Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

SCUDDER.
JOHN SCUDDER AND HIS POSTERITY.
John Scudder, the common ancestor of those of the name in
Barnstable, was born in England, in 1619, came fiom London to
America, in 1636, and located first in Charlestown, where he was
admitted a freeman in 1639. The next j'ear he removed to Barnstable,
where he was again admitted a freeman, in 1654, and continued
to reside there until his death, in 1689. His wife, Hannah,
survived him. His sister, Elizabeth, removed from Boston
to Barnstable, in 1644, and the same year mariied Samuel Lothrop,
son of the Rev. John, at the father's house. John Scudder'
lot and house were near the house of the late Joshua Thayer.
Children of John Scudder.
The children of John Scudder were
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baptized May 10, 1646.
3. Mary, buried Dec. 3, 1649, probably very young.
4. Hannah, baptized Oct. 6, 1651, who married Josliua Bangs.
6. John, doubtless son of the foregoing, date of birth not
known. He married Elizabeth, daughter of James Hamblin,
July 31, 1689, and died at Chatham, 1742, "very aged."
His wife died in Chatham, in Jan. 1743.
Children of John Scudder, 2d.
1. John, born May 23, 1690.
2. Experience, born April 28, 1692.
3. James, baptized Jan. 13, 1695.
4. Ebenezer, baptized April 26, 1696.
5. Reliance, born Dec. 10, 1700.
6. Hannah, June 7, 1706.
The above, in accordance with our plan of presenting the
first two or three generations, gives the births and marriages of
the Scudder family up to the eighteenth century. Those of the