Reverend Henry Scudder^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

Abt 1583 - Bef 1652  (< 69 years)

• Name	Henry Scudder
  Prefix	Reverend
  Birth	Abt 1583	Horton Kirby, Kent, England   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1 May 1652	Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire, England
  	Date will was proved.
  Burial	Collingbourne-Ducis, Wiltshire, England
  Person ID	I67	Scudder
  Last Modified	26 Mar 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   [8]
  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. [9]
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Bridget Hunt,   b. Abt 1588, Of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, d. Abt 1625, England (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	7 Jun 1608	Banbury, Oxfordshire, England   [10]
  Children	1. John Scudder,   b. 1609, Drayton, Oxfordshire, England d. Abt 10 Jun 1610, Drayton, Oxfordshire, England (Age 1 year)   2. Nathaniell Scudder,   b. 25 Aug 1611, Drayton, Oxfordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 0 years)   3. Elizabeth Scudder,   c. 5 Sep 1613, Drayton, Oxfordshire, England d. 1633, Leominster, Hertfordshire, England (Age ~ 19 years)   4. Samuel Scudder,   b. 1617   d. Bef 1651, England (Age < 33 years)   5. Jane Scudder,   c. 1 Jan 1618, Drayton, Oxfordshire, England d. Aft 1652, England (Age ~ 35 years)   6. Martha Scudder,   b. Abt 1619, England d. Aft 1652 (Age > 34 years)   7. Bridget Scudder,   b. Abt 1625, England d. Aft 1652, England (Age > 28 years)
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Joyce Savage,   b. Bef 1620, England d. England
  Marriage	Aft 1625	England
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Will of [Rev.] Henry Scudder, Scudder Searches, volume IV, no. 3, (Summer 1992): 10–12. Will was made 12 February 1651; will proved at London, 31 May 1652. Henry graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1606. He began a life as a Puritan minister. He first served as vicar at Drayton, Oxfordshire. Then in 1633 he became the rector of St. Andrew parish at Collingbourne-Ducis, a village on the River Bourne, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, where he served the remainder of his life. During this time, he wrote a number of devotional works, one of which, "The Christian's Daily Walke in Holy Securitie and Peace," was used by churchgoers for close to 200 years. In June 1643, Henry was summoned to the Westminster assembly of divines. The following year in October, he preached before the House of Commons on a fast day at St. Margaret's Westminster. His sermon was printed by request of the Commons. When in June 1645 an order came from the Commons to pray for Oliver Cromwell's forces, Henry was one of the four preachers assigned to Aldgate. On 9 February 1648, his name was added to the committee for the scriptures. Henry died before the Restoration and was buried in his church at Collingbourne-Ducis. Later, his tomb was removed. His will, written 12 February 1651 and proved in London 31 May 1652, named his second wife Joyce; daughters Jane, Martha, Bridgett, and a deceased daughter, Elizabeth; a granddaughter, Elizabeth; and a brother, "Thomas Scudder, and all his sonnes and his daughter Elizabeth now in New England." The will also named "cousins Bridgett Giles and John Scudder and Elizabeth now in New England."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1479] "A New England Immigrant Kinship Network". [S1535] Henry Scudder, Yeoman, mentions persons in abstract of will. [S1536] Rev Henry Scuddder will transcript Scudder Searches. [S1537] Rev Henry Scudder will transcription Scudder Searches. [S1568] Three Sons of Henry Scudder, Yeoman. [S1579] Rev. Henry Scudder and Bridget (Hunt) Scudder familyon parish register at Drayton, St. Peter, Oxfordshire, images. [S230] The Dictionary of National Biography, XVII, p. 1096. [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. [S1480] Marriage of Henry Scudder to Bridgett Hunt.