Dr. Benjamin Richard Scudder^[1]

1764 - 1819  (55 years)

• Name	Benjamin Richard Scudder
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	14 Nov 1764	Essex county, New Jersey   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Dec 1819	Patterson Landing, Passaic, New Jersey   [3]
  Person ID	I3615	Scudder
  Last Modified	11 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Richard Scudder,   b. 9 May 1745, Essex county, New Jersey d. 24 Dec 1785, Scotch Plains, Essex, New Jersey (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Stites,   b. 23 Mar 1744, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey d. 3 Feb 1828, Scotch Plains, Middlesex, New Jersey (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1764	Westfield, Essex, New Jersey   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sally Wade,   b. 17 Oct 1766   d. 22 Nov 1829 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1793	Essex county, New Jersey   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Susan Wade Scudder,   b. 6 Apr 1794, Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey d. DECEASED   2. Rhoda Scudder,   b. 3 May 1796, Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey d. 26 Nov 1887 (Age 91 years)   3. Sarah Stites Scudder,   b. 11 Aug 1802, Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey d. 3 Apr 1868 (Age 65 years)   4. Nancy Scudder,   b. 29 Mar 1807, Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey d. 19 Jan 1874 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F2999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Perhaps the best known of all the physicians administering to the needs of the first settlers in the Passaic Valley was Dr. Benjamin R. Scudder who arrived in the area about 1769 and practiced there until his death in 1819.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 228. [S149] Family Group Record for Richard Scudder and Rebecca Stites. [S300] Scudder's. [S149] Family Group Record for Richard Scudder and Rebecca Stites. The compiler places the marriage in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey [S17] Scudders in the American Revolution, p. 103.