John HUMPHRIES/Humphreys married Nancy RUDE on Dec. 24, 1799 in Hardin Co., KY. The surety (bondsman) for the marriage was 22 year old Hankerson Rude who had just gotten married himself. Hankerson Rude, b. 1777, owned no real estate and was just starting out in life as a newlywed. Nancy Rude was born c. 1781. Does anyone have proof who Nancy Rude's parents were? Does anyone have proof of the relationship between Nancy Rude b. ca 1781 and Hankerson Rude b. 1777? One source says Nancy was the daughter of Asher and Elizabeth RUDE. Asher Rude was still alive and living in Hardin Co. in 1799. If he was Nancy's father, why wasn't he the bondsman for his daughter's marriage? (There's a possibility he disapproved, but if Nancy was born in 1781, she was only 18 years old and underage. She would need her father's consent to marry, right? Or am I wrong. Was 18 the age you could marry without parental consent?? Based on the theory that Hankerson Rude was Nancy's Rude's brother, one source says Nancy Rude was the daughter of Jesse Rude (Hankerson's father) who had died in 1791. Asher Rude or Jesse Rude? Can anyone document who Nancy Rude's father was? Does anyone have further info on Nancy Rude Humphries? Perhaps if she lived to 1850 and is on the census, we could determine who her father was by where she was born. If Asher Rude was her father, she would say she born in PA. If Jesse Rude was her father, she would say on the census she was born in KY. -- Helen Graves