Bridget Scudder^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1576 - Aft 1595  (> 19 years)

• Name	Bridget Scudder
  Birth	Abt 1576	Horton Kirby, Kent, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 5 Nov 1595	England
  Person ID	I64849	Scudder
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry Scudder,   b. Abt 1552, Horton Kirby, Kent, England d. Bef 5 Nov 1595, Horton Kirby, Kent, England (Age < 43 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1553, of Kent, England d. unknown, Horton Kirby, Kent, England
  Marriage	Abt 1573	Kent, England   [3]
  Notes	FAMILY of HENRY and ELIZABETH (unknown) SCUDDER by "Scudder Searches," Scudder Association, Fall 1992, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp 5–6. Reflects most recent professional research effort by the Scudder Association Foundation. [4]
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  No primary source reveals what happened to Henry's daughter Bridget, but the known data for Bridget (unknown) (Very) Giles of New England does not match to be Henry's daughter. She may have been his granddaughter but by which of his daughters is not known. Some people have mistakenly assigned Bridget Scudder, daughter of Henry Scudder of Horton Kirby, Kent, as the Bridget who married Thomas Very; that Bridget was widowed at Strood, Kent, England and then went to New England where she later mard Edward Giles. Bridget Giles is more likely a niece than a sister of Rev. Henry Scudder based on the wording of his will made in 1651. Bridget is named as a "cousin" to Rev. Henry Scudder in his will and not as a sister. Rev. Scudder clearly referred to his "brother" Thomas Scudder in New England and his children. Rev. Scudder also referred to his "cousins" Elizabeth Lathrop, her brother John Scudder and Bridget (unknown) Giles. In his era "cousin" was used to describe a number of possible relationships but would not usually be used to describe a "sibling." Rev. Scudder did not refer to Bridget as his "sister." Other records from primary sources do define the relationship of Elizabeth Lathrop and John Scudder to Rev. Henry Scudder. Christened at Strood, Kent, England, Elizabeth (Scudder) Lathrop and her brother John are known to be niece and nephf Rev. Henry Scudder, the children of Rev. Henry Scudder's deceased brother John Scudder who died at Stood about 1626/7. John's widow Elizabeth (Stoughton) (Scudder) Chamberlayne then married Rev. Robert Chamberlayne, Strood's minister. Bridget (unknown) Giles was the widow of Thomas Very who died at Strood and had children by him. John Scudder of Strood, son of John and Elizabeth (Stoughton) Scudder, immigrant to New England in 1635, traveled with families from Strood including the family of Thomas and Sarah (Learned) Ewer. Bridget (unknown) Very Giles appears related to the family, but no primary source record has been found to define the relationship.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1479] "A New England Immigrant Kinship Network". [S1535] Henry Scudder, Yeoman, mentions persons in abstract of will. [S143] Tentative Pedigree Chart of Thomas (T) of Salem and the Reverend Henry Scudder, Vol. IV, No. 2, p. 4. [S1471] Scudder wills and lineage chart.