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Scudders or Their Spouses Who Were in the 2nd Continental Congress During 1776–1781 Three Scudder Brothers, Among Earliest Settlers of Huntington, Suffolk, Long Island
“Where did these earliest settlers come from before Huntington?” Some were earlier from Hempstead and some from Southold on Long Island and some were from Connecticut, across Long Island Sound.
Huntington’s character can hardly be separated from its beginnings and the distinctive qualities of its early founders. This may explain what led to the Huntington Declaration of Rights. This document was adopted on the eve of the American Revolutionary War.
On 22 July 1776, when the town of Huntington first received a copy of the Declaration of Independence from the Second Continental Congress, the citizens of the town were inspired to create the Huntington Liberty Flag.
“Timothy3 Scudder I, son of Thomas2 Scudder II (Thomas1 T) and Mary2 Ludlam (William1), was a prosperous Long Island planter. Considerable uncertainty remains as to the date and place of his birth.
Of the Long Island, New York Scudders who signed the Articles of Association in 1774, Lt. Henry5 Scudder’s Revolutionary War reputation was probably the most widely known. Henry5 Scudder
Nathaniel5 Scudder (Jacob4, Benjamin3, Thomas4, Thomas1 (T)), delegate from New Jersey, was born at Huntington, New York in 1733, a second cousin to Henry5 Scudder, the spy. Nathaniel5 Scudder was grandson of Benjamin3 Scudder I while Henry5 Scudder, the spy, was the grandson of Timothy3 Scudder who was Benjamin3 I’s brother.