Samuel was carried by his mother on the back of a horse, the entire distance (when the family moved to Vermont from Connecticut). He there grew to manhood and married Mary Ames, a daughter of Elijah Ames, who was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War from Connecticut, but who later moved to Vermont, locating in the wilderness, where he hewed out a farm. Samuel Rudd was also a farmer by occupation, and after rearing his family in Vermont, he later removed to Jefferson County, New York, locating in the town of Ellisburg, where his death occurred.18

1810 Middletown, Rutland Co, VT census: two males under 10, one male 26-45, one female 16-26