Samuel Judd (abt. 1652 - 1721)

Born about 1652 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1721 at about age 69 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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Biography

• Birth: DEC 1651, Farmington, Hartford, CT
• Christening: 10 Apr 1658, Farmington, Hartford, CT
• Death: 10 JAN 1720, Northampton, Hampshire, MA, Age 67

Children: Mary (Oct 12 1682), Smauel (Oct 15 1685), Clemence (Nov 14 1688), Thomas (Jan 28 1691), Elizabeth (July 8 1693), Margaret (Feb 16 1697), Ruth (March 27 1700), Eunice (Feb 1702), Rachel (Nov 2 1705), William (1708).

The Farmington, CT church record makes him 6 years old in 1657, which appears to be erroneous, for he was not of age, Jan. 8, 1673, and so was not a proprietor of Farmington, when all his brothers were proprietors.

On October 28, 1675 Samuel's father Thomas along with William, John and Benjamin Judd and John Stanley Jr. were admonished by the church in Farmington where they belonged to consider the difficulties of moving to Mattabuck. Besides, they wouldn't have a church nearby.

Samuel Judd, youngest son of Deac. Thomas Judd, came to Northampton by 1680 and married Mariah Strong, daughter of Thomas Strong and Mary (Hewet,) about 1681. He became a freeman in 1684. He seems to have lived in the house with his father, and after his decease, took care of his widow, and she gave to him her property, which had been the estate of Thomas Mason. He died Jan. 10, 1721, and his age was 67, according to his grave stone, thus placing his birth in 1653, which is probably correct. His widow died May 18, 1751, aged 87 years and 8 or 9 months. Her name is usually spelled Mariah or Moriah in the records.

Samuel Judd lived on the Mason Homestead in Pleasant street, Northampton. Besides the Mason estate, he had land in Farmington given by his father, and he had his share in the divisions of his father's lands, made after his death. His father had engaged for him an 80 acre allotment in Waterbury; as he did not settle there, it was forfeited. There was a time when all the six brothers intended to settle at Waterbury.

Samuel Judd's descendants may be called the Northampton and South Hadley Branch. As Samuel was the youngest son, the generations of his descendants are 20, 30, or more years later than the corresponding numerical generations of the posterity of the oldest son, William.

Marriage

Husband: Samuel Judd

Wife: Mariah Strong

Marriage: ABT 1681

Parents and Siblings

Husband: Thomas Judd

Wife: Name lost to history (Mrs Thomas Judd # 110) UNKNOWN

1. William Judd
2. Elizabeth Judd
3. Thomas Judd
4. John Judd
5. Benjamin Judd
6. Mary Judd
7. Ruth Judd
8. Phillip Judd
9. Samuel Judd

Marriage:

ABT 1633 England

Sources

• Thomas Judd and his descendants by Judd, Sylvester, 1856 as found at [1]

• Judd, Sylvester (1856), Thomas Judd and his Descendants. J. & L. Metcalf, Northampton, Mass., page 11 (#9)

• Child of the Farmington Church & Admonishment for moving as found at [2] (transcription)

• History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654; by Trumbull, James Russell, 1825-1899; Pomeroy, Seth, 1706-1777 in 1898 as found at [3]

• Baptism of son Samuel Judd: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DDM5-6K2M : 10 November 2020), Samuel Judd in entry for Samuel Judd, ; citing Christening, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329300.

• Death: "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC95-W5C : 14 February 2020), Samuell Judd, 1720.

• Shepard, T. Watson. Register of The Deaths in Northampton, Massachusetts (T. Watson Shepard, 1824) Page 15.