Rudkin

[MickMac]

With the help of a very kind lady in London, I know have a quite comprehensive tree of Rudkins in Leicestershire from 1615 to the early 1800's. i anyone wants any information, please let me know.

[lushbrown]

hi, i have rudkins in barrow on soar and have quite a lot of info on those.there are also rudkins in quorn and mountsorrel but i did not get far enough back to make a connection as got stuck with too many thomas rudkins born around 1840.i would be grateful if you could let me know if the barrow and mountsorrel ones are related,ihave some info to suggest some mountsorrel rudkins went to americabut not sure if related to my tree. i have thomas rudkin on 1841 age 30 frame work knitter common nook ,barrow on soar he is my ggggranddad.any info greatly appreciated,elaine

[MickMac]

The curse of the Thomas Rudkins  I have the same problem in my tree. Barrow on Soar, Quorn, Mountsorrel etc are all within a few miles of each other so nearly all of the Rudkins have a common origin. The furthest back I've got is Matthew Rudkin born 1615 and living in Barrow on Soar. All the later ones can be traced back to him.

Now the problems - Thomas seems to be the most common name in every generation. Your Thomas may (note may) be the son of Samuel and Ann Rudkin of Barrow. He may also be a cousin of the Samuel's son Thomas.

I'll do a more thorough check later but I hope that's helped.

Mick

[lushbrown]

hi again ,thanks for the reply i will also go and check through my stuff and see if i can tie it all in.ihave also got some info on matthew rudkin but got stuck on thomas so couldnt bring them altogether ,the thomas thing is what led me to give up as all the births for mountsorrel quorn barrow come under the same reg dist so i got tied in knots with it.i am from the area and am curious to know which village they originated from,thanks again,elaine

[teetopcat]

Hi my grandfather was patrick Rudkins all i know is that he had a brother Thomas and Jo and a sister Mary they lived Gowran near Kilkenny. I can't find any information on them at all. I know that the Rudkins name is mainly English and i would like to find out where the connection to ireland is, if anyone can help,
Theresa

[MickMac]

The Irish Rudkins arrive in Ireland with the Crowellian resettlement in the 1650's.

I read somewhere that the original settler was Henry Rudkin buried in St. Lazerians church in Ireland. I don't know if he was from Leicestershire but it's a fair bet.

[teetopcat]

thanks mick mac
Theresa

[MickMac]

Actually if you enter Henry Rudkin and Ireland in Google you get a lot of hits and a lot of talk about the Irish Rudkins being landed gentry. There are whole family trees to look through!

Good luck

[beekeeperal]

Now....where do I start???

I also believe that I am descended from Matthew Rudkin (d.1678).

I have a family tree from then until now although am not quite sure how accurate it is.

Would anyone like to swap their tree to see if we have anything in common - or anything that we can help each other with?

Did Matthew have a son called John (who married a Mary)? If so I believe that I am descended from him and then in turn his son Samuel.

If anyone can help or would like to talk further please get in touch.

Many best wishes

Alan