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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Henry Scudder Note Born: Bet 1545 and 1550 at England Probably, , , Married: Abt 1584 at Kent, , , England Died: Bet 29 Sep 1594 and 5 Nov 1595 at Horton Kirby, , Kent, England Probably Father: Thomas Scudder Mother: Unknown
WIFE
Name: Elizabeth Note Born: Abt 1564 at England Probably, , , Died: Unknown at England Probably, , ,
CHILDREN
Name: Henry Scudder Rev. Born: Abt 1585 at Kent, , , England Died: Abt May 1652 at Wiltshire, , , England Wife: Elizabeth Hunt
Name: Thomas Scudder Sr. Born: 1587 at Colingsborne, , Wiltshire, England Died: 1658 at Salem, , Essex, MA Wife: Elizabeth Stoughton
Name: John Scudder Born: Abt 1588 at Kent, , , England Died: 30 Sep 1658 at , , , England Or USA Wife: Elizabeth Stoughton
Name: Elizabeth Scudder Born: Abt 1590 at Kent, , , England Died: Aft 1594
Name: John Thomas Scudder Born: Abt 1590 at , Horton Kirby?, Ken, Eng Died: 1625-1626 at , , Strood?, Ken Wife: Elizabeth Stoughton
Name: Bridget Scudder Born: Abt 1591 at Kent, , , England Died: Aft 1594
Name: Alice Scudder Born: Abt 1592 at London, , Middlesex County, England Died: Aft 1594
Name: Martha Scudder Born: Abt 1593 at Kent, , , England Died: Aft 1594
Name: Jane Scudder Born: Abt 1594 at Kent, , , England Died: Abt 1594 at Or Near Horton Kirby, , Kent, England As Her Name Is Marked Through In Her Father s Will
NOTES
1). 1. Henry had a brother William Scudder, living in 15 9 4 w h e n he made his will. It has been assumed that thi s w as t h e W illiam, yeoman, of Darenth, Kent, whose wil l dat ed Ju l y 27 , 1607, proved November 4, 1607, was abs tracte d by W at ers .In it, William named , wife Margery , daugh ters Pa rnel l, M argaret, Joan, and Mary, all evi dently u nder 21 dece ase d brothers John and Henry brot her Henry s son s Henry , Thom as, and John, and brother J ohn s so n Henry . One parc el of l and, Pricles Mead, wa s to rever t to hi s deceased br other Jo hn s son Henry i f all four d aughter s died withou t lawful is sue. A piec e of land o f that sam e name was amo ng the beque sts mad e by the Rev . Henry Scud der in 1652, bu t as record s sug gest that a t least three o f William s daug hters marri e d and had chi ldren, it is no t clear how Pricle s Mead w oul d have com e to Henry had th e terms of William s wil l bee n properl y observed. Willi am of Darenth in hi s wi ll aske d to be buried in the churc hyard at Darenth a s near as ma y b e unto my father s grav e. Henry and William were probably the sons of a John Sc u d d e r who was dead by October 18, 1584, when his wido w Ma rg ar e t deeded property at Sutton at Hone and Horto n Kirb y t o h e r son Henry Scudder, carpenter William Sc udder s igne d t h e final concord with her on eighth da y of St . Mart in 2 8 Eli. 19 Nov. 1585 . No will or bu rial rec ord ha s be en f ound for this John Scudder, and h e has no t yet be en cl earl y identified among all the pos sible me n of tha t name i n th e groupof parishes in whic h Scudder s were li ving. H e may w ell be the father burie d at Daren th. 2. Henry must have been only in middle age at th e t i m e o f his death, for most of his children were stil l i n t he ir m inority. Calling himself Henry Skudder o f Hort on K irh bie i n the county of Kent, yeoman, he req ueste d buria l i n the c hurchyard at Horton and bequeathe d 40 s hilling s t o his poo r neighbors of Horton to be di stribut ed at th e di scretion o f the minister and churc h wardens . In his w ill unto my daughter Elizabeth one Angele to be deli v e r e d her presently after my decease... unto my daught e r Br id ge t fyve pounds within two yeeres next after my decease. . . u n t o Alice my daughter tenne pounds at date of marr ia g e o r a t 20 years of age ... unto Martha my daughter other tenne po u n d e s to be paid unto her as to her sister Alice margi n a l no t e which paid to her at her day of her marriage in hande ... u n t o J ane my daughter £ 10 on the same terms . An d y f y t s o hap pen that any of my said daughters Alice Jane and Martha shall d e p a r te this liffe b e fore the tyme aforesaid wherein t h e y ou gh t to receave their portions, then my will is that their said po r t i o ns shall remayne to be equally devided amongst th e m o r s o m any of them which shalbe lyvinge then....yf yt so happen t h a t a l l my said daughters Jane Alice and Martha shall d ep ar te t hi s liffe before the tyme when their portions ought by this my wi l l t o b e p aid them, then...their portions shall be equa ll y de vide d am ongst my sonnes Henry, Thomas, and John...All residewe... u n t o E lizabeth my wiffe, whom I do ordayne and make th e s o l e Exec utrix... and it continues to son Henry the mansion house wherein I nowe d w e l l , with all the tandem houses, and eddyfices whatsoe v e r th er eunto belonging, together with the house in the Chalkd a l e , a nd all theire appurtenances whatsoever exceptin g on l y o ne a cre and certain days worthe of land lying in my fee l d c a l led North Feeld which boundeth Joyce west. If He nr y di e d w ithout issue the premises to go to son Thomas, and if Thomas di e d , t o y oungest son John if all three sons died the da ug ht er s to d ivide the property. To Thomas my other three tenemente s i n C h appell Green in the parish of Horton includi n g a hous e n o w in the tenure of Tymothy Skudder, another occupied by Michall Pi c k w e ll with an acre of land, lately bought of John Maye he w e a n d a house in the occupation of Christopher Harris with on e a c r e o f land adjoining the highway leading from Fawkh a m t o St . Ma ry Craye South, and the lands of Thomas Walter east, and the testa t o r s lands north and west. If Thomas died without heir s , J o h n to inherit, and if he also died, the property to go to the daugh t e r s . To son John a tenement and lands lately purchas e d o f Fr an cis Reeve, now in the tenure of Thomas Adames, together with a n a c r e i n his field called North Feeld. If John died , th e pr op ert y to go to Thomas, and if he died, to son Henry, reverting to the dau g h t e rs if all the sons died without heirs. His wife El iz ab e t h to have possession of all lands until the sons reached 18 on condit i o n s h e bring the children up or cause them to be dece nt l y an d o rderly brought up according to law and consyence . If his wife di e d b e f ore the sons reached 18, John Humfry, the elder , m y br ot he r William Skudder, and Anthony Comfot? to have the u s e o f t h e lands and children s portions for bringing th e m up. Witnesses John Swarland, Vicar of Horton Kirbie, Joh n F o s t er, Christopher Hacock . 3. Henry s three sons may well be the same three who r e c e i ved Conditional bequests in the will of William Scu d d e r o f Darenth in 1607, but their names, even in combi na ti o n wer e too common to stand as conclusive proof o f th e re la tionsh ip.
2).  !MARRIAGE   Simon Skudder, comp.,  Tentative Pedigre e C h a r t of Thoma s  T  of Salem and the Reverend Henr y Scud de r ,   SCUDDER SEARCHES  The Scudder Association , Inc., 1 03 1 S tr awberry Lane, Boise, Idaho 83712 , vol . IV , no . 2   Spri n g 1992 , p.4.d brother   Thomas Scudd er, an d a ll hi s sonn e s and his daughter Elizabeth no w in New Engl and...     T h e w ill also names   cousins Bri dgett Giles, a nd Joh n Scudde r an d Eliz abeth Lathrop no w in New Englan d.  !MARRIAGE   Ibid.  !DEATH   Ibid.e who then became mas ter held the pos t u n t i l his death, at the age of eighty eight, in Jan u ar y 16 97  8 , and was buried in Guildford Church  AUBREY , Hi sto r y o f S urrey, iii, 502 . Brook  Lives of the Pu ritan s, i ii , 22 9  states tha t Grayle, having married , in th e en d o f 1645 , a daughter of one Mr. H enry Scud der, wen t i n th e next ye ar, probably as minister, to li ve a t Co llin gbour ne Ducis , Wiltshire.  He subsequentl y became re cto r of T i dworth i n the same county,   where ,   says Wood ,   h e was muc h follow e d by the precise an d godly party.     H e was a ma n of muc h erudition, a n d a   pious, faithf ul, a nd laboriou s ministe r,   much bel oved by his p arish ioners .  While a s trict pres byteria nGrayle as apparentl y charg ed with Armin ianism an d def end ed his principle s in a wor k, which was p ublished a f ter his death wit h a pref ace b y Constantine Je ssop, min is ter at Wimborne , Dorsetshire , entitled   A Mo de st Vin dicati on of theDo ctrine of Cond itions in the Covena n t of Grace a n d the D efenders thereo f from the Aspersio n s of Arminianis m an d Popery, whic h M r. W. Eyre cast o n th em.   London, 165 5 .  The preface  dat ed 15 Sept. 165 4   say s that the boo k h ad beendelivere d to Eyre in th e author   s lifet ime . Grayl e died, aged 40 , early in 16 54. afte r a lingerin g illnes s . He was burie d in Tidwor th Church , and a neig hbouring mi nister, Dr . H umphry Ch ambers, prea ched his f uneral sermo n   before the brether n , who were pr esent i n great numbers.    It is pu blishe d with the   Mode s t Vind ication.    A son o f the sam e na mes, educated at Exet er C ollege , Oxford, wa s recto r o f Blickling, Norfolk, an d p ublished many sermon s .   W o od  s Athenae Oxon.  Bliss   , iii, 362, iv, 501. in 16 9 9 , bu t theinscription is co rre ctl y preserved in Ding ley    s   History in Mar ble    Ca mde n Soc.   A daughter ma rrie d Jo hn Grayle  q.v.  in 164 5. Sc udder was author i f a cel ebrate d devotionalwork en title d   The Christian   s Daily W alke i n Holy Securitie an d Peace .   The sixth e diti on, is sued i n 1635, has an   Ep istle t o the Reader,    by John Dav enpo r t  q.v. , dated f rom Colem an Street , 25 April 1627 .  Dave nport write s th atthe fir st cop pie was more brie fe  but?  , upon occasi on of a s eco n d letter, wherein som e other cas es were pr opounded, th e j udiciou s author no t only handle d these a rguments la rgel y in his public mini s tery, but als o adde d more par ticular s for his friends f ull satisfacti o n i n a secon d coppy.     The title page des cribes it as   fir s t intend e d for pri vate use  now throug h importunitie p ubli she d for the comm o n good.   A Germa n translation b y Theod o re Haak appeare d at Frankfur t i n 1636. The boo k was f reque ntly reissued .  the editions o f 1690 and 17 6 1 hav e commend ations by Jo hn Owen, D.D.  q .v. , whos e portra it is prefixe d , and b y Richard Baxte r  q.v.  .  The lat ter could not rem ember   a ny book whi c h is wri tten to b e the daily companio n of Chr istians, t o guide t hem in t h e practise of a holy l ife,   w hich he p referre d to it .  A fifteenth ed ition was i ssue d in 1813 .  Th e fina l edition of 1826, containing Dav e npo rt  s epi stl ean d Owen and Baxter  s recommendations, ha s a n intro d u cto ry essay by Thomas Chalmers  1780 1847   q. v.   Scu dd e r also published   1.    A Key of Heaven  the Lord    s P ra y e r opened and applyed,   1632, 12mo  dedicated t o    M r . Th omas Crew,and to all h is hopefull children,    a n d h a s a preface by R. Sibbs of Gray  s Inn, wh o des crib e s i t a s   writted without affectation.   2.   Prototy pe s , o f t he P rimarie Precedent Presidents out of the B oo k e of Genes is, W it h Mr. Whatelyes Life and Death,    164 0 , fol., an d 1647 .  Here Scudde r had the assistan ce o f Ed ward Leig h  q.v.  , who was, like himself, o n e of Wh ately   s executo rs.  A po rtrait was engraved by S herwin i n 16 7 4.   Author ities cite d  Fuller  s Hist. of Cambrid ge Un iversity, 1655 , p . 92  M itchell and Stru there  s Mi nute s of the Westmins ter Assembly , pp. 10 3 , 252, 346, 4 07, 4 83, 502  Hodgson   s Entries in P aris h Registers of C olling b ourne Ducis, rep rinted from t h e Wiltshire Archaeologica l Magazine, xxvi, 3 20  privat e inf ormation  Grang er  s Bio gr. Hist., ii, 183   Broo k   s Lives o f the Puriti ans, ii , 504, 505  Bromley a nd Eva n  s Cat . o f Engr. Por traits.

						

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