Hi MattD30,
It's me, again. One day I will catch up on all my email correspondence to you. But, in the meantime, I stumbled across your posting concerning the Ruck branch at Norton.
I am considered the one with the most in-depth research of the entire Ruck(e) family (all branches) in Kent, Wales and Middlesex/Surrey, since roughly 1435 down to the turn of the 20th-century. Even published a book of the research many years ago.
Yes, Thomas Carter, the yeoman of Selling, spent some time in Norton and did have several children there, including a Mary. I have never pursued the Will of Thomas Carter so cannot say with 100% certainty that that Mary married William Watson. However, it does look that way, prima facia, via the evidence of the marriage license.
Thomas Carter and his wife, Isabel Ruck, are recorded in Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th ed., vol. II, 1969, as being first cousins to each other, she being the daughter of Richard Ruck of Norton, yeoman. Richard Ruck of Norton was married to Marie Carter, the daughter of George Carter and his wife Alisie, of Crundale and, yes, this line does go back to Winchcombe manor at Crundale.
Thomas Carter (who married Isabel Ruck) was the son of Thomas Carter and Susanna Clive. This second named Thomas Carter was the brother of Richard Ruck's wife, Marie Carter. The Carter family appears in several of the Herald's Visitations.
The Carter and Ruck families were intersected along several branches and twigs for about 200 years.
If you have a relationship here, then we are also related along the Ruck line, in addition to our Austin/Denne linkages. Mary CARTER and Mary RUCK (my 5th great-grandmother) were 3rd cousins, twice removed. Their common ancestors are John RUCK and Margaret (suspected to be a Carter or an Oliver but as yet unidentified).
Richard Ruck was a son of William Ruck and Margaret Carter of Boughton-under-Blean. This Margaret Carter was a sister of the George Carter who was the father of Marie Carter who married Richard Ruck. Confused yet? George and Margaret Carter's father was also named George Carter and died at Winchcombe in 1559.
I shall leave my response here as it will take some time to process this news, I'm sure.
Sincerely,
Susan