Dr. Ezekiel Carman Scudder^{[1, 2]}

1828 - 1896  (67 years)

• Name	Ezekiel Carman Scudder
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	20 Oct 1828	Panditeripo, Ceylon   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Feb 1896	Tennant, Monmouth, New Jersey   [3]
  Death	1 Feb 1896	San Antonio, Bexar, Texas   [3]
  Person ID	I1245	Scudder
  Last Modified	1 Oct 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	Sarah Ruth Tracy,   b. 29 May 1832, Ohio d. 10 Apr 1897, Asbury Park, Glouchester, New Jersey (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	15 Aug 1855	Columbus, Ohio   [5, 6]
  Children	1. Ezekiel Carman Scudder, Jr.,   b. 25 Jun 1856, Vellore, India d. 3 Dec 1919, Ranipet, India (Age 63 years)   2. Myron Tracy Scudder,   b. 28 Sep 1860, Palmaner, India d. 28 Dec 1935, New York (Age 75 years)   3. Reverend Frank Seymour Scudder,   b. 28 Apr 1862, Palmaner, India d. 23 Apr 1956, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii (Age 93 years)   4. Sarah Weld Scudder,   b. 21 Sep 1864, Palmaner, India d. 1923, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey (Age 58 years)   5. Harriet Scudder,   b. 28 Jun 1866, Palmaner, Tamil Nadu, India d. 25 Feb 1932 (Age 65 years)   6. Anna Edith Scudder,   b. 28 Apr 1870, Palmaner, India d. 24 Jun 1931 (Age 61 years)   7. Isabella Scudder,   b. 14 Feb 1873, Palmaner, India d. Mar 1941, Chevy Chase, Montgomery, Maryland (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Ezekiel graduated from the Western Reserve College; studied medicine in Brooklyn, and theology at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, graduating in 1855. He returned to India in 1870 and took charge soon after his brother, William, had returned to America, of the boy's Seminary at Vellore. However, health problems required him to request release from the mission. He accepted a call to a church in Upper Red Hook, New York, and his home became a home for all Scudders of the third generation and their friends. He served for six years as Pastor of the Grand Avenue Reformed Church in Asbury Park. Ezekiel was first stricken with paralysis about 1894, and he had been in poor health ever since. In November 1895, he went to San Antonio, hoping that the change of climate would be of benefit to him. But he succumbed to the paralysis while there.

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Ancestral File (R). [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 245. [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. [S164] Family Group Record for Ezekiel Carman Scudder and Sarah Tracy. [S64] A Thousand Years in Thy Sight, the Story of the Scudder Missionaries of India, p. xii.