Hi, cousins, Had something great in my mail when I returned after a few days away at a genealogical conference. A woman in Erie County looked to see if there was an obit for my Increase Rudd and found one. The only other person I know on the list who is descended from Increase(6) Rudd and Lydia (Cole) is Pat Bounds, Mark's wife. Haven't heard from them lately. Here is the obit: Rudd--At Colden, March 25th [1872], INCRASE[sic] RUDD, aged 92 years, 4 months and 4 days. The deceased was father of Mrs. Wm. Morrison of Glenwood. He was born in Vermont, but has been a resident of Erie County for the last forty years. He lived to see his fifth generation, and was father, grand-father, great-grand-father and great-great-grand-father to 192 children. He remembered well the incidents of the Revolutionary war and was Custom House Officer in the war 1812. Another pioneer of early days is gone. Soon the last of the land-marks of our fore-fathers will be swept away and nothing left but the silent records of the past.--Com. Well, since he was born in 1780, he must have heard about the revolutionary war from his father and grandfather, Silas and Increase(4). Too bad there wasn't a mention of his wife, Lydia (Cole). Interesting that he was living with another child that I didn't know where she had gone. It is Cynthia who married William Morrison. Now I know when he worked for the Custom House Service; I had figured it must be after he moved to Erie County, NY as that is near the lakes and Canada. Can anyone tell me what the Custom House Service might have done during the War of 1812? Had an e-mail from another descendant of Barak(5) today--the son, Maverick. She found my posting on GenForum. I've answered her and invited her to join the Mail List. So, cousins, help me find out who the 192 descendants of my Increase(6) Rudd would be!!!! Joann