General Notes

Name Suffix:<NSFX> II
RICHARD HUDSON, II and MARY BOWMAN were my husband's 7th
great-grandparents. His next ancestor is RICHARD HUDSON, II
I of the
"Hudsons Of Amelia" branch.
RICHARD HUDSON - His will, dated Oct. 25, 1669 at Roxdale
, Henrico
County, VA, names his three sons, who inherited the Hudso
n plantation.
He married about 1658, Accomack County, VA.
Book entitled "Ye Kindome of Accawmacke or The Eastern Shor
e of
Virginia In The Seventeenth Century" by Jennings Cropper Wi
se on page 137
between March 11, 1651 and the next 30 days, 116 signature
s were
collected from the people of Northampton County, VA, and RI
CHARD HUDSON
was among them. (NOTE: Since Richard Hudson 1st did not die
d until after
that date, this signature could actually be him or the 2nd.
) SOURCE:
Jennifer Hudson Taylor.
Richard Hudson II, son of Richard I and probably his firs
t wife, was born
1632 in Accomack County, Virginia. He migrated to Henrico C
ounty,
Virginia where he settled on the south side of the James Ri
ver and
married Mary Bowman in 1658.
It is reasonable to assume Richard was alienated from his f
ather and
other family members. His father was away (at sea?) for var
ious lengths
of time, and after his mother died, Richard was apparentl
y indentured
into the care and control of one James Bruce.
He afterward, therefore, embarked upon his separate persona
l fortune. In
1652, he joined a group of people traveling westward into H
enrico County,
Virginia. There he settled among the Bowman families on lan
d lying in a
bend on the south side of the James River.
Existing Henrico County records indicate that Richard recei
ved a gift of
land, known as "Roxdale", from his father-in-law. These rec
ords also
refer to a Will of Richard Hudson II, made October 25, 1669
. The Roxdale
land was equally divided among his three sons, who all migr
ated to
different counties in Virginia.
Note: 1677 [1669] 1 2 5
Note:
Note: !BIRTH: Hudson Family Association Bulletin;;;b 95, p
79;RozelleHudson;place only
!DEATH: Hudson Family Association Bulletin;;;b 95, p
79;RozelleHudson;date and location
Richard Hudson was born in England and died in Henrico Co V
Aafter 25 Oct
1669. Richard had arrived in the colony of VA by 20 Nov 165
2 whenRobert
Elam of Henrico received a patent for 503 acrea on thesout
h side of James
River above Bermuda Hundred between ThomasShippey and Richa
rd Johnson.
Elam had imported, Ann Elam,Richard Hudson, George Smith, G
eorge Swann,
Peter Drongcold,John Revell, Richard Heyward, John Pake, Wi
lliam
Partridge andElizabeth Partridge.
After earning his freedom from his status of an indenture
d servant,
Richard married Mary Bowman, daughter of Robert Bowman. Sh
e was sister
to William Bowman who by his will of 13 July 1670 in Henric
o Co devised a
tract to William Hudson and William Bowman. William Hudso
n was probably
the namesake of the testator and was not more than 2 or 3 y
ears of age at
the time. WilliamHudson and William Bowman would have bee
n his nephews.
The Bowmans and Hudsons lived at Roxdale in Henrico Co., Vi
rginia.
Richard Hudson made his will 25 Oct 1669 in Henrico Co VA
. It is no
longer extant. Part of its contents, however, can be recons
tructed from a
deed made 1 Dec 1688. On that date, Richard, the son and he
ir of Richard
Hudson, deceased, late of Roxdale in Henrico Co, stated tha
t by his
father's will of 25 Oct 1669 he and his two brothers, Rober
t and William
Hudson, were devised a plantation at Roxdale then in the po
ssession of
Thomas Poland. It was the land which his father Richard Hud
son, Sr had
been given by his father in law Bowman. The land has eschea
ted to the
crown and had been granted to the three brothers. For 160
0 pounds of
tobacco Richard Hudson sold his share to his brother Rober
t Hudson. The
witnesses to the deedwere Thomas Cocke and William Coc