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Scudders in the American Revolution BY Hamilton Cochran Published by The Scudder Association, Inc. 1976 i srr; sure tha; our membership joins in commerding the alnitior ior his tliree-year span of work in gathering the informa- tion adorganizing it int~book form. Our apeciatian also goes ts aiB ocher Scuddess m,ho supplied interesting and valuable: ma- terial. This volumc is n worthy arfditicm to the already large amount of data on vrlr Scudder ancestors, Since genealogfc,;ll nlld 1-railitarv i.oco& ;i!:c rii;rLl.\; if corn- plete in onx \roll.zmi:, it is advisnl-Ar that a Supplen:ent to this hok should bc: pu't,lished in the I'rrtnre. This will not only add nc~jvly-tliscovcrc:i4 tlitta hut also :;exye iis an 11dm r:d aiaincs and sources. Mrs. Aiht C. Baugh (Nitn Sc:adde;j has kindly vo!- unteered to uficlertsike this innporta.nt work. ,t; c%. ~.tkh( Bi~gh ( Mr2s. i%lbea+C. &ugh) of Phiiadeiphin. Not only has Nita traced the Scud&- fansily I>a& to the .T.B'rla arid 17th centuries in England, but also is ,an autlio&ty all t&~e <? - ~RF"5- Seuddex, bran& that settlr:d ill Neby Jersey, ,she has visited 1iIir:a~ies;hstcrrical scdciaties al:ii sonr&ed i:hur& ;-n.ld e:cmeteay ~ecordsa:; dl as <:OhlPlt.y md :$ate ducurncalt-s .\-vith great sui:r:ess. ,. h;:~gkdla. B~rzde:.J over iqortlint of $ier labors hthi: i:ii.b~:Ib:ii~~~jt~f this im~k. I-'\ . .. .io,ijtliy.. ScucJdc~ Q Mrs, Jotip.i. Y r.~lrt&:r) of Nr;w Yo& &j Sjdt-::r kh1.d man) ?ears DomSy vbas an editor d the cGss~.~,.~.i;kr Uuktin, Ira& ni,c!:strics and wroii: nr.ticles &out %:rislders o,! the 119-thc:.:cni.irry, inl&rc{illg a jlulll~~~ryghli SCzV~d hr the Revihtkm, T1:ie~e wi3ro mosb lieii\f:~!ill piet:kg togeflre): 'i;iogri-lphies of Si:Liddcr F:gdePts frc7rn Isjalld and XevJ yp?.,.,,sr:y. I','dth;~SOPW, Grecc!l:wfi, Long Isldnd, 3. 'J. is tIae lij:;:i.oriari the Sclldder hqociatir>n wnJ labored on i:@ne,zlof$ieslong before &is hook Mias p]allale& He lint; c2irried drr? the work of thc late A'js1-y Theresa $cildder alnd Dorothy . .I mt~~derand has producetl tour or nrjfire JZrge volumes of &h t12.-.. I Lo 9x-d to the very 6ret Scvdders wkro in Rm&ca. 3~i~s contributed cooi~tlessi~ilors adding ;.ad correcting dsies :.snd other inlormation so us&J for this book. Llarcr Scddcr Sfilrucll, Northport, Long Island. Clara has .*co!;srated with chxacteuistic enthusiasm in digging deep into f?w Gisistorical lorc of Huntington, Northport and surromlding :ui-nc:rid supplying inrc3 stories about Scudder houses and tales lieroism and woe during the British occupation. She has 'There are two lines of ;l.,,nccstoxs of the Scuctdetrs kla hmcrrica: '.~RssM.A:-:who iws in Salem in 1632 a~dhis c~usim JOKN who was in Chax-lestown., Massachwetts in 1635 'but who went to Bamstahle !Cape Cod) in 1.64C), T1.rornas's descendants ;Ire designat-cd hy the letter T, and John's by tbe letter 3. 731e numbers folowing the li~i7lb0iS irlidicate the urdm 0.1; birth, adthe r~uxhwof itgrires indicates "IK:genwitic-m. 'For es;m!ple: r-0I nonlias 'I'(ht gi:rrerabiori) &ad 4 sons adI dangbltcr john T-1: his first $mnx of the 2nd genem.tion '771i.>1~1:j~T-2, hi:; second Bx~rnof tiat: 2nd geni:r:ation FIenry T-3, his t'kiril htcir~l <it'tiac 2ild gencsralion El{znbefi~:r.-4, tiis -frrl~rt.kkborn of tht: 2nd genc~.ation <'rj~uliom :,7 '%'-5, his 6fth born id' th: 2nd gs-mera.tion J( thib J-I ( 2nd generation ) had 6 chlldwn John J-1-1,hir lint born of tlrcl 3rd gencratiou Expcnienc~1-1-2, his setormcl lmrn of the 3rd generation James 1-14liis third born of the 3rd generation Ebenezer 1.14, lair fourth born of the 3rd generation Reliance J-1-5, his fikth born of the 3rd genexatlon !hnah 1-1-6, his si~thboni ol: the 3rd gemration xiii Tim REVERENDHenry SCU~~C.~nf Ci~li~lghijl'~le-B.I~~t~i~, 'W'ikhirc Eq.$and? wa.s the first Scuddcr of whhim we hzve record, 1: 1643, tih disting~tishedclergymrtx! was a rnernbw of the Wes? minster I"asscmhly of Divines which revia:rl ii.w Thirf;y.Niu hrtieles of the C%t~schof Englanr! and harmoniz~dthem with th doctrine of the Chiirch id Scotlaad, Henry':, hrntkw, Thrrrrras, left 1,a:zidon with hi!: wife Elimbctl :,md litrnily some years bcfom to seek a new life in the Nes Wwld. M!;:cords show that: ?'hornhis was in Salcrn, Massachusett as early as 1A39; whcrc lic re~xairned 11:tril his death in 1.638 I3t:nry's ci:iunsirr, johr! Saiiddw, arrived in Arneris:a two ycar 1ai:ei.; In Lii35, aboard the sfiip,lnmes. 14n and his family sei.tied i! ,-garrist;t.i.jli:, M;r,ssachuset.t.;i where he was admitted as :a Y?'r.ea:raan He didin 1639. In 1652 ilhret: of the bcj:is oi 'Thomas, john (T-1) Thc.jrains jlf-2 and I-i.einl;.i (T-3) left Sulcw adjowwyed $0 New k-Iciveq Con necticut, Them1 tiley sailed across Long Isliml Sound to Sotathold A few years later (1657) these Scut-idcrs sold their lands am1 movect further west on Long Island to the Northport-Huntingtol7 area. There was an abuudance of salt grass aiorag the Nortl7 Shore, providing good fodder for thrtir cattle. Hefore the Revolu tlon they owned exteilsiva acrcage, o~cujlyi!lgthe whoh head o f what was called Great Cow H~rbor,now Huutington Harbor. They also owned much land south of dme harbor all the way to Greenlawn on Stony Hollow Road. There were at least four tenant houses on the varivus farms which provided work for many people. The produce from the Scudder acres was shipped to miurkets in nearby towns and as far away as New York. For more than a hundred years before the Revolutionary War Cowtesy o!: Tlze British Museum begar-a, the Scudders of Long lslaild peacefully cultivated theis 4 5 P.li-:w of the fearful slaughter iidlicted on the British reg~rlars by Arrierican patriots during the Uxtt'le of Breed's !$ill (misnamed the Batik of: Burlker Hill) in Wost~jrl 02 June 17, 1475, caused great [email protected] among the citizens of Long Bsiand. They realized that they too might SQOn be embroiled 111 war and that Inilltiamen wddcertainly be called upon to share in the fight- ing. 'They were not wrong. On March 17, 1'77% General IIowe evaciaated Boston. Soon after, Washington took posessim of the city. Later he inowd to New 'Yo& arzd concentrated on the defense of the middle cofo- nies. The: result was the foxration of tho lax.ges.t army he h.d aver BATTLE OF BROOKLYN But on August 27th, Sir William Howe decided to attack the 18.000 A~nericantroops, half of whrm were ug in on Brooklyn Heights. 'The rest were q?:-sad thin beyond Flatbush. 'T'k British made a feint against the American centcr, the11 in a nigt'bt march swung most of' their am; armdWashington's undefended flank al;d smashed into his troops from the war. One thowand Ameri- cans were killed, wounded or. captured. Survivors escaped into the olutlping parts of' Long Island or retreated iaito the forts on 3raoklyn Heights. Catei, many fled to Connecticut. Church. These were filled to capacity, under the r'lireetion of the British Provost, Captain Cunningham. The yard of the Silger House was srmoundcd by a board fence 9 feet high, On pagc 129 Mr. Dandridge writes that an eye-witness de- clared: "In the suffocating heat of summer I saw every narrow apperture of thcsc stone walls filled with Iluman heads, face above face, seeking a portion of ebc: external air." Apparently I:rotu ":4 Pictorial History of the United States," p~iblislrcd by E. I! htLrG Co., Philadelphia, 1856. R~:jrrgec.v:As uscc! in Anaericarr irnd liritish rc!:ortls and writings, this S\;~~SC!has {:wo different meanings. The Anxrican usqe refers to Patrids Eclrriund wt~sbond on July 10, 1717 in Hunbingiou, Long from Long Island, many ol' ~vhoilifought in the Battle of Long Island Island, He was balltiid the sanx day. the sox1 of iienry and and fled with their iamilies to safety in Connecticut. Sarne of them re- bctm~e mained there for the d11ra.tiori of the war; others stole back qr~ietlyto Bridgei Gildersleeve Sellr1dt.r. k:lizaheth Higbie his wift. tbcir homes. ?'he British definition of a rejugee wa:; a Tory who fled on JUJJ 18, 1777 in Huntington. Sh6 was born in thal town on horn New Jersey or elsewhere to Manhattan and the protection of the August 26, 6757 and baptized thcre October 9. 1757, Edn~und British army. A good many Tories used Manhattan and Staten Island as was listed as a private in thc 3rd Regiment, New Ycark, under bases frorrr which to harass Patriots in New Jersey and upper Wcst- Colonel Clinton He 5igned ~hcArtich of Association for irhwtc5r (:ounty, New York. Huntington in 1:'75, Edrnunt? passed awdy ahorel 1795. E%EKXI:SCljDDEBd (T-2-3-3-6-6) f!:zekiel wn.s the son of Seth ilrd Affie Scudder.
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