Zaresh (Rudd) Hopkins (1746 - 1830)

Born 21 May 1746 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Hopkins — married 10 Apr 1766 in Amenia, Dutchess, New York

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1830 at age 84 in Vermont, United States

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Biography

Zeresh was born in 1746. She passed away in 1830.

Zaresh, daughter of Zebulon Rudd and Jerusha Brewster, was born on 21 May 1746 in Windham Township, Windham, CT ^[1]

• "The marriag [sic] of Zebulon Rudd with Jerusha Bruster his Wife was June the 4th A.D. 1741"
• "Zaresh Daughter to Zeb & Jerusha rudd born may 21 1746"

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

Zaresh married Benjamin Hopkins in Amenia, Dutchess, NY on 10 April 1766 ^{[2] [3] [4]}

• "RUDD, Zaresh and Benjamin Hopkins, m. Apr. 10, 1766."
• "Those [marriages performed] by Esq. Hopkins are prefixed by a star"
• "Roswell Hopkins, [...] Justice of the Peace in the adjoining town of Amenia, N. Y."
• Roswell Hopkins was Benjamin's brother

Sources

1. ↑ image of Windham Township records
2. ↑ Born, Married and Died in Sharon, Connecticut, Lawrence VanAlstyne, 1897
3. ↑ DigitalArchive.org p 109
4. ↑ DigitalArchive.org p 3