To Ron Kyser, (and everyone with the same idea) Thank you for your suggestion. Robert McEwen is my brother and definitely descended form James McEwen and Robert Ruddy. My brother tried finding the origin in Ireland of the Ruddy and McEwen ancestors for three years before I started working on it. Jeannette McEwen Wolff Ron answered: >You could try asking Mr. Robert McEWEN, the caretaker at the First >Presbyterian Church in Woodbridge. The address is: First Presbyterian >Church, 600 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 Telephone: 732-634-1024 >He may descend from this fellow, and I hear he's the head of the local >historical society. I met him last year while visiting the church cemetery >( http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmiddle/Towns/woodbridge/firstprescem.htm ) and >he was eager to help. >Cheers, >Ron Kyser -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Wolff <jtwolff@voicenet.com> To: NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com <NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000 7:15 AM Subject: [NJMIDDLE] McEwen, Ruddy >1. James McEwen, wife Jane Ruddy, children Robert, Thomas, Mary Ann, Joseph >born in Ireland and Elizabeth, Agnes, William, Sarah born in Woodbridge, >NJ >2. Robert Ruddy, wife Elizabeth Patten, children Robert, Jane, Thomas born >in Ireland. > >Both emigrated about 1851 and lived in Woodbridge, Middlesex County,NJ >I would like to hear from anyone descended from or knowledgable of these >families > >______________________________