The Enduring Work of Mrs. Elizabeth Scudder Lathrop” outlines her roles as a 17th century New England woman and the cultural and religious environment experienced by her family.
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Elizabeth Scudder, born 1625 at Strood, Kent, wife of Samuel Lathrop: Early Life of Elizabeth (Scudder) Lathrop, Ancestress of the Scudder (E) Line The truth that Elizabeth2 Scudder (E) was born in 1625 at Strood near Rochester, Kent has been in print for over thirty years, correcting at least one hundred years of errors ..
Among the many thousands of descendants of Elizabeth2 (Scudder) Lathrop[2], there were public servants and ministers and missionaries who have served throughout the globe.
The old saying, “The hand that rocks the cradle is that hand that rules the world,” seems particularly fitting for Elizabeth (Scudder) Lathrop. Many in her posterity have been motivated by a strong desire to make the world a better place.
There are snippets of information about Elizabeth2 Scudder (E) scattered in various sources, but she deserves to have her own detailed, well-sourced chronological biography that tells her story within her historical and family context. This issue of the Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal features Elizabeth2 Scudder (E) with several articles about her early life
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John2 Scudder (J) was the first of the family to arrive in the western hemisphere. The early life story of John2 Scudder (J) of Barnstable would be incomplete without mentioning the extraordinary times in which he lived and his extended family relationships of historical interest.
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Many years ago John2 Scudder received the designation John (J) by the Scudder Association for being the immigrant ancestor of an extensive line of Scudder descendants in America referred to as the Scudder (J) line. He has a great posterity but until the 1990s his true English origins were obscured.
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Stories about faith-filled, courageous ancestors can strengthen us when we too are faced with extraordinary adversities. For generations, Rev. John Scudder, M.D. and his wife Harriet W. Scudder have inspired many for their unflinching service in Sri Lanka and India. Dr. Scudder was a pioneer medical missionary in Ceylon and India.
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This issue of the Journal focuses on Notable Ancestors and Descendants of Richard4 “Betts” Scudder that Pertain to All Three American Scudder Lines so there is something here for all Scudder descendants to discover. This issue has Puritan history about Richard4’s ancestors and American Revolutionary War history that features three of Richard “Betts” Scudder’s grandchildren, including his grandson-in-law John4 Hart, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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E. B. Huntington, who gives an insider view of the Lothrop/Lathrop families involved, notes: Samuel2 Lathrop married “Nov. 28, 1644, Elizabeth Scudder, who had been dismissed from the church in Boston Nov. 10, 1644, to remove her church relation to that in Barnstable. She is reported in Savage as a sister to that John Scudder who was in Barnstable in 1640
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