tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9580689.post322345440833784464..comments2023-12-09T16:28:03.715-06:00Comments on Burlingham Rudd ~Town of Holt, County of Norfolk, England: South Carolina Rudds ~ Part 3Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9580689.post-66030414557965522782012-04-30T14:23:07.779-05:002012-04-30T14:23:07.779-05:00Janice,
I wasn’t arguing with you. I was providin...Janice,<br /><br />I wasn’t arguing with you. I was providing you with what I already know so that you can pursue the correct Rudd family. You are not the first person to make the mistaken assumption that the George Lounsdell Rudd family in St. James Goose Creek, SC is related to the Margaret Rudd who married Patrick Crawford and relocated to St. Tammany Parish, LA. But I see you need more of a detailed explanation. <br /><br />The narrative in my blog that you found is a part of my archives. There are many myths that have been passed along as facts about my Burlingham Rudd family. I have spent years investigating each one of them. The results of my investigations are contained in my blog archives. I am now writing a chronology of the Burlingham Rudd family. The assumption that your Margaret Rudd was one of my Burlingham Rudd family members is one of those myths that I investigated years ago. <br /><br />Eventually, I found a Patrick Crawford family researcher. She told me that Margaret Rudd was from Belfast Ireland. I now see that the information about her birth country has been added to this myth. I would suggest that since the Margaret Rudd you are looking for was born in Belfast Ireland, as was her father, I’d look towards Belfast Ireland where she was born in order to find her family. Perhaps, if you can locate a researcher for the Patrick Crawford line, they might be able to help you. But pursuing a connection between your Margaret Rudd and my George Lounsdell Rudd won’t connect them because they are not connected. As you point out, the similar names and locations do make for an interesting coincidence. <br /><br />Our Rudd family progenitor, Burlingham Rudd, was from Holt, Norfolk, England. He was arrested for stealing a horse and sentenced to transportation in 1728 to the SC colony. He finished his seven year sentence, married and began a family. In 1745/6, he took his family to Anson Co., NC. He had two surviving sons, Burlingham Jr. and George Lounsdell. <br /><br />On December 31, 1787 his son, George Lounsdell, sold his homestead in Anson and migrated to GA along the Savannah River. In 1797, he migrated to St. James Goose Creek Parish, Charleston Co., SC. As you said to me in your first comment, Margaret Rudd was born in 1773 in Belfast, Ireland. How is it possible that George Lounsdell Rudd sired a daughter in 1773 Belfast, Ireland while he was raising a family in Anson Co., NC? And since his son, George Jr., would be about the same age as your Margaret, it’s not possible that he traveled to Belfast, Ireland and sired a daughter either. <br /><br />Yes, George Lounsdell purchased a tract of land at Four Holes Swamp that had been previously surveyed for a Benjamin Singletary. He didn’t buy it from Singletary, he bought a tract of land that Singletary didn’t purchase after it had been surveyed. I’ve not researched the Singletary family to determine what happened to Benjamin, but I would not be surprised that he purchased a plantation in St. Tammany Parish, LA and took his slaves there, especially since you say that Crawford was once a neighbor of Singletary in SC. Historically speaking, many plantation owners in SC relocated to Louisiana, as well as, Mississippi and Alabama in the early years of the 1800s and took slaves with them. They were anxious to get ahead of the mass migrations and get the best land they could find. Their slaves were experienced and needed no training and little supervision. SC was the largest slave holding State after the Revolution. Normally, they left those plantations with an overseer, came back to their homestead, and only returned occasionally. The fact that Benjamin died in SC seems to indicate that was the case and he left his son as the overseer in St. Tammany Parish. <br /><br />I hope I have helped you get on the right tract. There is nothing more disappointing than to follow the wrong trail, then find out you’ve wasted time and energy. I’ve spent many years undoing poorly researched assumptions.Linda Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742719910261037833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9580689.post-70621228727473166642012-04-28T23:29:21.241-05:002012-04-28T23:29:21.241-05:00Hey:) Thanks for all the info. I am not here to ...Hey:) Thanks for all the info. I am not here to argue but for us to put together what we do know to figure out what is right. I find also that benjamin Singletary as mentioned here has heirs here that eventually married into Margeret Rudds' family. I find that connection too interesting. The lounsdell Rudd and Benjamin Singletary were neighbors in SC right? well, we find that Benjamin Singletary died and left many slaves down here in st tammany parish for his son to deal with that is recorded through our court house. I honestly think there is a relation. What can I do to help you to determine if it is the same families or not? Also, Patrick Crawford, who was Margeret's husband, was Benjamin Singletary's neighbor. A court case here in our parish documents that benjamin had died in SC and his son here was dealing with his estate and Patrick Crawford spoke in court and said that he lived next door to Benjamin prior to moving down here.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569675802493108530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9580689.post-81104937518736504152012-03-28T20:37:45.694-05:002012-03-28T20:37:45.694-05:00Hi Janice,
Thanks for stopping by and complimenti...Hi Janice,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and complimenting my blog. <br /><br />You might be right about Margaret Rudd and her father George Rudd being from Belfast, Ireland. I don’t really know. I do know that Margaret secured a passport to travel to Louisiana with her father and she married Peter Crawford and settled in St. Tammany Parish, LA. <br /><br />Many years ago I followed up on the theory that she was Margaret the daughter of George Lounsdell Rudd by contacting a family researcher of the St. Tammany Parish Rudd family and they confirmed for me what I had suspected. She was, not only, not George Lounsdell’s daughter; she wasn’t related to the Burlingham Rudd family at all. The George Rudd in the records for St. Tammany Parish, LA is not George Lounsdell Rudd. Nor was he the son of George Lounsdell named as George Jr. in the 1797 Screven Co., GA deed that was actually a transfer of of property that was recorded in Charleston, SC. It was most likely filed as part of the dissolution of George Lounsdell’s property. Our George Lounsdell Rudd did die sometime around May 1804 in Charleston Co., SC. He left several descendents in South Carolina, some still live there today. The Savannah River is probably the closes to Louisiana George Lounsdell ever got. <br /><br />Burlingham Rudd was from Norfolk, England. His children were born in Georgetown, SC, except perhaps George Lounsdell who might have been born in Anson Co., NC after they migrated there. <br /><br />One of the reasons I started my blog was to address the many myths about the Burlingham Rudd family.Linda Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742719910261037833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9580689.post-9004779590745181562012-03-28T18:47:57.497-05:002012-03-28T18:47:57.497-05:00Margaret Rudd was born in 1773 in Belfast, Ireland...Margaret Rudd was born in 1773 in Belfast, Ireland. She married Patrick Crawford who was born in 1768 also in Belfast, Ireland. Margeret's father was George Lounsdale Rudd which was living in SC during the 1790 census. He was born in 1740 in Anson Co, NC and died in 1804. George was the son of Burlingham Rudd that was born in 1705 in Norfolk, Poringland, Burlingham parish england. <br /><br />Margaret married Patrick Crawford in South Carolina and on April 4, 1812 A passport was issued for Mr. George Rudd and Patrick Crawford with Patrick's wife and 6 children.. The passport is in the Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823 it states they were from the Charleston dist of South Carolina. Patrick Crawford and Margaret was awarded a spanish land grant in St. Tammany Parish Louisiana in 1812. Benjamin Singletary has many offsprings also in St. tammany parish. George Rudd has land grants here as well. <br /><br />I'm on facebook as Janice O'Berry. Hope to hear from you soon. Great site:)Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569675802493108530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9580689.post-26816938943748407382010-05-06T16:40:59.998-05:002010-05-06T16:40:59.998-05:00My husband is descended from Jackson Rudd, son of ...My husband is descended from Jackson Rudd, son of Burlington Rudd III. You may contact me at <br />PatriciaBrittWhite@gmail.comPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06644911280956163645noreply@blogger.com