Samuel Scudder, III^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1706 - 1771  (65 years)

• Name	Samuel Scudder
  Suffix	III
  Birth	Abt 1706	Newtown, Queens, New York, British Colonial America   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Aug 1771	Newtown, Queens, New York, British Colonial Amercia   [3]
  Person ID	I227	Scudder
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Samuel Scudder, II,   b. Abt 1675, Newtown, New York, British Colonial America d. 31 Aug 1764, Newtown, Queens, New York (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Mrs Samuel Stewart, II,   b. Abt 1680, New York d. 1771, Newtown, New York, British Colonial America (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	Est 1698
  Family ID	F125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Abigail Woodward,   b. Abt 1745   d. 19 Apr 1767 (Age 22 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1766	Newtown, Queens, New York, British Colonial America   [3]
  	"Records of the Presbyterian Church, Newtown (now Elmhurst), Queens County, Long Island, N. Y.," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record between April 1924 and October 1925. http://longislandgenealogy.com/NewtownPresb.pdf
  Family ID	F126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Helena
  Marriage	Est 1769
  Family ID	F2979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Discussion: Samuel apparently married at least three times; but, left no record of surviving children and no record if he ever had any issue. In his will, dated 23 Aug 1771, probated 11 Nov 1771, he named his then wife as Helena. Samuel left most of his estate to his sister Sarah, on the death of whom, it was to go to Sarah and Samuel Denman, children of his sister Deborah Denman, of New Jersey. Much speculation surrounds Deborah, based on a very late New York marriage record for one named Deborah Scudder in 1761 to a Daniel Denman. If this record belongs to this Deborah, sister of Samuel III, she apparently would have been somewhere between 40 or 50 years old at the time of this marriage or a much younger sister of Samuel III. Samuel III's sister Deborah had 2 children to whom he left a legacy in 1771. The abstract of his will does not mention they were of New Jersey, but that notion appears in Scudder Searches without citation for it. There were numerous Denmans but very sketchy information for any named Daniel (or David), especially that fit the data for Deborah. Scudder Searches, v. 1, no. 2, (Summer 1989): 11. From Pelletrau's Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, 1665–1801, v. 8, pp 5–6. "Page 143.–In the name of God, Amen. I, SAMUEL SCUDDER, of Newtown, in Queens Count y, on Nassau Island, being weak in body. I direct all debts due in Law or Conscience to be paid, and my executors may sell personal estate for the same. I leave to my wife Helena one cow, one bed with furniture, and cupboard, six chairs, and £50. Also the use of £150 during the time she remains my widow, and at her death or marriage it is to go to my sister, Sarah Scudder. I leave to my sister, Sarah Scudder, the profits and rents of my estate during her life. I leave to my wife the use of one room in my house, and firewood, pasture, and the privilege to cut fodder for one cow. After the death of my sister Sarah I leave the rest of my estate to Sarah and Samuel Denman, children of my sister, Deborah Denman. If they die under age, without issue, then to my sister, Sarah Scudder. I make my beloved friends, Richard Betts, Jr., and Nathaniel Woodward, executors. "Dated August 23, 1771. Witnesses, Thomas Betts, Richard Pearce, weaver, Thomas Hallett. Proved, November 11, 1771." https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/107151-abstracts-of-wills-on-file-in-the-surrogate-s-office-city-of-new-york-1665-1801-v-8?viewer=1&offset=0#page=14&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=

  
  

• Sources

  [S1507] Samuel Scudder 3 generations Scudder Searches. [S1508] Samuel Scudder III will. [S4] Scudder Family in America: The Beginnings, Vol. I, No. 2, p. 11.