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]