Ezekiel Scudder^[1]

1765 - 1853  (88 years)

• Name	Ezekiel Scudder
  Birth	1765	New York   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Mar 1853	Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York   [3]
  Burial	Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York
  Person ID	I3415	Scudder
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Seth Scudder,   b. 20 Feb 1742, Huntington, Suffolk, New York d. 27 Aug 1777, Huntington, Suffolk, New York (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Sarah Squire,   b. 27 Dec 1745, Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3 Jun 1765	Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F5297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cynthia Gould,   b. Abt 1773, Albany county, New York d. 26 Jun 1853, Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1790	Albany county, New York   [3]
  Children	1. Captain Marvin Scudder,   b. 31 Oct 1791, Albany county, New York d. 14 Dec 1871, Oneida, Knox, Illinois (Age 80 years)   2. Joel Scudder,   b. 5 Dec 1793, Victor, Ontario, New York d. 3 Mar 1866, Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York (Age 72 years)   3. Melania Scudder,   b. 1795, Genesee county, New York d. 1810 (Age 15 years)   4. Laura Scudder,   b. 12 Jul 1795, Genesee county, New York d. 3 Dec 1835, Brighton, Monroe, New York (Age 40 years)   5. Calvin Scudder,   b. 1798, Genesee county, New York d. 1848 (Age 50 years)   6. Enoch Scudder,   b. 1799, Genesee county, New York d. New Boston, Mercer, Illinois   7. Betsey E. Scudder,   b. 1801, Genesee county, New York d. 1868 (Age 67 years)   8. Rowena Scudder,   b. 1803, Greene county, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   9. Clarissa Scudder,   b. 5 Apr 1805, Aurora, Erie, New York d. 27 Nov 1893, Aurora, Erie, New York (Age 88 years)   10. Freeman Scudder,   b. 1808, Genesee county, New York d. Jan 1860, Township 8, Knox, Illinois (Age 52 years)   11. Ezekiel Scudder,   b. 1809, Genesee county, New York d. 1812 (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F1256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  According to one of his grandsons, Ezekiel disliked the conventionalities and monotony of life in the settled parts of the country, and loved the excitement of frontier life. As soon as the winter had iced over the streams in 1792, he with his young wife and infant son, and five others, started from Albany county, New York, for the wilderness of the Genesee country of New York. It required six weeks to make the trip with their ox teams. Along the way they had to chop their way through dense forests, cross swollen streams, and guard their camps against the nightly visits of hungry beasts. He built his log house in what is now Victor, Ontario county. The hamlet of East Victor was originally called Scudderville after Ezekiel, who built the first permanent mill in the township. After spending 35 years there and seeing the wilderness change to a garden, he began to pine for the freedom of a new settlement life, and removed to Cattaraugus county, New York in 1827. He took part in the Revolutionary War, and died 1853. At the time of the 1850 census, he and Cynthia were living with his son, Freeman.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 235. [S552] International Genealogical Index (R), Film #: 456902. [S250] Marvin, son of Ezekiel. [S1295] Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). [S520] International Genealogical Index (R).