Henry Rust (1686 - 1749)

Born 1686 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 20 Mar 1749 at about age 63 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Biography

Henry Rust, graduate of Harvard College in 1707. Was first minister in Stratham, NH at April 1718 where he remained for 37 years. He married Anna Waldron in about 1719 to Anna daughter of Col. Richard Waldron and Eleanor Vaughn.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 R Rust Record of the Rust family : embracing the descendants of Henry Rust, who came from England and sett.. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b289539-00117?pid=183236

• Stearns, Ezra S., Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Co., 1908) Vol. 2, Page 735.
• Lane, Samuel. A Journal For The Years 1739-1803 (New Hampshire Hist. Soc., Concord, NH, 1937) Page 34: "March 20, 1749. Mr Rust Died, and mr Adams in his Sickness began to Preach in the Meeting House on the 5th of Febr before."
• Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University (Charles William Sever, Cambridge, 1873) Vol. 5, Page 371.