Hi Shirley, Linda, Janice and all desc. of Burlingham! Linda and I are in contact, the quandry is establishing paternity for Edward Burrel, Wm.Wesley, Arthur and David, the individuals described in Linda's earlier post. We know all these descend from Burlingham the first and probably from his son, George Lounsdale and after that, it becomes hazy. I know Seth is son of Elias David due to family Bible and legend. I have Burrel and Wesley in my tree as probable brothers of Seth (birthdates make it seem probable as does locale) BUT some elder family members say they "recollect tale" that Burrel and Wesley were Seth's cousins, as was his Seth's first wife, Nancy (dau. of James Rudd who is brother of Elias David Rudd) but they don't seem convinced that Wesley and Burrell were Nancy's brothers....however, if they were Nancy's brothers, it would explain their close proximity and sometimes actually residing with Elias David's family after the passing of James and his wife, Sarah Bowman. To further add to this quandry, we have Arthur and David Rudd living in close proximity approx. 1850, to Elias David and grandsons, such as Samuel Jackson Rudd (son of Seth and Nancy) in Gadsden Co., FL and Decatur Co., GA, which are connected to each other. My Rudd line (and Poston line) still occupy those 2 adjacent counties. The elder tells me (this is a 97 yr. old woman who actually knew some of these folks who lived to ripe ages) Arthur and David were from another bunch of Rudds that came to GA and FL later, which Linda seems to have validated in her extensive work. (note: the name Spears associated with Arthur is in my tree several times AND the Charlotte m. to David could be the widow of one of my Poston males, she was a Daniel or Daniels, as there are frequent Rudd/Poston marriages)I don't believe these 2 are sons of Elias David...their birthyears seem out of kilter with the others of Elias David and James. Could they be children of Geo. Washington Rudd (the first Geo. Wash. Rudd, as there are numerous others in post generations) or late in life children to George Lounsdale? I'm still digesting this new information, but it gives us all reason to go back to the drawing board....I want to stress how much I appreciate Linda's work because she has made headway where I had only dreamt of going. If anyone can shed some light or theorize or brainstorm, I know we would be delighted to get closer to the solution of this Rudd mystery! Just thought this would clarify what is being sought by Linda and the rest of us!!!! Whew, hope they all know what hard work has gone into tracking them down! Regards to all, Gloria Godwin (of course, I marry a man from a clan that had married into the Rudd clan some 200 yrs. ago...the families were connected all the way back to SC...small, small world, I just didn't realize this when we married) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.252 / Virus Database: 125 - Release Date: 5/9/01

My research says that Edward Burrell and at least one other brother were in fact born to James and then raised by Elias. In most cases they just appear as sons of Elias. James died when Burrell was only ten. So, that would explain the question of crossed information. We proceeded with our work from that point. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt & Gloria" <pogo@digitalusa.net> To: <RUDD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 5:59 PM Subject: [RUDD] whole lotta Rudds > Hi Shirley, Linda, Janice and all desc. of Burlingham! > Linda and I are in contact, the quandry is establishing paternity for Edward > Burrel, Wm.Wesley, Arthur and David, the individuals described in Linda's > earlier post. > We know all these descend from Burlingham the first > and probably from his son, George Lounsdale and after that, it becomes hazy. > I know Seth is son of Elias David due to family Bible and legend. I have > Burrel and Wesley in my tree as probable brothers of Seth (birthdates make > it seem probable as does locale) BUT some elder family members say they > "recollect tale" that Burrel and Wesley were Seth's cousins, as was his > Seth's first wife, Nancy (dau. of James Rudd who is brother of Elias David > Rudd) but they don't seem convinced that Wesley and Burrell were Nancy's > brothers....however, if they were Nancy's brothers, it would explain their > close proximity and sometimes actually residing with Elias David's family > after the passing of James and his wife, Sarah Bowman. > To further add to this quandry, we have Arthur and David Rudd living in > close proximity approx. 1850, to Elias David and grandsons, such as Samuel > Jackson Rudd (son of Seth and Nancy) in Gadsden Co., FL and Decatur Co., GA, > which are connected to each other. My Rudd line (and Poston line) still > occupy those 2 adjacent counties. > The elder tells me (this is a 97 yr. old woman who actually knew some of > these folks who lived to ripe ages) > Arthur and David were from another bunch of Rudds that came to GA and FL > later, which Linda seems to have validated in her extensive work. (note: the > name Spears associated with Arthur is in my tree several times AND the > Charlotte m. to David could be the widow of one of my Poston males, she was > a Daniel or Daniels, as there are frequent Rudd/Poston marriages)I don't > believe these 2 are sons of Elias David...their birthyears seem out of > kilter with the others of Elias David and James. Could they be children of > Geo. Washington Rudd (the first Geo. Wash. Rudd, as there are numerous > others in post generations) > or late in life children to George Lounsdale? > I'm still digesting this new information, but it gives us all reason to go > back to the drawing board....I want to stress how much I appreciate Linda's > work because she has made headway where I had only dreamt of going. > If anyone can shed some light or theorize or brainstorm, I know we would be > delighted to get closer to the solution of this Rudd mystery! Just thought > this would clarify what is being sought by Linda and the rest of us!!!! > Whew, hope they all know what hard work has gone into tracking them down! > Regards to all, > Gloria Godwin (of course, I marry a man from a clan that had married into > the Rudd clan some 200 yrs. ago...the families were connected all the way > back to SC...small, small world, I just didn't realize this when we married) > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.252 / Virus Database: 125 - Release Date: 5/9/01 > >