Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Historian

¬¬¬President Theodore Townsend Scudder Proposes to Publish the Scudder Association Bulletin,
Isabelle Scudder Farrington Invites the Scudders to Her School for the 1937 Annual Reunion, and a Decision to Merge the Scudder Association and the Scudder Memorial Association in 1938

When the Scudder Memorial Association with address of 1 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey filed its certificate of incorporation on 19 June 1911, its sole purpose was to raise funds to complete the construction of the new Scudder Memorial Hospital facility. Within ten years, members of the Scudder Association of America, that was formed in 1912 to include social and family history purposes, also were contributing substantially to the building of the hospital through a part of the association’s dues and personal donations.

Marvyn Scudder was a Yale man. He worked with a number of investigating companies and among others he was aide to Charles Evans Hughes in the Armstrong Insurance Investigation and to Mayor Mitchell in the investigation of the New York City Board of Education. He often acted as financial expert with House and Senate Committees. He became head of his own firm of investors and of the Investors Agency of New York.

Winthrop9 Saltonstall Scudder was a Scudder through and through. He was descended from immigrant siblings, John2 Scudder (J) of Barnstable, Plymouth Colony on his Scudder direct line and on other lines more than once from Elizabeth2 Scudder (E), John(J)’s sister. John2 (J) and Elizabeth2 (E) were the children of John1 Scudder and Elizabeth1 Stoughton

Rev. Henry Townsend Scudder was a graduate of Columbia University and the Episcopal Seminary. He became rector of St. Stephens Church in Brooklyn and Later of Christ Church in Tarrytown, N.Y. He served as chaplain of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.

Silas Downer Scudder (1860–1931) born in India, received his education in Germany and in England. He became a banker in San Antonio, Texas; president of the Jefferson Bank in New York City, He was for many years in charge of banks which were in receivers’ hands in Virginia, North Carolina and elsewhere. As he phrased it, he was a doctor for sick banks.’ He was a commander of the Knights Templar.

Moses authored a number of books, but for family historianss his greatest contribution was recognizing the need that a copy of the handwritten records of the First Church of Huntington during the ministry of Rev. Ebeneezer Prime be transcribed and published with an index.