Individual Details

Richard Betts Scudder is the ancestor of the various Scudder families of the Trenton, New Jersey area. He came to Trenton from Long Island sometime before 1709 and in May, 1709, purchased a plantation of some 500 acres on the Delaware River at the Falls now known as Scudder Falls about two miles below where Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas 1776. He was commissioned a Captain on March 10, 1713. Richard and Hannah had the following children: Hannah, Mary, Richard, John, Abigail, Joseph, Samuel, Rebecca and Joanna. Richard and Hannah are buried in the Ewing Church yard.

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Birth	1671	Newtown, Long Island
Marriage	1691	Newtown, Long Island - Hannah Reeder
Will	2 Mar 1754	Trenton, Hunterdon, New Jersey
Death	14 Mar 1754	Ewing, New Jersey

Spouse	Hannah Reeder (1671 - 1734)
Child	Richard Betts Scudder (1697 - 1731)
Child	John Scudder (1701 - 1748)
Child	Joseph Scudder (1705 - 1799)
Child	Rebecca Scudder (1708 - 1780)
Child	Reuben Scudder (1710 - )
Child	Joanna Scudder (1711 - 1778)
Child	Mary Scudder ( - )
Child	Abigail Scudder ( - 1720)
Child	Samuel Scudder ( - )
Child	Hannah Scudder ( - 1738)
Child	Sarah Scudder (1713 - )

Father	John Scudder (1645 - 1732)
Mother	Joanna Betts (1650 - 1711)
Sibling	John Scudder (1673 - 1739)

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