Capt. Richard Betts Scudder

Capt. Richard Betts Scudder¹

• Marriage*: Soper Manuscript Indexes:
  husband: "Richard Betts [Scudder] (4) 5100--T-1-2-1"
  wife: "Hannah (Reeder) Scudder (4) 5100--T-1-2-1"; Spouse:Hannah Reeder^1,2
• Birth*: 1671¹
• Death*: 14 March 1754¹
• Burial*: Churchyard, Ewing Twp. (then Trenton), Mercer Co. (then Hunterdon), New Jersey¹

Parents:

Family:

Hannah Reeder b. 1671, d. 1734

• Marriage*: Soper Manuscript Indexes:
  husband: "Richard Betts [Scudder] (4) 5100--T-1-2-1"
  wife: "Hannah (Reeder) Scudder (4) 5100--T-1-2-1"; Spouse:Hannah Reeder^1,2

Children:

Hannah Scudder¹ d. 1734
Mary Scudder¹
Abigail Scudder¹
Joseph Scudder¹
Samuel Scudder¹
Joanna Scudder¹ d. 1778
Richard Scudder+^1,2 b. 1696, d. 1731
John Scudder+ ¹ b. 1701, d. 10 May 1748
Rebecca Scudder¹ b. 1708, d. 1780

Notes

• Note: "The children of Capt. Scudder were all baptized at Hopewellby Rev. Jedediah Andrews of the First Presbyterian Churchof Philadelphia; on Aug. 2, 1711, eight of the children and onApl. 21, 1713, a daughter Joanna, the youngest child.¹
• Note: Will dated March 2 1754, proved March 19, 1754.¹
• Note*: "Richard Betts Scudder came to Trenton, N.J., before 1709 and in May of that year purchased a plantation of 500 acres on the Delaware River at the Falls since known as Scudder Falls, about two miles below McKonkey Ferry, where Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas night of 1776, now known as Washington Crossing."¹