Benjamin Scudder^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1698 - 1743  (45 years)

• Name	Benjamin Scudder
  Birth	2 Feb 1698	Huntington, Suffolk, New York   [6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Apr 1743	Rahway, Essex, New Jersey   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I188	Scudder
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Scudder,   b. Abt 1672, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. Bef 21 Oct 1739, Huntington, Suffolk, New York (Age < 67 years)
  Mother	Sarah,   b. Abt 1674, New York d. 1720, New York (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1697	New York   [6]
  Family ID	F68	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Norton,   b. 21 Jun 1705, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. 1743, Rahway, Essex, New Jersey (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1722	Huntington, Suffolk, New York   [6, 7]
  Children	1. Sarah Scudder,   b. 27 Mar 1723, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. Apr 1804, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey (Age 81 years)   2. Ruth Scudder,   b. 13 Dec 1724, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. DECEASED, Rahway, Union, New Jersey   3. Elizabeth Scudder,   b. 24 Dec 1726, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. Bef 1731 (Age < 4 years)   4. Hannah Scudder,   b. 24 Mar 1729, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. 31 Jan 1791, Susquehannah, Genesee, New York (Age 61 years)   5. Elizabeth Scudder,   b. 28 Feb 1731, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. 19 Jan 1793, Springfield, Essex, New Jersey (Age 61 years)   6. Benjamin Scudder,   b. 6 Jun 1733, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. 18 Feb 1822, Springfield, Essex, New Jersey (Age 88 years)   7. Captain Isaac Scudder,   b. 1 Jun 1735, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. 7 Apr 1783, New Jersey (Age 47 years)   8. James Zeno Scudder,   b. 26 Apr 1737, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey   9. Enoch Scudder,   b. 18 Feb 1738/9, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. Butler county, Ohio   10. Anne Scudder,   b. 3 Nov 1742, Rahway, Essex, New Jersey d. d. y., Essex county, New Jersey
  Family ID	F94	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Scudder II, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Norton) Scudder had 10 children cited in the Bible of their son Benjamin III. Benjamin II and his wife Hannah both died suddenly in 1743 and with their early deaths much of their family's history is not known. The children named in the Bible of Benjamin III were Sarah, Ruth, Elizabeth, Hannah, Elizabeth, Benjamin III, Isaac, James (Zeno), Enoch and Anne. Like his father, Benjamin II was a prosperous Huntington mill owner. Having married at least 13 years before his father's death, Benjamin clearly had received his share of the estate many years earlier, and thus received no bequest in the will. In 1740, a few years after his father's death, Benjamin sold the Huntington properties and removed to Rahway, where he purchased mills from a Joseph Bailey. No will has been found for Benjamin, very likely because death came suddenly and one could not be written. The principal source of information about Benjamin and Hannah and their 10 children is the Bible of the oldest son, Benjamin. D. B. Scudder, Scudder Searches, v. II, no. 2, (Spring 1990): 3–6.

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Ancestral File (R). [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 237. [S1510] Benjamin Scudder I, Scudder Searches. [S1518] Benjamin Scudder I and Sarah (unknown), Scudder Searches. [S1519] Benjamin Scudder II and Hannah Norton, Scudder Searches. [S124] Benjamin Scudder I, of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York [Long Island], Vol. II, No. 2, p. 3. [S137] Family Group Record for Benjamin Scudder and Mary.