Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal
Volume 1, no. 2 June 2019
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A Surprising Scudder India Bicentennial Bonus
Two Additional 1819 Scudder Missionaries That Were Hidden from View! In this issue, Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Historian, shares her findings that 2 additional “Scudder” missionaries were sailing with Dr. John and Harriet Scudder in 1819. Curiosity...
Did Dr. John Scudder Know He Had Two Scudder Missionary Cousins Aboard the Indus, 1819?
by Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Historian. To begin their amazing multi-generational saga of providing more than 40 Scudder missionaries to Ceylon and India, Dr. John Scudder and his wife Harriet (Waterbury) Scudder had to go through the formal...
Harriet Wadsworth (Lathrop) Winslow: the Third “Scudder” Cousin on the Indus
by Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Historian.It is well known to history that the Scudders and Winslows commenced their missions to Ceylon together. What is not well advertized is that Rev. Miron Winslow’s wife, Harriet Wadsworth (Lathrop) Winslow, of...
The Three Sons of Henry Scudder, Yeoman of Horton Kirby, Kent: A Season of Political Upheaval with Effects on Life Circumstances of Each Son
by Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Historian.This is the first in a series of articles to appear in the next few issues of Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal about the sons of Henry Scudder [i], yeoman, of Horton Kirby, Kent. This...
Wills of William & Margerie Scudder (Scooder) of Darenth, Kent
Will of William Scudder[1] Dated 27 July 1607; proved 4 November 1607, Reprinted from ©Scudder Searches, volume IV, no. 3, (Summer 1992): 4, 11–12; with 2019 addendum.“My bodie to be buried solemely according to the custom of the church of England, within the parish...
Will of Rev. Henry Scudder of Collingbourne Ducis 1651
dated 20 February 1651[1] Reprinted from ©Scudder Searches, v. V, no. 1, (Winter 1993) 7-9. For centuries, Rev. Henry Scudder has been the most famous Scudder in England because of his book, The Christian’s Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace. For two hundred...
English Yeomen in the 16th Century
Social and Economic Status, Compiled by D. B. Scudder, Reprinted from Scudder Searches, volume V, no. 2, (Summer 1993)[1] Note: [This article] was inspired by recurring questions about the significance of the term ‘yeoman’ that regularly pop up in Scudder family...