Agur Judson Jr (1751 - 1837)

Born 14 May 1751 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anne E (Mills) Judson — married 22 Dec 1768 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1837 at age 86 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

According to his pension file, he was born on 14 March 1751 in Ripton Parish in Stratford, Connecticut, now Huntington. In 1776, he belonged to the militia company of Ripton Parish under the command of Capt. Beach Tomlinson, Col Ichabod Lewis, and General Gold Silliman. They were ordered to New York City. He served as a Sergeant.

He was in the Battle of Ridgefield on the front lines, and near General Arnold when the General's horse was shot out from underneath him. He was appointed an Ensign in 1779 by the Connecticut General Assembly.

In 1811, he signed a receipt for his mother's estate distribution.^[1]

His will is dated 29 September 1835 and proved on 3 January 1838 in Stratford. He mentions his sons, David Judson, Ager Judson, Philo Judson, decd., and his daughters, Nancy, Betsey, Hannah, and Sarah, and his grandchildren, Nancy Judson, Charles Judson, Hezekiah Tomlinson Judson, Agur Judson, Jr., Alexander Sterling, and Daniel Sterling, Jr.^[2]

His inventory was completed on 6 January 1838 in Huntington.^[3]

In 1840, his estate distribution was set out to Agur Judson, Jr., David Judson, the heirs of Philo Judson (city, county, and state of New York), Nancy Lockwood, Hannah Sterling, wife of David Sterling, Sally Sterling, wife of Frederick A. Sterling, Betsey Judson, Hezekiah T. Judson (grandson), William Agur Judson (grandson), Alexander F. Sterling (grandson), and Daniel H. Sterling (grandson).^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate records v. 5-6 1805-1820”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TJFY : 11 January 2023), FHL microfilm 007627134, image 472, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1813-1820, Pages 216.
2. ↑ “Probate records v. 9-10 1834-1840”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-Y6QF : 9 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627136, image 246-247, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 10, 1836-1840, Pages 156-158.
3. ↑ “Probate records v. 9-10 1834-1840”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-Y638 : 9 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627136, image 260-261, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 10, 1836-1840, Pages 185-187.
4. ↑ “Probate records v. 11-12 1840-1851”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TPLB : 9 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627137, image 34-36, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 11, 1840-1844, Pages 11-15.

• Ancestry.com. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/72525:1995) U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

• The Sterling Genealogy by Edward Boker Sterling, page 414
• Find A Grave: Memorial #21278508

Acknowledgments

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