Surname Ruglin Completed Thank you

[pollymann]

I have just found the marriage of William Wright and Elizabeth Ruglin at Kinnethmont in 1749 but cannot find any baptisms for Ruglins in Aberdeenshire before the 1760s. There are a number of marriages in Gartly, Insch and Kinnethmont from 1740 but the only baptism I can find on family search is for a James Ruglan in 1717 in Roxburghshire. I have tried baptisms on Scotland's people but with no other results apart from James. Has anyone else come across this surname? There seems to be a similar surname Ruslin in Shetland but that didn't seem to help.

[daval57]

Seeing the name Ruglin made me think of Rutherglen in Glasgow.  Some locals pronounce Rutherglen as Ruglin.  So, I tried a few variations.

There is an Elspet Ruthglen christened in Clatt in 1743, an Elizabeth Ruthglen in 1754 and another elspet Ruthglen in 1757, both Kennethmont.  Ok, none of these can be your Elizabeth married in 1749 but it might give you some ideas on what else to search for.

Good luck.

Dave

[Forfarian]

G F Black's Surnames of Scotland lists Roglyn, Rosglen, Ruglyn, Ruglene, Rugling and Ruglan as variants of Rutherglen as a surname.

[pollymann]

Thank you, I'll have a go with those.

[daval57]

In view of the potential variations, try using wildcards, eg, R*G*L*N*
That would incorporate all the variations Forfarian has mentioned. 

Dave

[flst]

Remember it was not compulsary to register births. It also cost money & many families did n't bother. There is also different coverage of registers for each parish. Some are incomplete.
flst

[Archivos]

There is a Ruglenscroft near Huntly.

From The Place names of Strathbogie

 I think it is probable that these
  places, being small, and having no distinctive
  local name, became known by some common
  descriptive term, or by the personal name of the
  occupant, with ' sett ' attached, in the same way
  as we now use the word croft in Dunscroft and
  Ruglenscroft, both personal names.

Found at The National Library for Scotland

[daval57]

Nice find Archivos.
Wont help pollyman directly but one of the lovely bits of info that it is nice to gather.

Dave

[pollymann]

Thank you once again. I have managed to find some more information but with Ruglen and Rugland so I am now trying to connect them. I looked at the original entry for the first marriage and it was more like a note book than a register. The record keeping was definitely dependant on the clergyman at the time.