Name Origins/from NEHGS
RUFUS (m) (Latin red): William II “Rufus”
(d. 1100) succeeded his father, William I “the Conqueror,” as King of
England in 1087 and was killed by an arrow while hunting in the New
Forest. The name, used as a nickname (for red-headed or ruddy men,
presumably) throughout medieval Europe, was revived as an English proper
name in its own right in the late eighteenth century.
Rufus Allen, b. Bellingham, Massachusetts, 27 Nov. 1824, was a son of Samuel and Polly (__) Allen.
by Julie Helen Otto, Staff Genealogist
Rufus Allen, b. Bellingham, Massachusetts, 27 Nov. 1824, was a son of Samuel and Polly (__) Allen.
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