Timothy Scudder^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Abt 1672 - Abt 1740  (68 years)

• Name	Timothy Scudder
  Birth	Abt 1668–1672	of Southold, Long Island, British Colonial America   [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1740	Crabmeadow, Huntington, Suffolk, New York
  Burial	1740	Northport, Suffolk, New York
  Person ID	I187	Scudder
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Thomas Scudder, II,   b. Abt 1624, Horton Kirby, Kent, England d. 16 Nov 1690, Huntington, Suffolk, New York (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Ludlam,   c. 7 Aug 1639, Matlock, Derbyshire, England d. Aft 1691, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age ~ 53 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1655	of Southold or Southampton, New York, British Colonial America   [7]
  	Thomas Scudder was living at Southould, Long Island when he married Mary Ludlam who was from Southampton. Marriage record has not been found. Relationship is established by a receipt from his father-in-law William Ludlam to 3 sons-in-law: Samuel King, Thomas Scudder and Caleb Corwithin.
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Wood,   b. Abt 1668–1676, Suffolk county, New York d. 17 Jan 1738, Crabmeadow, Suffolk, New York (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Est 1685	New York
  Children	1. Captain Timothy Scudder, II,   b. 1696, Cow Harbor, now Northpoint, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. 25 Apr 1788, Northport, Suffolk, New York (Age 92 years)   2. John Scudder,   b. 1704, Northport, Suffolk, New York d. 13 Sep 1775 (Age 71 years)   3. Sarah Scudder,   b. Abt 1700/1705, Northport, Suffolk, New York d. Bef 1729 (Age < 23 years)   4. Jonas Scudder,   b. Abt 1705/1710, Northport, Suffolk, New York d. child, New York   5. Henry Scudder,   b. Abt 1713, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. 23 Mar 1752, Northport, Suffolk, New York (Age 39 years)   6. Abigail Scudder,   b. 25 Apr 1713, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. 2 Jun 1787 (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F93	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Timothy's birth date in early Scudder Association publications was estimated too early and, after careful analysis based on the births of his children and his own mother, was later corrected and changed to"ca. 1668–1672” in a subsequent issue of Scudder Searches, v. II, no. 2,(Spring 1990): 11–12. This updated article explains the evidentiary reasons for these changes. A brief summary is: "Scudder Family in America: The Beginnings," Scudder Searches, Scudder Association, v. I, no. 2, (Summer 1989), p 13, estimates Timothy's birth as 1655, "probably at Southold." This estimated birthdate is later corrected and changed to "ca. 1668–1672) in a subsequent issue of Scudder Searches, v. II, no. 2, (Spring 1990): 11–12. This updated article explains the evidentiary reasons for these changes. A brief summary is: "Traditionally, Timothy has been considered the oldest child of his parents, born about 1655 at Southold, New York (Long Island): died about 1740. This tradition goes back at least to Cooley in the mid-19th century [Eli F. Cooley, Genealogyf Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing, NJ, (Trenton: 1883)]. The tradition is partly based on evidence that Timothy's wife, Sarah Wood, was born in 1658. Assuming, as was usually the case, that Timothy was several years older than his wife, a birthdate of 1655 for Timothy does not seem unreasonable.* "There is a problem with these birthdates, however, as follows: the six known children of Timothy and Sarah were born during the period 1696–ca 1715. The above birthdates for Timothy and Sarah therefore imply that they were ages 41 and 38, rectively, at the birth of their firstborn, which seems improbable, and that Sarah was about age 57 at the birth of her last child, biologically a virtual impossibility. "The evidence for Sarah Wood's birthdate comes from the death records of the Crab Meadow Cemetery, Northpoint. These state that she died 17 January 1738, in her 80th year. While there are other possible explanations for the conflict betweene date of her birth and the birthdates of her children, the simplest is that the statement that she died in her 80th year is incorrect, either because it was incorrectly transcribed or because it has been misread. "Assuming that the traditional birthdates for Timothy and Sarah are incorrect, how should they be changed? Based on the ranges of the children of Timothy (1696–ca 1715) and Benjamin (1698–1715), both were married very close to the same time,gesting that their ages were not greatly different. We therefore estimate that Timothy was born about 1668–72, a few years earlier than his brother Benjamin... "Changing the dates of birth of Timothy and Sarah seems to require significant changes in the birth order of Thomas' children that have been handed down to us in past Scudder Association BULLETINS." See notes of parents of Timothy for the newoposed birth order and further reasons. *NEW NOTE: Timothy's mother Mary Ludlam has a christening record in 1639 at Matlock, Derbyshire, so her age is known. She was 18 at the birth of their first child Isaac whose 1657 birth was recorded on Southold, Long Island town records. It is unlikely that Mary had any children born before that date. Timothy was a prosperous Long Island planter. He had inherited valuable property at Babylon, at Cow Harbor (now North Point), at Red Hook (now Vernon Valley), and at Crab Meadow.

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Ancestral File (R). [S1514] Thomas Scudder and Mary Ludlam, Scudder Searches v. 1, no 2, 1989. [S1516] Thomas Scudder II will, William S. Pelletreau, Early Long Island wills of Suffolk county, 1691–1703. [S1517] Timothy Scudder and Sarah Wood, Scudder Searches v. II, no. 2. [S25] Timothy Scudder I, of Northport, Suffolk County, New York (Long Island), Vol. II, No. 2, p. 11. The compiler believes that the correct date should be about 1668/72. He reasons that because of the birthdates of Timothy's children, he and his wife would have been too old. [S97] Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk County, 1691-1703, pp. 46-49. [S86] Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut, Being the Ancestry of Kindred of Herbert, vol. 4, p. 1893.