John Scudder^{[1, 2, 3]}

1675 - 1738  (63 years)

• Name	John Scudder
  Birth	1675	Newtown, Queens, New York
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1738	Westfield, Essex, New Jersey   [4]
  Death	15 Jan 1738	Westfield, Essex, New Jersey
  Person ID	I234	Scudder
  Last Modified	26 Feb 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	Mary Pack,   b. 2 Nov 1665, Elizabeth Town, Union, New Jersey d. 10 Apr 1748, New Providence, Essex, New Jersey (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1700	Elizabeth Town, Essex, New Jersey
  Children	1. Captain John Scudder,   b. Abt 1700, Elizabeth Town, Essex, New Jersey d. 26 Feb 1777, Westfield, Essex, New Jersey (Age 77 years)   2. Anna Scudder,   b. Abt 1701, Elizabeth Town, Union, New Jersey d. 16 Apr 1762, Westfield, Essex, New Jersey (Age 61 years)   3. Richard Scudder,   b. Est 1702, Elizabeth Town, Union, New Jersey d. 24 Dec 1785 (Age 83 years)   4. Deacon Samuel Scudder,   b. 1704, Westfield, Essex, New Jersey d. 1777, Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey (Age 73 years)   5. Thomas Scudder,   b. 1706, Elizabeth Town, Union, New Jersey d. 8 Jan 1761, Rahway, Middlesex, New Jersey (Age 55 years)   6. Mary T. Scudder,   b. 1706, Westfield, Essex, New Jersey d. 9 Dec 1805, Westfield, Union, New Jersey (Age 99 years)   7. Elizabeth Scudder,   b. Est 1708, Elizabeth Town, Union, New Jersey d. Yes, date unknown   8. Kesiah Scudder,   b. Est 1710, Elizabeth Town, Union, New Jersey d. Yes, date unknown   9. Joanna Scudder,   b. Est 1714, Elizabeth Town, Union, New Jersey d. Yes, date unknown   10. Phebe Scudder,   b. Est 1716, Elizabeth Town, Union, New Jersey d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  David B. Scudder; comp, "John Scudder III (1675-1738) of Essex County, New Jersey," Scudder Searches, Vol. II, No. 1, pp. 3-4. Descendants of John Scudder, ca. 1674, Newtown, L.I. and Mary Peck, Scudder Association Bulletin, v. XXV (December 1970), 3. Added new data for their descendants as of December 1970 and adjusted T numbers. John was born in 1675 in Maspeth Kills, one of several villages in the Town of Newtown, Long Island. After removing to Elizabeth Borough, New Jersey, about 1698, along with a number of other Newton residents, he married Mary Peck, daughter of a prominent early Elizabeth Town settler. Soon after, John and Mary established their home in Westfield, a sparsely-settled ten square mile tract known as the west fields of Elizabeth Town, located some seven miles to the west, between the Rahway River and the Watchung Mountains. The tract is part of a section of southern Essex stretching from the village of Connecticut Farms south to Plainfield that was being laid out by developers and sold in 100-acre parcels to stimulate settlement. Some accounts state that John originally purchased 1,500 acres of land in Westfield; but, no proof has been found. Originally in Essex county, today Westfield is in Union county, which was formed in 1857. Here, John became an active and prominent resident. In 1712, he was appointed overseer of Elizabeth Borough roads, a post normally held for about ten years. John was also active in founding and providing land for the first Westfield Presbyterian Church, a log building on the Elizabeth Road built in 1730. John is buried in the Colonial Cemetery, Presby Sec I, Row E, Lot 10. According to his grave marker in the 'old cemetery' of the Church, John died 15 January 1738, age 63. Mary is not buried there.

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Ancestral File (R). [S1513] John Scudder and Mary Peck descendants, Bulletin XXV. [S62] John Scudder III (1675-1738) of Essex County, New Jersey, Vol. II, No. 1, pp. 3-4. [S27] Letter, Roberta Kloos to Chris Scudder.