Is anyone on this list researching Yorkshire Rudds? Beryl buttercup@dccnet.com

Interested in contacting anyone researching Rudd family in N.J>, esp. Monmouth/Ocean Co., thanks Bev

There was no message ..except one word .."unsubscribe". No No No ..I do not want to unsubscribe. I am still looking for the parents who begat Frances Rudd b. 1800 N.C., was in Lincoln County TN by 1818 where she was m. to James A Kyser, and all moved to Mercer's Colony in Texas in 1845.

Hi, Nancy, I'm not sure if DAR would accept it or not. Why don't you ask them? If you want I could forward you the information I typed up from the books; I put a certification at the end of it. There's quite a lot of stuff connected to Rudd people. Don't find Clark or a sister in the Rudd Branches book. Joann from Vermont NCRYERSON@aol.com wrote: > > Celia, Kevin and Joanne, > > First, Joanne thanks for sending the church record for Johnson and his > kids. Very helpful, but I bet you hand copies it and so there is no "hand" > copy. Will DAR except this record?? > > Has any of you (or any one) heard of a Clark Rudd or his sister Sadie > Rudd Risch. I have my GG Grandmothers obit, Sarah DePuy Rudd, wife of David > Rudd (son of Erastus & Harriet Hill Rudd) The obit, from Plainfield, Will > Co. Ill Nov.1927, says that she died in the home of her daughter Sadie Risch, > in Plainfield. And one of the son's that survives her is Clark (of > Wisconsin). I do not have either of these children for David and Sarah. > > The children I have are: > Otis died 1924 > James was in Chicago in 1927 > Milton died 1916 > Isabelle Mrs. Bell Younker of CA > Sandford died before 1927 > Elias (my G Grandfather died 1906, still don't know where?) > Peter ?? > Ray of Joliet (anyone know anything about Peter or Ray??) > > Any info will help. THANKS Much > Nancy > Montague, MI

Joanne, Thanks, I would very much like a copy of this info. Is It basically information on the Johnson line, that is of course what I'm most interested in. THANK again, so much Nancy > Hi, Nancy, > > I'm not sure if DAR would accept it or not. Why don't you ask them? If > you want I could forward you the information I typed up from the books; > I put a certification at the end of it. There's quite a lot of stuff > connected to Rudd people. > > Don't find Clark or a sister in the Rudd Branches book. > > Joann from Vermont > > NCRYERSON@aol.com wrote: > > > > Celia, Kevin and Joanne, > > > > First, Joanne thanks for sending the church record for Johnson and > his > > kids. Very helpful, but I bet you hand copies it and so there is no > "hand" > > copy. Will DAR except this record?? > > > > Has any of you (or any one) heard of a Clark Rudd or his sister > Sadie > > Rudd Risch. I have my GG Grandmothers obit, Sarah DePuy Rudd, wife of > David > > Rudd (son of Erastus & Harriet Hill Rudd) The obit, from Plainfield, Will > > Co. Ill Nov.1927, says that she died in the home of her daughter Sadie > Risch, > > in Plainfield. And one of the son's that survives her is Clark (of > > Wisconsin). I do not have either of these children for David and Sarah. > > > > The children I have are: > > Otis died 1924 > > James was in Chicago in 1927 > > Milton died 1916 > > Isabelle Mrs. Bell Younker of CA > > Sandford died before 1927 > > Elias (my G Grandfather died 1906, still don't know where?) > > Peter ?? > > Ray of Joliet (anyone know anything about Peter or Ray??) > > > > Any info will help. THANKS Much > > Nancy > >

Celia, Kevin and Joanne, First, Joanne thanks for sending the church record for Johnson and his kids. Very helpful, but I bet you hand copies it and so there is no "hand" copy. Will DAR except this record?? Has any of you (or any one) heard of a Clark Rudd or his sister Sadie Rudd Risch. I have my GG Grandmothers obit, Sarah DePuy Rudd, wife of David Rudd (son of Erastus & Harriet Hill Rudd) The obit, from Plainfield, Will Co. Ill Nov.1927, says that she died in the home of her daughter Sadie Risch, in Plainfield. And one of the son's that survives her is Clark (of Wisconsin). I do not have either of these children for David and Sarah. The children I have are: Otis died 1924 James was in Chicago in 1927 Milton died 1916 Isabelle Mrs. Bell Younker of CA Sandford died before 1927 Elias (my G Grandfather died 1906, still don't know where?) Peter ?? Ray of Joliet (anyone know anything about Peter or Ray??) Any info will help. THANKS Much Nancy Montague, MI

I just returned from his funeral and have time to work on emails. Here is his lineage, starting with him and going back. Eddie Rudd John Burrel Rudd James Dallas Rudd Burrel Rudd James Rudd * George Lounesdale Rudd Burlingham Rudd * I am not sure if this is correct. Some family records indicate Elias David as the father. I am in the process of researching this information. Let me know if there is anything that I can help you with. Anne Barnes -----Original Message----- From: Curtis Godwin [SMTP:pogo@digitalusa.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 12:15 PM To: RUDD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RUDD] Eddie Rudd: 21 Dec 1908 - 29 Oct 2000 I am very interested in Eddie Rudd's lineage as I am a Burlingham Rudd desc. through Elias David, his son. I assume Eddie Rudd would be through the Elias David line because of the Texas location. Would love to know who Edie's father, grandfather and gr. grandfather (probably Elias ) were. Thanks for any help. Gloria pogo@digitalusa.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <barnes@worldfront.com> To: <RUDD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 5:28 PM Subject: [RUDD] Eddie Rudd: 21 Dec 1908 - 29 Oct 2000 > > Eddie Rudd passed away this Sunday, October 29, 2000. Eddie > was born in Mayflower, Newton, Texas. In 1939 he married Veta > Mae Bales. Eddie is survived by his three sons; John William, > Ronnie, and Donnie. He is also survived by 8 grandchildren and > 7 great-grandchildren. His service will be held on Thursday > November 2nd in Marble Falls Texas. > > Eddie Rudd was from the Burlingham Rudd line. > > Submitted by Anne Barnes, granddaughter of Eddie Rudd > > ----- > Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) > The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! > >

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Barnes offered to copy from the book for another Rudd. Would Barnes please see if this Rudd is in the book: Born Frances Rudd, N.C. 1800. Was in Lincoln County, Tn. by 1817 where she was m. to James A. Kyser. The family with many children moved on a land grant in Mercer's Colony in then Kaufman County, Texas in 1845. Oldest son was Judge Harrison William Kyser of Kaufman County. He was a Captain in the Civil War. I do not know the names of Frances' parents. She may have had a brother named Benjamin Rudd who had business dealings with Philip Kyser, father of James A. Kyser. James and Frances are buried near Lake Ray Hubbard 20 Mi East of Dallas. Would appreciate your taking time to look up Frances in the book. Edith Kyser Smith, Irving, Texas. Rudd8@aol.com

I am very interested in Eddie Rudd's lineage as I am a Burlingham Rudd desc. through Elias David, his son. I assume Eddie Rudd would be through the Elias David line because of the Texas location. Would love to know who Edie's father, grandfather and gr. grandfather (probably Elias ) were. Thanks for any help. Gloria pogo@digitalusa.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <barnes@worldfront.com> To: <RUDD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 5:28 PM Subject: [RUDD] Eddie Rudd: 21 Dec 1908 - 29 Oct 2000 > > Eddie Rudd passed away this Sunday, October 29, 2000. Eddie > was born in Mayflower, Newton, Texas. In 1939 he married Veta > Mae Bales. Eddie is survived by his three sons; John William, > Ronnie, and Donnie. He is also survived by 8 grandchildren and > 7 great-grandchildren. His service will be held on Thursday > November 2nd in Marble Falls Texas. > > Eddie Rudd was from the Burlingham Rudd line. > > Submitted by Anne Barnes, granddaughter of Eddie Rudd > > ----- > Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) > The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! > >

Hi Gloria, I talked to Anne Barnes last night and I think she is on her way to the funeral today and should be back home this weekend. Just wanted you to know, since it might be a while before you get a return message from her. She can give you the details of her line out of Elias David to her grandfather Eddie. Linda Rudd

Eddie Rudd passed away this Sunday, October 29, 2000. Eddie was born in Mayflower, Newton, Texas. In 1939 he married Veta Mae Bales. Eddie is survived by his three sons; John William, Ronnie, and Donnie. He is also survived by 8 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. His service will be held on Thursday November 2nd in Marble Falls Texas. Eddie Rudd was from the Burlingham Rudd line. Submitted by Anne Barnes, granddaughter of Eddie Rudd ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere!

Seeking other researchers. Cordelia Rudd m William Walton 10-29-1849 in La Porte, IN. Her sister Louisa Rudd Oaks m Henry G Oaks 11-13-1845 also in La Porte. Louisa has a Mary Rudd with her age 9 in the 1850 census. Does anyone know these sisters, they are orginally from New York. Thanks. Terry Grand Rapids MI

Would like to get in touch with submitter "acblake" e-mail addresses are unworkable: acblake@iffreedom.com and acblake@freeweb.com Or if Ann Sargent is out there, that would help. Thank you. Kathy Rudd at goldspecs@earthlnk.net

Thanks, Celia. Interesting! Thanks for passing it on as I would not have access to it otherwise. Happy Halloooooooween! Dot DuMond

Dear Celia: Thank you so much for taking the time to type out such large portions of the book for us to read. Being one of those few "American Rudds" NOT descended from Captain John, I kind of scanned the other stuff. But, I recognize large portions of this part as being in the Rudd Family Research Assn "intro" part of the book. Her book must have been the source of much of the information for it. I know there is a photo of the Rudston monument among other "Rudd" photos. I remember her name and the book being mentioned. I'm really frustrated by being away from home and not being able to get my hands on it for another week and a half. There is one part that is different, though, I'm almost sure. Almost willing to bet a paycheck. And, that's the Lord of Meath part. I am positive the RFRA book mentions a Robert Rudd (and I remember it because my father's name was Robert) was Lord of Meath and he married the Earl of Clare's daughter, Jane. So, perhaps the Rudds were Lords of Meath for several centuries, a notion I find extremely appealing even if I'm not descended from them. I really would LIKE to be, though! It was later that 1076, though, I'm almost certain. Can't wait to look that up. More records would have been available when these Rudds were doing their research in the 1980s than was available to Ms. Rudd nearly a century ago. And, it seems like it was THIS Lord of Meath with wife Jane that went to Wales, but I may be mixing that up. I've been reading a trilogy on the original Princes of Wales, Owain, the Llywellyns, etc. and that's what led me to dig out my book just before I made this trip a week and a half ago, so Robert Rudd, Lord of Meath, is fresh in my mind. This trilogy starts in the late 12th century and extends through the entire 13th century, through the reign of Edward I (Plantagenet of William Wallace disrepute). I did a search on Lord of Meath in google.com and didn't come up with any Rudds. Nor did it go back far enough. I also searched on Earl of Clare and got piles of stuff on the de Clare family, which isn't the same thing. Since I was supposed to be researching for my company, I didn't spend a lot of time on it. I just became determined to get to Ireland for a long vacation next year. I don't know how many other Irish Rudds are on the list, but anyone got anything on the Lords of Meath? Or, having done family research in Ireland, an idea about how to research them? Time to go to bed. I think I'll try to have a past life dream about the Lords & Ladies of Meath. :-) Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: Celia Snyder <cgsnyder@uiuc.edu> To: <RUDD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 9:11 PM Subject: [RUDD] Mary Amelia Rudd Book > "Records of the Rudd Family," collected and arranged by Mary Amelia > Rudd, Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd., Quay Street, 1920 > > Chapter 1 Origin of the Name of Rudd-Tradition of the Rudston-First > Recorded Rudds-Arms of the Family > > The first point to be considered in the history of a family is the > origin of the name. There can be little doubt that the name of Rudd > is Danish in form, and if so, that its meaning is red, fierce or > bloody. The earliest mention of a Rudd as recorded in the authorised > [sic] pedigrees affixed to this work is that of William Rudd, Lord of > Meath in Ireland, in 1076. There is nothing in the name to lead us > to think it is of Irish origin, and the presence of a Danish Lord of > Meath at that period is easily accounted for. From the eighth > century onwards the Danes had managed to settle themselves on the > sea-coast much in the same way as they did in England.[1] > > Tradition, however, suggests an earlier date than 1076 as a possible > time at which a remote ancestor first formed a connection with the > British Isles. I quote from Notes and Queries the following > interesting statement:- > > "The Scandinavians planted near the graves of their great men and > warriors large upright stones called Beanta Stones, and it seems > probable that the huge monolith in Rudston Churchyard may be one of > these. An ancient saga still preserved at Copenhagen states that a > viking called Rudd died and was buried in the Yorkshire Wolds; and > that afterwards his Beanta Stone was sent over from Denmark and > erected at his place of sepulture, which ever after was called > Rudston, having before borne another name."[2] > > This interesting monument, which undoubtedly gives its names to the > village, still stands in the churchyard, appearing for fully 25 feet > above ground, and sunk, as was ascertained during excavations, an > equal distance in the ground. Its weight has been computed at > upwards of 44 tons, and the stone sparkles in the sun and is unlike > any local stone. Two large round stones were found near its base, > which may have been wagon wheels used in its transit. > > I endeavoured [sic] to confirm the tradition by searching for the > saga at Copenhagen, but Mr. Sigfus Blondal, the Sub-librarian of the > Royal library there, was unable to find one on that subject. He > thought the name Rudd sounded decidedly Scandinavian, and stated that > in Icelandic it would be Rutr, and that in the latter part of the > tenth century there was a famous Icelandic chief of that name, one of > the principal persons in the Laxadala Saga and in the first part of > the Story of the Burnt Nial. Moreover, the brother of that chief was > married to the daughter of an Irish king. > > Some people have thought that the name was of Saxon origin, and in > allusion to this possibly the crest which the Lincolnshire and > Cumberland Rudds assumed was a "rood, or cross, bottone." One does > not, however, find any connection with any Saxon part of the country > in early times. In fact, the Rudds have always been settled in the > North of England Chiefly, and Yorkshire was the home of the family > after it had left Ireland, and after the short Welsh episode of which > I shall write in due course. From Yorkshire the family spread to > Cumberland and Westmorland, to Lincolnshire and Norfolk, to > Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, and fitfully to the south and > farther regions. > > The name is found spelt in various ways in old documents-Rud, Rudde, > Rhudde, and sometimes Rude, Rood, or even Reed; but these forms must > be received with caution, and only taken to mean Rudd when there is > ample evidence that it was so written by mistake for the real name, > as sometimes happens in parish registers, etc., in places where Rudds > are known to have existed. > > The arms which the Rudds have borne from time immemorial are: > "Azure, a lion rampant, or, a canton of the second." The crest is: > "A lion rampant, or, holding an escutcheon azure, charged with a > canton or." These arms are given in all the copies of Heralds' > Visitations in which the family appears as the ancient arms of the > Rudds of Yorkshire, from whom all the Rudds are descended. They will > not be found entered at the present Heralds' College, as I discovered > when I visited that institution in 1895. The herald whom I > interviewed, however, admitted the authenticity of the pedigree of > the Rudds of Northamptonshire which I had copied from one made at the > Heraldic Visitation of 1623 (reproduced at the commencement of this > volume), wherein the arms are given as I have stated. I suggested > that the arms had existed long before the Heralds' College, and that > therefore no grant of them was likely to be recorded, and this he was > bound to admit was so. Unfortunately, in common with numberless > families of similar antiquity, the origin of whose coat armour is > lost in far-off ages, the present Heraldic College is slow to > recognise [sic] the undoubted right of the family to them. As nearly > all the ancient records of the College were lost in the Great Fire of > London, this seems rather unreasonable. The authority of William > Camden, Clarenceux King-of-Arms, and of Augustine Vincent, Rough > Croix, suffice. > > Various branches of the family have assumed other arms at different > times, and these will be noticed in the chapters which deal with > those parts of the family. > > List of the various Arms borne by the Rudd Family. > > Rudd or Rudde (Lincolnshire and Essex): "Arg. on a canton az. six > martlets or." Crest: "A cross bottonee or." > > Rudd, Higham, Ferrers, co. Northants: "Az. a lion ramp. or, a canton > of the second." Crest: "A lion ramp. or, holding an escutcheon az. > charged with a canton or." > > Rudd or Rudde (Bishop of St. David's): "Az. a chevron between three > bells arg." Another, the chevron ermine. Crest: "An arm erect > vested az. charged with a chevron erm. holding in the hand a scroll > all ppr." > > Rudd, as borne by the Rev. Eric Rudd, or Thorn, near Doncaster: "Az. > a lion rampant or, a canton of the same, quartering gules, 3 stars > or," for Sutherland. Crest: "An arm vested az. charged with a > chevron ermine, holding in the hand a scroll all ppr." Mottoes: > Over the arms, "Pro rege et grege"; undet the shield, "In cruce > salus." > > Rudd (London, 1634): "Erm. six martlets gu. 3-2-1, a canton of the > last." Crest: "A cross croslet fitchee gu. between 2 wings erect > arg." > > Rudd: "Arg. on a chevron sable betw. 3 buglehorns gu. as many mascles or." > > Rudd (Norfolk): "Arg. 3 trefoils in fesse vert, a chief sable." > Crest: "A griffin's head coup. ppr., collared arg." > > Rudd: "Arg. on a chevron betw. 3 buglehorns stringed gu. as many lozenges or." > > Rudd: "Az. a lion rampant arg. a canton or." > > Rudd (Worcestershire): "A chevron between 3 pheons, on a chief 3 > maidens' heads, affrontee, couped below the shoulders ppr." Crest: > "A maiden's head" as in the arms. Borne by the Rev. Ed. Miles Rudd, > of Kempsey, Worcestershire, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, 1825.[3] > > _________________________________ > [1] Haverty, National History of Ireland. > [2] Notes and Queries, 4th Nov., 1871. > [3] Burke's General Armoury. > >

Chapter XVIII continued: Virginia Family. Infrequent references to Rudds in Virginia indicate that at a considerably later date than the appearance of the name in New England it was introduced into the Southern Colonies. It is probable that this family connection originated in the person of William Rudd, who became Rector of Chuckatuck Parish, in Nansemond Co., Va., in 1703, where he remained such for many years. John Rudd, of Virginia, who advanced through various grades in the Naval Service from 1814 to 1862, and was retired in the latter year with the rank of Commodore, is supposed to have been a representative of this family. Maryland Family. In 1752 the name appears in the neighbouring colony of Maryland in the person of Charles Rudd, of Piscatua. Whether he was of the Virginia family or of still another independent emigration is not known. He may have been related to James Rudd, of Maryland, who was born during the Revolutionary period and established a family of considerable consequence. Married to Susannah Brooke of a well-known connection, including the Roman Catholic Carrolls of Carrollton, this branch of the Rudds was also of that religious persuasion. James Rudd removed to Kentucky in 1706. His sons, Captain James, Dr. Christopher, Richard and William Brooke, were men of prominence. The first three all served in the Kentucky legislature, and Christopher and Richard were both unsuccessful candidates for seats in Congress. Captain James Rudd, the eldest of these brothers, was one of the founders of Louisville, was connected with the government of that city for thirty years, and was one of its leading citizens and philanthropists. He died in 1867, leaving the following children: Sallie, wife of Colonel Thomas Ludwell Alexander, U.S. Army; Anna, wife of the Hon. Amos R. Taylor, of St. Louis, Me.; James Rudd, of Owensboro, Ky.; Dr. Richard Rudd, of Paris (France); Chas. P. Rudd, of Wisconsin; John D. Rudd, of Louisville; and Thomas S. Rudd, of Arkansas. New York City Family. Another family of Rudds of a still later period derives descent from Joseph Rudd, of Bourton-on-Water, Glos., through his son Richard Rudd (1786-1852), who emigrated to America in 1815 and settled at Norristown, Pa., later moving to New York City. His wife was Mary (1782-1834), daughter and co-heiress of Wm. Hanwell, of Brize-Norton, co. Oxford. Four sons and one daughter, issue of this marriage, all married and left issue, so that his family became well established. The late Robert Schell Rudd, Esq. (1-Joseph; 2-Richard; 3-Joseph), a lawyer of New York City, was one of the better-known members of it, and a few years ago was Mayor of Glen Ridge, N.J. In the hope of connecting these long-separated branches with the parent stem and with each other the writer has attempted to collect the necessary data. Although failing in this, the result still typifies the sentimental interest which persons of the same surname feel in an admittedly common even though unspecified racial origin. American Rudds may at least be certain of remote connection with the English family, and they cannot fail in their desire to keep fair a name made so honourable [sic] by Sir John of the Sepulchre, by the good Bishop of St. David's, and many others of their blood. Aside from these United States no portion of the world can hold for us the interest that England and her people do. May the bonds of intimacy, once so strong, then loosened by the vicissitudes of national development, again hold to close sympathy these two great English-speaking countries-England and English America-so that, if need be, they may stand together before the world. Malcolm Day Rudd. Hollywood Lakeville, Litchfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. 16th Dec., 1912 (as amended in June, 1920). Rudd of Connecticut. 1-Jonathan Rudd, married Mary . . . 1646-7, and died after 1652. 2-Jonathan Rudd, married Mary Bushnell (?), d. 1689. 3-Captain Nathaniel Rudd, born 22nd May, 1684; married 27th Dec., 1709, Rebecca Waldo; died 1760. 4-Zebulon Rudd, born 5th Aug., 1717; married Jerusha Brewster, a great-great-granddaughter of Elder Wm. Brewster of the Mayflower; died 9th Feb. 1802. 5-Nathaniel Rudd 6-Major Nathaniel Rudd, of Vergennes, Vermont, and Stockholm St., Lawrence Co., N.Y., married Waity, daughter of Colonel Roswell Hopkins, of Amenia, N.Y. 7-The Rev. George Robt. Rudd, born 1801; married 1827 Frances, daughter of Hezekiah Beardslees, of Weltonfield, Conn. Children: 1, Ed. Payson Rudd; 2, James H. Rudd, of Lyons, N.Y. and others. The sixth child- 8-Wm. Beardsley Rudd, of the 98th N.Y. Volunteers and Adjutant of the 107th Regt. of N.Y. National Guard, married in 1865 Mary Coffing, daughter of Ex-Governor Alex. Hamilton Holley, of Lakeville, Conn., and had three sons and a daughter, Malcolm Day Rudd, Alex. Holley Rudd, of Mountclair, N.J., engineer, Chas. E. Rudd, and Fanny, married to Martin Cantine, of Sangerties, N.Y. 9-Malcolm Day Rudd, of Lakeville, Conn., married Eva Lendell Cook, and has three sons, Richard Malcolm, Rowsell Hopkins, and Alex. Holley Rudd. Descent of the Rev. A. B. Rudd. 1-Lieut. Bezaleel Rudd, son of Zebulon Rudd (see 4, ante), born 24th July, 1751, married 14th April, 1777, Ruth Brush, and died 25th Aug., 1846. 2-Theoren Rudd, born 3rd July, 1778, married Mary Butler, and died 2nd Dec., 1847. His brother, Reuben Brush Rudd, born 22nd May, 1780, married 22nd Feb. 1813. Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Captain Israel Smith (one of the "Bull" Smiths of Long Island), and Mary Hasbrouck, daughter of Colonel Jonathan Hasbrouch, owner of the house used as Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, N.Y. The Rudds still possess a silk baptismal robe presented for Elizabeth's baptism in 1783 by Lady Washington. Reuben B. Rudd died 16th Dec., 1876, leaving two sons, Charles and Zebulon. 3-Charles Rudd, born 17th March, 1820, married 28th Nov., 1849, Frances E. Falk, and had the following children: John, born 17th March, 1853; Sarah, born 20th March, 1855; Rachel, born 20th June, 1857, married to Frank Eno; Harry, born 5th Sept., 1867; and Charles. 4-Zebulon Rudd, born 24th Sept., 1823, married 23rd May, 1855, Blandina V. Adriance, who was descended from Sarah De Rapalie, the first white child born in New York State, her birth having taken place at Albany 9th June, 1625, in honour of which the Government presented her with a grant of land at the Wallabought. The children of Zebulon and Blandina Rudd are:- (1) Charles A. Rudd, married Ella Robinson (2) John A. Rudd, married Bertha S. Morgan, their children being John A. Rudd, Helen and Catharine. (3) The Rev. Arthur Belding Rudd, born 28th Feb., 1870, married Lillian Pierce 22nd April, 1903, having a son, Charles Adriance Rudd, born 7th Feb., 1910, who is of the lineage of three Presidents of the United States, namely John Adams and John Quincy Adams on his father's side and Franklin Pearce on his mother's side.-Communicated by the Rev. A. B. Rudd. Note.-It is interesting to find in connection with the tradition of Nottinghamshire origin that records of Nottingham state that John Rudd, frameworker, was admitted a freeman 12th Nov., 1767. The freedom of the city descended to the late Ernest Harold Rudd, who died 29th April, 1920, a director of the "Illustrated London News" and of the "Sketch," and who in 1895 had married Minnie B. Ruhl, of Baltimore, U.S.A. (M. A. R.) [end of Chapter XVII]

Chapter XVII Some American Rudds (Communicated by Malcolm Day Rudd.) Perhaps there is no more interesting aspect of family history than that which deals with migratory traits. Doubtless there are families which through force of circumstances, such as continuous inheritance of property or lack of initiative, have occupied a nearly stationary position geographically, while countless others, impelled by the force of dissimilar environment, have seemed peculiarly susceptible to the lure of new countries and new possibilities of advancement for themselves and their progeny. It is too much to say that the colonizers of a family are its strongest characters, but it is true that those who have voluntarily assumed the hardships and privations of "pioneering" generally comprise the sturdier and the more self-reliant individuals, to whom a proportionate degree of interest attaches. That some of the Rudds should have adventured in the American Colonies is most natural, and it is of them and their descendents that this brief chapter treats-not in genealogical detail, but merely in the way of a general survey of the subject, contributory to this work. In America the name "Rudd" is of comparatively infrequent occurrence, and though it has been synonymous with a high degree of respectability, it has not become pre-eminently distinguished nor conspicuous in public annals. Natural ability of an order rather above the average, coupled with soundness of judgment and character, rather than the brilliancy of genius, have been identified with the bearers of the name from generation to generation. Nearly all American Rudds are sprung from Jonathan Rudd, who first appeared in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1643. His origin and early history are wholly conjectural, and especially discouraging conditions have thus far attended all efforts to clarify the subject. A tradition, extant in several branches of his descendants, asserts for him a Nottinghamshire origin, but corroborative evidence of this tradition has been sought in vain. Again, it is supposed that he came to New England in 1637, at that time of the greatest influx of settlers in the first half of that century, a period (i.e., after 1635) during which the passenger lists of record in England are deplorably deficient. At every turn similar bars to research have arisen, and "to cap the climax" our emigrant died, suddenly it would seem, in 1658, intestate his wife we are led to believe having pre-deceased him), leaving a family of young children to the guardianship of friends. Hence the particulars of his overseas home, which had he lived longer would undoubtedly have been transmitted to his children as they advanced to maturity, were lost to them and their posterity, and to-day are almost beyond the hope of recovery. Probably Jonathan Rudd was not a seeker after religious liberty, but apparently came out of England a youth in search of adventure and advancement. In New Haven he was guilt of minor indiscretions during the first year of his residence there, but on becoming a free burgess in 1644 he assumed the stringent religious obligations incidental to citizenship in that colony, and appears henceforth to have taken up the responsibilities of life with earnestness and vigour.[sic] From the pages of the pas this dim figure emerges romantically once-on his marriage to a bride whose name has failed to survive the lapse of years. It appears that he removed from the New Haven Colony, after a short residence there, to Saybrook, a settlement at the mouth of the Connecticut River. There in the winter of 1646-7 he contemplated marriage. On the day set for the wedding there was a great fall of snow, and no magistrate having jurisdiction in Saybrook could be found to perform the service. It so happened, however, that John Winthrop the younger, afterward Governor of Connecticut, acting under authority from the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was in the vicinity, and hearing of the dilemma in which these young people were placed, agreed to marry them, provided that they would come to a certain brook which was the accepted boundary between the two jurisdictions. And so they were married, the bridal party standing on one bank of the stream, and the magistrate upon the other, and to this day the name Bride Brook remains as a memorial to that event. The picturesque setting of the scene has lent itself to song and story, and in a more practical way the event is a matter of history, as it was cited some forty years after its occurrence as evidence as evidence in certain disputes arising over boundary lines. In a new country where each individual is thrown to a great extent upon his own resources for a livelihood it is difficult to determine a man's actual social status by his pursuits. Jonathan Rudd was by vocation a worker in leather and a farmer, and by avocation a soldier. In contemporary records he is styled Lieutenant Jonathan Rudd, and was by appointment from the Colony of Connecticut in 16542 assistant to the redoubtable Indian fighter and commander of Saybrook Fort, Captain John Mason. In civil life he was among the "Selectmen" or governing board of the Settlement, held one or two minor offices, and would probably have made greater impress on his time had not death so early cut short his career. From Lieut. Jonathan Rudd's two sons Jonathan and Nathaniel have descended the greater number of persons of the name in America. By successive migrations to new portions of the country this name, in common with countless others originating, so far as American history is concerned, on the Atlantic seaboard, has become identified first with the later settled portions of New England, then with the "up-state" portions of New York, then with Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and the Middle West, and finally with the trans-Mississippi states, as the course of the Republic has westward held its way. The remainder of this chapter will be devoted to brief mention of the better-known Rudds of this general descent, and to remarks upon such unattached families of the name as the writer has happened upon in the course of his researches. to be continued....

"Records of the Rudd Family," collected and arranged by Mary Amelia Rudd, Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd., Quay Street, 1920 Chapter 1 Origin of the Name of Rudd-Tradition of the Rudston-First Recorded Rudds-Arms of the Family The first point to be considered in the history of a family is the origin of the name. There can be little doubt that the name of Rudd is Danish in form, and if so, that its meaning is red, fierce or bloody. The earliest mention of a Rudd as recorded in the authorised [sic] pedigrees affixed to this work is that of William Rudd, Lord of Meath in Ireland, in 1076. There is nothing in the name to lead us to think it is of Irish origin, and the presence of a Danish Lord of Meath at that period is easily accounted for. From the eighth century onwards the Danes had managed to settle themselves on the sea-coast much in the same way as they did in England.[1] Tradition, however, suggests an earlier date than 1076 as a possible time at which a remote ancestor first formed a connection with the British Isles. I quote from Notes and Queries the following interesting statement:- "The Scandinavians planted near the graves of their great men and warriors large upright stones called Beanta Stones, and it seems probable that the huge monolith in Rudston Churchyard may be one of these. An ancient saga still preserved at Copenhagen states that a viking called Rudd died and was buried in the Yorkshire Wolds; and that afterwards his Beanta Stone was sent over from Denmark and erected at his place of sepulture, which ever after was called Rudston, having before borne another name."[2] This interesting monument, which undoubtedly gives its names to the village, still stands in the churchyard, appearing for fully 25 feet above ground, and sunk, as was ascertained during excavations, an equal distance in the ground. Its weight has been computed at upwards of 44 tons, and the stone sparkles in the sun and is unlike any local stone. Two large round stones were found near its base, which may have been wagon wheels used in its transit. I endeavoured [sic] to confirm the tradition by searching for the saga at Copenhagen, but Mr. Sigfus Blondal, the Sub-librarian of the Royal library there, was unable to find one on that subject. He thought the name Rudd sounded decidedly Scandinavian, and stated that in Icelandic it would be Rutr, and that in the latter part of the tenth century there was a famous Icelandic chief of that name, one of the principal persons in the Laxadala Saga and in the first part of the Story of the Burnt Nial. Moreover, the brother of that chief was married to the daughter of an Irish king. Some people have thought that the name was of Saxon origin, and in allusion to this possibly the crest which the Lincolnshire and Cumberland Rudds assumed was a "rood, or cross, bottone." One does not, however, find any connection with any Saxon part of the country in early times. In fact, the Rudds have always been settled in the North of England Chiefly, and Yorkshire was the home of the family after it had left Ireland, and after the short Welsh episode of which I shall write in due course. From Yorkshire the family spread to Cumberland and Westmorland, to Lincolnshire and Norfolk, to Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, and fitfully to the south and farther regions. The name is found spelt in various ways in old documents-Rud, Rudde, Rhudde, and sometimes Rude, Rood, or even Reed; but these forms must be received with caution, and only taken to mean Rudd when there is ample evidence that it was so written by mistake for the real name, as sometimes happens in parish registers, etc., in places where Rudds are known to have existed. The arms which the Rudds have borne from time immemorial are: "Azure, a lion rampant, or, a canton of the second." The crest is: "A lion rampant, or, holding an escutcheon azure, charged with a canton or." These arms are given in all the copies of Heralds' Visitations in which the family appears as the ancient arms of the Rudds of Yorkshire, from whom all the Rudds are descended. They will not be found entered at the present Heralds' College, as I discovered when I visited that institution in 1895. The herald whom I interviewed, however, admitted the authenticity of the pedigree of the Rudds of Northamptonshire which I had copied from one made at the Heraldic Visitation of 1623 (reproduced at the commencement of this volume), wherein the arms are given as I have stated. I suggested that the arms had existed long before the Heralds' College, and that therefore no grant of them was likely to be recorded, and this he was bound to admit was so. Unfortunately, in common with numberless families of similar antiquity, the origin of whose coat armour is lost in far-off ages, the present Heraldic College is slow to recognise [sic] the undoubted right of the family to them. As nearly all the ancient records of the College were lost in the Great Fire of London, this seems rather unreasonable. The authority of William Camden, Clarenceux King-of-Arms, and of Augustine Vincent, Rough Croix, suffice. Various branches of the family have assumed other arms at different times, and these will be noticed in the chapters which deal with those parts of the family. List of the various Arms borne by the Rudd Family. Rudd or Rudde (Lincolnshire and Essex): "Arg. on a canton az. six martlets or." Crest: "A cross bottonee or." Rudd, Higham, Ferrers, co. Northants: "Az. a lion ramp. or, a canton of the second." Crest: "A lion ramp. or, holding an escutcheon az. charged with a canton or." Rudd or Rudde (Bishop of St. David's): "Az. a chevron between three bells arg." Another, the chevron ermine. Crest: "An arm erect vested az. charged with a chevron erm. holding in the hand a scroll all ppr." Rudd, as borne by the Rev. Eric Rudd, or Thorn, near Doncaster: "Az. a lion rampant or, a canton of the same, quartering gules, 3 stars or," for Sutherland. Crest: "An arm vested az. charged with a chevron ermine, holding in the hand a scroll all ppr." Mottoes: Over the arms, "Pro rege et grege"; undet the shield, "In cruce salus." Rudd (London, 1634): "Erm. six martlets gu. 3-2-1, a canton of the last." Crest: "A cross croslet fitchee gu. between 2 wings erect arg." Rudd: "Arg. on a chevron sable betw. 3 buglehorns gu. as many mascles or." Rudd (Norfolk): "Arg. 3 trefoils in fesse vert, a chief sable." Crest: "A griffin's head coup. ppr., collared arg." Rudd: "Arg. on a chevron betw. 3 buglehorns stringed gu. as many lozenges or." Rudd: "Az. a lion rampant arg. a canton or." Rudd (Worcestershire): "A chevron between 3 pheons, on a chief 3 maidens' heads, affrontee, couped below the shoulders ppr." Crest: "A maiden's head" as in the arms. Borne by the Rev. Ed. Miles Rudd, of Kempsey, Worcestershire, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, 1825.[3] _________________________________ [1] Haverty, National History of Ireland. [2] Notes and Queries, 4th Nov., 1871. [3] Burke's General Armoury.

The LDS sent me a photocopy a few years ago. You can also get photocopy from the British Library in London. The LDS (Salt Lake) is far far cheaper but as one can only get a certain percent of a book legally copied, might be an idea to either have two people each order 50% from the LDS or get as large a portion as permitted from the LDS and the rest from the British Library and thus not messing with any copyright laws. My Rudds were from the Askrigg/Bainbridge area of North Yorkshire and in early/mid 1700s they moved to Marske by the Sea area of Cleveland/N.Yks and Marton in Cleveland. They were in the Askrigg area for many many generations. I have friends who are researching Rudd of Sheffield who were in the scissor/knife business so if anyone has a connection please let me know. Beryl buttercup@dccnet.com