Rev. Henry Scudder

Cambridge Alumni Biography

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Rev. Divine Henry Scudder

Biography

From http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/1381/scudder/d0005/g000000...

Henry SCUDDER [T327] ABT 1585 - ABT May 1652

• BIRTH: ABT 1585, Kent,England
• DEATH: ABT May 1652, Wiltshire,England
• BURIAL: Collingbourne-Ducis,Wiltshire,England
• Father: Henry SCUDDER
• Mother: Elizabeth
• Family 1 : Elizabeth HUNT MARRIAGE: ABT 1620, England

children

• Elizabeth SCUDDER
• Jane SCUDDER
• Martha SCUDDER
• Bridgett SCUDDER

Family 2 : Joyce MARRIAGE: AFT 1625

Notes

From http://www.billputman.com/Scudder.pdf

Henry Scudder, was a well known English clergyman. Henry married twice; first to Elizabeth Hunt June 7, 1608 and then to Joyce Savage. He was known as the Reverend Henry Scudder of Collingbourne, and was a prominent minister. In 1643, King Charles called the Westminster Assembly to ‘harmonize' the Church of England and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Henry Scudder was a Presbyterian minister to this assembly. He died and left a will in 1652, and Joyce died and left her will in 1660.

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Scudder-41

Henry graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1606. He began a life as a Puritan minister. He first served as vicar at Drayton, Oxfordshire. Then in 1633 he became the rector of St. Andrew parish at Collingbourne-Ducis, a village on the River Bourne, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, where he served the remainder of his life. During this time, he wrote a number of devotional works, one of which, "The Christian's Daily Walke in Holy Securitie and Peace," was used by churchgoers for close to 200 years.

In June 1643, Henry was summoned to the Westminster assembly of divines. The following year in October, he preached before the House of Commons on a fast day at St. Margaret's Westminster. His sermon was printed by request of the Commons. When in June 1645 an order came from the Commons to pray for Oliver Cromwell's forces, Henry was one of the four preachers assigned to Aldgate. On 9 February 1648, his name was added to the committee for the scriptures.

Henry Scudder 1583 - 1651 married Elizabeth Hunt 1590 - 1610 who was a Granddaughter of John Hunt, sentenced to be burned at the stake by Bloody Mary : Died "a little over 20" .

Henry Scudder remarried Joyce ( -- ) [Savage] 1590 - 1651 .

Children

• 1.1 Martha Scudder 1615 +Thomas Jacob 1615 -
• 1.2 Jane Scudder 1618 +Richard Russell 1618 -
• 1.3 Elizabeth Scudder 1621 - 1652 +John Tombes 1621 -
• 1.4 Bridget Scudder 1625 +John Grayle 1625 -

Henry died before the Restoration and was buried in his church at Collingbourne-Ducis. Later, his tomb was removed.

His will, written 12 February 1651 and proved in London 31 May 1652, named his second wife Joyce; daughters Jane, Martha, Bridgett, and a deceased daughter, Elizabeth; a granddaughter, Elizabeth; and a brother, "Thomas Scudder, and all his sonnes and his daughter Elizabeth now in New England twenty shillings a peece.." The will also named "cousins Bridgett Giles and John Scudder and Elizabeth now in New England."

From http://www.johnsteelegordon.com/genealogy/n_cd.html

Scudder, Henry (b. EST 1583, d. BEF 31 MAY 1652) Note: The Reverend Henry Scudder matriculated at Cambridge in 1603 and received his M.A. from Christ's College in 1606. He was rector of Drayton, Oxfordshire, and in 1633, was presented by the King with the living Collingbourne-Ducis, Wiltshire. His first father-in-law, George Hunt, had been rector of Collingbourne for fifty years before him. George Hunt's father, John, had been sentenced to be burned at the stake for heresy during the reign of Queen Mary I.

Despite having been given a living by the King, Scudder was a Puritan through and through. he was among those summoned to the Westminster assembly of divines in June 1643, and the following year preached before the House of Commons at St. Margaret's in Westminster which sermon was printed by the request of the House.

Scudder was the author of many books including "The Christian's Daily Walke in Holy Securitie and Peace," a devotional work that would be issued again and again for the next two hundred years, last being printed in 1826. He also wrote "A Key of Heaven: the Lord's Prayer opened and applyed" in 1632, another devotional work that had wide acceptance long after his death.

References

• The American Genealogist Page: Vol. 72, Nos. 3-4, pp. 285-300.
• https://minerdescent.com/2011/04/10/henry-scudder/
• http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/stoughton_index.html
• http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/articles_gbr22...

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GEDCOM Note

Henry graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1606.  He began a life as a Puritan minister.  He first served as vicar at Drayton, Oxfordshire.  Then in 1633 he became the rector of St. Andrew parish at Collingbourne-Ducis, a village on the River Bourne, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, where he served the remainder of his life.  During this time, he wrote a number of devotional works, one of which, "The Christian's Daily Walke in Holy Securitie and Peace," was used by churchgoers for close to 200 years. In June 1643, Henry was summoned to the Westminster assembly of divines.  The following year in October, he preached before the House of Commons on a fast day at St. Margaret's Westminster.  His sermon was printed by request of the Commons.  When in June 1645 an order came from the Commons to pray for Oliver Cromwell's forces, Henry was one of the four preachers assigned to Aldgate.  On 9 February 1648, his namewas added to the committee for the scriptures. Henry Scudder 1583 - 1651 married Elizabeth Hunt 1590 - 1610 who was aGranddaughter of John Hunt, sentenced to be burned at the stake by Bloody Mary : Died "a little over 20" . Henry Scudder remarried Joyce ( -- ) [Savage] 1590 - 1651 . Children

1.1 Martha Scudder 1615 +Thomas Jacob 1615 - 1.2 Jane Scudder 1618 +Richard Russell 1618 - 1.3 Elizabeth Scudder 1621 - 1652 +John Tombes 1621 - 1.4 Bridget Scudder 1625 +John Grayle 1625 - Henry died before the Restoration and was buried in his church at Collingbourne-Ducis.  Later, his tomb was removed.  His will, written 12 February 1651 and proved in London 31 May 1652, named his second wife Joyce; daughters Jane, Martha, Bridgett, and a deceased daughter, Elizabeth; a granddaughter, Elizabeth; and a brother, "Thomas Scudder, and all his sonnes and his daughter Elizabeth now in New England twenty shillings a peece.."  The will also named "cousins Bridgett Giles and John Scudder and Elizabeth now in New England."

Thomas Scudder emigrated to America in 1635 during the Great Migration. He was accompanied by his wife Elizabeth, and children, all of whom had been born in England. The family settled in Salem, Massachusetts. Thomas died there in 1657. In 1645 Thomas, his wife Elizabeth, their sons and daughter Elizabeth are identified as living in New England in the will of his brother, the Reverend Henry Scudder. The provisions in Rev. Scudder's will suggest that he was from Daranthin Kent County, southwest England, and it is assumed that Thomas camefrom that same area as well.

Will of Rev. Henry Scudder 1651 - From :Scudder Genforum In the Rev. Henry Scudder's will dated 1651: "my brother Thomas Scudder, and to all his sonnes and his daughter Elizabeth now in New Englandtwenty shillings a peece." This makes it clear that Henry is the brother of Thomas of Salem. Willis consistent with Thomas multiple sons, and a single daughter Elizabeth, as well as with the fact that in 1651 they were all in New England. This is a will of a different Henry Scudder of North Cray, Kent, Engl which is dated 1641 which mentions his wife Elizabeth Lowers Scudder

Name

: Name: Henry /Scudder/ :: Source: #S2 :

Burial

: :: Collingbourne-Ducis, Wiltshire, England

Occupation ===: Rector of Drayton, Oxfordshire and Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire,England

Education

: M.A. from Christ’s College, Cambridge

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to William Graham for creating WikiTree profile Scudder-248 through the import of WLGraham.ged on May 24, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by William and others.

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