Gershom Rust and Mary Cooley

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Husband Gershom Rust ¹

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           Born: Abt Mar 1738
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           Died: 8 Oct 1823 - Chester, Hampden Co, MA 1
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         Father: Daniel Rust (1711-      ) 1
         Mother: Anna White (      -1747) 1

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       Marriage: 28 Oct 1761 - Springfield, Hampden Co, MA 1

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Wife Mary Cooley ¹

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           Died: Abt 1829 - Mayfield, Fulton Co, NY
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Children

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1 F Anna Rust ¹

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           Born: 1 Nov 1762 1
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           Died: 6 Jun 1808 - Norwich Twp, New London Co, CT 1
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         Spouse: Elisha Stanton (1754-1813) 1
           Marr: Chester, Hampden Co, MA

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2 M Justin Rust ¹

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           Born: 23 Apr 1764 1
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         Spouse: Margaret Clark (      -      ) 1

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3 M Quartus Rust ¹

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           Born: 30 Jan 1766 1
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         Spouse: Lois Terre (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Anna Rust (      -      ) 1

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4 M Gershom Rust ¹

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           Born: Mar 1770 - Chester, Hampden Co, MA 1
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           Died: 27 Aug 1851 - Shelby, Orleans Co, NY 1
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         Spouse: Sarah Matthews (      -      ) 1

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5 M Joseph Ashley Rust ¹

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           Born: 27 Apr 1778 1
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         Spouse: Louise Bonner (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Gershom Rust

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He was born in Coventry, Connecticut, or Southampton, Massachusetts. After his marriage he moved to Ches­ter where he died. He was a carpenter and farmer. He served in the Rev­olutionary War with the rank of sergeant, marching from home, October 21, 1776, in Captain Shepard's company, Colonel John Moseley's regiment, under command on the march to Mount Independence of Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy Robertson. He again marched in the same company on the “Ben­nington Alarm.”

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 166.