Richard Betts Scudder^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1671 - 1754  (83 years)

• Name	Richard Betts Scudder
  Birth	Abt 1671	Maspeth Kills, Newtown, Queens, New York   [3]
  Christening	2 Aug 1711	Hunterdon, New Jersey   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Mar 1754	Scudder Falls, Hunterdon, New Jersey
  Burial	Trenton, Hunterdon, New Jersey
  Person ID	I233	Scudder
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	John Scudder,   b. 19 Aug 1645, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. 1 Dec 1732, Newtown, Queens, New York (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Joanna Betts,   b. Abt 1650, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts d. Aft 16 Mar 1711, Newtown, Queens, New York (Age > 61 years)
  Marriage	20 Apr 1669	New York
  Family ID	F121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Reeder,   b. Abt 1671, Newtown, Queens, New York d. 12 Feb 1734, Trenton, Hunterdon, New Jersey (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1691	Newton, Queens, New York   [5]
  Children	1. Hannah Scudder,   b. Abt 1692, Newton, Queens, New York d. Abt 1738, Scudder Falls, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey (Age 46 years)   2. Mary Scudder,   b. Abt 1694, Newton, Queens, New York d. Bef 1754 (Age < 59 years)   3. Richard Scudder,   b. 1696, Newton, Queens, New York d. 1731, Hunterdon county, New Jersey (Age 35 years)   4. John Scudder,   b. Abt 1701, Newtown, Queens, New York d. 10 May 1748, Hunterdon county, New Jersey (Age 47 years)   5. Abigail Scudder,   b. Abt 1703, Newton, Queens, New York d. Abt 1720, New Jersey (Age 17 years)   6. Captain Joseph Scudder,   b. 11 Apr 1705, Newtown, Queens, New York d. 26 Jan 1799, Maidenhead Twsp., Hunterdon, New Jersey (Age 93 years)   7. Samuel Scudder,   b. Abt 1707, Newtown, Queens, New York d. Bef 1754 (Age < 46 years)   8. Rebecca Scudder,   b. Abt 1710, Newtown, Queens, New York d. 13 Dec 1780 (Age 70 years)   9. Joanna Scudder,   c. 21 Apr 1713, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey d. Abt 1762 (Age ~ 48 years)
  Family ID	F128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  For the family of Richard Betts Scudder and Hannah Reeder, see "Scudder Searches," v. 1, no. 2, (Fall 1989), 3–4. Richard came to New Jersey as early as 1709, the date of his deeds. His plantation, in the possession of his lineal descendants at the turn of the 20th century, was on the Delaware, near the falls known by his name, about five miles north of Trenton. He was one of the most active and influential men in the town. His name is mentioned often in public instruments, charters, etc., and heads the list of grantees to whom the land on which to build a church was conveyed by Alexander Lockart, in March, 1709. Richard was commissioned a lieutenant in the militia in 1711, eventually rising to the grade of captain, serving in the French and Indian wars. In 1733, Richard is listed as a church deacon. In 1715, a new family home was built to replace the first, which had burned. The mansion, the second house which still stands, remained in the hands of Richard's descendants until 1938. In June 1715, Richard purchased a 170 acre tract of land in adjoining Maidenhead (now Lawrence) Township. He later deeded this to his son Joseph.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1474] "Richard Scudder (1671–1754) of Hunterdon County, New Jersey". [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 218; , caution: Deborah, listed as a child of Richard [Betts] Scudder, was a grandchild, son of son Richard, Jr. [S24] Richard Scudder (1671-1754) of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Vol. I, No. 3 (Fall 1989), p. 3. [S24] Richard Scudder (1671-1754) of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Vol. I, No. 3 (Fall 1989), p. 3. Richard and eight of his children were baptized in the Presbyterian Church by a visiting minister from Philadelphia. Since Richard's father, John Scudder, was originally a Quaker, this seems to imply that Richard and his children remained Quakers until reaching Hunterdon. [S106] Ancestry of Richard [Betts] Scudder and Hannah Reeder, No. 117, p. 10.