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Abigail Rudd (Hartshorn)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death: October 22, 1727 (41)
Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut
Place of Burial: Franklin, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joseph Hartshorn and Sarah Hartshorn
Wife of Nathaniel Rudd, Sr.
Mother of Nathaniel Rudd, II; Joseph Rudd, Sr.; Daniel Rudd; Sarah Butts; Abigail Rudd and 5 others
Sister of Sarah Guild; Mehitable Guild (Hartshorn); Thomas Hartshorn; Martha Marsh; Susannah Hartshorn and 2 others

Occupation: Norwich, CT
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About Abigail Rudd

Caution: Not to be confused with Abagail Butt, b. Feb. 2, 1688, in Franklin, Connecticut, daughter of Jonathan Rudd.

Biography

Abigail was born to Joseph and Sarah Burt Hartshorn in Reading, Massachusetts Bay, on 28 Apr 1686.[1]

Abigail somehow traveled to southeastern Connecticut by early 1706.

Abigail Hartshorn married Nathaniel Rudd of Norwich West Farms, as his second wife, in Franklin, New London, Connecticut Colony, on 31 Jan 1706.[2]

Nathaniel and Abigail had, in Franklin:[3]

  1. Nathaniel, b. 6 Apr 1707, m. Mary Backus
  2. Joseph, b. 31 Oct 1708, m. Sarah Moseley
  3. Daniel, b. 12 Mar 1710, m. Mary Metcalf
  4. Sarah, b. 23 Jan 1712
  5. Abigail, b. 6 Aug 1713
  6. Lydia, b. 12 Apr 1715, m. Joseph Welch
  7. Ann, b. 7 Feb 1717
  8. Susanna, b. 15 May 1719
  9. Gideon, b. 2 Feb 1722, m. Thankful Allen
  10. Patience, b. 6 Nov 1723, m. Samuel Bushnell

Abigail Rudd formerly Hartshorn

Born 28 Apr 1686 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of Joseph Hartshorn and Sarah (Burt) Hartshorn

Sister of Susannah Hartshorn, Sarah (Hartshorn) Guild, Mary (Hartshorn) Fairbanks, Mehitabel (Hartshorn) Guild, Joseph Hartshorn II, Tabitha (Hartshorn) Rockwell, Rebeckah (Hartshorne) Hartshorn, Thomas Hartshorn, Ebenezer Hartshorn and Martha (Hartshorn) Marsh

Wife of Nathaniel Rudd — married 31 Jan 1706 in CT

Mother of Nathaniel Rudd, Joseph Rudd Sr., Daniel Rudd, Sarah Rudd, Abigail Rudd, Lydia (Rudd) Welch, Ann Rudd, Susanna Rudd, Gideon Rudd and Patience (Rudd) Bacon

Abigail and her husband Nathaniel both died in 1727, leaving several minor children. Their oldest son, Nathaniel Jr., was awarded guardianship of his minor siblings, Joseph, Sarah, Abigail and Lydia - source: probate record of Abigail Rudd.

Sources

↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Reading Massachusetts, to the year 1850, p, 118. ↑ Barbour, George, Connecticut Town Marriage Records - The Barbour Collection, town of Franklin, p. 81 in transcription, Vol. 2, page 314 in original, viewed on ancestry.com

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Abigail Rudd's Timeline

1686
April 28, 1686
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1707
April 6, 1707
Franklin Township, New London, Colony of Connecticut, Kingdom of England
1708
October 31, 1708
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1710
March 12, 1710
Norwich, New London, Connecticut
1712
January 23, 1712
Norwich, New London, Connecticut
1713
August 6, 1713
Norwich, New London, Connecticut
1715
April 12, 1715
Norwich, New London, Connecticut
1718
February 7, 1718
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
1719
May 15, 1719
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States