Susanna Scudder

unknown - 1739

• Name	Susanna Scudder
  Birth	unknown	of Newtown, New York, British Colonial America   [1]
  	There is no birth record or direct evidence that Susanna was the daughter of John and Mary (King) Scudder of Netown. A woman "of great age" named Susanna Scudder died at Newtown in 1739 as recorded on the records of the Presbyterian Church. However, she was never mentioned in connection with any record pertaining to parents John and Mary (King) Scudder or any of their other children. Apparently not knowing where else to assign Susanna, Scudder Searches, v. 1, no. 2, p. 9 states she is "probably" their child "apparently" born Southold. Again there is no direct evidence for this. It does not say she was a widow, but it does not say she was not. Other possibilities for Susanna exist in the family of Samuel Scudder I, as no convenient record named all of his children. They have had to be identified through various wills. By the will of Mary Scudder, 1756, we learn that Samuel I had an eldest son of Unknown name Scudder who had children referred to in Mary's will. The name of Unknown name Scudder also had a wife of unknown name. This Mrs. Unknown was likely born in the 1660s.
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Nov 1739	Newtown, Queens, New York
  Person ID	I388	Scudder
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2019

  
  

• Notes

  There is no birth record or any direct evidence that Susanna was the daughter of John [T-1 in old numbers] and Mary (King) Scudder of Newtown. A woman "of great age" named Susanna Scudder died at Newtown in 1739 as recorded on the records oe Presbyterian Church. However, she was never mentioned in connection with any record pertaining to parents John and Mary (King) Scudder or any of their other children. Apparently not knowing where else to assign Susanna, Scudder Searches, v. 1, no. 2, p. 9 states she is "probably" their child "apparently" born Southold. Again there is no direct evidence for this. The death record does not say Susanna was a widow, but it does not say she was not. This same issue says Hannah Scudder, (old number T-1-5), the daughter of John (T-1) and Mary (King) Scudder "married Joshua Bangs [of Massachusetts] in 1669." That would have been the year following her marriage to William Smith, problematiause Hannah (T-1-5) was having children with Wiliam Smith and of record elsewhere at Long Island. It was Hannah Scudder, (J-5) who became the wife of Joshua Bangs. She was a cousin in Massachusetts, daughter of the immigrant John Scudder (J) and his wife Hannah unknown. John (J), was son of John Scudder and his wife Elizabeth Stoughtos John was brother of the immigrant Thomas (T). Hannah (J-5), who married Joshua Bangs, was not of the Long Island, New York Scudders. See sketch of his father Edward Bangs in The Great Migration Begins, v 1, A–F, 89.] Other possibilities for Susanna exist in the family of Samuel Scudder I (old number T-1-1) , son of John I (old number T-1-2), son of Thomas (T) the immigrant, because no convenient record names all of Samuel I's children or his grandchildrenhose identified have been identified through various wills. By the will of Mary Scudder, 1756, we learn that Samuel I had an eldest son of Unknown name Scudder who had children referred to in Mary's will. The name of Unknown name Scudder also had a wife of unknown name who could have been approaching age 80 in 1739. It is unfortunate that in the first generations of the family of Samuel I that there are very few wills. We only know the names of 2 children for John Scudder II (old numbers T-1-2), son of John I, son of Thomas (T) the immigrant. John II remained at Newtown, dying 1 Dec 1732, 7 years before Susanna. For these reasons, Susanna is being detached from the family of John I (T-1) because there is no real direct evidence and indirect evidence is inconclusive. She remains in the database while more research can proceed. Prior note: Susanna never married. [However, no source for the statement was given. The death record on the Newtown Presbyterian Church records did not note marital status.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Scudder Family in America: The Beginnings, Vol. I, No. 2, p. 9.