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Jonathan
RUDD
(b.
19 December 1656
,
Norwich, New Haven Colony
d.
19 August 1689
,
Norwich, Connecticut, Dominion of New England
)
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Jonathan RUDD was born 19 December 1656 in Norwich, New Haven Colony . Jonathan RUDD was the child of Jonathan RUDD and Mary (Marcie) METCALF?
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Jonathan married Mercy BUSHNELL 19 December 1678 in Preston, Connecticut Colony . The couple had (at least) 5 children. Mercy BUSHNELL was born March 1657 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony). Mercy was the child of Richard BUSHNELL and Mary MARVIN.
Jonathan RUDD died 19 August 1689 in Norwich, Connecticut, Dominion of New England .
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1638 - 1662 - New Haven Colony
1662 - 1687 - Connecticut Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1787 - Crown Colony of Connecticut
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Jonathan RUDD
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Mercy BUSHNELL-- Date: 19 December 1678 Place: Preston, Connecticut Colony
Mercy BUSHNELL was the child of Richard BUSHNELL and Mary MARVIN
"JONATHAN (?1648-1689) & MARY/ MARCY BUSHNELL (1657-1741), M/ 2 JOSEPH CARY BY 1693 19 DEC 1678 NORWICH, CT/ PRESTON, CT {PRESTON CT VR 44 GRANBERRY 311 BUSHNELL (1945) 41 BUSHNELL (MS) 1 CARY 66 MARVIN 304 WALDO GEN. 1:60 BROWNELL ANC. 80 PUTNAM'S MAG. 6:43}"
1678 RUDD THE MARYAGE OF JONATHAN RUDD WITH MARCY HIS WIFE WAS UPON THE 19TH DAY OF DEFEMBER 1678 MARRIAGE
VITAL RECORDS OF NORWICH CONNECTICUT, 1659-1848. (ONLINE DATABASE. NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2007.) ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS: VITAL RECORDS OF NORWICH, 1659-1848. HARTFORD, SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, 1913.
Rudd, Jonathan and Mercy Rudd were married Dec. 19, 1678, and probably settled in Norwich about that time. His land east of the Shetucket was held by a deed of purchase from Owaneco, dated Dec. 10, 1683, and consisted of 100 acres on Connoughtug brook, and 108 acres betwixt Shunkhungannock hill and Norwich bounds. He appears also to have had other lands.
He died in 1689. In the distribution of his estate, his wife received £60; the oldest son, Jonathan, £117 ; Nathaniel and Abigail, each £58, 10s. "At the desire of the widow, Joseph and Richard Bushnell, Nathaniel Rudd, Thomas Tracy and Caleb Forbes were appointed overseers of the widow, children and estate."
History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession... Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1874
Children of Jonathan RUDD and Mercy BUSHNELL:
Mercy (Mary) RUDD (b.8 October 1679, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. , )
Jonathan RUDD (b.18 March 1681, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. abt. 1712, , Crown Colony of Connecticut)
Nathaniel RUDD (b.22 May 1684, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. 20 February 1760, Windham, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Rebecca WALDO 27 December 1709 in Franklin, Connecticut, USA
Mary RUDD (b.15 October 1686, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. 21 October 1734, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Nathaniel LEFFINGWELL 19 June 1707 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
m. James NORMAN 1712 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Abigail RUDD (b.2 February 1688, Norwich, Connecticut, Dominion of New England d. 10 April 1722, Windham, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. Barnard CASE 22 May 1712 in Windham, Connecticut, USA (Willimantic)
Mercy BUSHNELL-- Date: 19 December 1678 Place: Preston, Connecticut Colony Mercy BUSHNELL was the child of Richard BUSHNELL and Mary MARVIN
"JONATHAN (?1648-1689) & MARY/ MARCY BUSHNELL (1657-1741), M/ 2 JOSEPH CARY BY 1693 19 DEC 1678 NORWICH, CT/ PRESTON, CT {PRESTON CT VR 44 GRANBERRY 311 BUSHNELL (1945) 41 BUSHNELL (MS) 1 CARY 66 MARVIN 304 WALDO GEN. 1:60 BROWNELL ANC. 80 PUTNAM'S MAG. 6:43}"
1678 RUDD THE MARYAGE OF JONATHAN RUDD WITH MARCY HIS WIFE WAS UPON THE 19TH DAY OF DEFEMBER 1678 MARRIAGE
VITAL RECORDS OF NORWICH CONNECTICUT, 1659-1848. (ONLINE DATABASE. NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2007.) ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS: VITAL RECORDS OF NORWICH, 1659-1848. HARTFORD, SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, 1913.
Rudd, Jonathan and Mercy Rudd were married Dec. 19, 1678, and probably settled in Norwich about that time. His land east of the Shetucket was held by a deed of purchase from Owaneco, dated Dec. 10, 1683, and consisted of 100 acres on Connoughtug brook, and 108 acres betwixt Shunkhungannock hill and Norwich bounds. He appears also to have had other lands.
He died in 1689. In the distribution of his estate, his wife received £60; the oldest son, Jonathan, £117 ; Nathaniel and Abigail, each £58, 10s. "At the desire of the widow, Joseph and Richard Bushnell, Nathaniel Rudd, Thomas Tracy and Caleb Forbes were appointed overseers of the widow, children and estate."
History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession... Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1874
Children of Jonathan RUDD and Mercy BUSHNELL:
Mercy (Mary) RUDD (b.8 October 1679, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. , ) Jonathan RUDD (b.18 March 1681, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. abt. 1712, , Crown Colony of Connecticut) Nathaniel RUDD (b.22 May 1684, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. 20 February 1760, Windham, Crown Colony of Connecticut )m. Rebecca WALDO 27 December 1709 in Franklin, Connecticut, USA
Mary RUDD (b.15 October 1686, Norwich, Connecticut Colony d. 21 October 1734, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut )m. Nathaniel LEFFINGWELL 19 June 1707 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
m. James NORMAN 1712 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Abigail RUDD (b.2 February 1688, Norwich, Connecticut, Dominion of New England d. 10 April 1722, Windham, Crown Colony of Connecticut )m. Barnard CASE 22 May 1712 in Windham, Connecticut, USA (Willimantic)
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Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
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Title Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Volume 3
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter
Editor William Richard Cutter
Publisher Lewis historical publishing company, 1908
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 20, 2006
Page 1394
Title Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Volume 3
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter
Editor William Richard Cutter
Publisher Lewis historical publishing company, 1908
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 20, 2006
Page 1394
1656 Birth
19 December 1656
Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1678 Marriage / Partner
Jonathan RUDD and Mercy BUSHNELL 19 December 1678, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
TITLE DESCENDANTS OF REINOLD AND MATTHEW MARVIN OF HARTFORD, CT., 1638 AND 1635: SONS OF EDWARD MARVIN, OF GREAT BENTLEY, ENGLAND
AUTHORS GEORGE FRANKLIN MARVIN, WILLIAM THEOPHILUS ROGERS MARVIN
PUBLISHER HIGGINSON BOOK CO., 1904
ORIGINAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
DIGITIZED JUN 1, 2007
LENGTH 658 PAGES
PAGE 304
1679 Birth of Child
Mercy (Mary) RUDD was born 8 October 1679, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1681 Birth of Child
Jonathan RUDD was born 18 March 1681, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1684 Birth of Child
Nathaniel RUDD was born 22 May 1684, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
May Your Coffee Be Strong and Your Ancestry Stronger!1686 Birth of Child
Mary RUDD was born 15 October 1686, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1688 Birth of Child
Abigail RUDD was born 2 February 1688, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1689 Death
19 August 1689
Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
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Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
Adams Tavern, Built 1647, Norwichtown, Conn.
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Rudd.
Jonathan and Nathaniel Rudd, brothers, came from Saybrook. The former settled east of the Shetucket, and the latter at the West Farms. It is probable that they were sons of that Jonathan Rudd who was married at Bride Brook in the winter of 1646—7.
Nathaniel Rudd married, April 16, l68o, Mary, daughter of John Post. His homestead was in that part of the West Farms which is now Bozrah. He died in April, 1727, leaving an estate valued at £689.
Daniel Rudd, one of the sons of Nathaniel, born in 1710, married for his second wife, (July 1, 1745,) Mary Metcalf, a daughter of the Rev. Joseph Metcalf of Falmouth, Me. She had previously been living with her relatives in Lebanon, to which place she came from her far-off home, according to tradition, in a three-days' journey, riding on a pillion behind Capt. James Fitch. Her son, Daniel Rudd, Jr., born June 10, 1754, married Abigail Allen of Montville, who died Jan. 20, 1857, wanting only a few months of being 100 years of age....Read MORE...
History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866 Author Frances Manwaring Caulkins Publisher By H.P. Haven, 1874
Rudd.
Jonathan and Nathaniel Rudd, brothers, came from Saybrook. The former settled east of the Shetucket, and the latter at the West Farms. It is probable that they were sons of that Jonathan Rudd who was married at Bride Brook in the winter of 1646—7.
Nathaniel Rudd married, April 16, l68o, Mary, daughter of John Post. His homestead was in that part of the West Farms which is now Bozrah. He died in April, 1727, leaving an estate valued at £689.
Daniel Rudd, one of the sons of Nathaniel, born in 1710, married for his second wife, (July 1, 1745,) Mary Metcalf, a daughter of the Rev. Joseph Metcalf of Falmouth, Me. She had previously been living with her relatives in Lebanon, to which place she came from her far-off home, according to tradition, in a three-days' journey, riding on a pillion behind Capt. James Fitch. Her son, Daniel Rudd, Jr., born June 10, 1754, married Abigail Allen of Montville, who died Jan. 20, 1857, wanting only a few months of being 100 years of age....Read MORE...
History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866 Author Frances Manwaring Caulkins Publisher By H.P. Haven, 1874
Title Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Volume 3
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter
Editor William Richard Cutter
Publisher Lewis historical publishing company, 1908
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 20, 2006
Page 1394
Title Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Volume 3
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter
Editor William Richard Cutter
Publisher Lewis historical publishing company, 1908
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 20, 2006
Page 1394
1656 Birth 19 December 1656
Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1678 Marriage / PartnerJonathan RUDD and Mercy BUSHNELL 19 December 1678, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
TITLE DESCENDANTS OF REINOLD AND MATTHEW MARVIN OF HARTFORD, CT., 1638 AND 1635: SONS OF EDWARD MARVIN, OF GREAT BENTLEY, ENGLAND
AUTHORS GEORGE FRANKLIN MARVIN, WILLIAM THEOPHILUS ROGERS MARVIN
PUBLISHER HIGGINSON BOOK CO., 1904
ORIGINAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
DIGITIZED JUN 1, 2007
LENGTH 658 PAGES
PAGE 304
1679 Birth of ChildMercy (Mary) RUDD was born 8 October 1679, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1681 Birth of ChildJonathan RUDD was born 18 March 1681, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1684 Birth of ChildNathaniel RUDD was born 22 May 1684, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
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1686 Birth of ChildMary RUDD was born 15 October 1686, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1688 Birth of ChildAbigail RUDD was born 2 February 1688, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
1689 Death 19 August 1689
Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville)
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