Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Scudder was born on 31 January 1657, in Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Henry Scudder, was 32 and his mother, Catherine Estey, was 28. He married Sarah Brown on 14 November 1680, in Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 10 December 1690, in Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 33.
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- Jonathan Scudder left a widow Mrs. Sarah (Brown) Scudder and a daughter Sarah Scudder b. 1681. Hist & Gen of Old Fairfield, v.1 refers to this daughter as "non compos mentis" meaning having mental disabilities—thus unlikely to marry Jonas Platt
- Huntington town records, including Babylon, Long Island, N.Y - Huntington, N.Y - Vol. 1
- Legacy NFS Source: Jonathan Scudder - christening:
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1664
After the English took over in the 1660s, the colony was renamed New York, after the Duke of York
Name Meaning
English (Kent): occupational name from Middle English scoudere ‘one who dresses skins into leather of a white or light color’. Compare Whittier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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