Roger Ruscoe
Roger Ruscoe, also written Rescoe, was born about 1585 and lived at Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire, a rural parish on the Essex border, about twenty five miles northeast of London. The local pronunciation of the name was "Sapsearth." He was a labourer. He was probably a son of the widow Hannah Ruscoe, who was buried at Sawbridgeworth on 5 August 1634, "being about the age of 80 yeares."
The surname was rare, found only in Essex and Hertfordshire, and probably of Flemish or Dutch origin. The Ruscoes of Norwalk in Connecticut kept a tradition that they were Huguenots.
He married Sarah. Their children were John, Mercy and Katherine. On 16 May 1618 he made a will by word of mouth, giving all his goods to his wife Sarah. The witnesses were Thomas Crispe, George Jacob, Richard Robson and Dorothy Tyler. The next day, the day he died, he added that after Sarah's death the goods should go to his son John, except twenty shillings each to his daughters Mercy and Katherine. Avice Walden and Alice Heath heard it. Administration was granted to Sarah on 26 June 1618.
His son John stayed at Sawbridgeworth and named a son Roger in 1637. His daughter Mercy married Richard Seamer and went to Connecticut. William Ruscoe of Hartford and Norwalk, who sold Richard Seamer land at Hartford in 1639/40, was very probably Roger's younger brother.
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Cite: Heirology, "Roger Ruscoe (1585-1618)", https://heirology.com/ancestors/roger-ruscoe-1585-1618-a2037a.