In a message dated 8/15/01 7:02:53 AM Mountain Daylight Time, RUDD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Dear Shirley, According to the research that I have done, and others have done. The first Rudd who came to America was Jonathan Rudd who came to Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 1640 at the age of 17 years. Jack Dieterle (JACKDIET@ AOL.COM)