Richard SCUDDER

Birth:
9 May 1742
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
Chr:
9 May 1745
Death:
24 Dec 1785
Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey
Burial:
Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey
Marriage:
31 Jan 1764
Presbyterian Church, Westfield, Union, New Jersey
Sources:
Ancestral File (TM)
Notes:
                   SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGES 19422, 73400  SEE SCUDDER BULLETIN XXIII, & LITTELL, PAGE 373 FOR THEIR CHILDREN.  HE IS BURIED IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETARY.  HIS MARRIAGE IS RECORDED IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY.  HE DIED IN HIS 43RD YEAR.  ALSO RECORDED  IN THE "GENEALOGIES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE PASSAIC VALLEY."  FHL 974.9 D2L, PAGES 373-375, 407-410.  HIS MARRIAGE  AND BIRTH RECORD ARE FROM "SCUDDERS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION" BY HAMILTON COCHRAN, FHL 929.273SCU24A.  HE SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE ESSEX COUNTY MILITIA.  AFTER THE WAR IN 1784, HE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FOR ONE POUND, TWO SHILLINGS AND ELEVEN PENCE FOR DEPRECIATION OF HIS CONTINENTAL ARMY PAY.  hE IS KNOWN TO HAVE LIVED ON A FARM NEAR PASSAIC RIVER, 18 JUNE 1763.   ANOTHER RESOURCE IS THE "SCUDDER FAMILY IN NEW JERSEY", FHL 929.273SCU23KR.    HE WAS EVIDENTLY A BAPTIST.  ONE RECORD INDICATES HIS MARRIAGE AS 31 JAN 1764.  HIS OCCUPATION WAS "YOEMAN"  HE WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED AS PRESBYTERIAN.  RICHARD, 18,  SETTLED DEBT WITH DAVID MILLER.  HIS BIRTH DATE IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE 9 MAY 1742.
Rebecca STITES
Birth:
Abt 1744
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
Death:
3 Feb 1828
Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey
Mother:
Mary LAING
Notes:
                   FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS
Children
Marriage
1
Benjamin R. SCUDDER
Birth:
14 Nov 1764
Union, New Jersey
Death:
8 Dec 1819
Acquackanonk Landing, Passaic, New Jersey
Sarah or Sally WADE 
Marr:
22 Sep 1793
Acquackanonk Landing, Passaic, 
Notes:
                   SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 73410AND 214001.  DR. BENJAMIN R. SCUDDER-GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK, WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS M.D. DEGREE.  HE PURCHASED A LARGE TRACT OF LAND FROM THE WIDOW OF CAPTAIN NIELL, KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF PRINCETON, DURILNG THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.  THE FARM WAS ON THE PASSAIC RIVER IN ACQUACKONONK TOWNSHIP, NOW PASSAIC PARK SECTION OF PASSAIC CITY..  DR. SCUDDER AND HIS WIFE SALLY WERE BURIED IN THE DUTCH REFORM CEMETARY, ACQUACKONONK TOWNSHIP, AFTERWARD RIVER ROAD, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY.  ROUTE 20 (N0W OCCUPIES THAT SPOT) AS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS.  (1972).  A PLACE OF HISTORIC FAME WHERE WASHINGTON ESCAPED ON HIS RETREAT, AS THE LOCAL PATRIOTS BURNED DOWN THE BRIDGE ACROSS PASSAIC TO PREVENT CAPTURE BY THE BRITISH. ACQUACKONONK LANDING IS ON THE PASSAIC RIVER.
2
Nancy SCUDDER
Birth:
3 Jun 1765
Westfield, Union, New Jersey
Death:
6 Nov 1851
Seneca County, New York
Alexander STEELE 
Marr:
3 Jan 1785
New Providence, Union, New Jer 
Notes:
                   SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 73410. ANCESTRAL FILE.  THE ANCESTRAL FILE HAS HER BIRTH DATE AS 3 JUN 1765 WHICH IS LESS THAN NINE MONTHS AFTER HER BROTHER BENJAMIN.  THE SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS DO NOT RECORD A BIRTH DATE.  SHE HAD EIGHT CHILDREN.
3
Stites SCUDDER
Birth:
Abt 1769
Rahway, Union, New Jersey
Death:
1 Apr 1812
New Providence, Union, New Jersey
Elizabeth OSBORN 
Marr:
Abt 1793
of Essex, County, New Jersey 
Notes:
                   SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL LFILM 1533246, PAGE 73412.   NEW PROVIDENCE IS EVIDENTLY NOW SPRINGFIELD.  THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN.  HE WAS 43 YEARS OLD WHEN DE DIED
4
Mary SCUDDER
Birth:
Abt 1771
New Market, Middlesex, New Jersey
Death:
James BISHOP 
Marr:
Abt 1791
of Middlesex County, New Jerse 
Notes:
                   SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS.  FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS  SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 73412. SHE LATER REMOVED TO SENECA COUNTY , NEW YORK.  THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN.
5
Thomas SCUDDER
Birth:
Abt 1776
Hunterdon, New Jersey
Death:
12 Mar 1812
New Providence, Union, New Jersey
Rebecca AUTEN 
Marr:
18 Dec 1811
of Union, County, New Jersey 
Notes:
                   SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533247.  PAGE 73414.  THOMAS DIED OF TYPHUS FEVER.   HIS WILL IS DATED 24 NOVEMBER 1812.  ALSO SEE "SCUDDER FAMILY IN NEW JERSEY, FHL 929.273 SCU23KR.  BURIAL: THERE IS A GRAVE STOVE IN SOMERSET COUNTY WITH HIS NAME ON IT.  THE EXACT L0CATION IS NOT KNOWN TO ME.    HE WAS 38 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED.

SCUDDER FAMILY IN NEW JERSEY, FHL; 929.273SCU23KR.  BURIAL, SOMERSET COUNTY GRAVE STONE.  HE EVIDENTLY LEFT A WILL WHICH I DO NOT HAVE.  HE WAS 38 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED.  HIS BIRTH PL;ACE IS NOT CONFIRMED, IT POSSIBLY COULD BE UNION COUNTY.  HE IS REPORTED TO HAVE DIED OF TYPHUS. HIS WILL IS DATED 24 NOV 1812.  THERE IS A GRAVESTONE IN SOMERSET COUNTY WITH HIS NAME ON IT.  THE EXACT LOCATION IS NOT KNOWN TO ME.  FHL 929.273SCU23KR.  SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS.  FHL FILM 1533247, PAGE 214200.

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6
Sally SCUDDER
Birth:
20 Dec 1780
Middlesex, New Jersey
Death:
29 Dec 1864
Zebulon AYERS 
Marr:
31 Dec 1803
of Middlesex, New Jersey 
Notes:
                   SCUDDER FAMILY RECORDS, FHL FILM 1533246, PAGE 73414.  THEY LIVED SEVERAL YEARS WHERE LINES TUCKER NOW LIVES, AND FINALLY REMOVED TO SENECA COUNTY, NEW YORK.  THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN.
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Richard Scudder - Rebecca Stites

Richard Scudder was born at Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey 9 May 1742. His parents were Thomas Scudder and Sarah Rogers.

He married Rebecca Stites 31 Jan 1764 at Presbyterian Church, Westfield, Union, New Jersey . Rebecca Stites was born at Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey Abt 1744 daughter of Elijah Stites and Mary Laing .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Benjamin R. Scudder born 14 Nov 1764.
Nancy Scudder born 3 Jun 1765.
Stites Scudder born Abt 1769.
Mary Scudder born Abt 1771.
Thomas Scudder born Abt 1776.
Sally Scudder born 20 Dec 1780.

Richard Scudder died 24 Dec 1785 at Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey .

Rebecca Stites died 3 Feb 1828 at Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey .