1761-1834
Delaware - North Carolina - Kentucky - Indiana
The Isaac Hudson line is pretty well documented - There's a DAR file on him created by
Mabel Trisler Metz (DAR#506434) which has been most helpful.
We are not part of his direct line, but may be descendants of a brother or cousin. We
certainly occupied many of the same places at the same times as his people.
Some of Isaac's children went to Texas in the 1840s - and some of our Hudsons did too.
I haven't tried to do original research, but I did try to organize things to separate his folks
from the rest of the Hudsons who may be our folks.
So here it is.
Isaac Hudson was born 18 Apr 1761 in Kent Co, Delaware. He served in the Revolutionary War.
"Isaac Hudson entered the service ~1781 as a volunteer under the command of Capt. Hilling as a Minute Man, but was not attached to any regiment. Served to close of war. Services confined to guard of coast bordering Delaware Bay. Called out frequently by his Capt. but only for a few days at a time. Order Book #3, p. 206, Warrick Co., Ind., gives affidavit for pension."
(DAR file)
I have not found him in the Rev. War Abstracts Book.
He had at least one brother, Daniel, who was born ~1763 in Kent Co. Their father was possibly Arnold Hudson, but nothing more is known about him. I like to think his name was actually Absalom, because of the Absalom who is with Daniel and Isaac in Rowan County in 1790, but possibly he was another brother. (Both Absalom and Arnold are names which continue in the family.)
After the War, he moved to Rowan Co, NC and is there for the 1790 census, along with a
few other Hudsons.
Rowan County, North Carolina
1790 Males 16+, males 16-, females, other free, slaves
Salisbury 299
Hudson, Absalom 2 - 1 - -
Daniel 1 1 1 - -
Isaac 1 1 1 - -
John 1 2 4 1 -
Salisbury 306
Hudson, Peter 2 - 3 - -
Actually, there were Hudsons in North Carolina much earlier. In 1782, John Hutson and
Thomas Hudson; 1782-3, Abm Hudson (I'm guessing this is Absalom whose name is
spelled out later-but there was also an Abram Hudson); in 1787 Peter Hutson appears.
At some point, probably before 1790, because there is a woman with him then, he married
Nancy Unknown. They had at least 8 children (mentioned in his will, 1834):
Matilda "Tilly" b ~1790
m William Patterson 28 Oct 1821, Warrick Co, Ind
m Peter Meese 14 Apr 1837, Warrick Co, Ind
Amelia "Millie" b. 4 July 1791, Rowan Co, NC
m John McMurtry 18 Dec 1814, Butler Co, KY
(McMurtry died 1820 in Warrick Co, Ind)
m. Isham Fuller 18 Nov 1821, Warrick Co, Ind
Sarah "Sally" b. Aug 1794, NC
m Samuel Hinman 24 Dec 1820, Warrick Co, Ind
Mary W "Polly" b. 12 Aug 1799, NC
m James Hinman 2 Feb 1821, Warrick Co, Ind
Isaac b. ~1801. Rowan Co, NC
m Sally Unknown
Daniel b. 1 Apr 1806 NC
m. Rachel Perigo 8 Feb 1829, Warrick Co, Ind
m. Harriet Neely 27 Dec 1830, Warrick Co, Ind
Enoch b. ~1811, KY
m. Nancy Gray 3 Sep 1829, Warrick Co, Ind
Elizabeth "Betsy" b. ~1814, KY
m. Elias Wilder 2 Oct 1832, Warrick Co, Ind
From the 1790 census, it looks as though there should be another, older, son as well - but
these are the only ones mentioned in the will.
In 1793, Isaac was one of the signers on a petition to hold separate elections for Rowan County.
1793-4 - Petition for a separate election for Rowan County (difficulty getting to polls)
Absolom hudson senr, Absulom hundson junr, Daniel Hudson, Isaac Hudson, John Hudson, Abram Hudson, William Hudson
Linn, Jo White. Rowan County, North Carolina tax lists, 1757-1800 : annotated transcriptions. (Salisbury, NC : J.W. Linn, c1995. )
I don't know where Isaac is in 1800. He must have been in Kentucky for a while because
some of his children got married in Butler County. (There are Hudsons in Ohio County,
KY, the next over from Butler - but no Isaac that I've found.) In 1817 or so he went to
Warrick County, and he is there for the 1820 census - he is the only Hudson in Warrick for
1820.
1820 Indiana Warrick, p. 146 -Hudson, Isaac 320001//304110
This is many more children than Isaac actually had, but if you assume that the newly
widowed Amelia was staying with her father, things do fit better, with only one unknown
person.
male b. 1810-1820 -10 William Wilson McMurtry 1818
male b. 1810-1820 -10 Isaac Tillman McMurtry 1819
male b. 1810-1820 -10 Enoch 1811 m. 1829
female b. 1810-1820 -10 Nancy Hudson McMurtry 1815
female b. 1810-1820 -10 Elizabeth McMurtry 1816
female b. 1810-1820 -10 Betsey 1814
male b. 1804-1810 10-16 Daniel 1806
male b. 1804-1810 10-16 Isaac 1801 m ~1820?
female b. 1794-1804 16-26 Mary Polly 1799 m. 1821 James Hinman
female b. 1794-1804 16-26 Sally 1794 m 1820 Samuel Hinman
female b. 1794-1804 16-26 Millie 1791 m 1814, h. d. 1820, m.1821
female b. 1794-1804 16-26
female b. 1775-1794 26-45 Tillie 1790 m 1821 William Patterson
male b. before 1775 45+ Isaac 1761
female b. before 1775 45+ Nancy
In 1830, Isaac was no longer the only Hudson on the census. There were three Isaacs, as
well as an Arnold, a Daniel, an Enoch and a William. The Isaac under discussion is
probably the oldest Isaac, Isaac sr, on p. 261 (Boon Twp.)
Hudson, Isaac sr 001000001 //000100001 (4)
male b. 1815-20 10-15 ???
female b. 1810-15 15-20 Betsey 1814 married 1832 - Elias
Wilder
female b. 1760-70 60-70 Nancy
male b. 1760-70 60-70 Isaac 1761
I have no idea who the younger male is - all his sons were married by 1830.
The Daniel in the 1830 census is probably Isaac's brother, who was born ~1763 in Kent Co, Delaware. He married Mary Margaret Taylor and together they had at least 6 children. After North Carolina, Daniel moved to Clark Co, Indiana for a while, where his son Arnold married Nancy Roby in 1813.
The Arnold in the 1830 Warrick Co census is Daniel's son; Enoch and the Isaac who lived in Skelton Twp are probably Isaac's sons. That leaves Isaac M and William Hudson as"unattached." (However, they also could have been Daniel's sons.)
Isaac died ~1834 (his will was probated in June of that year). He was buried in Warrick County, but I have not found a cemetery listing for him.
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