Marriage15

They resided in Windham, where Joseph was active in Congregational Church affairs as had been his father. Joseph spent his later years in Bennington, VT, near his son, Joseph, and died there.

“Joseph, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Hartshorn) Rudd, was born in Windham, Connecticut, October 31, 1708. He probably died there shortly after the revolution. He married and had several children, as Joseph his son says in this letter written after the Battle of Bennington that “Brother John and myself,” and closes by sending love to his brothers and sisters.”76, Hudson and Mohawk Valleys

DAR Records

Took Freeman's Oath at Norwich in 1777-is acknowledged as a DAR Patriot77

During the Revolution, "Joseph officiated as the Governor's Post, bringing in October 1777 the latest news of the Continental Congress then in session in Yorktown, and of the occupation of Philadelphia by the British under Howe.77 Served as Public Service from Connecticut in the Revolutionary War; in DAR Patriot Index.

"In the testimony given by his daughter-in-law Sara, when applying for a pension, she states: "I remember that the father of Mr. Rudd, then about 60 years of age, moved into this town from Norwich, Conn. this year in the winter after the Battle of Bennington, and that he resided with us, and in the summer season of this year he superintended the farming and home business while Joseph Rudd, his son, my husband, was from home and in public service - and that the circumstance of his aid was a great relief to me, and rendered the absence of my husband more bearable than the last year, that in the year 1779 I remember our father did the same and took care of the farm and home affairs as last year." 78,79, Series I, pg. 155, 1913,15,80,81,2,82, March 1941,83, Vol. 1,15,84,85,86,87, pg. 241,88, No. 50, pg. 298, 1914,81