Lt. Richard Betts Scudder

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Lt. Richard Betts Scudder

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Newtown, Queens County, New York
Death: March 14, 1754 (82-83)
Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Place of Burial: Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Scudder, II and Joanna Scudder
Husband of Hannah Scudder
Father of Richard Betts Scudder, Jr.; John Scudder; Joseph Scudder, Captain; Rebecca Scudder; Reuben Scudder and 7 others
Brother of John Scudder, Ill

Occupation: Captain
Managed by: Alexis Mitchell Clark
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About Lt. Richard Betts Scudder

RICHARD BETTS SCUDDER was born in 1671 in Newtown, New York and died on March 14, 1754 in Ewing, New Jersey. In 1691 he married Hannah Reeder in Newtown. Richard spawned the various Scudder families of the Trenton, New Jersey area. He came to Trenton 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:

  1. Hannah
  2. Mary
  3. Richard
  4. John
  5. Abigail
  6. Joseph
  7. Samuel
  8. Rebecca
  9. Joanna

Richard and Hannah are buried in the Ewing Church yard.

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Lt. Richard Betts Scudder's Timeline

1671
1671
Newtown, Queens County, New York
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1696
Suffolk County, New York, Colonial America
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Scudder Falls,Hunterdon,N.J.
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1701
Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
1705
April 11, 1705
Newton,Queens County,New York
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1708
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