In the 1790 Census, he is listed with 2 sons and 3 daughters at home.

89Nathaniel Rudd moved to the town of Hawley, MA in 1777, or sometime before Burgoyne was taken. He was on the ground a few days after the Battle of Bennington and visited the wounded in the meeting-house. In Hawley, he was Captain of the militia. After 12 years he exchanged his farm in Hawley for one in Claremont, a few miles from the center. He disposed of this farm in a few years and lived with his son Lebbeus at the center of the town.

He was a farmer, but worked part of the time at the mason business, building stone chimneys and walls, and he was a good hand to plaster, so they said.

His eyes were blue; he was of middling size; of a robust constitution. One hundred years ago, he was thought to be well-qualified to teach, as he could read, write and cypher far enough to transact common business. He was a member of the Congreational Church and was estimated a moral and honest man by his townspeople.

Nathaniel slept in a trundle bed at the foot of his father’s bed and one night a snake crawled under the gown of the four-year-old. The father secured it with the tongs, but Nathaniel always after had a terror or snakes.

He was a Captain; served as a private in the Hampshire, Massachusetts Company regiment under Captain Nathan Waid and Colonel David Wells. Served as a Private from Massachusetts in the Revolutionary War; in DAR Patriot Index.

In the war between England and France in the year 1758 he enlisted as a soldier under Abererombie.

The object of the army was to attach the French Garrison at Ticonderoga and being assembled at Lake George, the army on a pleasant and beautiful morning embarked on batteaux and crossed the lake. It was said that when the army was fairly under way, with banners flying, bright uniforms and arms enlivened by bands of martial music, the appearance was splendid and imposing.

Nathaniel, with several hundred men, was ordered to a hill covered with woods, each man to take a tree and keep a sharp lookout for the enemy. 2000 men fell that day, but Nathaniel was unwounded.