Deborah Denman (Scudder)

https://www.geni.com/discussions/203661?msg=1340855 (for reference)

Here's proof that:

1. Deborah Scudder existed

2. she was the daughter of Samuel Scudder II and sister of Samuel Scudder "Jr." (or III)

3. she married a Denman

4. she could not have been the wife of Daniel Denton, Jr., who died quite young and was of a much earlier generation.

https://books.google.com/books?id=_XlT_0leALsC&pg=PA308&lpg...

"Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, Vol. XIII" (a continuation of the transcripts from Book 37 belonging to the Clerk of New York City, NY); pp. 124-5, and p. 308:

The will of Samuel Scudder, dated April 13, 1756; probated in the State of NY, March 28, 1785.

"I, SAMUEL SCUDDER, of New Town, Queens County, Nassau Island [Long Island], yeoman, being indisposed in Body. I bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Deborah ye use and income of ye one half of my Plantation during her widdowhood, in lieu of her dower after her decease to my son, Samuel Scudder, all ye plantation I now possess, he paying the following Legacys, that is to say: To his sister Sarah £100. To his sister Deborah £100.

"...after my daughters, Sarah Scudder and Deborah Scudder [born 1738, so at the time the will was first written, she was only 18 years old]

"...To my daughters, Sarah and Deborah Scudder

"...Dated April 13, 1756. Witnesses, Thos. Betts, Jonathan Strickland, of Newtown, yeoman; Jemima Way.

"...Proved, Queens County, March 8, 1785. Administration granted to DEBORAH DENMAN and Sarah Pettit, both of Newtown, spinsters, the FORMER a DAUGHTER and the latter granddaughter, residuary Legatees of Samuel Scudder, late of the same place, yeoman, deceased; the executors of the will being deceased before the Probate thereof, New York, March 28, 1785.

"[p.308, re: the will of Deborah Scudder Denman's brother, Samuel Scudder, "Jr."] Administration granted to DEBORAH DENMAN and Sarah Pettit, both of Newtown, Queens County, spinsters, SISTER and legatees OF SAMUEL SCUDDER [Jr., who died Aug. 31, 1771], late of the same place, yeoman, on the estate of the said Samuel Scudder ["Jr."]. Whereas Samuel Scudder made his will dated August 3, 1771, and appointed Richard Betts, J[r.], and Nathaniel Woodard, Executors, and soon after died, and whereas on the 11th day of November following at Queens County the will was proved, and administration granted to the said Executors, and whereas the Executors of the will of the said Richard Betts J[r.], the last surviving Executor of the said Samuel Scudder, did relinquish the Executorship of the said will, administration is granted to the above [Deborah Scudder Denman and Sarah Pettit]. New York, March 21, 1786."

By 1786, Deborah Scudder Denman's husband, Daniel Wright Denman, had long since somehow mysteriously dropped out of sight (probably died or missing in action), sometime during the Revolutionary War years.

https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QaeE-7ixh...

"New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZZN-P21 : 11 February 2018), Danl. Denman in entry for Saml. Scudder Denman, ; citing SAINT JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH,ELIZABETH,UNION,NEW JERSEY, reference ; FHL microfilm 0982039 IT 2-9.

Danl. Denman mentioned in the record of Saml. Scudder Denman, from New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980.

Name: Saml. Scudder Denman

Gender: Male

Christening Date: 03 Apr 1770

Christening Place: SAINT JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH,ELIZABETH,UNION,NEW JERSEY

Father's Name: Danl. Denman

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4X-M9V5-3?cc=210...

Abstract from Presbyterian church records in Newtown, Long Island, Queens Co., NY, record a marriage between Daniel Denman and Deborah Scudder on March 22, 1761.