Thomas ROOD (RUDE)

                   Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part 2, Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in
     the State of Connecticut 1913, p. 34
History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich
Norwich, Connecticut Vital Records (copy in Rundel Library, Rochester, NY)
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, the Virkus Co., p. 651
Barbour Index, Connecticut Vital Records
L.B. Barbour's Manuscript file, CT. Hist. (refers to town records)
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, CT Hist. Soc., Hartford, CT
       "Rood of Sandgate, Vermont"
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, Mrs. E.M. Rogers Collection, Conn.
       Hist. Soc., Hartford, Conn.
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File by Donald Lines Jacobus, CT. Hist.
       Soc., Hartford, CT
The Public Record of the colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1852, F. A. Brown
Donald G. Gilbert, 15624 Renee Lane, Hudson, Florida, Feb 1989
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, 1985, suppl. 1991
Richardson Genealogy taken from the Rood line 1600 to 1993, compiled by
       Edmund Phillip Bullard, Sr., RD #2, Box 201, Canastota, NY 13032
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.

       Thomas had an incestuous relationship with his daughter, Sarah after his wife, Sarah died.  They were tried at the Court of Assistants at Hartford, 8 Oct 1672 on charge of incest.  Both pleaded guilty.  "Thomas Rood was sentenced to be executed on the 18th , his daughter to be severely whipt that others may heare and feare."  A son, George was born through this union.
         County Court New London Co. held 4 Jun 1678: LT. Thomas Leffingwell as administrator of estate of Thomas Rood gives his acount of its distribution.  Court orders LT. Leffingwell to keep the child of Sarah Rood (George) until age 21, or "to put the child to some other person as the mother of the child and he shall agree."  Document refers to 8 children of Thomas Rood, so all were living at this time except Mary.

       Sarah's estate was filed at New London, Conn. 13 Jan 1713 when Dr. Caleb Bushnell, her cousin was appointed administrator.
                  

                   Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part 2, Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in
     the State of Connecticut 1913, p. 34
History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich
Norwich, Connecticut Vital Records (copy in Rundel Library, Rochester, NY)
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, the Virkus Co., p. 651
Barbour Index, Connecticut Vital Records
L.B. Barbour's Manuscript file, CT. Hist. (refers to town records)
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, CT Hist. Soc., Hartford, CT
       "Rood of Sandgate, Vermont"
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, Mrs. E.M. Rogers Collection, Conn.
       Hist. Soc., Hartford, Conn.
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File by Donald Lines Jacobus, CT. Hist.
       Soc., Hartford, CT
The Public Record of the colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1852, F. A. Brown
Donald G. Gilbert, 15624 Renee Lane, Hudson, Florida, Feb 1989
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, 1985, suppl. 1991
Richardson Genealogy taken from the Rood line 1600 to 1993, compiled by
       Edmund Phillip Bullard, Sr., RD #2, Box 201, Canastota, NY 13032
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.
                  

                   Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part 2, Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in
     the State of Connecticut 1913, p. 34
History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich
Norwich, Connecticut Vital Records (copy in Rundel Library, Rochester, NY)
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, the Virkus Co., p. 651
Barbour Index, Connecticut Vital Records
L.B. Barbour's Manuscript file, CT. Hist. (refers to town records)
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, CT Hist. Soc., Hartford, CT
       "Rood of Sandgate, Vermont"
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, Mrs. E.M. Rogers Collection, Conn.
       Hist. Soc., Hartford, Conn.
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File by Donald Lines Jacobus, CT. Hist.
       Soc., Hartford, CT
The Public Record of the colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1852, F. A. Brown
Donald G. Gilbert, 15624 Renee Lane, Hudson, Florida, Feb 1989
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, 1985, suppl. 1991
Richardson Genealogy taken from the Rood line 1600 to 1993, compiled by
       Edmund Phillip Bullard, Sr., RD #2, Box 201, Canastota, NY 13032
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.
                  

                   Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part 2, Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in
     the State of Connecticut 1913, p. 34
Calkins, History of Norwich
Connecticut Vital Records
History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich

Norwich, Connecticut Vital Records (copy in Rundel Library, Rochester, NY)
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, the Virkus Co., p. 651
Barbour Index, Connecticut Vital Records
L.B. Barbour's Manuscript file, CT. Hist. (refers to town records)
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, CT Hist. Soc., Hartford, CT
       "Rood of Sandgate, Vermont"
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, Mrs. E.M. Rogers Collection, Conn.
       Hist. Soc., Hartford, Conn.
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File by Donald Lines Jacobus, CT. Hist.
       Soc., Hartford, CT
The Public Record of the colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1852, F. A. Brown
Donald G. Gilbert, 15624 Renee Lane, Hudson, Florida, Feb 1989
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, 1985, suppl. 1991
Richardson Genealogy taken from the Rood line 1600 to 1993, compiled by
       Edmund Phillip Bullard, Sr., RD #2, Box 201, Canastota, NY 13032
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.
                  

                   Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part 2, Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in
     the State of Connecticut 1913, p. 34
History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich

Norwich, Connecticut Vital Records (copy in Rundel Library, Rochester, NY)
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, the Virkus Co., p. 651
Barbour Index, Connecticut Vital Records
L.B. Barbour's Manuscript file, CT. Hist. (refers to town records)
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, CT Hist. Soc., Hartford, CT
       "Rood of Sandgate, Vermont"
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, Mrs. E.M. Rogers Collection, Conn.
       Hist. Soc., Hartford, Conn.
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File by Donald Lines Jacobus, CT. Hist.
       Soc., Hartford, CT
The Public Record of the colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1852, F. A. Brown
Donald G. Gilbert, 15624 Renee Lane, Hudson, Florida, Feb 1989
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, 1985, suppl. 1991
Richardson Genealogy taken from the Rood line 1600 to 1993, compiled by
       Edmund Phillip Bullard, Sr., RD #2, Box 201, Canastota, NY 13032
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.
History of Ludlow, Massachusetts, part of Springfield, by Alfred Noon
A.M. 1912, p. 448
Norwich, vol. 1:35
Preston, Vol. 1:9, 90
History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich
Connecticut Vital Records
Preston, Connecticut Records

       John Rood may have been born in Norwich, Connecticut.  In the earliest Preston land records, John Rude is spoken of as 'of Norwich, Conn.'

From copy of a book p. 491, title unknown, in records of Thelda Baker:
       "John Rude or Rood of Norwich, Connecticut had a home lot in 1679 on 'the other side of the Showtucket River near his uncle Leffingwell's.'  He married Mary_____.  He was in Preston, Connecticut in 1686 as was also Jonathan Rudd, and they were doubtless related.  He left six children, the names of two being known: 1.  John, (mentioned in John's notes) 2. Zachariah, aged fourteen in 1706, died at Preston, February 10, 1795, aged one hundred. . ." (rest of page missing)


The Rood-Rude Record, Vol. 3, page 11-14:

AN INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN ROODE OF PRESTON
       LEATLY DECEASED:
The farme with the house and orchard and other improvements one at -- 160 lbs
4 cowes att 012 (sins this inventory two of the fower cows is dead)
1 hoss of three years old and one yearling -- 002, 10
2 maires and a two yeaer old coalt -- 007
20 sheep -- 007
4 small swine -- 001
3 new coverlids --002
(lost in fold) -- ,10
a bead and three feathers pillows att -- 001, 13
2 pairs of sheets --001
1 iron poot -- (torn)
1 frying pan -- ,05
3 small basons -- ,05
2 drinking cups -- ,07
some other old pewter att -- ,05
some wooden dishes and trayes -- ,06
some old casks att -- (torn)
a new tubb at 4 shillings and pails 5 shillings -- (torn)
chains and whopple tree chains -- (torn)
beetle rings and weadges -- (torn)
a cleus (?) and att 3s & three old hoaes 3s & fower old axes 9s -- ,15
an adds gouge chisel and nippers 5s 6d a hammer & som other old irons
     at 2s 6d -- ,08
a frow and a gunne 15s two pair of plow irons at 14s -- 001, 09
a tailors goose att 2s 6d two syths with thayer & acklin att 10s -- ,12.6
a chest and a box att 5s  3 old chaires 2s  a small table 2s two bedsteads
     & coav'ds , 18 0
some new nailes att 6s: a saddle and bridle att 5s -- ,18 0
an ould cart and wheels att 12s: a ring and graple 2s 6d some lining yarne
     att 8s -- 01 02 6
a halfe bushel & some woollin yarne and & ould spade -- , 04 0
two ould (lost in fold) riddles & a bible and some other books att -- , 11 0
a trammell att 5s the mans waring apparrill ( ) sheep sheares & drawing
     knife -- 02, 02 0
2 pitch forks and a hoaling axe -- , 04 0
a fifty acre lott in Preston -- 04
          Debts due from this estate to Mr. Lefingwell  02 11 06
                                                     Mr. Allyn  02 16 05
                                                     Mr. smith  03 00 00
                                                     Robert Geere  01 03 09
                                                     James Smith  00 10 00
      More debt due to Mr. Samuel Bliss & the Dockter & Jean not come at ye (torn)

(Lists his children and ages)

                                      Recorded this 12th day of October 1706
                                    in the 3d Book of Wills on fol. 74
                                    test/   George Denison    Clerk


Mary Rood widow and Relict of John Rood late of Preston Deceased appeared in a Court of Probates held in New London Sept the 18th 1706 and made Oath that she gave in the apprizers a true acct of the Estate of her Deceased husband and according to the Cost of her knowledge, and if anything further appear to be his Estate that is Considerable she will add it to this Inventory.
                                          Test/  George Denison    Clerk of Probate

The apprizers must figure the inventorie.  The Widow must make oath that she hath made a true presentment of her Deceased husband's estate which may be done before any justice of the Quorum.

Abstract of Bond:
       Know all men by these presents that I Mary Rood of Preston toether with my surtie Thomas Rose -- Do acknowledge our Selves Joyntly & severally to owe & stad Justly Indebted unto the Court of Probate in New London County the full and just summof one hundred pounds Current money . . . . in New London the 18th day of September in the fifth year of her Magesties Reign ann Domino 1706. . . .
                                                     Mary Rood, her mark
Acknowledged in court Sept 18th 1706
Test/ George Denison    Clerk


AN EARLY DEED FROM OENECHO TO JOHN RUDE:
       Coppy of Oenecho's deed tp Mr. John Rude
This deed Entred ye 9th of November 1719
pr Me. Sam 11 Storry Record r
the above ad withing written is a true copy of Record    Test/ Samm 11 Morgan
                                         Town Clerk of Preston
       I Caleb Rude of Kent in ye county of Litchfield have Received of Nathan Rude of Preston the sum of fifty pounds Money which is the full of my/ portion with what I have already Received I say Receive this sixteenth Day of February Anoqdomini 1753  Enterlined before signed the following words VIZ: of my father's Estate.
                                                                 /s/ Caleb Rude
In presence of
Daniel ?
Joseph Rude

Whereas I Oenecho Sachem of Mohegan Did Eight Years Since Sell unto John Rude then of Norwich now of Preston two hundred Acres of Land Lying Eastward from Caleb Fobes's house, and ye sd John Rude before ye Land in these parts were disposed of made his pitch in ye aforesd Place, and then made good payment for and in Consideration of the two hundred Acres of Land, I Do therefore aquit and Discharge ye sd John Rude he his heirs or Assigns forever, from all Dues and Demands from me my heirs or Assigns forever, and in Consideration
of ye said Land, and whereas he ye sd John Rude Did make ye first Pitch and Pitched in that place, and in that Righteousness ought to have the quantity bargained and paid for, and whereas if Each man would be contented with what is their Just Due there is enough and More than Enough; Know all whence it Doth Concern that I Oenecho aforesaid Do by these Presents fully freely and absolutely Grant Alienate Enfee--of Ratify and confirm unto John Rude of Preston in ye County of New London, to him his heirs or Assigns for Ever, two hundred acres of Land in ye abovesd place Butted and bounded, as followeth: Beginning at a white oak tree Markt I. R. Standing a Little Distance from ye South End of Skunkhangenuck hill, and from thence Runing Northerly by ye Side of the hill one hundred and Sixty four Rods to a white oak Stadle, and from thence Northeasterly four score rods to a brook and Runing by ye brook Sixty Eight Rods to a Stone pitched in the ground, and then Runing Easterly one hundred and Sixty Eight Rods to a Stone, from thence Runing Southwesterly forty three Rods to ye Northwest corner of ye Miners Land, and Runing by their Land one hundred and Ninely six Rods, then Runing -- southerly by ye Ministers Lot.  Eighty four Rods to a Red Oak and from thence westerly fifty Six Rods to ye first Corner, I ye above sd Oenecho Do by these presents for my Self and heirs fully grant Ratify and Confirm ye abovesd two hundred Acres of Land, as Bounded, into JOhn Rude to him his heirs and Assigns forever.  To Have and to hold possess and for ever Improve to his and their proper use and profit, and that I by these Presents, oblige my Self to Defend this Sale against all Just Claims; As witness My Hand and Seal this 30th of August, Ano. Dom: one thousand Six hundred and Ninety.

This Deed Signed and Sealed
In Presence of us --                                            Oenecho his mark
John Egerton                                                           (symbol of duck & seal)
William Backus Jr.
                                                          Norwich February ye 16th 1690
                                                          Oenecho signed and Acknowledged this
                                                          Deed Before Me.
                                                               James Fitch, Assist.
                  

                   Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part 2, Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in
     the State of Connecticut 1913, p. 34
History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich
Norwich, Connecticut Vital Records (copy in Rundel Library, Rochester, NY)
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, the Virkus Co., p. 651
Barbour Index, Connecticut Vital Records
L.B. Barbour's Manuscript file, CT. Hist. (refers to town records)
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, CT Hist. Soc., Hartford, CT
       "Rood of Sandgate, Vermont"
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, Mrs. E.M. Rogers Collection, Conn.
       Hist. Soc., Hartford, Conn.
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File by Donald Lines Jacobus, CT. Hist.
       Soc., Hartford, CT
The Public Record of the colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1852, F. A. Brown
Donald G. Gilbert, 15624 Renee Lane, Hudson, Florida, Feb 1989
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, 1985, suppl. 1991
Richardson Genealogy taken from the Rood line 1600 to 1993, compiled by
       Edmund Phillip Bullard, Sr., RD #2, Box 201, Canastota, NY 13032
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.

       CT state Library microfilm roll 34542 fc 752 , New London Court Rec. Trials, Vol. 1-6, 1661-1701, p. 41 of Vol. 4,5,6 per index, drawer #705, "Estate 1682 -- "An inventory of the estate of Joseph Rood deceased was exhibited in court, November 22, 1682 ---"  (Much of writing illegible)
                  

                   Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part 2, Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in
     the State of Connecticut 1913, p. 34
History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich
Norwich, Connecticut Vital Records (copy in Rundel Library, Rochester, NY)
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, the Virkus Co., p. 651
Barbour Index, Connecticut Vital Records
L.B. Barbour's Manuscript file, CT. Hist. (refers to town records)
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, CT Hist. Soc., Hartford, CT
       "Rood of Sandgate, Vermont"
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, Mrs. E.M. Rogers Collection, Conn.
       Hist. Soc., Hartford, Conn.
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File by Donald Lines Jacobus, CT. Hist.
       Soc., Hartford, CT
The Public Record of the colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1852, F. A. Brown
Donald G. Gilbert, 15624 Renee Lane, Hudson, Florida, Feb 1989
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, 1985, suppl. 1991
Richardson Genealogy taken from the Rood line 1600 to 1993, compiled by
       Edmund Phillip Bullard, Sr., RD #2, Box 201, Canastota, NY 13032
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.
                  

                   Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part 2, Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in
     the State of Connecticut 1913, p. 34
History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich

Norwich, Connecticut Vital Records (copy in Rundel Library, Rochester, NY)
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, the Virkus Co., p. 651
Barbour Index, Connecticut Vital Records
L.B. Barbour's Manuscript file, CT. Hist. (refers to town records)
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, CT Hist. Soc., Hartford, CT
       "Rood of Sandgate, Vermont"
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, Mrs. E.M. Rogers Collection, Conn.
       Hist. Soc., Hartford, Conn.
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File by Donald Lines Jacobus, CT. Hist.
       Soc., Hartford, CT
The Public Record of the colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1852, F. A. Brown
Donald G. Gilbert, 15624 Renee Lane, Hudson, Florida, Feb 1989
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, 1985, suppl. 1991
Richardson Genealogy taken from the Rood line 1600 to 1993, compiled by
       Edmund Phillip Bullard, Sr., RD #2, Box 201, Canastota, NY 13032
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.
                  

                   Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part 2, Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in
     the State of Connecticut 1913, p. 34
Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part 2, Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in
     the State of Connecticut 1913, p. 39
History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich

Norwich, Connecticut Vital Records (copy in Rundel Library, Rochester, NY)
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, the Virkus Co., p. 651
Barbour Index, Connecticut Vital Records
L.B. Barbour's Manuscript file, CT. Hist. (refers to town records)
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, CT Hist. Soc., Hartford, CT
       "Rood of Sandgate, Vermont"
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, Mrs. E.M. Rogers Collection, Conn.
       Hist. Soc., Hartford, Conn.
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File by Donald Lines Jacobus, CT. Hist.
       Soc., Hartford, CT
The Public Record of the colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1852, F. A. Brown
Donald G. Gilbert, 15624 Renee Lane, Hudson, Florida, Feb 1989
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, 1985, suppl. 1991
Richardson Genealogy taken from the Rood line 1600 to 1993, compiled by
       Edmund Phillip Bullard, Sr., RD #2, Box 201, Canastota, NY 13032
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.
Calkins, History of Norwich
Connecticut Vital Records
New London Probate Dist. file #4646, Connecticut State Library, Hartford Conn.

       The administrator's bond to Samuel Rood's only son, Benajeh is shown below, together with the inventory of his estate.  The originals are to be found in the New London Probate Dist. (The "f" for long "s" os used throughout.)


ADMINISTRATOR'S BOND:

       Know all men by these prefents that wee Benajah Rude and John Bishop of Norwich in the county of New London in his Majesties Colony of Connecticut in New England are Holden and Stand firmly Bound and obliged unto Jofhua Hempftead Efq. Judge of the Court of Probate in the Diftrict of New London in the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds current Money of Ye Colony aforesd to be paid to the Sd Jofhus Hempftead Esq. and as his Certain Attorney Succesfors or asfigns, to the which payment well and truely to be made wee bind our Selves & Each of us our heirs Executors & Administrators Joyntly & Severally for the whole and in the whole firmly by these prefents Sealed with our Seals Dated in Norwich in the County Aforefd the 30th Day of March in the 11th year of his Majefties Reign Anno Dom 1738.

       The condition of the above obligation is Such that if  the above Bounden Benajeh Rude Adminiftrator of all & Singular the Goods Rights & Credits of Samuel Rude Junior, Late of Norwich Dec'd do make or Caufe to be made a true & perfect inventory of all the Eftate of the aforesd Samuel Rude Junr which Shall come to the Posfesfion or Knowledge of the the aforefd Benajah Rude of into the hands of any other perfon or perfons for him. & the Same do Exhi (worn away here RRB) it of Caufe to be exhibited into the Registry of the Court of Probate in the county of New Lon (worn away here RRB) _don att on or before the second Tuesday in April Next Ensuing & the Same goods Chattels & Credits and all other the good Chattels & Credits of the Sd Decd at the time of his Death such at any time after Shall come into ye hands or possession of the Sd Benajah Rude or into the hands of any other person for him, do well and Truely Adminifter according to Law, and further do make or Cause to be made a true and Jusft accot of his Sd Adminiftration at or before the Second Tuesday of April (blot) in the year of our Lord 1739 and all the Rest and Refidue of the Sd goods Chattels & Credits which Shall be found Remaining upon ye the Sd Adminiftrators Accot the Same being first Examined & allowed of by the Sd Court of Probates, Shall Deliver and pay unto Such  person or perfons Refpectively as the Sd Court of Probates by their Decree or (illegible) purftuant to the true intent & Meaning of Ye act  Shall Limit & Appoint & if it Shall hereafter appear that any Laft will & Testament was made by the Sd Decd & the Executor or Executors therein named Do Exhibit ye Same unto the Sd court making Requeft to have it allowed & approved of and the same being Approved of Accordingly if the Sd Benajah Rude will (be) Bounden to deliver ufs the Sd Letters of Adminiftration in the Sd court then the above Obligation to be Null & Void or Elfe to Remain in full force & vertue.
Signed Sealed and Acknowledged
Before a Court of Probates held in Norwich the 30th Day of March 1738.
                                                        Baniah Rude (seal)
                                                        John Bishop (seal)
Teft:   J: Hempsted Judge of Probt

       With the preceding document (which is all on one page as shown, line for line) are filed other documents, (a) the request of widow for administration to be granted her son, Benajah, and (b) the inventory of the estate.  These follow as line-for-line transcripts:

REQUEST OF WIDOW FOR ADMINISTRATION TO BE GRANTED TO HER
SON, BENAJAH:

       To Jofhua Hemftead Esr. Judge of the
       Probate for Ye County of New London
       Honorable Sir:--
            These may Certifie that I ye Subfcriber Mary
       Rude Relict of Samuel Rude of Norwich
       for Several (crossed out) Reafons Do Altogether
       Decline taking a Letter of Adminiftration upon
       My Sd Husbands Eftate and Do Defire that
       that it may be granted to my Son Benajah Rude
       ye bearer hearof In hopes thereof I
                 Subfribe my Hand                 Her
                                                     Mary  L    Rude
                                                           Mark
(Editor's Note:  She was born Mary Lambert, for which the L probably stands.  She undoubtedly was so taught in childhood. RRB.)
Norwich March 29th 1738
Then mary Rude Signed &
Delivered to her Son Benajah Above
Named To be by him Delivered
to ye Judge of Probate for
ye County of New London
In presence of:
       Daniel Kirkland
       John Bishop

INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL RUDE JUNR LATE OF NORWICH
D'D ------     IMPRIMAS

to his Land in Norwich Laying on the East Side of Wequonack littel (?Rever) Sixty
       two acres L 232, 10s 0        232-10-0
to one iron pot                         0-17-4
to a draft Chain                       1-00-0
to an oald pot                          0-03-0
to a Cover Lead                       0-10-0
to oald frying pan                     0-01-0
to an old Chair                         0-01-0
to 8 pound of old Iron                0-04-0
to a Puter Bason                      0-02-6
to 2 outer plates                       0-05-0
to a Box                                  0-01-0
to a tray                                  0-01-6
                                              _________
                                                235-16-4
                   Added before by us    4   5  0
                                              _________
                                                240---1-4
Norwich March the 3-1738
the above Ritten is a true Inventory taken by us
Under oath                             Samuel Bishop
                                               Jabez Perkins Junr
An adition of 14 5s 0d money
by us the Subscribers
Benajah Rude Administrator of the Estate of Mr. Samll Rude Junr Late of Norwich Dec'd appeared before a court of Probates Held in Norwich March ye 30th 1738 and Made Oath that he hath made a true presentment of the Estate of the Ded'd Samll Rude Junr to the Apprizers & if any thing more hereafter appear to be his Estate that is Considerable he will Cause it to be added to this Inventory.
                                             Test/  J. Hempsted Judge of Probts
                  

                   History of Norwich, Connecticut, #974.6 C31
Starkweather Bible Records in poss. of Dores K. Stiles
Calkins, History of Norwich

Norwich, Connecticut Vital Records (copy in Rundel Library, Rochester, NY)
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, the Virkus Co., p. 651
Barbour Index, Connecticut Vital Records
L.B. Barbour's Manuscript file, CT. Hist. (refers to town records)
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, CT Hist. Soc., Hartford, CT
       "Rood of Sandgate, Vermont"
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File, Mrs. E.M. Rogers Collection, Conn.
       Hist. Soc., Hartford, Conn.
Rood, Rude, Rudd Family Manuscript File by Donald Lines Jacobus, CT. Hist.
       Soc., Hartford, CT
The Public Record of the colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1852, F. A. Brown
Donald G. Gilbert, 15624 Renee Lane, Hudson, Florida, Feb 1989
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey, 1985, suppl. 1991
Richardson Genealogy taken from the Rood line 1600 to 1993, compiled by
       Edmund Phillip Bullard, Sr., RD #2, Box 201, Canastota, NY 13032
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.
Calkins, History of Norwich
Connecticut Vital Records

Norwich Vital Records
Sturbridge Vital Records
SLC Temple records say Geo (incorrectly) is son of Joseph Rood
State Library Records, Hartford, Conn.
Savage, Gen. Dict. III, p. 572
Mrs. Elisha Rogers MSS in Conn. State Library
Trumball, Colonial Records of Conn., Libre II (1665-1678) pp. 184, 139

       George's father, Thomas had an incestuous relationship with his daughter, Sarah after his wife, Sarah died.  They were tried at the Court of Assistants at Hartford, 8 Oct 1672 on charge of incest.  Both pleaded guilty.  "Thomas Rood was sentenced to be executed on the 18th , his daughter to be severely whipt that others may heare and feare."  George was born through this union.
         County Court New London Co. held 4 Jun 1678: LT. Thomas Leffingwell as administrator of estate of Thomas Rood gives his acount of its distribution.  Court orders LT. Leffingwell to keep the child of Sarah Rood (George) until age 21, or "to put the child to some other person as the mother of the child and he shall agree."  Document refers to 8 children of Thomas Rood, so all were living at this time except Mary.

       George was baptized as an adult at Newent-Lisbon Society 3 Jun 1739.  Presumably he grew up in New London where his mother lived.  His children were baptized there as well.

LAND TRANSACTIONS:

       2B: 852 David Knight of Norwich for 46a in Norwich adj the Wequanuck plaines from George Rood, my 70a lying on the west side of the Weuanuck little river and is part of the land I bought of thomas Hall  14 Feb 1715/6  wit: Richard & Elizabeth Bushnell
       There are also George Rood deeds on 2B:549 (2), 6:162, 6:411-12
       Sturbridge VR Isaac Rhood died 1 mar 1792 aged 76y
       Norwich deeds: George Rood of Norwich for 1 cow and calf from Isaac Huntington of Norwich - undivided lands in Norwich. 2 Sep 1717. George signs (X.)  wit: Nathaniel Dean, Jonathan Dean. ack. 2 Sep 1717. 3A:20
       4:369 George Rood of Norwich for the love I have for my son Ebenezer Rood of Norwich - all my 29a of land being part of the farm on which I now live, on the north side of it....bordering east on a little river...to the lower end of a small island. 22? Apr 1726.  George (X) Rood.  wit: Richard & Elizabeth Bushnell. ack 25 Apr 1726 by George Rood.
       0:68 Land belonging to George Rood of Norwich - 15a lying on the south side of the Great Plain beginning at the crotch of the brooks abutting on Tradeing Cove brook.....abutting on the land of liv's Leffingwell.....abutting east on the New London Road, abutting north on the land of Daniel Tracy, ordered and delivered to him by Liv't Thomas Leffingwell as his portion of his father's estate. entered 12 Jul 1609.
       Also 10a on Middle Hill
       1:304 George Rood of Norwich for 4 lbs from David Night of Norwich - 1/2 of my 40a grant of land made to him by the town of Norwich. 28 Apr 1707  (X)
wit: William Hide, John Leffingwell
       2:313 George Rood of Norwich for 3 lbs from Simon Tracy of Norwich - 3a of meadow on the west side of the Littell river called Wequanuck little river bounding on Soloman Tracy.  (X)  Richard & Elizabeth Bushnell.
       2B:539 George rood of Norwich, planter for 22a lying on the Weuanuck plaines and 3a of meadow lying on the west side of Wequanuck little river by Daniel Tracy of Norwich, yeoman - all my 15a being in the Great Plaine....abutting on Tradeing Cove brook, abutting on the land of Liu't Leffingwell, abutting east on the New London Road and north on the land of Daniel Tracy, + all my 10a grant of woodland yet to be laid out. 15 Feb 1702/3  (X) wit: Simon Tracy, Elizabeth Bushnell.
       2B:551 George Rood of Norwich for 2 lbs from Benjamin Peck of Norwich 10a lying on Middle Hill bounding south on the land of Benjamin Peck, bounding west on the land of Micah Rood...ack 10 Apr 1703 by Geo. Rood.
       2B: 643 George rood of Norwich for a consideration from Benajah Bushnell of Norwich - all my grant of land from the town of Norwich to answer my 1st rate paid toward the building of a new meeting house.  18 Feb 1712/13 (X) wit: Rich'd & Elizabeth Bushnell ack 18 Feb 1712/13 at Norwich by George Rood   Recorded again in 2B: 808
       2B:851 George Rood of Norwich for a consideration of 70a by the little river in Norwich by David Night of Norwich - all my 45a of land adj. the Wequanuck plaine in Norwich, 22a there of which I purchased of Daniel Tracy which was laid out in 2 parcels and 23a which was granted to me by the town, both parcels adj. each other...with my dwelling house and fence and fruit trees.  14 Feb 1715/16  (X) wit: Richard & Elizabeth Bushnell ack 14 Feb 1715/16 at Norwich by George Rood.