Individual Details

John Budd

(Bef 12 May 1625 - 15 Nov 1684)

John Budd and Joseph Budd came to this country about the year 1632. On t h e r ecords of London, is Joseph Budd's name, aged 15, sailed for New En g l and. They arrived at New Haven, and John Budd's name occurs on the r e c ords of New Haven in 1639 as one of the first planters of that place, ( N e w Haven Col. Rec. vol. 1-7-425) He subsequently removed to Southold L o n g Island, from whence he removed to Rye, Westchester County, New York , i n 1661, In 1663 John Budd was deputy from Rye, to the General Court o f C o nnecticut. He was the first proprietor of Apawquamus, or Budd's Nec k, p u rchased of the native Sachem Shamarocke and other Indians. This or igi n al conveyance is on the records of Westchester County, dated Nov. 8 , 1 6 61, and was so large a grant of land, that the other proprietors of R y e w ere jealous, and they petitioned the General Court assembled at Har t f ord, (Now Conn.) not to confirm; but John Budd's influence was such t h a t he retained his purchase. He married Kathlene Brown, and left two s o n s, John Budd and Joseph Budd. His will dated 13th October, 1669, bequ e a ths to his son John, all his portion of the mills on Blind Brook, and t o J o seph all of Budd's Neck. The will of John Budd, Rye, NY and Con n. " K now all men by these presents that I, John Budd for divers conside rat i ons have given and granted to John Budd my son all my part of the m il l o n Blind Brook and all lands that are undisposed of, to him and his h e i rs forever, he or his assignees paying me John Budd or his mother Kat h e rine Budd thirty pounds a year in good pay, that is to say, wheat twe n t y pounds, pork one barrel, peas the rest, and I do give John Budd all m y e s tate in chattle and debts to be freely his, that he may dispose of a l l f or the good of myself and wife that we may be free from trouble, an d a f ter our decease to discharge of Will and to have all debts, chattle a n d t o pay all legacies and debts and that John Ogden, Judith (Judy) his w i f e and Joseph Horton and Jane (Jean) Budd Horton and John Lyons these a r e t o enjoy their lots as firm as if no such writings had never been an d t h e true intent of this writing is that we may have our thirty pounds a y e a r truly paid and the benefit of the chattle while we live and after t o b e J ohn Budd's, my son, to him and his heirs foreever to which I have s e t m y hand and seal this 15 of Oct one thousand six hundred sixty nine. J o h n Budd and seal Witness: Joseph Horton, Richard Bolards His mark F r o m: Edward Hart Descendants and Allied Families, Clara Hart Kennedy, 1 9 3 9, Pp 50-51 Biography of John Budd, from the Frost Family Genealogy, p p 3 4 3-4 Note: It is sometimes difficult to ascertain if certain records b e l ong to John Budd, Sr. or John Budd, Jr. nmt "JOHN BUDD was in New H a v en, 1639, as a Freeman. The first we know of him on Long Island is in O c t ober, 1640. "Mr. Jones hath the lott granted unto him which was forme r l y granted unto John Budd of Yeancock (Southold)." In 1648 "it is orde r e d that John Budd have granted him 4 acres off new ground added to his o t h er ground to make an 8 acre lot." In 1650 he is mentioned at Southamp t o n as owner of a water mill and running the same, and is called Lt. Hi s n a me occurs there no more after 1651. He moved to Westchester , 1660 , o n a ccount of some difficulty with his neighbors. The Budd house is s ti ll s tanding. In 1679 Lt. Budd sold it to John Hallock and it now belo n gs t o Jonathan W. Huntting. John Budd figures in Indian deeds in Rye, M a y 1 0, 1673, and granted, 1681-2, a meadow in Rye to Jon. Horton. [Budd s ] F rom Calendar of N. Y. Col. Ms. Indorsed Land Papers in the office o f t h e Secretary of State: April 29th, 1666. Indian deed to John Budd of a t r a ct of land in Westchester Twenty English miles west of Apanam is boun d e d on the south by Westchester Path and the East by Blind Brook on the w e s t by Mamorinack River and on the north bound are sixteen English mile s f r om the Westchester Path up into the country. June 17, 1720. A petit io n o f Capt. Joseph Budd and others praying for confirmation for a trac t o f l and in the township of Rye, known as Budd's neck, bounded on the e a st b y Blind Brook and Mill Creek, on the north by the WestChester Road a n d H arrison's Patent, on the West by Mamarroneck River or harbour and o n t h e south by the sound, containing 1250 acres, together with the smal l i s land lying in the Sound over against the aforesaid lands, one quart er m i les from shore, called Henn Island, containing ten acres, all of w hic h l ands were included in purchase made by John Budd (dec) under a li ce ns e from the Colony of Conn. of a tract of land lying on the main sho r e , then called Apanammis, butted and bounded on the east with a river c a l led Mockaquams, and on the south by the sea, against Long Island, and o n t h e west by a river called Pockotessewacke. July 7, 1720. Petition of C a p t. Joseph Budd and others for a patent of confirmation for 1500 acres o f l a nd in the town of Rye, Co. of Westchester. July 14, 1720. Report of J o s eph Budd, upon petition of Daniel Purdy and others in relation to lan d i n t he township of Rye. Dec. 21, 1721. Petition of Joseph Budd and ot he rs p raying a patent of confirmation for a tract of land called the Wh i te P lains. March 10, 1722. Description of survey of 4435 acres of land , C o . of West Chester commonly known by the name of White Plains, laid o u t f or Joseph Budd and others by Cadwallader Colden. " From the Edw a r d Hart Genealogy: "Lieut John Budd in 1660 took his family to Hasting s ( R ye) Connecticut, now New York where he was the largest land owner i n W e stchester County." Thus, the confusion about Rye, Conn and Rye, New Y o r k, is answered. They were the same place. JOHN BUDD, Southold. "I J o h n Budd of the Town of Southold, being at present weak in body." "My m i n d and will is, and I doe hereby bequeath to my wife Mary Budd, two co w s , a bed, and all household goods, and the negro woman called Catharin e a n d her child." And she is to remain in my new dwelling house, and my e l d est son John shall maintain her with victualls during her widowhood. A n d a nything more for her comfort shall be at the discretion of my execu t o rs. I also leave her one piece of gold, value 21 shillings." He leave s t o h is eldest son John, all his accommodations of land and meadow, an d c o mmonage lying between the Fresh meadow and Plum Gut, as will appear b y R e cord, with all Housing and farming implements. Also 4 oxen, 3 cows, 6 h o r ses. "If he marries without the consent of my executors, then he is t o h a ve only two-thirds of what is here left to him. And he is to make n o s a le or Trucker of any part of his estate without the consent of my e xe c utors until he come to the age of twenty-five years." He leaves to h i s s on Joseph, "all my right and interest in a neck of land in Westches t e r. which lieth between Blind Brook and Mamaroneck River, and an islan d o f m eadow belonging thereto (except 100 acres of upland and 4 acres o f m e adow), and all my housing and improvements on said land." He leaves t o h i s daughter Mary, wife of Christopher Youngs, one half of his right o f l a nd and meadow at Accobauk. To daughter Hannah wife of Jonathan Hart , 1 0 0 acres of land, and 4 acres of meadow in the neck called Mensarnin ck l y ing between Joseph Budds and Langleys. To daughter Ann, one half o f h i s right of land and meadow at Accobauk, and Å 15; to daughter Sarah Å 3 0 , when she arrives at the age of eighteen; makes his "respected frie n d s and neighbors," John Tuttle, Sr., and Isaac Arnold his executors, a n d l eaves to each of them "50 shillings to buy what they shall best lik e t o r emember me by." Dated October 27, 1684. Witnesses, John Budd, Ann B u d d. Proved at Court of Oyer and Terminer, in Southampton, November 12, 1 6 8 4. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ John Budd and Joseph Budd came to this country about the year 1632. On t h e r ecords of London, is Joseph Budd's name, aged 15, sailed for New En g l and. They arrived at New Haven, and John Budd's name occurs on the r e c ords of New Haven in 1639 as one of the first planters of that place, ( N e w Haven Col. Rec. vol. 1-7-425) He subsequently removed to Southold L o n g Island, from whence he removed to Rye, Westchester County, New York , i n 1661, In 1663 John Budd was deputy from Rye, to the General Court o f C o nnecticut. He was the first proprietor of Apawquamus, or Budd's Nec k, p u rchased of the native Sachem Shamarocke and other Indians. This or igi n al conveyance is on the records of Westchester County, dated Nov. 8 , 1 6 61, and was so large a grant of land, that the other proprietors of R y e w ere jealous, and they petitioned the General Court assembled at Har t f ord, (Now Conn.) not to confirm; but John Budd's influence was such t h a t he retained his purchase. He married Kathlene Brown, and left two s o n s, John Budd and Joseph Budd. His will dated 13th October, 1669, bequ e a ths to his son John, all his portion of the mills on Blind Brook, and t o J o seph all of Budd's Neck. The will of John Budd, Rye, NY and Con n. " K now all men by these presents that I, John Budd for divers conside rat i ons have given and granted to John Budd my son all my part of the m il l o n Blind Brook and all lands that are undisposed of, to him and his h e i rs forever, he or his assignees paying me John Budd or his mother Kat h e rine Budd thirty pounds a year in good pay, that is to say, wheat twe n t y pounds, pork one barrel, peas the rest, and I do give John Budd all m y e s tate in chattle and debts to be freely his, that he may dispose of a l l f or the good of myself and wife that we may be free from trouble, an d a f ter our decease to discharge of Will and to have all debts, chattle a n d t o pay all legacies and debts and that John Ogden, Judith (Judy) his w i f e and Joseph Horton and Jane (Jean) Budd Horton and John Lyons these a r e t o enjoy their lots as firm as if no such writings had never been an d t h e true intent of this writing is that we may have our thirty pounds a y e a r truly paid and the benefit of the chattle while we live and after t o b e J ohn Budd's, my son, to him and his heirs foreever to which I have s e t m y hand and seal this 15 of Oct one thousand six hundred sixty nine. J o h n Budd and seal Witness: Joseph Horton, Richard Bolards His mark F rom : E dward Hart Descendants and Allied Families, Clara Hart Kennedy, 1 93 9, P p 50-51 Biography of John Budd, from the Frost Family Genealogy, p p 3 4 3-4 Note: It is sometimes difficult to ascertain if certain records b e l ong to John Budd, Sr. or John Budd, Jr. nmt "JOHN BUDD was in New H av e n, 1639, as a Freeman. The first we know of him on Long Island is in O c t ober, 1640. "Mr. Jones hath the lott granted unto him which was forme r l y granted unto John Budd of Yeancock (Southold)." In 1648 "it is orde r e d that John Budd have granted him 4 acres off new ground added to his o t h er ground to make an 8 acre lot." In 1650 he is mentioned at Southamp t o n as owner of a water mill and running the same, and is called Lt. Hi s n a me occurs there no more after 1651. He moved to Westchester , 1660 , o n a ccount of some difficulty with his neighbors. The Budd house is s ti ll s tanding. In 1679 Lt. Budd sold it to John Hallock and it now belo n gs t o Jonathan W. Huntting. John Budd figures in Indian deeds in Rye, M a y 1 0, 1673, and granted, 1681-2, a meadow in Rye to Jon. Horton. [Budd s ] F rom Calendar of N. Y. Col. Ms. Indorsed Land Papers in the office o f t h e Secretary of State: April 29th, 1666. Indian deed to John Budd of a t r a ct of land in Westchester Twenty English miles west of Apanam is boun d e d on the south by Westchester Path and the East by Blind Brook on the w e s t by Mamorinack River and on the north bound are sixteen English mile s f r om the Westchester Path up into the country. June 17, 1720. A petit io n o f Capt. Joseph Budd and others praying for confirmation for a trac t o f l and in the township of Rye, known as Budd's neck, bounded on the e a st b y Blind Brook and Mill Creek, on the north by the WestChester Road a n d H arrison's Patent, on the West by Mamarroneck River or harbour and o n t h e south by the sound, containing 1250 acres, together with the smal l i s land lying in the Sound over against the aforesaid lands, one quart er m i les from shore, called Henn Island, containing ten acres, all of w hic h l ands were included in purchase made by John Budd (dec) under a li ce ns e from the Colony of Conn. of a tract of land lying on the main sho r e , then called Apanammis, butted and bounded on the east with a river c a l led Mockaquams, and on the south by the sea, against Long Island, and o n t h e west by a river called Pockotessewacke. July 7, 1720. Petition of C a p t. Joseph Budd and others for a patent of confirmation for 1500 acres o f l a nd in the town of Rye, Co. of Westchester. July 14, 1720. Report of J o s eph Budd, upon petition of Daniel Purdy and others in relation to lan d i n t he township of Rye. Dec. 21, 1721. Petition of Joseph Budd and ot he rs p raying a patent of confirmation for a tract of land called the Wh i te P lains. March 10, 1722. Description of survey of 4435 acres of land , C o . of West Chester commonly known by the name of White Plains, laid o u t f or Joseph Budd and others by Cadwallader Colden. " From the Edw a r d Hart Genealogy: "Lieut John Budd in 1660 took his family to Hasting s ( R ye) Connecticut, now New York where he was the largest land owner i n W e stchester County." Thus, the confusion about Rye, Conn and Rye, New Y o r k, is answered. They were the same place. JOHN BUDD, Southold. "I J o h n Budd of the Town of Southold, being at present weak in body." "My m i n d and will is, and I doe hereby bequeath to my wife Mary Budd, two co w s , a bed, and all household goods, and the negro woman called Catharin e a n d her child." And she is to remain in my new dwelling house, and my e l d est son John shall maintain her with victualls during her widowhood. A n d a nything more for her comfort shall be at the discretion of my execu t o rs. I also leave her one piece of gold, value 21 shillings." He leave s t o h is eldest son John, all his accommodations of land and meadow, an d c o mmonage lying between the Fresh meadow and Plum Gut, as will appear b y R e cord, with all Housing and farming implements. Also 4 oxen, 3 cows, 6 h o r ses. "If he marries without the consent of my executors, then he is t o h a ve only two-thirds of what is here left to him. And he is to make n o s a le or Trucker of any part of his estate without the consent of my e xe c utors until he come to the age of twenty-five years." He leaves to h i s s on Joseph, "all my right and interest in a neck of land in Westches t e r. which lieth between Blind Brook and Mamaroneck River, and an islan d o f m eadow belonging thereto (except 100 acres of upland and 4 acres o f m e adow), and all my housing and improvements on said land." He leaves t o h i s daughter Mary, wife of Christopher Youngs, one half of his right o f l a nd and meadow at Accobauk. To daughter Hannah wife of Jonathan Hart , 1 0 0 acres of land, and 4 acres of meadow in the neck called Mensarnin ck l y ing between Joseph Budds and Langleys. To daughter Ann, one half o f h i s right of land and meadow at Accobauk, and Å 15; to daughter Sarah Å 3 0 , when she arrives at the age of eighteen; makes his "respected frie n d s and neighbors," John Tuttle, Sr., and Isaac Arnold his executors, a n d l eaves to each of them "50 shillings to buy what they shall best lik e t o r emember me by." Dated October 27, 1684. Witnesses, John Budd, Ann B u d d. Proved at Court of Oyer and Terminer, in Southampton, November 12, 1 6 8 4.

Events

BirthBef 12 May 1625Stepney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Death15 Nov 1684Rye, Westchester, New York, United States

Families

FatherJohn Budd (1592 - 1669)
MotherKatherine Browne (1591 - 1670)
SiblingKatherine Budd (1621 - 1634)
SiblingMary Budd (1625 - )
SiblingJane Budd (1626 - 1695)
SiblingSarah Budd (1627 - )
SiblingJoseph Budd (1628 - 1722)
SiblingAnna Budd (1637 - )
SiblingJudith Budd (1639 - 1681)
SiblingJoshua Budd (1640 - )