John SCUDDER
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 5130,1052. ANCESTRAL FILE. JOHN SETTLED IN ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY. HE CHANGED HIS ABODE FROM NEWTOWN, LONG ISLAND TO THAT PART OF ELIZABETHTOWN TOWNSHIP NOW KNOWN AS WESTFIELD IN 1698. HIS WIFE SURVIVED HIM BY MANY YEARS, DYING AT A VERY ADVANCE AGE ON 10 APR 1784. HIS WILL DATED 13 JAN 1738/39 AND PROVED 25 APR 1739 NAMES HIS WIFE AND TEN CHILDREN. (JOHN, RICHARD, SAMUEL, THOMAS, ELIZABETH, KEZIAH, ANNA, MARY, JOANNA AND PHEBE) GENEALOGY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF TRENTON AND EWING NEW JERSEY, COOLEY. FHL 974.965 D2G, PAGES 226-228. THE ANCESTRAL FILE SHOWES BENJAMIN AS A CHILD, HOWEVER THE SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS DO NOT LIST A "BENJAMIN." THE SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS SHOW A DAUGHTER, SARAH, HOWEVER THE ANCESTRAL FILE DOES NOT.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246 PAGE 5130 AND 8500. ANCESTRAL FILE. OTHER SPELLINGS ARE PASK AND PACK. SEE FATHERS NOTES
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246 PAGES 1050, 5130. ANCESTRAL FILE. HIS WILL DATED 14 AUG 1776, PROVED 17 MAY 1777 NAMES EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WAS A LIBERAL BENEFACTOR TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY AND GAVE A LOT OF SEVERAL ACRES FOR THE CHURCH AND PARSONAGE AND A WOOD LOT TO SUPPLY IT'S FUEL. HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 8522. SHE DIED AT AGE 62.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 8524. HE WAS NAMED IN HIS FATHERS WILL. IN THE WESTFIELD CHURCHYARD IS BURIED "SARAH WIFE OF RICHARD SCUDDER" WHO DIED MAR 17, 1750 IN HER 45TH YEAR. SHE MAY HAVE BEEN THIS RICHARDS WIFE.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 8526. ANCESTRAL FILE. ANCESTRAL FILE. SAMUELS WILL, DATED 15 JULY 1777 WAS NOT PROBATED UNTIL 25 JULY 1778 ACORDING TO NEW JERSEY ABSTRACTS, FIRST SERIES, ABSTRACTS OF WILLS 1771-1780. BUT THE INVENTORY OF HIS ESTATE WAS TAKEN 16 AUG 1777. HE WILL NAMES HIS WIFE APPHIA WITH A STRONG SUGGESTION THAT SHE WAS HIS SECOND WIFE.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 19400. ANCESTRAL FILE. HE WAS 55 YEARS OLD AT TIME OF DEATH. THE SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS RECORD HIS DEATH AT RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY, WITH BURIAL IN THE OLD CEMETARY. HIS WILL DATED 29 DEC 1760 AND PROVED 15 JAN 1761 NAMES WIFE SARAH AND CHILDREN, DAVID JAMES, RICHARD, JOHN (DECEASED), THOMAS, ELIAS, AND SARAH. THOMAS'S WIDOW SARAH DIED 10 APR 1784 ACCORDING TO THE REVEREND JONATHAN ELMER'S REGISTER OF DEATHS. WILL OF THOMAS SCUDDER, PAGE 377 OF THE NEW JERSEY ABSTRACTS, FIRST SERIES, VOL XXX, ABSTRACT OF WILLS, 1761-1770. ON PAGE 376, PETITION OF RICHARD SCUDDER, WARD, AND HIS GUARDIAN, ABRAHAM CLARK, JR. WHICH ESTABLISHES THAT THOMAS SCUDDER (WHOSE WILL DATED 29 DEC 1760 AND PROVED 15 JAN 1761) WAS RICHARD'S DECEASED FATHER) THE ANCESTRAL FILE RECORDS THAT ALL THEIR CHILDREN WERE ADOPTED. ADDITIONAL SOURCE IS ANCESTRY.COM.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 8534.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 8530. ANCESTRAL FILE.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 8530.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 8534.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 8534. ANCESTRAL FILE.
SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS,,FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS
He married Mary Peck or Pack Abt 1699 at Elizabethtown, Union, New Jersey . Mary Peck or Pack was born at Elizabethtown, Union, New Jersey 2 Nov 1676 daughter of George Pack, See Notes and Mrs. Anna Pack .
They were the parents of 11
children:
Capt John Scudder
born Abt 1700.
Anna Scudder
born Abt 1701.
Richard Scudder
born Abt 1702.
Samuel Scudder
born Abt 1704.
Thomas Scudder
born Abt 1706.
Mary Scudder
born Abt 1706.
Elizabeth Scudder
born Abt 1708.
Kesiah Scudder
born Abt 1710.
Phebe Scudder
born Abt 1711.
Joanna Scudder
born Abt 1714.
Benjamin Scudder
born Abt 1720.
John Scudder died 15 Jan 1738 at Elizabethtown, Union, New Jersey .
Mary Peck or Pack died 10 Apr 1734 at Elizabethtown, Union, New Jersey .