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Dr. William Waterbury Scudder[1]
1823 - 1895 (71 years)-
Name William Waterbury Scudder Prefix Dr. Birth 17 Sep 1823 Panditeripo, Ceylon, India 
[2, 3] Gender Male Death 4 Mar 1895 Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut [2, 3] Burial Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut [3] Person ID I1243 Scudder Last Modified 22 Sep 2013
Father Dr. John Scudder, b. 3 Sep 1793, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 13 Jan 1855, Wynburgh, South Africa (Age 61 years) Mother Harriet Waterbury, b. 14 Aug 1795, New York d. 18 Nov 1849, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (Age 54 years) Marriage 20 Jan 1816 New York, New York [4] Family ID F362 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Catherine Eunice Hastings, b. 22 Aug 1825, Panditeripo, Ceylon d. 11 Mar 1849, Ceylon (Age 23 years) Marriage 24 Sep 1846 Children 1. Mary Katharine Scudder, b. 16 Jun 1848, Panditeripo, Ceylon d. 9 Aug 1915, Vellore, India (Age 67 years)Family ID F520 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 2 Elizabeth Knight, b. 15 Sep 1830, New Jersey d. 14 Sep 1854, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (Age 23 years) Marriage 1852 [5] Children 1. Elizabeth Scudder, b. 20 Aug 1853, Arcot, India d. DECEASEDFamily ID F521 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 3 Frances Ann Rousseau, b. 1830, Troy, Rensselaer, New York d. 1928, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 98 years) Marriage 1859 Troy, Rensselaer, New York [5] Children 1. Reverend William Waterbury Scudder, b. 26 Oct 1860, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India d. 22 Feb 1947, Whittier, Los Angeles, California (Age 86 years)2. Dr. Lewis Rousseau Scudder, b. 22 Dec 1861, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India d. 18 Apr 1935, Ranipet, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (Age 73 years)3. Frances Ann Scudder, b. 4 Sep 1864, India d. 9 May 1958, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 93 years)Family ID F522 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - William graduated from Princeton in 1841, then studied theology in the seminary there. He and his brothers, Henry and Joseph, established the Arcot Mission in Vellore, India. Vellore was originally a garrison town and the scene of a sepoy mutiny. As soon as the mission was established, the brothers opened a seminary for the training of evangelists and preachers, and William was put in charge. His work throughout the countryside gained the confidence and affection of all the people. He was known as "the very just father."
Poor health compelled his return from Vellore, India, in 1872. He then served a pastorate of the Congregational Church in Glastonbury, Connecticut. In 1884, once his sons had graduated from Princeton and were in the Hartford Theological Seminary, he returned to India. He became the Professor-in-Charge of the Arcot Academy until his retirement in 1894. He then returned to America and died shortly thereafter.
- William graduated from Princeton in 1841, then studied theology in the seminary there. He and his brothers, Henry and Joseph, established the Arcot Mission in Vellore, India. Vellore was originally a garrison town and the scene of a sepoy mutiny. As soon as the mission was established, the brothers opened a seminary for the training of evangelists and preachers, and William was put in charge. His work throughout the countryside gained the confidence and affection of all the people. He was known as "the very just father."
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Sources - [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 245.
- [S127] Ancestral File (R).
- [S162] Family Group Record for John Scudder and Harriet Waterbury.
- [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 244.
- [S64] A Thousand Years in Thy Sight, the Story of the Scudder Missionaries of India, p. 95.
- [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 245.