Sarah Judkins

Not the same as Sarah Pacey

Sarah (Unknown) Judkins (abt. 1606 - 1657)

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Judkins-16

According to the Judkins Family Association, Job was born in Scotland in 1606. He was christened on 28 April 1607 at Southam, Warwickshire, England. He married Sarah circa 1628.

The first record found of Job Judkins is in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts in 1637, where he was employed as a sawyer and a property owner. [1] Family tradition has it that he was born in 1606, the son of Joel Judkins (born 9 Aug 1579), and grandson of Samuel Judkins (born 10 May 1556); [2] [3] and that he and two brothers emigrated from Scotland. [4] [2] He is believed to have come to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628, where he married Sarah, which some think was surnamed Dudley, some time before 1637. [3] [2] [4] [5]

Job was granted a lot in Boston "for five heads" at Braintree on 27 Sep 1641. This property, which old Boston maps show was owned by Job as early as 1639, marked lot 96, was later occupied by the Jordan Marsh store. Various estates between 1657 and 1660 show debts to and from Job "of Suffolk County." [2] [6]

Job and Sarah had children as follows: [2] [7]

1. Job Judkins, b 10 May 1637; d 24 May 1637 [8] [9] [6]
2. Samuel Judkins, b 27 Nov 1638 [9] [2] [5] [6]
3. Job Judkins, b 30 Jun 1641; d Jun 1641 [9] [6]
4. Joel Judkins, b 30 Sep 1645 [9] [2] [5] [6]
5. Sarah Judkins, b 3 or 7 Dec 1645 [9] [10] [6]

Sarah joined the First Church of Boston on 8 Aug 1641 and died 26 Nov 1657.

Job is believed to have survived her and died probably after 1666. [2]

Disputed Origins

From Bill & Rita Stupak http://www.stupakgen.net/Genealogy/Beahm/07684_judk.htm

We originally had Sarah as the daughter of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy York, following several sources. However, there seem to be too many conflicts and I do not feel this is a good connection. Going from “bottom up”, i.e. those sources concerned with finding ancestors of Job and Sarah, often results in her identification as a daughter of Thomas. But going from the top down, i.e. looking at those sources concerned with Thomas Dudley and his descendants, does not match. Thomas did indeed have a daughter Sarah, but she was born in 1620, came to Massachusetts in 1630, married someone else, and died in 1659. Most sources concerned with Thomas Dudley’s descendants do not mention Job Judkins. And a 1620 birth date makes Sarah too young for her first two children (born 1629 and 1631). Our Sarah had to be born earlier, and (assuming the marriage location is correct) was in Boston at least by 1627. I believe the persistent desire to make a connection to Thomas stems from the fact that he was one of the first governors of the Massachusetts colony. It would be nice to claim him as a member of our family, but I don’t think there is any evidence for it other than the name. However, no one can say that Sarah Dudley Keayne Pacey did not have an exciting life. I think that after reading this account of Ms. Dudley in “The Life and Work of Thomas Dudley: The Second Governor of Massachusetts; Augustine Jones; Houghton, Mifflin, 1900, I think you’ll agree she was not the wife of Job Judkins.

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• Sarah Dudley
• F, #71063, b. circa 1608, d. 26 November 1657
• Sarah Dudley was born circa 1608. She married Job Judkins, son of Joel Judkins, circa 1628. Sarah Dudley died on 26 November 1657 at Boston, Suffolk, MA.
• Family Job Judkins b. 28 Apr 1607, d. 26 Nov 1657
• Child
  • Joel Judkins+ b. 30 Sep 1643, d. 25 Apr 1674
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2365.htm#...

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• DUDLEY, Sarah
• b. 1608
• d. 26 NOV 1657 Boston, Suffolk, Mass.
• Family:
• Marriage: 1628
• Spouse: JUDKINS, Job
• b. 1606 West Glasgow, Scotland
• d. 1672
• Parents:
• Father: JUDKINS, Joel
• Children:
  • JUDKINS, Samuel
  • JUDKINS, Joel
  • JUDKINS, Sarah
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_1e1.htm#75 _________________
• Sarah Judkins Pratt
• Birth: Dec. 7, 1645 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: Jan. 26, 1727 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Daughter of Job Judkins and his wife Sarah
• Family links:
• Spouse:
• Joseph Pratt (1639 - 1720)*
• Children:
  • Joseph Pratt (1665 - 1765)*
• Burial: North Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Find A Grave Memorial# 134241277
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134241277

References

• http://gsmall.us/Family/Small/getperson.php?personID=I01240&tree=Sm...