Hi, Dottie, Wow! You certainly ask a lot of questions. I will try to supply a coherent response. I think they were beginning to run out of family land in the Dutchess County area. Elisha and Abigail (Pierson) had three boys. Two disappeared somewhere and left Comfort #1, Capt. Comfort. Comfort #1, Capt. Comfort, married Elizabeth Nickerson and had six boys. All seemed to leave the area. Some came to Clinton County, Ohio and some went on to Indiana. Zalmon went to upstate NY and died there. Source: Martha Rabatin's book. Obviously, there was communication among the family members, otherwise, how could Rebecca have known to send authorization for Abner's marriage? So, I think the first Lud family settlers in Clinton County, Ohio sent back the word that pickings were pretty good there and the others should come on out. Which is the reason we find so many of them on the 1840 census in Clinton County, Ohio. Comfort #2 married Mary Mulkin (Source: Martha Rabatin's book) and had three boys by 1806. (I think four...but can't prove it) The boys were Ananais, Thomas and Comfort #3. Then there seems to be a space of several years before he had more children, ending with Abner, born abt. 1816. You have quoted the certificate authorizing Abner's marriage to be from his mother, Rebecca. It seems to me that person has to be Rebecca Dayton. Source: A Dayton Record. Ananais went, Thomas went, why wouldn't Comfort #3 have followed them to Ohio. That a Comfort Ludington married an Ann Holdcroft (maiden name spelled many different ways on records) has been documented. He did not live long after the marriage. We can only guess that Abner might have come to help because his half-brother was ill and then chose to marry the widow. Comfort #3 is to Thomas, husband of Sarah Wakeman, as is Ananias, Thomas (husband of Sarah Webster), and Abner, a nephew. I have struggled with the Illinois records quite a bit but can find no documentation for my branch of the tree there between the 1850 census and a marriage in 1861 of my Lud ancestor, Rebecca, daughter of Lafayette. Abner had purchased land there but did not stay long. By 1860 he was in Clinton County, Indiana. Why was Lafayette auuthorized to stand for the family instead of Ananais or Thomas? I think it might be because he was the oldest son. All of this is theory...would love to prove it but don't have a clue how to do that. I know some of this is confusing to the newbies. They need to be grateful that I did not throw in a discussion of the trio of Lafayettes. <smile> We will save that for another day. Will email you privately regarding DAR. Elaine

My study pretty well follows the lines that Elaine has laid out. Her Lafayette shows as being b in 1800 in NY and he had a son, George W Ludington b in 1832 in Onondaga co NY. (George ended up in Kansas where he shows in census records for years.) it was shortly after George was b that Fayette shows in CC OH for the wedding of Abner. He must have stayed there for a time as his next son, Comfort B Lud ,was born on OH. Fayette then moves on to IL where he shows with family in 1850. He then seems to disapear while Comfort B later shows in Minn living with another family in 1860 or so. Comfort B joined the US Army in 1863/4 and was killed by Indians near the stockade in Pome de Terre, MN. He never married that we know of. Does this jibe with your /study/theories Elaine?? Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dek623@aol.com> To: <LUDDINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [LUDDINGTON] Re: [LUDDINGTON COMFORT > Hi, Dottie, > > Wow! You certainly ask a lot of questions. I will try to supply a > coherent > response. > > I think they were beginning to run out of family land in the Dutchess > County > area. Elisha and Abigail (Pierson) had three boys. Two disappeared > somewhere and left Comfort #1, Capt. Comfort. > > Comfort #1, Capt. Comfort, married Elizabeth Nickerson and had six boys. > All seemed to leave the area. Some came to Clinton County, Ohio and some > went > on to Indiana. Zalmon went to upstate NY and died there. Source: > Martha > Rabatin's book. > > Obviously, there was communication among the family members, otherwise, > how > could Rebecca have known to send authorization for Abner's marriage? So, > I > think the first Lud family settlers in Clinton County, Ohio sent back the > word > that pickings were pretty good there and the others should come on out. > Which is the reason we find so many of them on the 1840 census in Clinton > County, Ohio. > > Comfort #2 married Mary Mulkin (Source: Martha Rabatin's book) and had > three > boys by 1806. (I think four...but can't prove it) The boys were > Ananais, > Thomas and Comfort #3. Then there seems to be a space of several years > before > he had more children, ending with Abner, born abt. 1816. You have quoted > the certificate authorizing Abner's marriage to be from his mother, > Rebecca. > It seems to me that person has to be Rebecca Dayton. Source: A Dayton > Record. > > Ananais went, Thomas went, why wouldn't Comfort #3 have followed them to > Ohio. That a Comfort Ludington married an Ann Holdcroft (maiden name > spelled > many different ways on records) has been documented. He did not live > long > after the marriage. We can only guess that Abner might have come to help > because > his half-brother was ill and then chose to marry the widow. > > Comfort #3 is to Thomas, husband of Sarah Wakeman, as is Ananias, Thomas > (husband of Sarah Webster), and Abner, a nephew. > > I have struggled with the Illinois records quite a bit but can find no > documentation for my branch of the tree there between the 1850 census and > a > marriage in 1861 of my Lud ancestor, Rebecca, daughter of Lafayette. > > Abner had purchased land there but did not stay long. By 1860 he was in > Clinton County, Indiana. > > Why was Lafayette auuthorized to stand for the family instead of Ananais > or > Thomas? I think it might be because he was the oldest son. All of this > is > theory...would love to prove it but don't have a clue how to do that. > > I know some of this is confusing to the newbies. They need to be > grateful > that I did not throw in a discussion of the trio of Lafayettes. <smile> > We > will save that for another day. > > Will email you privately regarding DAR. > > Elaine > > > ==== LUDDINGTON Mailing List ==== > Visit the new Luddington Message Board at > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.luddington > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >