Daniel
Hudson
Born in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel Hudson Jr.
and Joanna (Unknown) Hudson
Brother of
Ann (Hudson) Josselyn, Mary (Hudson) Waters, Sarah Hudson, Elizabeth Hudson, Joanna Hudson, John Hudson, William Hudson, Abigail (Hudson) Atherton, Nathaniel Hudson and Thomas Hudson Sr
Husband of
Mary (Maynard) Hudson
— married
21 Jul 1674 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Nathaniel Hudson and Daniel Hudson III
Died
at age 79
in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
He was born 26 May 1651 at Lancaster, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [1] and his parents were Joanna (White) and Daniel Hudson, Jr. [2] His great-uncle was Henry Hudson, III, the famous English navigator of the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
Daniel Hudson, III married on 21 Jul 1675 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Mary Maynard of Sudbury. [3]
He was a bricklayer and mason by profession.
He owned two properties in Lancaster and Watertown, Massachusetts.
He built the first schoolhouse for children in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
On September 11, 1697 a party of 40 Indians made a surprise attack at midnight on Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. About 25 people were killed including the town preacher, his parents and 2 children of Nathaniel Hudson. Two of his adult sisters, Elizabeth and Joanna were kidnapped and presumed to have died in captivity. [4] [5] [6]
After his wife died, he moved with his son Daniel to Bridgewater where he died in 1731, aged 80. [7]
Children
- Daniel Hudson, b: 03 Mar 1651
- Marie Hudson, b: 07 Jul 1653
- Sarah Hudson, b: 01 Nov 1656
- Elizabeth Hudson, b: 11 Nov 1658
- Joanna Hudson, b: 06 Nov 1660
- John Hudson, b: 10 Jan 1662
- William Hudson, b: 12 Apr 1664
- Nathaniel Hudson, b: 15 Mar 1671.
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records of Lancaster, p12: "Daniel sonne of Daniel Hudsun, & Joanna his wife borne, May 26, 1651"
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #148390494 for father, Daniel Hudson, b: 1625 Kent, England; d: 11 Sep 1697 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; as burial unknown
- ↑ Vital Records of Lancaster, Appendix p451: "Daniel Hudson, Jr., and Mary Maynard of Sudbury, ____ 1674"
- ↑ "Massacre of September 11, 1697"] edited by Henry S. Nourse; p16
- ↑ Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850 Lancaster, Massachusetts by W. J. Coulter in 1890 on Google Books; ... Daniel Hudson. Joanna Hudson, wife of Daniel. Joanna Hudson, daughter of Daniel, aged thirty-seven years, killed captive. Elizabeth Hudson, daughter of Daniel, aged forty years, killed captive. Two children of Nathaniel and Rebecca Hudson ..."
- ↑ Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts by Henry S. Nourse, A.M.; on ancestry.com; citing Hudson Families of Lancaster, MA; for Nathaniel Hudson
- ↑ History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861 by Charles Hudson in 1862; p398
- Early Vital Records of Massachusetts from 1600 to 1850
- http://catnip13.tripod.com/Hudson.html
- U. S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Daniel Hudson arrived in 1651, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-CG9 : 20 May 2022), Daniel Hudsun, 26 May 1651; citing Birth, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCH-1NGY : 11 May 2022), Daniel Hudson and Mary Maynard, 1674; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6W-TVH : 5 January 2021), Daniel Hutson, 1677.
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: GHS3-TFG
- Find A Grave: Memorial #22856858, (accessed 31 December 2022), memorial page for Daniel Hudson (26 May 1651–31 Jan 1731), citing First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Nan (contributor 46795555).
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Categories: First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Daniel Hudson (b. 1625) was slain, along with his wife, Joanna, along with two daughters and two grandchildren in the Lancaster, MA Raid of 1697. One-third of the Town of Lancaster was wiped out in that raid and many people taken captive, including Daniel's two daughters, Joanna and Elizbeth, ages 37 and 40. They were never heard from again. The townspeople made a valiant effort to defend their homes during the raid, but many of them were killed, including the above Hudson family. For more information about this raid by the Indians and several other raids in Lancaster, please see Early Records of Lancaster, MA.