Bezaleel Rudd (1751 - 1846)

Born 13 Jul 1751 in Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America

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Died 25 Aug 1846 at age 95 in Millerton, Dutchess, New York, United States

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Bazaleel Rudd was born 13 July 1751 in Windham Township, Windham County, Conneticut, the son of Zebulon Rudd and Jerusha Brewster. ^{[1] [2]} His family bible ^[3] and grave marker ^[4] say he was born on 24 July 1751 but they are not contemporaneous sources.

Bezaleel apparently moved from Windham Township, CT to Dutchess County, NY with his parents and most of his siblings sometime between 1762 and 1766.

In the summer of 1775, Bezaleel and his father signed the Amenia, NY Pledge of Association declaring their solidarity with the revolutionary cause. ^[5] Shortly thereafter, he enlisted with the NY militia and fought alongside the Green Mountain Boys in the early battles of the War. As a First Lieutenant, he commanded “Lt Bezaleel’s Detachment”, which was charged with “Assisting Capt Roberson in Escorting A numter [sic] of Prisoners from the fishkill [in NY] to the State of New Hampshear [sic] Commencing on the Seventh Day of November and Ending the Sixtenth [sic] of November AD 1776”. ^[6] The inscription on his wife's grave marker suggests that he retired with the rank of Major.

Bezaleel married Ruth Brush on 14 Apr 1777. ^[3]

Bezaleel and Ruth's family bible ^[3] provides the following information about their children:

• Theron Rudd, b. 13 July 1778, d. Nov 1847
• Reuben B. [Brush] Rudd, b. 22 May 1780
• Bezaleel Rudd, b. 17 June 1782, d. 25 Oct 1786
• Polly S. Rudd, b. 19 July 1783 or 1784 (transcriptions disagree)
• Bezaleel Wood Rudd, b. 3 or 5 April 1787 (transcriptions disagree), 1st wife Annis d. 27 Sept 1817, m. Grace Holcomb
• Semantha Rudd, b. 18 Sept 1789, m. Jacacks, d. 24 Feb 1866
• Hilen Rudd, son, b. 12 Sept 1792, d. 6 Dec 1819
• John Rudd, b. 21 July 1796, d. 21 Sept 1799
• Olivia Rudd, b. 10 Aug 1798, m. Caleb Congdon 23 Dec 1823, m. Smith, d. 10 Jan 1870
• Harriet Rudd, b. 26 Oct 1801, 7 June 1803

and the following information about subsequent generations:

• Semantha Rudd, b. 13 Jan 1822, m. David Lee 2 Oct 1844
  • Olivia Lee, Semantha’s only child, m. Charles Munson Thompson 25 Dec 1866
• Elizabeth Rudd Congdon, b. Providence, RI, 21 or 25 Dec 1824 (transcriptions disagree)

Children: ^[4]

• Reuben Brush Rudd (____ - 1866)*
• Polly S Rudd Dakin (1784 - 1856)*
• Olivia Rudd Smith

Bezaleel died 25 Aug 1846 ^[3], aged 95, in Northeast, Dutchess, NY. He is buried in Spencer's Corners Cemetery, Millerton, Dutchess, NY ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Image of Windham Township records
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74R-1DS : 3 December 2014), Bazaleel Rudd, 13 Jul 1751; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Excerpts from Bezaleel and Ruth Rudd's Family Bible found at https://occgs.com/projects/rescue/family_files/files/RUDD%20Family.pdf and http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Journals/NMGR/Vol01/nmgrp003.html#bc
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 05 December 2018), memorial page for Bezaleel Rudd (24 Jul 1751–25 Aug 1846), Find A Grave: Memorial #22273103, citing Spencer's Corners Cemetery, Millerton, Dutchess County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) .
5. ↑ Early History of Amenia, Newton Reed, 1875, pp 51-61
6. ↑ Pension application papers retrieved from Fold3.com.