Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal
‘Dedicated to informing, preserving and promoting the Scudder family heritage of service and philanthropy’
Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal, volume 1, no. 3 (December 2019)
This issue of the Journal focuses on Notable Ancestors and Descendants of Richard4 “Betts” Scudder that Pertain to All Three American Scudder Lines so there is something here for all Scudder descendants to discover. This issue has Puritan history about Richard4’s ancestors and American Revolutionary War history that features three of Richard “Betts” Scudder’s grandchildren, including his grandson-in-law John4 Hart, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Journal Vol 1, no 3 December 2019
Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal, volume 1, no. 3 (December 2019)
This issue of the Journal focuses on Notable Ancestors and Descendants of Richard4 “Betts” Scudder that Pertain to All Three American Scudder Lines so there is something here for all Scudder descendants to discover. This issue has Puritan history about Richard4’s ancestors and American Revolutionary War history that features three of Richard “Betts” Scudder’s grandchildren, including his grandson-in-law John4 Hart, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Was it Heredity or Environment?
When someone does something out of the ordinary, especially when they engage in a cause bigger than themselves for which they know they may give up their lives, curiosity begs to explore their motivations and what influences formed their decisions.
Who Was Joanna (Leffingwell) Lathrop
The year 2019 is also the bicentennial year of the first of the four Lathrop/Scudder missionaries to enter service to Ceylon. We honor them and their exceptional family with several articles in this December 2019 issue of the Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal.
The American Lathrop Story Begins
The Lathrop sisters’ parents’ heritage begins with Rev. John1 Lothrop who fled from England’s persecutors and from his incarceration for his religion, arriving in Massachusetts in 1634. (In order to promote the accurate biographical data for Rev. John Lothrop and his family,
Samuel Lathrop and Elizabeth (Scudder) Lathrop of Barnstable, New London and Norwich
E. B. Huntington, who gives an insider view of the Lothrop/Lathrop families involved, notes: Samuel2 Lathrop married “Nov. 28, 1644, Elizabeth Scudder, who had been dismissed from the church in Boston Nov. 10, 1644, to remove her church relation to that in Barnstable. She is reported in Savage as a sister to that John Scudder who was in Barnstable in 1640
Three Sons of Henry Scudder, Yeoman of Horton Kirby, Kent continued: Correction #2.
In this issue of our online Journal, we continue our series of articles to clarify and correct the history of the three sons of Henry Scudder, Yeoman of Horton Kirby, Kent (read Our Story begins with Henry Skudder (Scudder) Yeoman).
Thomas Scudder Did Not Marry Elizabeth Lowers! She was Another Man’s Wife! – Correction #2.
“Thomas1 Scudder (T)” is the way the Scudder Association Foundation refers to the original immigrant ancestor of the Scudder (T) line in America. This designation serves to differentiate the many thousands of Thomas1 (T)’s posterity from those of his nephew John2 (J)’s line.
Christmas at Vellore Medical School
“Well, Christmas is over and the New Year almost upon us. I had my celebration in Vellore as I was on Obstetric and Gynecological duty. Before Christmas, everyone was busy getting things ready. The nurses were planning their ward decorations: there were rehearsals for the Christmas plays; and everyone was doing up mysterious parcels for at least two weeks before.
History of the Scudder Association of America, 1922–1946
History of the Scudder Association of America, 1922–1946,
Continued from Volume 5, no. 3, (Fall 2023)
Featuring: Theodore Townsend Scudder, Sr., Isabelle Scudder Farrington, John Montgomery Scudder,
Rev. Charles Judson Scudder, Rita Lord Scudder, bio of Theodore T. Scudder, Manning Stires
Theodore Townsend Scudder, Sr. Completes the Reboot of the Scudder Association, Inc. in 1938
For over ten years, from late 1928 to 1939, Theodore10 Townsend Scudder, Sr. was president of the Scudder Association “and it was he who made possible and carried through the amalgamation of the Scudder Association of America,
Isabelle Scudder Farrington Who Generously Gave an Endowment
Isabelle, the youngest of the seven children of Dr. Ezekiel Carman and Sarah Tracy Scudder, was born in Arni, India, but when she was fairly young, her parents came to America to…make a home for their own children and those of their brothers who were still in India.
John Montgomery Scudder
The 9th president of the Scudder Association of America was John10 Montgomery Scudder, who served in part of 1922 and 1923, pictured here cutting the ribbon for the Scudder Falls Bridge near where he grew up on the property purchased by his 4th great grandfather, Richard4 Betts Scudder.
Four Other Scudders Who Served as Presidents of the Scudder Association in the Second and Third Decades, 1925–1946
These photos of presidents of the Scudder Association from 1912–1946 were featured in the Golden Anniversary of the Association. The family reunion to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of the Scudder Association was held on June 23, 1962, at Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth
The Rev. Charles Judson Scudder President of Scudder Association of America in 1925, 1947, 1948
The Rev. Charles J. Scudder’s youth was spent in a most remarkable family as this brief history of his parents’ family illustrates. His father, Dr. John8 Scudder II served thirty-nine years in India until his death in 1900. His mother, Sophia (Weld) Scudder remained in India for another twenty-five years after her husband’s death to make her service in India longer than any of the other Scudder missionaries, sixty-four years, at her death in 1925
Rita Lord Scudder, Served 1926
First Female President of the Scudder Association of America
The Scudder Association was rather progressive when it elected its first female president less than six years after women in the United States of America were given the right to vote.
Theodore Townsend Scudder, Sr.
During his long term of presidency of the Scudder Association of America, Theodore10 Townsend Scudder guided the Association through the lean years that followed the completion of the Scudder Memorial Hospital and the Great Depression. In 1936 he revived interest the family gathering again and in Scudder family history by beginning publication of the Bulletin, carrying most expenses out of his own pocket.
Manning Force Stires
The Scudder Association Bulletin XXI summarizes that Manning Stires “was a Yale graduate and member of the New York and New Jersey Bars. He devoted much of his time to the practice of corporate law and study of government.