Richard Hudson (1674 - bef. 1763)

Born 1674 in Somerset County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Tingle) Hudson — married about 1712 in Somerset Co., MD

Descendants

Died before 2 Mar 1763 before age 89 in Worcester County, Maryland

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Biography

Richard Hudson was born in Somerset Co., Maryland in1674, son of Henry Hudson Lydia Smith. He passed away in 1763 in what had become Worcester, County in 1742 ^[1]

In 1757, his son Samuel Hudson, who was himself a grandfather with two married granddaughters, left his father Richard a black horse during his lifetime.

Richard was a wealthy landowner in Worcester County at the time of his death. His will disposes of more than 600 acres of land (some tracts are not measured).

Will

Richard Hudson's will was signed 5 December 1762. The will was proved on 2 March 1763. It left the following bequests

-to wife Margret – 100 acre tract bought from Thos Bowding & John Hudson. During her lifetime, the use of enslaved people: man named Titus, man named James, and woman named Phib.

-to son John Hudson – 100 acre tract called Lowes Choice bought of William Low, 25 acre tract called Rumbly Marsh. After wife’s death one enslaved man named Tittus [Titus]

-to son Henry Hudson – 25 acres of marsh called Brunt Marsh. After wife’s death one enslaved man named James.

-to son Sollomon Hudson – one half of property called Harrigate, half the land bought from Bulger, 25 acres of land and marsh part of a tract called Powells Hammokes. One enslaved boy or young man named Levi. Also 145 acres of tract named Hardship.

-to son Annanias Hudson – the other part of the Harrigate property, and the rest of the property bought from William Bulger and the Powells Hammokes property. Also 350 acre tract named Hardship. An enslaved girl or young woman named Sarah and an enslaved woman named Phib [Phoebe?]

-to daughter Rachel Pattey – an enslaved girl/young woman named Tammer and an enslaved boy/young man named Steven.

to daughter Leah Richards --- two enslaved girls or young women named Phoebe and Sue.

-to all six children: John Hudson, Henry Hudson, Sollomon Hudson, Annanias Hudson, Rachel Pattey, and Leah Richards – the remainder of the estate

-Executor, wife Margaret Hudson and son Annanias Hudson

-Witnesses: Josiah Mitchell, Caleb Tingle, Stephen Tilghman

Sources

1. ↑ Will Liber 31 Folio 854 5 Dec 1762 Somerset County, Maryland Prerogative Court (Wills) 1635-1777, s538

• https://www.thedomesticcurator.com/2013/12/hudson-genealogy-from-rudolph-to.html

• Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999: Inventories: JW 15,1688-1742 - JW 8-9, 1743-1788. Images (un-indexed) at FamilySearch.org [1], Images 10. Accessed 27 Sept 2019

Inventory of Henry Hudson, Senior, late of Somerset County

Appraised 5 July 1710

Value of estate £56.s.7.d.2

appraisers: Thomas Purnell and Charles Ennis

Approved of by us, two of ye nearest kin, Henry Hudson, Rich Hudson.

• Will of Samuel Hudson, of Worcester County, in Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 (Worcester) Wills 1742-1759 Vol 2, Image 98. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch.org, accessed 12 Sept 2020.

Will signed:19 May 1757; Will proved: 3 November 1757

Bequests to father, Richard Hudson

• Will of Richard Hudson, of Worcester County, in Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 (Worcester) Wills 1759-1769, Vol 3, Image 37-38. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch.org, accessed 10 Sept 2020.

Will signed: 5 December 1762; Will proved: 2 March 1763