Thomas Judd

Thomas Judd (b. c. 1608)

Thomas Judd was born about 1608 in England. [1] His wife and the mother of his children died about 1678 in Farmington. [1] He subsequently married the widow Clemence Mason. [1] She died on 22 November 1696, leaving her estate to her stepson Samuel. [1]

Thomas was an original member of the church in Farmington on 13 October 1652. [2][3] His wife was admitted about a month later. [3]

Children of Thomas Judd: John (age 17), Benjmain (age 15), Mary (age 13), Ruth (age 11), Philip (age eight), and Samuel (age six) were baptized in Farmington about March 1657. Philip and Ruth had already been baptized in Hartford. The Farmington baptismal records give their ages. [2]

i. Elizabeth Judd was born in 1633/6. [1] It is uncertain whether she or William was the eldest. [1] She married Samuel Lewis (Lomes) on 27 December 1653 in Farmington. [4]

ii. William Judd was born in 1633/6. [1] He married Mary Steel on 31 March 1657 in Farmington. [4] Mary, the widow of Sergeant William, died on 22 October 1718 in Farmington. [4]

iii. Thomas Judd was born about 1638. [1]

iv. John Judd was born about 1640.

John and his wife were members of the church in Farmington on 1 March 1679/80. [2]

v. Benjamin Judd was born about 1642 in Hartford. He died by 6 November 1689. He married Mary Lewis.

vi. Mary Judd was born about 1644. She might be the Mary of Farmington who married as his second wife Thomas Loomys of Windsor on 1 January 1662 in Hartford. [town, recorded in Windsor]

vii. Ruth Judd was born about 1646. She was baptized on 7 February 1646 in Hartford. [4]

viii. Philip Judd was born about 1649. He was baptized on 2 September 1649 in Hartford. [4]

Philip was admitted to the church in Farmington on 6 March 1680/1. [2]

ix. Samuel Judd was born about 1651. He cared for his father and his stepmother in their old age. [1]

Samuel was admitted to the church in Farmington on 20 January 1711/2. [2]

References:

1. Caroline Judd McDowell, Philip Judd and His Descendants (Grinnell, Iowa: Grinnell Harold Press, 1923), 14–16.

2. "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630–1920," Ancestry (2013: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3032) > Farmington, images 147–52 (Judd), citing Connecticut, "Connecticut Church Records Index," Connecticut State Library, Hartford.

3. Nathaniel Goodwin, "Records of Farmington in Connecticut," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 11 (1857): 323–8.

4. "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630–1870," database with images, AmericanAncestors (2011) > Hartford, images 179–80; Farmington, images 90–93; Windsor, image 163.

Last revised: 20-Jul-2023