Abner Scudder^[1]

1764 - 1842  (77 years)

• Name	Abner Scudder
  Birth	17 Jun 1764	Essex county, New Jersey   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 May 1842	Switzerland county, Indiana   [3]
  Burial	York Township, Switzerland, Indiana   [2]
  Person ID	I595	Scudder
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Matthias Scudder,   b. Abt 1733, Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey d. Abt 1794, Rowan county, North Carolina (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Moore,   b. Abt 1742, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey d. Abt 1 Oct 1847, Westfield, Union, New Jersey (Age 105 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1762	Westfield, Essex, New Jersey   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Barclay,   b. Abt 1770, North Carolina d. 1830/1832, Markland, Switzerland, Indiana (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	19 Aug 1789	Rowan county, North Carolina   [3]
  Children	1. Walter Scudder,   b. 1790, Rowan county, North Carolina d. 1806/7, Madison county, Kentucky (Age 17 years)   2. William Scudder,   b. 16 Apr 1793, Rowan county, North Carolina d. 26 Apr 1872, York Twnsp, Switzerland, Indiana (Age 79 years)   3. Henry Scudder,   b. Abt 1795, Rowan county, North Carolina d. Sep 1823, Hamilton county, Ohio (Age 28 years)   4. Ruth Scudder,   b. Abt 1797, Rowan county, North Carolina d. Bef 1845, Switzerland county, Indiana (Age < 47 years)   5. Jane Scudder,   b. Abt 1801, Madison county, Kentucky d. DECEASED   6. Elizabeth Scudder,   b. 1804, Madison county, Kentucky d. 1841, Switzerland county, Indiana (Age 37 years)   7. David Scudder,   b. 14 Apr 1805, Madison, Kentucky d. Jun 1883, York Twp, Switzerland, Indiana (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  While residing in Roman county. North Carolina, Abner enlisted in May 1781 and served one year as a private in Captain Alexander Brevard's company, Colonel Dickson's (Dickerson) and Colonel Blount's North Carolina regiments, was in battle of Eutaw Springs, where he was slightly wounded by a gun shot. Left service April 18, 1782.

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Ancestral File (R). [S17] Scudders in the American Revolution, p. 61. [S83] Matthias Scudder of Essex County, New Jersey, and Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. II, no. 3, p. 10. [S104] Samuel Scudder [1704-1777] of Essex County, New Jersey -- An Update, Vol. I, No. 1, p. 8. [S122] International Genealogical Index (R), Batch #7012724, sheet #46, source call #538.