On this and the following pages, I've tried to avoid listing living people. If you see Descendants Living, that means the next generation has living people. I wanted to show which branches have continued to the present day, but at the same time preserve people's privacy.
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There is a record of a Hanson Ruark being born in 1808 here. While I don't know the names of his parents, he was the progenitor of a long line of Ruarks, which have been traced to 1920.
While Brunswick County was home for many years to a Ruark clan. Two of Hanson's sons moved to neighboring New Hanover County.