioneer Company which sailed
from Boston, October 23, 1819, brig "Thaddeus", Captain Blanchard and arrived
at Kailua, Hawai`i, April 4, 1820, a voyage of 164 days.
They helped establish two stations: Waimea, Kaua`i, with the Whitneys,
1820-1823; and Hilo, with the Goodriches, 1824-1825.; They returned
to Waimea, 1825-1826, were again at Hilo, 1826-1828, Ka`awaloa, 1828-1832,
with time briefly spent in Waimea, Hawai`i, for his health in 1830.;
Mr. Ruggles was so loved by the Hawaiians they they called him "Keiki"
(child).
He struggled with poor health and finally returned to the United States
with his family, January 6, 1834, ship "Telegraph", Captain Sayre.;
In their care on this voyage were the small daughter of the Whitneys and
the Binghams, Emily Elizabeth Whitney, seven years of age and Lucy Whiting
Bingham, seven years and two months.; They arrived at Saginaw Harbor,
Long Island, June 19, 1834 and were released from the A.B.C.F.M. November
29, 1836.;
In 1833 Mr. Ruggles translated the Catechism on Genesis.
He was a brother of Mrs. Thomas Holman.
Mrs. Nancy (Wells) Ruggles
* Born April 12, 1791, East Windsor, Connecticut
Lived in the Hawaiian Island fourteen years
Six Children:
(1) Sarah Trumbull Ka`amuali`i Ruggles (1820-1899), married (1st) Garry Marshall Peck, (2nd) George H. Stafford
by: HAWLEY, Emily C
Publication: Brookfield, CT, 1929
Page: p.548-549
Publication: Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, Honolulu, HI, 1969
FHC Call Number: LC 74-82312
Page: pgs.168-169
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