General Notes

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Richard Hudson, I was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, ENGL
AND to William
Hudson and Alice Turner. He embarked on the Ship "Safety" A
ugust 10, 1635
in London bound for Colonial Virginia. See website
http://www.primenet.com/~langford/spls/635va057.htm . Richa
rd is listed
as being 30 years of age in 1635. Richard and Mary settle
d along Hungars
Creek, Accomack County, Virginia that same year. Although s
ome sources
indicate Richard may have been in Accomack County earlier t
han 1635, the
only ships records found were of the "Safety" sailing fro
m London in
1635. It appears Richard was a coastal trader from transpor
ting records
from 1642. SOURCE: Mr. Van Hudson's website at
http://pages.prodigy.net/vanhudson/hudson5.htm .
Mrs. Mary Hayes was Richard's second wife. He married Barba
ra Jacobs
in 1652. At least one of Richard's seven children was by Ba
rbara, and
perhaps as many as three. SOURCE: Denis Briggs at
www.kcnet.com/~denis/briggs/hudson-5.htm .
Information about his 3rd wife is from another source and i
s not
proven by this researcher yet. (I apologize for not makin
g a note of it.)
Richard HUDSON - was baptized Nov. 5, 1608, Tamsworth, Staf
fordshire,
England. Son of William HUDSON and Alice TURNER. A mariner
, he arrived in
America in 1635 on the Safety, and settled first in Northam
pton Co., VA.
Court records seem to indicate that Richard may have been a
n indentured
servant of Obedience ROBBINS when he arrived in VA. Marrie
d first in
England or shortly after arriving in VA. Married second abo
ut 1638,
Accomack County, VA, Mrs. Mary HAYES. Married third 1652, A
ccomack Co.,
VA, Barbara JACOBS.
Richard Hudson was born 1605 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, En
gland, and
died 1659 in Northampton County, Va.. He married (1) ?? TIL
GHMAN in
England. He married (2) Mary Hayes. He married (3) Barbar
a Jacobs.
Richard filed a lawsuit against a Hannah Savage in 1634 wh
o was
apparently his employer. Many reports show Richard arrivin
g at Hungars
Creek on the Eastern Shore of Virginia in 1635 which in al
l probability
is correct, however it was his second arrival in Virginia
. Richard was
supposedly married to a woman with the last name of Tilghma
n while in
England. This marriage produced Henry, born in 1632. Ther
e is a great
possibility that when Richard came to America, Henry was le
ft behind in
the care of others. Some researchers show Richard as "Richa
rd of Seven
Sons" however his verbal will references three children on
e of which was
a "Girlie". Western shoreman Hudsons claim Richard as the f
ather of
Richard II who migrated to Henrico County. Source: Willia
m D. Hudson at
www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/u/d/William-D-Hudson/ .
RICHARD HUDSON's first marriage was in 1632 to a Miss Tilgh
man then in
1638 married Mary hayes and she helped raise two step child
ren. He owned
land on Hungars Creek, owned crops a mill and a warehouse
, livestock
marked with a "fluer de leis", associated with the Coat o
f arms of
Gentleman Henry Hudson. Henry and Nicholas Hudson also use
d the mark for
their livestock.
Last Will & Testament: 1659 according to the work of Roy D
. Hudson,
Richard continued to live in Hungars Creek and left a Nuncu
pative Will
(not written down, spoken to witnesses). SOURCE: Sandra Nor
wood