To continue the story of John and Mary (King) Scudder of Newtown, Long Island from our Spring 2021 journal issue,[2] articles in this Summer/Fall 2021 issue will share more about this couple’s pioneering activities and about some of their remarkable pioneering posterity who are not generally recognized as Scudders, due to their descent through a female line.
It was a time of religious and political turmoil when John Scudder grew up in western Kent, England, between the power centers of British political and ecclesiastical might, at London and Canterbury. John Scudder was the nephew of one of the most widely known Christian authors and reform-minded ministers in England, Rev. Henry Scudder.
In the sense of being “the first to do a particular thing.” Elizabeth Scudder, the daughter of John Scudder and Mary (King) Scudder, was a “pioneer” among American Scudders when she was the first to marry into a Dutch New Netherland family. Her husband was John2 Alburtus whose parents were Pietro1 Alberti and Judith Jans Manje, documented in New Netherland by 1635 and 1642 respectively
If our cousin, Stewart Lee Udall could see the environmental degradation happening to our planet today, he would roll over in his grave. But he would not be surprised. He saw it coming. He predicted it. He warned that if we didn’t take action, this would happen! But Stewart took action. He spent a lifetime of vigorous action and bold leadership in defense of the Earth and humanity’s future.
In 1969, Stewart Udall departed his post as Secretary of the Department of the Interior, when President Johnson left office, but continued to be a tireless advocate of civil rights, social change and environmental stewardship.
This is the most important letter I will ever write. It concerns your future—and the tomorrows of the innumerable human beings who share this vulnerable, fragile planet with you.
It involves changes that must be made if environmental disasters are to be avoided. The response to this challenge will shape the future of the entire human race.
Levi Stewart’s journals were lost in a tragic fire, so these recollections about his life are taken primarily from accounts by his children and grandchildren. A few other sources have been added to provide historical context, including connecting him to his Scudder ancestry.
During his lifetime, Levi Stewart was blessed with three strong, steadfast, faith-filled wives, so consecrated to God that they were willing to bear the hardships of pioneering not only in new frontier settlements but in pioneering also of a new 19th century religion that they believed was a restoration of Jesus Christ’s ancient Christian church with its spiritual power and authority.
Margery (Wilkerson) Stewart was born in Jackson County, Indiana on 16 Nov 1832. According to his tombstone, her father, Thomas Wilkerson, was born on 17 January 1797. In other records, his birthplace is given as Richmond, Madison, Kentucky.[1] In Muhlenberg, Kentucky, on October 1817, Thomas Wilkerson married his first wife Effie Forehand
Stories of Artemacy (Wilkerson) Stewart’s life, along with tributes to her remarkable character, are preserved in histories written by her posterity, all of whom describe her as a saintly woman who ministered in extraordinary ways to her large family and to her community.
When David King Udall met Eliza Luella (Ella) Stewart, he says it was love at first sight. David K. Udall confides this fact in his autobiography that he wrote collaboratively with his eldest daughter Pearl,
Major John Wesley Powell’s first expedition had taken them through Kanab in 1870 on their way to explore the Colorado River. In the winter of 1871–1872, Powell’s second expedition, returned again. Powell had begun the project in the spring of 1869 but had “lost one of their four boats loaded with equipment and food, and the trip turned into a race with starvation.
On this the 20-year anniversary of the Levi Stewart Memorial Park, with this article, this Summer/Fall 2021 issue of the Scudder Family Historical and Biographical Journal pays tribute to Scudder descendant, Levi Stewart, and the Stewart branch of the Scudder family who has a rich history of “service to others.”
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Please use this money for the severely disabled and bedridden elderly.
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Merry Christmas, remember where you came from.
I am a distant relative of Ida Scudder. My grandmother Rose Geukes Strauss' first cousin Dr. Bernadine Siebers De Valois was a Dr. with Ida Scudder from 1930-1960 at the … Read more
I am a distant relative of Ida Scudder. My grandmother Rose Geukes Strauss' first cousin Dr. Bernadine Siebers De Valois was a Dr. with Ida Scudder from 1930-1960 at the Christian Medical College and Hospital in Valore S. India
Congratulations to Jim and Jack for sponsoring this project
This is a great program. James Taylor is a very effective fundraiser.
Bazarsky Family Foundation
What a wonderful project, Aunt Ida would be proud
maternity hospital
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I will have the check drawn on the philanthropic account of my employer, Vohra Post Acute Physicians. I look forward to the benefit of lifetime membership. Thank you for all … Read more
I will have the check drawn on the philanthropic account of my employer, Vohra Post Acute Physicians. I look forward to the benefit of lifetime membership. Thank you for all you do! Best regards.
For COVID-19 expenses
As stated " When one is all, and all is one" Stair Way to Heaven. Led Zepplin.
God bless you all. We are praying from St. Clare Episcopal Church in Snoqualmie Washington, USA
Dedicated to Lena Scudder Beyer
Thanks Betsy for all your hard work.
Donated in loving memory of Gordon Sherman Jr.
Blessings, healing and provision, I pray for you????
A loving gift in memory of Lena Scudder Beyer
Helping my friend, Betsy Steel, help the people of India with a small contribution.
I've sent the link on to many including my church congregation.
Praying for you all. Thank you so much for your work. May the Lord bless and keep you.
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