Jerusha (Brewster) Rudd (abt. 1719 - 1795)

Born about 6 Mar 1719 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Zebulon Rudd — married 4 Jun 1741 in Windham Township, Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1795 at about age 76 in Dutchess, New York, USA

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Biography

Jerusha was born about 6 March 1719 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, the daughter of Jonathan Brewster and Mary Partridge. ^{[1] [2]}

Jerusha married Zebulon Rudd 4 Jun 1741 in Scotland, Windham County, Connecticut. ^{[3] [4]} "The marriag [sic] of Zebulon Rudd with Jerusha Bruster his Wife was June the 4th A.D. 1741" in Windham Township, Windham, CT - image of Windham Township records

From 1742 to 1762, Zebulon and Jerusha Rudd had eight children, one of whom died at age 2 - same image of Windham Township records

• "nathaniel rudd the son of zebulon rudd by Jerusha his [sic] was bor [sic] Sept 8 1742"
• "Jerusha Rudd the daughter of Zebulon Rudd by Jerusha his wife was Born Aprilly [sic] 23th [sic] AD 1744"
• "Zaresh Daughter to Zeb & Jerusha rudd born may 21 1746"
• "Mary daugh [sic] to Zeb Rudd by Jerusha his wife born May 24th 1748"
• "Bezaliel Son to Zeb Rudd by Jerusha his wife born July 13th 1751"
• "Martha Daugh [sic] To Zeb Rudd by Jerusha his Wife born Sep 1 1756" "and Died Septemb [sic] 13th 1758"
• "Martha Their Daughter born Augus [sic] 26th 1759"
• "Abigail Their Daughter born September 29th 1762"

Zebulon, Jerusha, and most of their children moved to Dutchess County, NY sometime after the birth of their youngest daughter in September 1762 and before the marriage of their daughter Zaresh in April 1766.

Jerusha died Sep. 22, 1795 in Millerton, Dutchess, New York, USA^[2] and is buried in Spencer's Corners Cemetery, Millerton, Dutchess, New York, USA. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-four, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, Part 1 Generations 1 through 4, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by Scott Andrew Bartley. Plymouth, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014, page 379.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2018), memorial page for Jerusha Brewster Rudd (Mar 1719–22 Sep 1795), Find A Grave: Memorial #30151026, citing Spencer's Corners Cemetery, Millerton, Dutchess County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Douglas Robinson (contributor 46999364) , citing 'Genealogies of Mayflower Families,' p. 406
3. ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, USA 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
4. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 209