Timothy Ruggles (October 20, 1711 – August 4, 1795) was as an American military leader, jurist and politician. He was a delegate to the first Stamp Act congress of 1765.

Stamp Act
In 1775, he left Boston for Nova Scotia with the British troops and accompanied Lord Howe to Staten Island. His estates were confiscated, and in 1779 he received a grant of 10,000 acres (40 km²) of land in Wilmot, Nova Scotia, where he settled.
His daughter, Bathsheba Ruggles, married Joshua Spooner, whom she was convicted of murdering.