John Hudson (abt. 1623 - bef. 1688)

Born about 1623 in England [uncertain]

Husband of Ann (Rogers) Hudson — married before Mar 1656 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 7 Sep 1688 before about age 65 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

John Hudson married Ann Rogers, daughter of John and Frances (--?--) Rogers, circa 1655 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony. John died in Duxbury shortly before 07 September 1688, the date his estate was inventoried.^[1]

In 1684, John Hudson deeded land that he had bought from William Tubbs,^[2] to his daughter Hannah and her husband Japhat Turner.^[3]

His wife was apparently accosted, as a court record shows, dated 05 March 1655:

"Wee psent Richard Turtall for laciviouse carriage toward Ann Hudson, the wife of John Hudson, in taking hold of her coate and inticing her by words, as alsoe by taking out his instrument of nature that hee might prevaile to lye with her in her owne house."^[4]

The will of John Hudson of Duxbury, dated 20 November 1683 and proved 12 September 1688, made bequests to daughter Hannah Turner of lands & houses in Duxbury; to wife Ann the improvement during her widowhood; to daughter Rhoda Palmer £8; to daughter Elizabeth Vicory £10; to daughter Abigail Stetson £10; wife Anne Hudson and son (-in-law) Japhet Turner to be executors; witnessed by Thomas Palmer & Elizabeth Palmer. Estate inventoried 07 September 1688, totaled £48, sworn to by Japhet Turner 12 Sept 1688.^[1][5]

His daughter, Hannah Turner of Duxbury, executed a deed on 08 March 1696/7, recorded on 25 August 1697, in which she gave to her son Japhett Turner, out of "good will & motherly affection" 50 acres of upland and meadow with housing and marshland of 8 acres, "to be holden according to the mannor of East Greenwich in the county of Kent in free & common..."^[6] Hannah's father deeded this same property to her on 05 April 1684.^[7]

On 16 January 1712, his daughters, Abigail Stetson, Hannah Turner, and Rhoda Palmer are granted administration of his remaining estate that was left to his widow who was now deceased. His fourth daughter Elizabeth who was mentioned in his will was also deceased at this time.^[8]

Children

Children of John and Ann (Rogers) Hudson (Note: none of these daughters have a recorded birthdate in Massachusetts between 1640 and 1670):^[9]

1. Mary Hudson b. c. 1654; married James Bishop
2. Rhoda Hudson b. c. 1656 Marshfield, Massachusetts; m. _____ Palmer
3. Elizabeth Hudson b. about 1662 (?typo) Marshfield; m. Rev Jonathan Vickery of Hull, Massachusetts
4. Abigail Hudson b. abt 1658 Marshfield; m. c 1676 John Stetson
5. Hannah Hudson b. c 1660 Marshfield; m. Japheth Turner.

Research Notes

Disputed Parents

He can be confused with John Hudson, brother of Ralph, whom Anderson has concluded are not the same persons. For a full explanation see Hudson-512 Anderson's Great Migration disputes parents Ralph Hudson and Mary Watts:

As we learn from the immigrant Ralph Hudson's will, the apparent "son" John Hudson who appears as part of the family on the 1635 passenger list was actually his brother. Ralph Hudson's will, dated 1638, bequeathed to John Hudson my brother, £40 at age 24. We conclude that John Hudson, the passenger of 1635 and the brother of Ralph Hudson, probably died soon after 1638 or departed New England to return to England or move to one of the other colonies.^[10]

Burial: Burial Hill Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA (supposed location).^[11] This memorial currently (Jan 2023) incorrectly names father as Ralph.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Abstracts from the first book of Plymouth County Probate Records" The Genealogical advertiser Vol. 1:42.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-G5S : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1651-1681 vol 2-4 > image 251 of 677; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-PCRF : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1664-1711 vol 1-5 > image 35-36 of 652; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
4. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., Records of the colony of New Plymouth in New England : printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Boston, MA: Wm. White, 1855) Vol. 3:97.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-J836 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 19-20 of 490; State Archives, Boston.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1664-1711 vol 1-5 > image 260 of 652; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Plymouth Deeds Vol. 2:96.
7. ↑ [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-PCRF?cc=2106411&wc=MCB2-GP8%3A361612701%2C361639001 "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986,"] images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1664-1711 vol 1-5 > image 35 of 652; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Plymouth Deeds Vol. 1:47-48.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-ZXBY : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 118 of 710; State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ Tingley, Raymon Meyers, Some ancestral lines : being a record of some of the ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and his wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers (Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1935), pp. p. 150,
10. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. Vol. 3:444-5, "John Hudson" & "Ralph Hudson" (Link by subscription to AmericanAncestors.org.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34286422/john-hudson: accessed 24 January 2023), memorial page for John Hudson (Jul 1623–20 Nov 1683), Find A Grave: Memorial #34286422; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703). (No gravestone extant.)

See also:

• Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Joseph Neal, 1769-c.1835, of Litchfield, Maine (Portland, ME: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945), p. 44.

• Tingley, Raymon Meyers, Some ancestral lines : being a record of some of the ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and his wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers (Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1935), pp. 30, 150, 160, 284.

• Banks, Charles Edward, The Planters of the Commonwealth; a Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times (Boston, Houghton Mifflin company, 1930). Page 133.

• Sumner, Edith Bartlett, Ancestry and descendants of Samuel Bartlett and Lucy Jenkins (Los Angeles, CA: n.p., 1951) p. 101:

Ann Rogers, living in 1683, married first ca. 1657, George Russell Jr.; married second ca. 1661, John Hudson who died Duxbury ca. 1683; four children. Agreement 7-2-1673 between John and Ann Hudson and George Russell says that Ann had been the former wife of George Russell, deceased."

• Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins website (incorrectly gives father as Ralph)