Rash's Surname Index
Notes for John RUDOLPH
John Rudolph was born in Philadelphia about 1760, on a farm at what is now Eighth and Spring Garden Streets, and died in 1838. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, being Second Lieutenant Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment when captured at Fort Washington, Nov. 16, 1776. His name is given in
a list of prisoners billetted at Flat Bush in August, 1778.
In recognition of the hardships of his long imprisonment he was raised to the rank of First Lieutenant. He lived at Burlington, N. J., and in Philadelphia, where he was a well-known merchant. He was a member of St. Joseph's Church, at Fourth and Willing's Alley, and was organist there for several years. In 1806 he bought one hundred acres of land in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pa. He is buried
in St. Mary's Church-yard, Fourth and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia.
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