Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1813, Ruffin ya auri Susan Hutchings Travis na Williamsburg. Ma'auratan sun koma gonar da Ruffin ya gada daga kakansa mai suna, a Coggin's Point, tare da Kogin James a cikin Yarima George County, wanda aka lura da shi a matsayin wurin tashi daga Benedict Arnold bayan ya canza aminci kuma ya mamaye Kogin James (ciki har da Richmond) a 1781. Suna da 'ya'ya goma sha ɗaya kafin Susan Ruffin ya mutu a 1846, kodayake yawancin za su mutu kafin yakin basasar Amurka ya ƙare kuma mahaifinsu ya kashe kansa: Edmund Ruffin Jr. (1814-1875), Agnes Ruffin Beckwith (1816<unk>1865), Julian Calx Ruffin (1821<unk>1864, wanda ya mutu a yakin Drewry's Bluff
), Elizabeth Ruffin Sayre (1821<unk>1860), Rebecca Ruffin Bland (1823<unk>1855), Jane Ruffin Dupuy (1829<unk>1855), Charles Lorraine Ruffin (1832<unk>1870; VMI digiri wanda ya tsira daga yakin), Ella Ruffin (1832<unk>1855), Ann Ruffin (1844<unk>1863) da kuma George Champion Ruffin (1845-1913).