Descendants of Thomas Rood
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS1 ROOD was born 1626 in England, and died October 18, 1672 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married SARAH ? January 24, 1647 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. She was born Abt. 1629 in England, and died March 06, 1668 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for THOMAS ROOD:
Source: Savage Genealogical Dictionary, page 572, volume III:
ROOD, Thomas, Norwich, had sev. childr., bef. liv. there; Sarah, b. Oct. 1649; Thomas, Mar 1651; Micah, Feb. 1653; Rachel, Feb. 1655; John, Sept., 1658; Joseph, Mar 1661; Benjamin, Feb., 1663; Mary, Mar.1664, d. soon; and Samuel, June, 1666. His w. d. happi. Mar. 1668, for his dau. Sarah was whip. and he execut. 18 Oct. 1672, as in Trumbull, Col. Rec. II. 184, is detail. Perhaps the name was changed to Rudd or Rude. JOHN, with this latter spelling was a petitnr. 1686, for Preston Townsh.
Source: History of Norwich, Connecticut, from its possession by the indians to the year 1866 by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, page 239:
ROOD. Thomas Rood was an early settler upon the outlands of the township. His wife, Sarah, died in March, 1668, and he in 1672. Nine children are recorded, the dates of birth ranging fron 1649 to 1666, but the place of nativity is not given.
Thomas, Micah, Samuel and George Rood are on the roll of inhabitants in 1702. Micah obtained some local notoriety on account of a pecular variety of apple that he brought to market, which was called from him the Mike apple, and has since been more extensively propagated It is an early species, has a fair outside, an excellent flavor, and each individual apple exhibits somewhere in the pulp a red speck, like a tinge of fresh blood. Several fanciful legends have been contrived to account for this pecularity. Micah Rood died in December, 1728, aged about 76
Notes for SARAH ?:
It has not been proven that her surname was White or Leffingwell.
Children of THOMAS ROOD and SARAH ? are:
2. i. SARAH2 ROOD, b. October 1649, Connecticut; d. January 12, 1716, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
3. ii. THOMAS JR. ROOD, b. March 03, 1651, Norwich, New Londton, Connecticut; d. 1704.
4. iii. MICAH ROOD, b. February 06, 1652, Connecticut; d. December 17, 1728, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
iv. RACHEL ROOD, b. February 1655, Connecticut; m. (1) JEREMIAH BLAKE, 1678, Lyme, Connecticut; m. (2) GEORGE SMITH, 1696, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
5. v. JOHN ROOD, b. September 1658, Connecticut; d. April 14, 1704, Preston, New London, Connecticut.
vi. JOSEPH ROOD, b. March 1661, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. 1661.
6. vii. BENJAMIN ROOD, b. February 1661, Connecticut.
viii. MARY ROOD, b. March 1664; d. March 1664.
7. ix. SAMUEL ROOD, b. June 16, 1666, Connecticut; d. 1742, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Generation No. 2
2. SARAH2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born October 1649 in Connecticut, and died January 12, 1716 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for SARAH ROOD:
The father of her child was her father, Thomas.
Child of SARAH ROOD is:
8. i. GEORGE3 ROOD, b. October 1672, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. March 10, 1744, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
3. THOMAS JR.2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born March 03, 1651 in Norwich, New Londton, Connecticut, and died 1704. He married HANNAH BENHAM May 06, 1684 in New Haven, Connecticut, daughter of JOHN BENHAM and SARAH HURST. She was born January 08, 1660 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, and died October 15, 1695 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for THOMAS JR. ROOD:
Source: Genealogies of Connecticut Families from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 1, page 186
BENHAM, Hannah, b. 8 Jan 1661 NHV (1661/2), 15 Oct 1695 NorwichV; m. 5 May 1684 NorwichV--Thomas Rood
Children of THOMAS ROOD and HANNAH BENHAM are:
9. i. JONATHAN3 ROOD, b. October 09, 1685, Norwidh, New London, Connecticut; d. 1772, Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut.
ii. DANIEL ROOD, b. December 21, 1688.
10. iii. DAVID ROOD, b. December 21, 1688, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
iv. THOMAS ROOD, b. October 23, 1692.
v. HANNAH ROOD, b. October 15, 1695.
4. MICAH2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born February 06, 1652 in Connecticut, and died December 17, 1728 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married SARAH (PEAKE) DAYNS January 15, 1691 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, daughter of WILLIAM PEAKE. She was born 1653.
Notes for MICAH ROOD:
Source: Addenda to the Dains Family Record contributed by Sabria Palmer Lamb of Detroit, Michigan; Note, the following addition to the record of "SOME DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM DAINS AND SARAH PEAKE'...The widow of Abraham Dains, Sarah Peake Dains, married Micah Rood in 1691, and had three children, Mary, Micah and Joseph Rood.
Children of MICAH ROOD and SARAH DAYNS are:
i. MARY3 ROOD, b. May 22, 1693.
ii. MICAH ROOD, b. April 29, 1696.
iii. JOSEPH ROOD, b. December 14, 1698.
5. JOHN2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born September 1658 in Connecticut, and died April 14, 1704 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He married MARY EDDY June 24, 1687 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, daughter of JOHN EDDY and SUSANNA PADDOCK. She was born March 14, 1666 in Taunton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and died 1705 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for JOHN ROOD:
Source: marriage index, Connecticut 1635-1860, family history library film # 1311194, Mary Ede married John Rude June 24, 1687
Children of JOHN ROOD and MARY EDDY are:
11. i. JOHN3 RUDE, b. November 05, 1688, Preston,New London, Connecticut; d. Aft. 1731, Kent Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
12. ii. ZACHARIAH RUDE, b. July 01, 1690, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. February 10, 1795, Preston, New London, Connecticut.
13. iii. JACOB RUDE, b. November 18, 1693, Preston, New London, Connecticut; d. 1741, Plainfield, Connecticut.
iv. MARY RUDE, b. April 15, 1695, Preston, Connecticut; m. ISAAC BRONSON.
v. JOSEPH RUDE, b. November 25, 1698, Preston, New London, Connecticut; m. (1) EXPERIENCE PEASE, February 06, 1722, Enfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; m. (2) DEBORAH PARKE, November 13, 1742, Preston, New London, Connecticut; b. August 10, 1716, Preston, New London, Connecticut.
vi. HANNAH RUDE, b. 1700.
vii. MEHITABLE RUDE, b. October 30, 1701, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; d. Windsor, Connecticut; m. JAMES BRAHAM.
14. viii. NOAH RUDE, b. October 30, 1704, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1791, Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
6. BENJAMIN2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born February 1661 in Connecticut. He married MARY WILLIAMS June 07, 1690 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Children of BENJAMIN ROOD and MARY WILLIAMS are:
i. SARAH3 ROOD, b. 1692.
ii. ABIGAIL ROOD, b. 1695.
7. SAMUEL2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born June 16, 1666 in Connecticut, and died 1742 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married MARY MARINER May 20, 1690 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, daughter of THOMAS MARINER. She was born May 20, 1668 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died December 30, 1715 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Children of SAMUEL ROOD and MARY MARINER are:
15. i. SAMUEL3 ROOD, b. March 20, 1691, Norwich, New London,Connecticut; d. March 30, 1778, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut,.
ii. ELIZABETH ROOD, b. December 31, 1692, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. December 31, 1692.
16. iii. JABEZ ROOD, b. February 07, 1693, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; d. May 17, 1760, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
iv. JOB ROOD, b. April 1696.
v. MARY ROOD, b. May 1703, Norwidh, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1755; m. SAMUEL PARISH, July 06, 1724, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; b. October 12, 1700, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; d. 1785.
vi. ABIGAIL ROOD, b. March 30, 1705; m. ALEXANDER MACKAY, February 10, 1726, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut; b. Abt. 1705, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut.
vii. MERCY ROOD, b. May 1709, Norwich, Connecticut; m. BENAJMAIN PARISH, January 29, 1735.
17. viii. MARINER ROOD, b. August 12, 1712, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. April 07, 1777, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
18. ix. ELIZABETH ROOD, b. April 19, 1715, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Generation No. 3
8. GEORGE3 ROOD (SARAH2, THOMAS1) was born October 1672 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died March 10, 1744 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married HANNAH BUSH July 1702 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, daughter of THOMAS HALL and SUSANNAH BUSH. She was born in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, and died January 01, 1744 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.
Children of GEORGE ROOD and HANNAH BUSH are:
i. EBENEZER4 RUDE, b. February 21, 1703, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; d. December 20, 1785, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; m. MARY GREENE, May 09, 1726, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut; b. July 18, 1701, Canterbury, Connecticut.
Notes for EBENEZER RUDE:
source for marriage is Early Connecticut Marriages, second book, Canterbury, New Haven Second Church, page 122
ii. ISAAC ROOD, b. March 26, 1707, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; m. ABIGAIL LENARD, July 04, 1722, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.
iii. SOLOMON ROOD, b. 1709, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. October 31, 1756, Lake George, Warren, New York; m. SARAH DAINS, March 27, 1733, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; b. September 08, 1709, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. July 1772, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.
iv. HANNAH ROOD, b. July 10, 1712; d. July 1727.
v. SIMEON ROOD, b. August 16, 1714; d. July 1727.
vi. KEZIAH RUDE, b. December 28, 1716, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. Norwich, Connecticut; m. AARON S. CHAPMAN, July 24, 1739, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; b. July 12, 1718.
vii. EXPERIENCE ROOD, b. January 20, 1719; d. March 1756.
viii. THANKFUL ROOD, b. February 02, 1721; d. January 20, 1735.
9. JONATHAN3 ROOD (THOMAS JR.2, THOMAS1) was born October 09, 1685 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died 1772 in Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut. He married MARGARET ROWE October 06, 1708 in Preston, Connecticut.
Children of JONATHAN ROOD and MARGARET ROWE are:
i. EBENEZER4 ROOD, b. October 11, 1711, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut; m. ANNA WHITNEY, 1733; b. 1713, Windham, Connecticut.
ii. HANNAH ROOD, b. May 22, 1718, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut; d. January 29, 1749.
iii. MARY ROOD, b. February 21, 1719, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut; m. JOHN TURNER, April 04, 1738.
iv. MARGRIT ROOD, b. May 01, 1720, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
v. THANKFUL ROOD, b. March 06, 1721, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut; m. BENJAMIN KINNE.
vi. AZARIAH ROOD, b. March 17, 1724, Stafford, Connecticut; d. February 28, 1795, Jericho, Chittenden, Vermont; m. (1) DESIRE PRIME, April 12, 1750, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. Bef. 1767; m. (2) LYDIA DRAKELEY, 1767; b. January 12, 1730, Woodbury, Connecticut; d. May 02, 1798, Jericho, Vermont.
Notes for AZARIAH ROOD:
Source:The History of Jericho, Vermont, edited by Chauncey H. Hayden, Luther C. Stevens, LaFayette Wilbur, Rev. S. H. Barnum, page 616:
The Rood Family by Gertrude Rood and L. F. Wilbur
Azariah Rood was b. of Scotch descent. His ancestors lived in, or near Edinburgh, afterward removing to America. Azariah was b. in 1724 in Stafford, Conn., but came to Jericho from Lanesboro, Mass., and purchased a large tract of land on Onion River, now called the "Barber farm," and removed his large family to what was then a wilderness. His family was the third that had settled in the townshp in 1774. He was one of the first six freemen, first selectman of the town and first deacon of the "Church in Jericho."
During the war his house was, for a time, the most northerly post in the state guarded by American troops, but the family was obliged to return to Lanesboro and abandon the new home--driven to this by the cowardice of Capt., Fawcett, commander of the post. There has been much discussion in Vermont history respecting the conduct of Capt. Fawcett upon this occasion, and attempts have been made to justify him, but the facts of the case as heard from Thomas D. Rood (eldest son of Azariah), who was a man, and an interested actor in the affair, convinced us that Capt. Fawcett was a coward.
When they left Jericho they buried all the household effects they could safely leave in this way, but were obliged to leave in the house their feather beds--the greatest luxury they could have in this cold climte. When they returned to Vermont, after peace was declared, the beds were all missing, and they heard from some reliable source that a party of Indians came to the house and not finding much there, but these beds, carried them out of doors and cut them open, dancing with great merriment as they saw the feathers flying in every direction.
William, a son of Azariah Rood, was in the army at Burlington, Vt. The commander of the post had dispatches of importance which he wished to send across Lake Champlain to Plattsburgh, another military post. It was late in November, the lake rough, and the risk so great he could not order anyone to go, but calling his company together told them the circumstances, and asked if anyone would volunteer for the service. Rood said, "I am ready to make the attempt, " and started alone in an open boat. He reached Grand Isle safely, but in attempting to turn his boat to go down the lake to Plattsburgh, it was instantly capsized. He was never seen to rise by those who were watching him from the Vermont shore.
The family, which was a large one, lived there, clearing the land and making improvements until 1789. Azariah Rood d. in 1795, "but left to fill his place his son, Thomas Drakely Rood, who served the town in almost every responsible civil capacity," and was one of the two deacons of the Congregational Church. He m. and had a large family. He was very much interested when the movement was made to found Burlington college, now Vermont University, and made the second donation for this purpose--a pair of oxen. Before any of his sons were ready to enter, Middlebury College was established and in a flourishng condition, so they went there, two graduating and a third just ready to enter when he d. after a short illness.
Thomas Drakely Rood, with his son, Lewis, removed to Wisconsin in 1838 and d. there.
The first named Azariah Rood, one of the three pioneers of Jericho in 1774, was b. in 1724 at Stafford, Conn., and m. Ruth Prime about 1750. She d., and he ma. 2 Lydia Drakely about 1776. He d. in February, 1795. They had four children; Thomas Drakely, b. Dec. 15, 1767; Desire, b. Aug., 16, 1769; William, b. February, 1771; and Lydia, b. October, 1773, all b. at Lanesboro, Mass.
Thomas Rood, m. Sarah Bradley, March 9, 1789 and d. October, 1855. They had eleven children, viz.: Two boys who d. young; Azariah, b. 1792; Heman, b. 1794, d. 1882; Levi, b. 1796; Thomas D., b. 1798, d. 1825; Orlin, b. 1800; Anson, b. 1802; Ruel, b. 1806; Lewis, b. 1809; Sarah, b.---
5. Levi Rood, above named, m. Almira Lincoln and d. Dec. 27, 1832. Their children were, viz.: Dennis, b. 1817, d. 1847, who m. Melissa Benham in 1837; Eliza, b. 1819, d. 1876; Edwin, b. 1821, d. 1850; Orlin, b. 1822, d. February 18, 1881; Thomas D., b. 1824, d. 1909; and Lavira, b. 1829, m. Geo. Burnham, who d., in Civil War, 4 children, Orville, Ida, Laura and George. She d. 1892.
(a) Dennis m. Melissa Benham in 1837 and d. 1847
(b) Eliza, daughter of Levi, m. Harvey Ward in 1841 and d. in 1876. Their children were: (1) Almira, b. 1843, m. Edson Hilton, and m. 2 H. Henry and had one child, Edwin W., She m. 3 Royal Mead. Both are dead. (2) Edwin, b. 1845, m. Lucia Wells. He d. (3) Flora, m. Hoyt White. They had four children Harvey Ward's first wife was -----Lane and they had two children: Byron C. and Sarah. Sarah M. Marshall Jones and Bryon C. m. Ellen Cilley.
(d) Orlin Rood, m. Laura, the daughter of Silas Benham of Jericho and they had two children, viz.: Dennis E. and Almyra. Melissa and Laura were sisters. Dennis E., b. 1848, m. Effie J. Balch in 1875 and they had three children, viz.: Maud, Madge and Helen (see the Balch family). Laura d. 1915, aged 90. Almyra, b. 1854, d. 1882. She m. Henry Buxton and had two children: Laura and Almyra
(e) Thomas D., son of Levi, m. Eliza Mears in 1858 at Milton, Vt. She d. in 1914. They had six children: one d. in infancy; Levi D., b. 1861, m. Bertha Allen of Burlington, no children, d. 1910; Milo M., b. 1863, m. Emma Mears, no children; Gertrude E., b. 1865; Mary W., b. 1870; and Arthur L., b. 1874, m. Helen E. Jackson, 3 children, Clark J., Jean A. and Thomas Drakely.
4 and 8. The said Heman and Anson became Congregational ministers. They graduated from Middlebury College (see Clergymen).
10. Lewis Rood, m. Orissa Blackman, and d. in 1870. Their children were: Wealthy, b. 1834; Judson, b. 1837; Albert, b. 1850. Lewis Rood, the husband of Orissa above mentioned, owned the old Truman Chittenden Galusha farm that is woned now by John Schillhammer. He sold the farm and moved to the West. His dau., Wealthy, m. Newell Blakeley of Jericho.
Levi Rood, the son of Thomas Rood, d. while living on the Edgar Barber farm, which was the same farm that Azariah Rood purchased and lived on when he came to Jericho in 1774
history ended on page 619
Source for marriage to Desire Prime is FHL library film #1491338
Source: A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in two parts, the first part being a general view of the county and the second part being an account of several of the towns by gentlemen in the county, clergymen and laymen..printed by Samuel W. Bush in Pittsfield in 1829: page 33a, (Lanesborough)
Deacon Azariah Rood removed to Vermont
More About AZARIAH ROOD:
Burial: Jericho, Chittenden, Vermont
vii. ISAAC ROOD, b. March 23, 1725, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
viii. ZEBULON ROOD, b. June 10, 1728, Stafford, Connecticut.
ix. ANNA ROOD, b. April 02, 1730, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
x. HANNAH ROOD, b. April 02, 1730, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
xi. ABIGAIL ROOD, b. November 30, 1733, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
10. DAVID3 ROOD (THOMAS JR.2, THOMAS1) was born December 21, 1688 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married JOANNA PARKE.
Child of DAVID ROOD and JOANNA PARKE is:
i. SIMEON4 ROOD, m. JERUSHA ROCKWELL.
11. JOHN3 RUDE (JOHN2 ROOD, THOMAS1) was born November 05, 1688 in Preston,New London, Connecticut, and died Aft. 1731 in Kent Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He married MARY LESTER September 11, 1714 in Preston, Connecticut, daughter of TIMOTHY LESTER and ABIGAIL RACHEL. She was born 1690 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
Children of JOHN RUDE and MARY LESTER are:
i. HANNAH4 RUDE, b. January 21, 1716.
Notes for HANNAH RUDE:
Source: LDS pedigree chart
ii. OLIVER RUDE, m. SILENCE STARKWEATHER.
iii. NATHAN RUDE, b. November 29, 1718, Preston, Connecticut; d. May 11, 1761, Preston, Connecticut; m. THANKFUL TRACY, April 30, 1741, Preston, Connecticut.
iv. ESTHER RUDE, b. December 16, 1720, Preston, Connecticut; m. FRANCIS TRACY, July 31, 1740, Preston, Connecticut.
v. CALEB RUDE, b. January 08, 1722; d. Aft. 1790; m. ELIZABETH STARKWEATHER, September 24, 1747.
Notes for CALEB RUDE:
Source: LDS pedigree
Marriage Notes for CALEB RUDE and ELIZABETH STARKWEATHER:
marraige record found in Second Church of Stonington Congregational Church records. Rude spelled as Rhodes.
vi. MEHITABLE RUDE, b. April 23, 1725, Preston, Connecticut; d. February 10, 1820, Wellsboro, Chemung, N.Y.; m. ISAAC TRACY, July 13, 1742, Preston, Connecticut; b. April 09, 1716, Preston, Connecticut; d. April 05, 1786, Goshen, Orange County, NY.
vii. MARY RUDE, b. May 19, 1727, Preston, Connecticut; m. TIMOTHY CLARK.
viii. RACHEL RUDE, b. March 12, 1728; m. THOMAS DAVIDSON.
ix. OLIVE RUDE, b. May 14, 1731, Preston, Connecticut; m. BENJAMIN KENNEDY.
12. ZACHARIAH3 RUDE (JOHN2 ROOD, THOMAS1) was born July 01, 1690 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died February 10, 1795 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He married DOROTHY DOWNING November 21, 1727 in Preston, Connecticut.
Children of ZACHARIAH RUDE and DOROTHY DOWNING are:
i. DOROTHY4 RUDE.
ii. LYDIA RUDE.
iii. MOSES RUDE.
iv. ZACHARIAH RUDE, b. March 21, 1728.
v. JAMES RUDE, b. May 10, 1730; m. LYDIA.
vi. ELIZABETH RUDE, b. February 04, 1731.
vii. ZEPHANIAH RUDE, b. January 20, 1733; d. April 01, 1813; m. OLIVE PHELPS, January 06, 1765; b. July 08, 1742; d. November 24, 1818.
viii. JASON RUDE, b. 1744.
13. JACOB3 RUDE (JOHN2 ROOD, THOMAS1) was born November 18, 1693 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, and died 1741 in Plainfield, Connecticut. He married JEMIMA PARKE February 23, 1713 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, daughter of ROBERT PARKE and MARY ROSE. She was born July 01, 1694 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Children of JACOB RUDE and JEMIMA PARKE are:
i. JOSEPH4 RUDE, m. DEBORAH PARKE; b. August 10, 1716, Preston, New London, Connecticut.
ii. MARY RUDE.
iii. ZACHARIAH RUDE.
iv. JACOB RUDE, b. August 17, 1715, Preston, New London, Connecticut; m. REBECCA PARKE.
v. STEPHEN RUDE, b. November 10, 1717, Preston, Connecticut; m. MARY HARRIS, March 03, 1718; b. March 03, 1718; d. November 11, 1754.
vi. JOHN RUDE, b. June 17, 1720, Preston, Connecticut.
vii. SUSANNA RUDE, b. September 11, 1729, Preston, Connecticut.
viii. ROBERT RUDE, b. April 11, 1732, Preston, Connecticut.
ix. JEMIMA RUDE, b. July 05, 1735, Preston, Connecticut.
x. DOROTHY RUDE, b. September 14, 1738, Preston, Connecticut.
14. NOAH3 RUDE (JOHN2 ROOD, THOMAS1) was born October 30, 1704 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died Abt. 1791 in Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He married PHOEBE WORDEN. She was born 1710.
Children of NOAH RUDE and PHOEBE WORDEN are:
i. CALEB4 RUDE, b. 1737; m. ANN WADE.
ii. MARY RUDE, m. DAVID LEWIS.
iii. JOHN RUDE.
iv. SAMUEL RUDE.
v. ZELAH RUDE.
vi. JESSE RUDE, d. 1791, Nelson County, Kentucky; m. MARY ANN ASHBY, 1772.
vii. ASHER RUDE, m. ELIZABETH WOODBURN.
15. SAMUEL3 ROOD (SAMUEL2, THOMAS1) was born March 20, 1691 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died March 30, 1778 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut,. He married MARY LAMBERT May 14, 1715 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. She was born January 30, 1690 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for SAMUEL ROOD:
Source: Records of Congregational Church in Canterbury, Connecticut, page 95
1715 May 4, Samuel Rood the Son of Samuel Rood senr and Mary Rood his Wife ye Daughter of Lamberd all of Norwich were married at my house.
Children of SAMUEL ROOD and MARY LAMBERT are:
i. BENAJAH4 ROOD, b. July 05, 1716, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; m. SARAH SMITH, May 28, 1747, New Haven Second Church, New Haven, Connecticut; b. September 21, 1728, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut,.
Notes for BENAJAH ROOD:
Is this the correct Benajah Rood?
Source: Memorials of a Century, embracing a record of individuals and events chieflyin The Early History of Bennington, VT and its First Church by Isaac Jennings, pastor of the church, published in Boston by Gould and Lincoln, 59 Washington Stree, 1869.
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The first public meeting in Bennington, whose minutes are preserved, --a proprietors' meeting,--was held on February 11, 1762, --one year lacking a day before the treaty was signed ceding the province of Canada to the British Government, and so ending the formidable French war. Therefore, anticipating the termination of this war, immigration had begun to press upward along the western slopes of these mountains. The first immigration had reached here seven months and twenty-three days before this proprietors' meeting, June 18, 1761. It consisted of the families of
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Peter Harwood, Eleazer Harwood, Samuel Pratt and Timothy Pratt, from Amherst, Mass.; Leonard Robinson and Samuel Robinson, Jr., from Hardwick, Mass. The party, including women and children, numbered twenty-two. During that summer and fall other families to the number of twenty or thirty came into town, among whom were those of Samuel Robinson, Sen., and John Fassett, from Hardwick, Mass.; Joseph Safford, John Smith, John Brunham, and Benajah Rood, from Newint, Conn.; Elisha Field, and Samuel Montague, from Sunderland, Mass.; James Breakenridge, Ebenezer Wood, Samuel and Oliver Scott, Joseph Wickwire, and Samuel Atwood. In that winter, January 12, the first child was born in the settlement, Benjamin Harwood, a very worthy and intelligent citizen, whose death did not occur until January 22, 1852, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years, connecting vividly the distant period with our times.
ii. SARAH ROOD, b. May 04, 1718.
iii. TABITHA ROOD, b. May 15, 1720.
16. JABEZ3 ROOD (SAMUEL2, THOMAS1) was born February 07, 1693 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, and died May 17, 1760 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. He married (1) MEHITABEL STANDISH March 20, 1716 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, daughter of JOSIAH STANDISH and SARAH CARY. She was born abt. 1693 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, and died bef. April 24, 1743. He married (2) MINDWELL ALLIS Aft. 1743.
Notes for JABEZ ROOD:
Source for birth dates and names of children is: Mayflower Vital Records
Children of JABEZ ROOD and MEHITABEL STANDISH are:
i. ASA4 ROOD, b. March 20, 1717, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. July 20, 1740, Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. MARY CALKINS, January 24, 1740, Connecticut; b. September 08, 1720, Hebron, New London, Connecticut; d. June 11, 1782.
Notes for ASA ROOD:
Source for marriage: Early Connecticut Marriages, Second Book, Lebanon, New Haven Second Church, page 41: Asa Rood and Mary Calkin, Jan. 24, 1740
ii. RUFUS ROOD, b. July 05, 1719; m. (1) SARAH SWEETLAND; b. February 20, 1719, Lebanon, Connecticut; m. (2) ABIGAIL STANDISH, December 29, 1743; b. February 09, 1717, Preston, New London, Connecticut.
iii. MEHITABLE ROOD, b. October 23, 1721.
iv. JABEZ ROOD, b. 1724.
v. JOSIAH STANDISH ROOD, b. July 17, 1726, Lisbon, Connecticut; d. June 07, 1808, Ashfield, Massachusetts; m. MARY FOSTER, May 08, 1749, Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut; b. October 12, 1725, Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut; d. Ashfield, Massachusetts.
vi. JEREMIAH ROOD, b. January 12, 1728, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1816, Columbia, Connecticut; m. HANNAH BRIGGS, May 10, 1753, Lebanon, Connecticut; d. 1778.
Notes for JEREMIAH ROOD:
Source of children's names and birth dates: Mayflower Vital Records, Deeds and Wills, 1600s-1900s from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants by Susan E. Roser, published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.
vii. LYDIA ROOD, b. September 12, 1731.
viii. EUNICE ROOD, b. June 23, 1734.
17. MARINER3 ROOD (SAMUEL2, THOMAS1) was born August 12, 1712 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died April 07, 1777 in Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He married MARY CORNISH July 18, 1744 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, daughter of JAMES CORNISH and HANNAH HILLIARD. She was born March 19, 1724 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, and died February 12, 1800 in Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Children of MARINER ROOD and MARY CORNISH are:
i. MARINER II4 ROOD, b. April 05, 1745, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. January 14, 1832, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. (1) MARY KINNE, November 30, 1768, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; b. July 17, 1751, Preston, New London, Connecticut; d. August 14, 1811, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. (2) REBECCA CURTIS, Aft. 1811.
ii. JAMES ROOD, b. 1746; d. October 03, 1837, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio; m. MARTHA TUTTLE, 1767.
iii. MARY ROOD, b. March 11, 1747; m. THEOPHILUS FENN, 1768.
iv. ELIJAH ROOD, b. September 09, 1748, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. October 03, 1837, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio; m. MARTHA STEPHENS, November 22, 1770, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; b. September 22, 1750, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Marietta, Washington County, Ohio.
v. LYDIA ROOD, b. August 30, 1752; m. NATHAN NEWELL, March 15, 1773.
vi. ROGER ROOD, b. April 30, 1755, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. May 24, 1849, Lenox, Astabula County, Ohio; m. ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, June 02, 1779; b. December 15, 1759.
vii. DAVID ROOD, b. October 31, 1757, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. June 09, 1830, East Cannan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. LUCRETIA STOW, June 1779, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; b. December 13, 1758; d. December 05, 1853.
18. ELIZABETH3 ROOD (SAMUEL2, THOMAS1) was born April 19, 1715 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. She married JAMES DAINS October 11, 1738 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, son of EPHRAIM DAINS and SARAH PASMOUTH. He was born July 28, 1716 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died September 24, 1799 in Lebanon, Connecticut.
Children of ELIZABETH ROOD and JAMES DAINS are:
i. JERUSHA4 DAINS, b. January 20, 1739.
ii. ANNE DAINS, b. March 25, 1741.
iii. JAMES DAINS, b. August 16, 1743.
iv. ELIZABETH DAINS, b. November 16, 1748.
v. SARAH DAINS, b. March 01, 1750, Norwich, Connecticut; d. April 20, 1826, Hamilton, New York; m. WILLIAM MURDOCK, July 14, 1774, Lebanon, Connecticut.
vi. SIMON DAINS, b. June 21, 1753.
vii. LEVI DAINS, b. January 09, 1756.
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS1 ROOD was born 1626 in England, and died October 18, 1672 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married SARAH ? January 24, 1647 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. She was born Abt. 1629 in England, and died March 06, 1668 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for THOMAS ROOD:
Source: Savage Genealogical Dictionary, page 572, volume III:
ROOD, Thomas, Norwich, had sev. childr., bef. liv. there; Sarah, b. Oct. 1649; Thomas, Mar 1651; Micah, Feb. 1653; Rachel, Feb. 1655; John, Sept., 1658; Joseph, Mar 1661; Benjamin, Feb., 1663; Mary, Mar.1664, d. soon; and Samuel, June, 1666. His w. d. happi. Mar. 1668, for his dau. Sarah was whip. and he execut. 18 Oct. 1672, as in Trumbull, Col. Rec. II. 184, is detail. Perhaps the name was changed to Rudd or Rude. JOHN, with this latter spelling was a petitnr. 1686, for Preston Townsh.
Source: History of Norwich, Connecticut, from its possession by the indians to the year 1866 by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, page 239:
ROOD. Thomas Rood was an early settler upon the outlands of the township. His wife, Sarah, died in March, 1668, and he in 1672. Nine children are recorded, the dates of birth ranging fron 1649 to 1666, but the place of nativity is not given.
Thomas, Micah, Samuel and George Rood are on the roll of inhabitants in 1702. Micah obtained some local notoriety on account of a pecular variety of apple that he brought to market, which was called from him the Mike apple, and has since been more extensively propagated It is an early species, has a fair outside, an excellent flavor, and each individual apple exhibits somewhere in the pulp a red speck, like a tinge of fresh blood. Several fanciful legends have been contrived to account for this pecularity. Micah Rood died in December, 1728, aged about 76
Notes for SARAH ?:
It has not been proven that her surname was White or Leffingwell.
Children of THOMAS ROOD and SARAH ? are:
2. i. SARAH2 ROOD, b. October 1649, Connecticut; d. January 12, 1716, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
3. ii. THOMAS JR. ROOD, b. March 03, 1651, Norwich, New Londton, Connecticut; d. 1704.
4. iii. MICAH ROOD, b. February 06, 1652, Connecticut; d. December 17, 1728, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
iv. RACHEL ROOD, b. February 1655, Connecticut; m. (1) JEREMIAH BLAKE, 1678, Lyme, Connecticut; m. (2) GEORGE SMITH, 1696, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
5. v. JOHN ROOD, b. September 1658, Connecticut; d. April 14, 1704, Preston, New London, Connecticut.
vi. JOSEPH ROOD, b. March 1661, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. 1661.
6. vii. BENJAMIN ROOD, b. February 1661, Connecticut.
viii. MARY ROOD, b. March 1664; d. March 1664.
7. ix. SAMUEL ROOD, b. June 16, 1666, Connecticut; d. 1742, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Generation No. 2
2. SARAH2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born October 1649 in Connecticut, and died January 12, 1716 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for SARAH ROOD:
The father of her child was her father, Thomas.
Child of SARAH ROOD is:
8. i. GEORGE3 ROOD, b. October 1672, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. March 10, 1744, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
3. THOMAS JR.2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born March 03, 1651 in Norwich, New Londton, Connecticut, and died 1704. He married HANNAH BENHAM May 06, 1684 in New Haven, Connecticut, daughter of JOHN BENHAM and SARAH HURST. She was born January 08, 1660 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, and died October 15, 1695 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for THOMAS JR. ROOD:
Source: Genealogies of Connecticut Families from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 1, page 186
BENHAM, Hannah, b. 8 Jan 1661 NHV (1661/2), 15 Oct 1695 NorwichV; m. 5 May 1684 NorwichV--Thomas Rood
Children of THOMAS ROOD and HANNAH BENHAM are:
9. i. JONATHAN3 ROOD, b. October 09, 1685, Norwidh, New London, Connecticut; d. 1772, Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut.
ii. DANIEL ROOD, b. December 21, 1688.
10. iii. DAVID ROOD, b. December 21, 1688, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
iv. THOMAS ROOD, b. October 23, 1692.
v. HANNAH ROOD, b. October 15, 1695.
4. MICAH2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born February 06, 1652 in Connecticut, and died December 17, 1728 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married SARAH (PEAKE) DAYNS January 15, 1691 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, daughter of WILLIAM PEAKE. She was born 1653.
Notes for MICAH ROOD:
Source: Addenda to the Dains Family Record contributed by Sabria Palmer Lamb of Detroit, Michigan; Note, the following addition to the record of "SOME DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM DAINS AND SARAH PEAKE'...The widow of Abraham Dains, Sarah Peake Dains, married Micah Rood in 1691, and had three children, Mary, Micah and Joseph Rood.
Children of MICAH ROOD and SARAH DAYNS are:
i. MARY3 ROOD, b. May 22, 1693.
ii. MICAH ROOD, b. April 29, 1696.
iii. JOSEPH ROOD, b. December 14, 1698.
5. JOHN2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born September 1658 in Connecticut, and died April 14, 1704 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He married MARY EDDY June 24, 1687 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, daughter of JOHN EDDY and SUSANNA PADDOCK. She was born March 14, 1666 in Taunton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and died 1705 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for JOHN ROOD:
Source: marriage index, Connecticut 1635-1860, family history library film # 1311194, Mary Ede married John Rude June 24, 1687
Children of JOHN ROOD and MARY EDDY are:
11. i. JOHN3 RUDE, b. November 05, 1688, Preston,New London, Connecticut; d. Aft. 1731, Kent Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
12. ii. ZACHARIAH RUDE, b. July 01, 1690, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. February 10, 1795, Preston, New London, Connecticut.
13. iii. JACOB RUDE, b. November 18, 1693, Preston, New London, Connecticut; d. 1741, Plainfield, Connecticut.
iv. MARY RUDE, b. April 15, 1695, Preston, Connecticut; m. ISAAC BRONSON.
v. JOSEPH RUDE, b. November 25, 1698, Preston, New London, Connecticut; m. (1) EXPERIENCE PEASE, February 06, 1722, Enfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; m. (2) DEBORAH PARKE, November 13, 1742, Preston, New London, Connecticut; b. August 10, 1716, Preston, New London, Connecticut.
vi. HANNAH RUDE, b. 1700.
vii. MEHITABLE RUDE, b. October 30, 1701, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; d. Windsor, Connecticut; m. JAMES BRAHAM.
14. viii. NOAH RUDE, b. October 30, 1704, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1791, Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
6. BENJAMIN2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born February 1661 in Connecticut. He married MARY WILLIAMS June 07, 1690 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Children of BENJAMIN ROOD and MARY WILLIAMS are:
i. SARAH3 ROOD, b. 1692.
ii. ABIGAIL ROOD, b. 1695.
7. SAMUEL2 ROOD (THOMAS1) was born June 16, 1666 in Connecticut, and died 1742 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married MARY MARINER May 20, 1690 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, daughter of THOMAS MARINER. She was born May 20, 1668 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died December 30, 1715 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Children of SAMUEL ROOD and MARY MARINER are:
15. i. SAMUEL3 ROOD, b. March 20, 1691, Norwich, New London,Connecticut; d. March 30, 1778, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut,.
ii. ELIZABETH ROOD, b. December 31, 1692, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. December 31, 1692.
16. iii. JABEZ ROOD, b. February 07, 1693, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; d. May 17, 1760, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
iv. JOB ROOD, b. April 1696.
v. MARY ROOD, b. May 1703, Norwidh, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1755; m. SAMUEL PARISH, July 06, 1724, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; b. October 12, 1700, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; d. 1785.
vi. ABIGAIL ROOD, b. March 30, 1705; m. ALEXANDER MACKAY, February 10, 1726, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut; b. Abt. 1705, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut.
vii. MERCY ROOD, b. May 1709, Norwich, Connecticut; m. BENAJMAIN PARISH, January 29, 1735.
17. viii. MARINER ROOD, b. August 12, 1712, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. April 07, 1777, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
18. ix. ELIZABETH ROOD, b. April 19, 1715, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Generation No. 3
8. GEORGE3 ROOD (SARAH2, THOMAS1) was born October 1672 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died March 10, 1744 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married HANNAH BUSH July 1702 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, daughter of THOMAS HALL and SUSANNAH BUSH. She was born in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, and died January 01, 1744 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.
Children of GEORGE ROOD and HANNAH BUSH are:
i. EBENEZER4 RUDE, b. February 21, 1703, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; d. December 20, 1785, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; m. MARY GREENE, May 09, 1726, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut; b. July 18, 1701, Canterbury, Connecticut.
Notes for EBENEZER RUDE:
source for marriage is Early Connecticut Marriages, second book, Canterbury, New Haven Second Church, page 122
ii. ISAAC ROOD, b. March 26, 1707, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; m. ABIGAIL LENARD, July 04, 1722, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.
iii. SOLOMON ROOD, b. 1709, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. October 31, 1756, Lake George, Warren, New York; m. SARAH DAINS, March 27, 1733, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; b. September 08, 1709, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. July 1772, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.
iv. HANNAH ROOD, b. July 10, 1712; d. July 1727.
v. SIMEON ROOD, b. August 16, 1714; d. July 1727.
vi. KEZIAH RUDE, b. December 28, 1716, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. Norwich, Connecticut; m. AARON S. CHAPMAN, July 24, 1739, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; b. July 12, 1718.
vii. EXPERIENCE ROOD, b. January 20, 1719; d. March 1756.
viii. THANKFUL ROOD, b. February 02, 1721; d. January 20, 1735.
9. JONATHAN3 ROOD (THOMAS JR.2, THOMAS1) was born October 09, 1685 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died 1772 in Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut. He married MARGARET ROWE October 06, 1708 in Preston, Connecticut.
Children of JONATHAN ROOD and MARGARET ROWE are:
i. EBENEZER4 ROOD, b. October 11, 1711, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut; m. ANNA WHITNEY, 1733; b. 1713, Windham, Connecticut.
ii. HANNAH ROOD, b. May 22, 1718, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut; d. January 29, 1749.
iii. MARY ROOD, b. February 21, 1719, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut; m. JOHN TURNER, April 04, 1738.
iv. MARGRIT ROOD, b. May 01, 1720, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
v. THANKFUL ROOD, b. March 06, 1721, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut; m. BENJAMIN KINNE.
vi. AZARIAH ROOD, b. March 17, 1724, Stafford, Connecticut; d. February 28, 1795, Jericho, Chittenden, Vermont; m. (1) DESIRE PRIME, April 12, 1750, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. Bef. 1767; m. (2) LYDIA DRAKELEY, 1767; b. January 12, 1730, Woodbury, Connecticut; d. May 02, 1798, Jericho, Vermont.
Notes for AZARIAH ROOD:
Source:The History of Jericho, Vermont, edited by Chauncey H. Hayden, Luther C. Stevens, LaFayette Wilbur, Rev. S. H. Barnum, page 616:
The Rood Family by Gertrude Rood and L. F. Wilbur
Azariah Rood was b. of Scotch descent. His ancestors lived in, or near Edinburgh, afterward removing to America. Azariah was b. in 1724 in Stafford, Conn., but came to Jericho from Lanesboro, Mass., and purchased a large tract of land on Onion River, now called the "Barber farm," and removed his large family to what was then a wilderness. His family was the third that had settled in the townshp in 1774. He was one of the first six freemen, first selectman of the town and first deacon of the "Church in Jericho."
During the war his house was, for a time, the most northerly post in the state guarded by American troops, but the family was obliged to return to Lanesboro and abandon the new home--driven to this by the cowardice of Capt., Fawcett, commander of the post. There has been much discussion in Vermont history respecting the conduct of Capt. Fawcett upon this occasion, and attempts have been made to justify him, but the facts of the case as heard from Thomas D. Rood (eldest son of Azariah), who was a man, and an interested actor in the affair, convinced us that Capt. Fawcett was a coward.
When they left Jericho they buried all the household effects they could safely leave in this way, but were obliged to leave in the house their feather beds--the greatest luxury they could have in this cold climte. When they returned to Vermont, after peace was declared, the beds were all missing, and they heard from some reliable source that a party of Indians came to the house and not finding much there, but these beds, carried them out of doors and cut them open, dancing with great merriment as they saw the feathers flying in every direction.
William, a son of Azariah Rood, was in the army at Burlington, Vt. The commander of the post had dispatches of importance which he wished to send across Lake Champlain to Plattsburgh, another military post. It was late in November, the lake rough, and the risk so great he could not order anyone to go, but calling his company together told them the circumstances, and asked if anyone would volunteer for the service. Rood said, "I am ready to make the attempt, " and started alone in an open boat. He reached Grand Isle safely, but in attempting to turn his boat to go down the lake to Plattsburgh, it was instantly capsized. He was never seen to rise by those who were watching him from the Vermont shore.
The family, which was a large one, lived there, clearing the land and making improvements until 1789. Azariah Rood d. in 1795, "but left to fill his place his son, Thomas Drakely Rood, who served the town in almost every responsible civil capacity," and was one of the two deacons of the Congregational Church. He m. and had a large family. He was very much interested when the movement was made to found Burlington college, now Vermont University, and made the second donation for this purpose--a pair of oxen. Before any of his sons were ready to enter, Middlebury College was established and in a flourishng condition, so they went there, two graduating and a third just ready to enter when he d. after a short illness.
Thomas Drakely Rood, with his son, Lewis, removed to Wisconsin in 1838 and d. there.
The first named Azariah Rood, one of the three pioneers of Jericho in 1774, was b. in 1724 at Stafford, Conn., and m. Ruth Prime about 1750. She d., and he ma. 2 Lydia Drakely about 1776. He d. in February, 1795. They had four children; Thomas Drakely, b. Dec. 15, 1767; Desire, b. Aug., 16, 1769; William, b. February, 1771; and Lydia, b. October, 1773, all b. at Lanesboro, Mass.
Thomas Rood, m. Sarah Bradley, March 9, 1789 and d. October, 1855. They had eleven children, viz.: Two boys who d. young; Azariah, b. 1792; Heman, b. 1794, d. 1882; Levi, b. 1796; Thomas D., b. 1798, d. 1825; Orlin, b. 1800; Anson, b. 1802; Ruel, b. 1806; Lewis, b. 1809; Sarah, b.---
5. Levi Rood, above named, m. Almira Lincoln and d. Dec. 27, 1832. Their children were, viz.: Dennis, b. 1817, d. 1847, who m. Melissa Benham in 1837; Eliza, b. 1819, d. 1876; Edwin, b. 1821, d. 1850; Orlin, b. 1822, d. February 18, 1881; Thomas D., b. 1824, d. 1909; and Lavira, b. 1829, m. Geo. Burnham, who d., in Civil War, 4 children, Orville, Ida, Laura and George. She d. 1892.
(a) Dennis m. Melissa Benham in 1837 and d. 1847
(b) Eliza, daughter of Levi, m. Harvey Ward in 1841 and d. in 1876. Their children were: (1) Almira, b. 1843, m. Edson Hilton, and m. 2 H. Henry and had one child, Edwin W., She m. 3 Royal Mead. Both are dead. (2) Edwin, b. 1845, m. Lucia Wells. He d. (3) Flora, m. Hoyt White. They had four children Harvey Ward's first wife was -----Lane and they had two children: Byron C. and Sarah. Sarah M. Marshall Jones and Bryon C. m. Ellen Cilley.
(d) Orlin Rood, m. Laura, the daughter of Silas Benham of Jericho and they had two children, viz.: Dennis E. and Almyra. Melissa and Laura were sisters. Dennis E., b. 1848, m. Effie J. Balch in 1875 and they had three children, viz.: Maud, Madge and Helen (see the Balch family). Laura d. 1915, aged 90. Almyra, b. 1854, d. 1882. She m. Henry Buxton and had two children: Laura and Almyra
(e) Thomas D., son of Levi, m. Eliza Mears in 1858 at Milton, Vt. She d. in 1914. They had six children: one d. in infancy; Levi D., b. 1861, m. Bertha Allen of Burlington, no children, d. 1910; Milo M., b. 1863, m. Emma Mears, no children; Gertrude E., b. 1865; Mary W., b. 1870; and Arthur L., b. 1874, m. Helen E. Jackson, 3 children, Clark J., Jean A. and Thomas Drakely.
4 and 8. The said Heman and Anson became Congregational ministers. They graduated from Middlebury College (see Clergymen).
10. Lewis Rood, m. Orissa Blackman, and d. in 1870. Their children were: Wealthy, b. 1834; Judson, b. 1837; Albert, b. 1850. Lewis Rood, the husband of Orissa above mentioned, owned the old Truman Chittenden Galusha farm that is woned now by John Schillhammer. He sold the farm and moved to the West. His dau., Wealthy, m. Newell Blakeley of Jericho.
Levi Rood, the son of Thomas Rood, d. while living on the Edgar Barber farm, which was the same farm that Azariah Rood purchased and lived on when he came to Jericho in 1774
history ended on page 619
Source for marriage to Desire Prime is FHL library film #1491338
Source: A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in two parts, the first part being a general view of the county and the second part being an account of several of the towns by gentlemen in the county, clergymen and laymen..printed by Samuel W. Bush in Pittsfield in 1829: page 33a, (Lanesborough)
Deacon Azariah Rood removed to Vermont
More About AZARIAH ROOD:
Burial: Jericho, Chittenden, Vermont
vii. ISAAC ROOD, b. March 23, 1725, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
viii. ZEBULON ROOD, b. June 10, 1728, Stafford, Connecticut.
ix. ANNA ROOD, b. April 02, 1730, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
x. HANNAH ROOD, b. April 02, 1730, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
xi. ABIGAIL ROOD, b. November 30, 1733, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
10. DAVID3 ROOD (THOMAS JR.2, THOMAS1) was born December 21, 1688 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married JOANNA PARKE.
Child of DAVID ROOD and JOANNA PARKE is:
i. SIMEON4 ROOD, m. JERUSHA ROCKWELL.
11. JOHN3 RUDE (JOHN2 ROOD, THOMAS1) was born November 05, 1688 in Preston,New London, Connecticut, and died Aft. 1731 in Kent Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He married MARY LESTER September 11, 1714 in Preston, Connecticut, daughter of TIMOTHY LESTER and ABIGAIL RACHEL. She was born 1690 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
Children of JOHN RUDE and MARY LESTER are:
i. HANNAH4 RUDE, b. January 21, 1716.
Notes for HANNAH RUDE:
Source: LDS pedigree chart
ii. OLIVER RUDE, m. SILENCE STARKWEATHER.
iii. NATHAN RUDE, b. November 29, 1718, Preston, Connecticut; d. May 11, 1761, Preston, Connecticut; m. THANKFUL TRACY, April 30, 1741, Preston, Connecticut.
iv. ESTHER RUDE, b. December 16, 1720, Preston, Connecticut; m. FRANCIS TRACY, July 31, 1740, Preston, Connecticut.
v. CALEB RUDE, b. January 08, 1722; d. Aft. 1790; m. ELIZABETH STARKWEATHER, September 24, 1747.
Notes for CALEB RUDE:
Source: LDS pedigree
Marriage Notes for CALEB RUDE and ELIZABETH STARKWEATHER:
marraige record found in Second Church of Stonington Congregational Church records. Rude spelled as Rhodes.
vi. MEHITABLE RUDE, b. April 23, 1725, Preston, Connecticut; d. February 10, 1820, Wellsboro, Chemung, N.Y.; m. ISAAC TRACY, July 13, 1742, Preston, Connecticut; b. April 09, 1716, Preston, Connecticut; d. April 05, 1786, Goshen, Orange County, NY.
vii. MARY RUDE, b. May 19, 1727, Preston, Connecticut; m. TIMOTHY CLARK.
viii. RACHEL RUDE, b. March 12, 1728; m. THOMAS DAVIDSON.
ix. OLIVE RUDE, b. May 14, 1731, Preston, Connecticut; m. BENJAMIN KENNEDY.
12. ZACHARIAH3 RUDE (JOHN2 ROOD, THOMAS1) was born July 01, 1690 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died February 10, 1795 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He married DOROTHY DOWNING November 21, 1727 in Preston, Connecticut.
Children of ZACHARIAH RUDE and DOROTHY DOWNING are:
i. DOROTHY4 RUDE.
ii. LYDIA RUDE.
iii. MOSES RUDE.
iv. ZACHARIAH RUDE, b. March 21, 1728.
v. JAMES RUDE, b. May 10, 1730; m. LYDIA.
vi. ELIZABETH RUDE, b. February 04, 1731.
vii. ZEPHANIAH RUDE, b. January 20, 1733; d. April 01, 1813; m. OLIVE PHELPS, January 06, 1765; b. July 08, 1742; d. November 24, 1818.
viii. JASON RUDE, b. 1744.
13. JACOB3 RUDE (JOHN2 ROOD, THOMAS1) was born November 18, 1693 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, and died 1741 in Plainfield, Connecticut. He married JEMIMA PARKE February 23, 1713 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, daughter of ROBERT PARKE and MARY ROSE. She was born July 01, 1694 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Children of JACOB RUDE and JEMIMA PARKE are:
i. JOSEPH4 RUDE, m. DEBORAH PARKE; b. August 10, 1716, Preston, New London, Connecticut.
ii. MARY RUDE.
iii. ZACHARIAH RUDE.
iv. JACOB RUDE, b. August 17, 1715, Preston, New London, Connecticut; m. REBECCA PARKE.
v. STEPHEN RUDE, b. November 10, 1717, Preston, Connecticut; m. MARY HARRIS, March 03, 1718; b. March 03, 1718; d. November 11, 1754.
vi. JOHN RUDE, b. June 17, 1720, Preston, Connecticut.
vii. SUSANNA RUDE, b. September 11, 1729, Preston, Connecticut.
viii. ROBERT RUDE, b. April 11, 1732, Preston, Connecticut.
ix. JEMIMA RUDE, b. July 05, 1735, Preston, Connecticut.
x. DOROTHY RUDE, b. September 14, 1738, Preston, Connecticut.
14. NOAH3 RUDE (JOHN2 ROOD, THOMAS1) was born October 30, 1704 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died Abt. 1791 in Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He married PHOEBE WORDEN. She was born 1710.
Children of NOAH RUDE and PHOEBE WORDEN are:
i. CALEB4 RUDE, b. 1737; m. ANN WADE.
ii. MARY RUDE, m. DAVID LEWIS.
iii. JOHN RUDE.
iv. SAMUEL RUDE.
v. ZELAH RUDE.
vi. JESSE RUDE, d. 1791, Nelson County, Kentucky; m. MARY ANN ASHBY, 1772.
vii. ASHER RUDE, m. ELIZABETH WOODBURN.
15. SAMUEL3 ROOD (SAMUEL2, THOMAS1) was born March 20, 1691 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died March 30, 1778 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut,. He married MARY LAMBERT May 14, 1715 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. She was born January 30, 1690 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for SAMUEL ROOD:
Source: Records of Congregational Church in Canterbury, Connecticut, page 95
1715 May 4, Samuel Rood the Son of Samuel Rood senr and Mary Rood his Wife ye Daughter of Lamberd all of Norwich were married at my house.
Children of SAMUEL ROOD and MARY LAMBERT are:
i. BENAJAH4 ROOD, b. July 05, 1716, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; m. SARAH SMITH, May 28, 1747, New Haven Second Church, New Haven, Connecticut; b. September 21, 1728, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut,.
Notes for BENAJAH ROOD:
Is this the correct Benajah Rood?
Source: Memorials of a Century, embracing a record of individuals and events chieflyin The Early History of Bennington, VT and its First Church by Isaac Jennings, pastor of the church, published in Boston by Gould and Lincoln, 59 Washington Stree, 1869.
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The first public meeting in Bennington, whose minutes are preserved, --a proprietors' meeting,--was held on February 11, 1762, --one year lacking a day before the treaty was signed ceding the province of Canada to the British Government, and so ending the formidable French war. Therefore, anticipating the termination of this war, immigration had begun to press upward along the western slopes of these mountains. The first immigration had reached here seven months and twenty-three days before this proprietors' meeting, June 18, 1761. It consisted of the families of
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Peter Harwood, Eleazer Harwood, Samuel Pratt and Timothy Pratt, from Amherst, Mass.; Leonard Robinson and Samuel Robinson, Jr., from Hardwick, Mass. The party, including women and children, numbered twenty-two. During that summer and fall other families to the number of twenty or thirty came into town, among whom were those of Samuel Robinson, Sen., and John Fassett, from Hardwick, Mass.; Joseph Safford, John Smith, John Brunham, and Benajah Rood, from Newint, Conn.; Elisha Field, and Samuel Montague, from Sunderland, Mass.; James Breakenridge, Ebenezer Wood, Samuel and Oliver Scott, Joseph Wickwire, and Samuel Atwood. In that winter, January 12, the first child was born in the settlement, Benjamin Harwood, a very worthy and intelligent citizen, whose death did not occur until January 22, 1852, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years, connecting vividly the distant period with our times.
ii. SARAH ROOD, b. May 04, 1718.
iii. TABITHA ROOD, b. May 15, 1720.
16. JABEZ3 ROOD (SAMUEL2, THOMAS1) was born February 07, 1693 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, and died May 17, 1760 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. He married (1) MEHITABEL STANDISH March 20, 1716 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, daughter of JOSIAH STANDISH and SARAH CARY. She was born abt. 1693 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, and died bef. April 24, 1743. He married (2) MINDWELL ALLIS Aft. 1743.
Notes for JABEZ ROOD:
Source for birth dates and names of children is: Mayflower Vital Records
Children of JABEZ ROOD and MEHITABEL STANDISH are:
i. ASA4 ROOD, b. March 20, 1717, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. July 20, 1740, Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. MARY CALKINS, January 24, 1740, Connecticut; b. September 08, 1720, Hebron, New London, Connecticut; d. June 11, 1782.
Notes for ASA ROOD:
Source for marriage: Early Connecticut Marriages, Second Book, Lebanon, New Haven Second Church, page 41: Asa Rood and Mary Calkin, Jan. 24, 1740
ii. RUFUS ROOD, b. July 05, 1719; m. (1) SARAH SWEETLAND; b. February 20, 1719, Lebanon, Connecticut; m. (2) ABIGAIL STANDISH, December 29, 1743; b. February 09, 1717, Preston, New London, Connecticut.
iii. MEHITABLE ROOD, b. October 23, 1721.
iv. JABEZ ROOD, b. 1724.
v. JOSIAH STANDISH ROOD, b. July 17, 1726, Lisbon, Connecticut; d. June 07, 1808, Ashfield, Massachusetts; m. MARY FOSTER, May 08, 1749, Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut; b. October 12, 1725, Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut; d. Ashfield, Massachusetts.
vi. JEREMIAH ROOD, b. January 12, 1728, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1816, Columbia, Connecticut; m. HANNAH BRIGGS, May 10, 1753, Lebanon, Connecticut; d. 1778.
Notes for JEREMIAH ROOD:
Source of children's names and birth dates: Mayflower Vital Records, Deeds and Wills, 1600s-1900s from the files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants by Susan E. Roser, published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.
vii. LYDIA ROOD, b. September 12, 1731.
viii. EUNICE ROOD, b. June 23, 1734.
17. MARINER3 ROOD (SAMUEL2, THOMAS1) was born August 12, 1712 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died April 07, 1777 in Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He married MARY CORNISH July 18, 1744 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, daughter of JAMES CORNISH and HANNAH HILLIARD. She was born March 19, 1724 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, and died February 12, 1800 in Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Children of MARINER ROOD and MARY CORNISH are:
i. MARINER II4 ROOD, b. April 05, 1745, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. January 14, 1832, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. (1) MARY KINNE, November 30, 1768, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; b. July 17, 1751, Preston, New London, Connecticut; d. August 14, 1811, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. (2) REBECCA CURTIS, Aft. 1811.
ii. JAMES ROOD, b. 1746; d. October 03, 1837, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio; m. MARTHA TUTTLE, 1767.
iii. MARY ROOD, b. March 11, 1747; m. THEOPHILUS FENN, 1768.
iv. ELIJAH ROOD, b. September 09, 1748, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. October 03, 1837, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio; m. MARTHA STEPHENS, November 22, 1770, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; b. September 22, 1750, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Marietta, Washington County, Ohio.
v. LYDIA ROOD, b. August 30, 1752; m. NATHAN NEWELL, March 15, 1773.
vi. ROGER ROOD, b. April 30, 1755, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. May 24, 1849, Lenox, Astabula County, Ohio; m. ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, June 02, 1779; b. December 15, 1759.
vii. DAVID ROOD, b. October 31, 1757, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; d. June 09, 1830, East Cannan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; m. LUCRETIA STOW, June 1779, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut; b. December 13, 1758; d. December 05, 1853.
18. ELIZABETH3 ROOD (SAMUEL2, THOMAS1) was born April 19, 1715 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. She married JAMES DAINS October 11, 1738 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, son of EPHRAIM DAINS and SARAH PASMOUTH. He was born July 28, 1716 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, and died September 24, 1799 in Lebanon, Connecticut.
Children of ELIZABETH ROOD and JAMES DAINS are:
i. JERUSHA4 DAINS, b. January 20, 1739.
ii. ANNE DAINS, b. March 25, 1741.
iii. JAMES DAINS, b. August 16, 1743.
iv. ELIZABETH DAINS, b. November 16, 1748.
v. SARAH DAINS, b. March 01, 1750, Norwich, Connecticut; d. April 20, 1826, Hamilton, New York; m. WILLIAM MURDOCK, July 14, 1774, Lebanon, Connecticut.
vi. SIMON DAINS, b. June 21, 1753.
vii. LEVI DAINS, b. January 09, 1756.