Hello to all my Burlingham Rudd cousins! I'm not sure how many Cousins we have on this list but I think we have representation from the Elias David line, the Burrel of AL line, the Arthur of GA line and the Burlingham 3rd line. If we have any more lines represented, I sure would like to hear from you! Some of you are aware that I and a few others have been relooking at the traditional beliefs about the parentage of Elias David Rudd and others descended from Burlingham Rudd the 1st. I want to thank all of you that have provided me with copies of documents and helped examine the information and push along this process (Gloria, Jacque, William Harry, Ron, Anne). I think that finally getting everything in one place to look it together with some additional documents I've found will shed new light on what we THOUGHT was the make up of the family. I can't draw any real conclusions yet and we may never know the real TRUTH, but the picture is surely changing. We need to explore many more areas and look at many more relationships with related lines. I few weeks ago I said I would post the Marriage Settlement of Mary Whaley Rudd when I received it from the SC Archives. But now that I've gone through it, I think it has to be posted in relation to the Will and Estate Inventory of Burlingham and the Will of Mary Whaley. According to the Will of Burlingham he had a Marriage Contract that detailed the property settlement upon his death written about the same time of his Will in 1827. This must be about the time they married. The property settlement was processed in 1835 and his Will was Proved in 1836, his estate was appraised in 1836. This is most likely about the time he died. In 1848 Mary Whaley writes a Will revoking all others which implies she too had a Will drafted at the time of the marriage. This one was Proved in 1850. So that must be about the time she died. I'll post copies of all these documents for you to read. It makes a very interesting story! And one note, you will see a reference to "intermarriage" and this is being explored right now. Most all of us are familiar with the story of Burlingham that married Mary Whaley. But it's a lot more complicated than we thought. I hope we can find someone researching the descendants of the Rodella Whaley and Hartswell Green Rudd because through Hartswell Rudd we may find which Burlingham he really is. Rodella Whaley is the daughter of Ann C. Williams and William Whaley. William Whaley is the son of Mary Williams and George P. Whaley, Sr. This is the widow Mary Whaley who married Burlingham. And it looks like Mary Williams Whaley was perhaps the aunt of Ann C. Williams. After William Whaley, Ann C. Williams Whaley married Hiram C. Rudd. This second marriage is after the Burlingham and Mary Whaley union. So it might be the c.1885 Rodella and Hartswell marriage that created intermarriage for Burlingham and Mary Whaley. Hartswell might be a descendent of this Burlingham. I'll send the documents under separate postings. Enjoy the reading. Linda Rudd