Benjamin R. SCUDDER

                   SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 73410AND 214001.  DR. BENJAMIN R. SCUDDER-GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK, WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS M.D. DEGREE.  HE PURCHASED A LARGE TRACT OF LAND FROM THE WIDOW OF CAPTAIN NIELL, KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF PRINCETON, DURILNG THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.  THE FARM WAS ON THE PASSAIC RIVER IN ACQUACKONONK TOWNSHIP, NOW PASSAIC PARK SECTION OF PASSAIC CITY..  DR. SCUDDER AND HIS WIFE SALLY WERE BURIED IN THE DUTCH REFORM CEMETARY, ACQUACKONONK TOWNSHIP, AFTERWARD RIVER ROAD, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY.  ROUTE 20 (N0W OCCUPIES THAT SPOT) AS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS.  (1972).  A PLACE OF HISTORIC FAME WHERE WASHINGTON ESCAPED ON HIS RETREAT, AS THE LOCAL PATRIOTS BURNED DOWN THE BRIDGE ACROSS PASSAIC TO PREVENT CAPTURE BY THE BRITISH. ACQUACKONONK LANDING IS ON THE PASSAIC RIVER.