Hi cousins-- I just received some correspondence from Milton Rudd of Fernley, Nevada, the gentleman Joann put me in touch with. He sent me a fair amount of information on the descendants of William Rudd, Alonzo's brother. He also has a few pieces of information from on up the line that I wanted to share, in the hopes that they would provide new leads for us on filling in the gaps. He shows for Silas Rudd, son of Increase and Phebe Herrick, a son named Silas Rudd (1776-1856), who had two wives, Almina and Nancy Ann. I don't believe we had his death date, or the names of his wives. He also shows Joel Rudd's death date as 1856(younger Silas' brother). He shows a Johnson Rudd(1821-1855), son of David Rudd and Amy Hicks, with a wife named Jane (1825-1856), a second wife named Hanna Walker, and four children, Decoursey Rudd(1838-1874), Theodore Rudd(1840--1850/60), David Rudd(1848-1921), and Harry Lemartine Rudd(1852-1854). For Leonard Rudd and Sarah Depuy, he shows their son Alexander J. Rudd's wife as Mary (born 1827), and A.J. and Mary with a son Charles (born 1854). He also shows Leonard and Sarah with a daughter Maria(born 1825). For Erastus Rudd and Harriet Hill, he shows their son David Rudd with a wife named Sarah(born 1840), and their children, Otus(born 1860), James(born 1866), Milton(born 1868), Isabell(born 1870), Sandford(born 1872), Elias(born 1874), and Peter(born 1879). For Rossiter Rudd(born 1842) he shows wife Julia(born 1840)(possibly a middle or nickname for Jane Gregg), and that their son Mansfield's middle initial was J. According to Milton, Alonzo's brother's full name was William Henry Rudd(1839-1931). William had two wives, Rachel Pridemore and Elidia Ann Hayden(1841-1896). They had the following children: with 1st wife--Myrtle Rudd, Grace Rudd(born 1891), with 2nd wife--Elmer Ulesus Rudd(1865-1939), Marion Alberta Rudd(1863-1890), Clark Wilber Rudd(1870-1896), Jason Victor Rudd(1873-1937), Alfred Barak Rudd(1879-1896), and Paul Vivian Rudd(born 1875). For Lydia Rudd(born 1776), Milton shows her husband, Pitman Barker(born 1772). I'm going to be sending Milton a copy of a picture of the Rudd Brothers(William, Charles, and Alonzo) that I have posted on my website, and I will try to get a .gedcom file from him. If he's willing to send me one, and if it has more detailed information in it, I'll furnish it to whoever wants a copy. I have the correspondence files almost done and ready to post. I'll let you know when they're up, so those of you who haven't been with us that long can access the information we shared early on. Kevin K. Stephenson 1600 Kentucky St. #2 Lawrence, KS 66044 (785)865-1586 Data/Fax:(785)865-2555 e-mail: [email protected] website: http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~kevin2/homepage.html