1797-1857
North Carolina - Kentucky - Warrick County, Indiana
Rebecca is probably the sister of our Amelia Hudson who married Henry Deweese. There
is no definite proof, but there are a number of reasons to support the supposition.
1. They are of an age to be sisters
2. They lived in some of the same places at the same time
3. Amelia's children took refuge with her family when they left Kentucky
4. Other researchers say so
5. One researcher says both their marriage licenses listed Susannah Hudson as
mother (I haven't confirmed this yet)
I think the researcher is Mary Ann Horn - the info was on the Hudson
Family GenForum site.
And there is certainly more information out there for her than for poor Amelia. She is given specific birth and death dates - October 6, 1797-November 27, 1857 - rather than the approximations which we have to use for Ameila. [The information comes from: Butler County, Kentucky : a history of Butler County, Kentucky and its people : Butler County, Kentucky history [edited by Lois Russ] Morgantown, Ky. : Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1987.] Her birth place comes from the 1850 census - these are often incorrect, and you should take them with a grain of salt, but in this case we have other reasons for thinking North Carolina is correct (one of them being that the Deweeses also passed through North Carolina).
In 1816, Rebecca married Francis Shrode in Butler County, Kentucky.
Nov 16, 1816 Frances Shrode - Rebecca M. Hudson Jno P. Taylor
consent of bride's father proved by F. Estick
Butler County, Kentucky marriages, 1810-1865. (Madisonville, Ky. : Hopkins Co Gen Soc, 1974)
(Just to make things nice and confusing, I have another marriage date -5 Dec, 1816 -
but I didn't record the source.)
This is the same county, and a few months after, Amelia married Henry Deweese.
Together they had 14 children. I only know the names of 10 of them.
Hudson McDonald Shrode April 05, 1817
Isaac Heron Shrode 1819
Henry Shrode 1820
Jacob W Shrode September 15, 1821
William Shrode 1823
Davis Shaw Shrode 1825
Sally Shrode 1832
Francis Marion Shrode July 13, 1835
Rebecca Shrode July 13, 1835
Ezekiel Perigo Shrode December 24, 1837
About the names of the children:
I have no proof about the parents of Rebecca and Amelia, but information is
floating around on the Internet that they were William and Susannah Hudson.
There is some reason to suspect that Susannah's maiden name might have
been McDonald - and in light of that, I find the name of Rebecca's first-born
son extremely interesting, don't you?
And then there is Ezekiel Perigo Shrode. Ezekiel Perigo married Margaret
Hudson in 1822. Margaret does not belong to the Isaac Hudson family of
Hudsons, so it is possible she is another sister of Rebecca and Amelia.
Francis Shrode (or Shrodes, or Shroad, etc) was born in about 1787 in Pennsylvania. The Butler County History (noted above) says the date was 25 November 1779 and the place was Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. That is quite a significant difference, and I am wondering if there is not some confusion. The Francis married to Rebecca Hudson was more likely born later - he says he is 62 on the 1850 census. The Butler County history book says Francis died in 1857 also (Francis d. 23 November, Rebecca d. 27 November), but in fact he was still alive for the 1870 census.
I think it is likely that Francis's father's name was Henry. (There is a Henry Shrode in Allegheny County, PA in 1790, and in Butler Co, KY in 1810.)
Sometime between 1816 and 1820, Francis and Rebecca moved to Warrick County.
They are there for the 1820 census. (Francis is the only Shrode there that year.)
1820 Warrick 162 Campbell - Shroads, Frances 310010//01100
m under 10 1810-20 Hudson McDonald 1817
m under 10 1810-20 Isaac Heron 1819
m under 10 1810-20 Henry 1820
m 10-16 1804-10 A possibly Henry (who appears 1830)? possible
nephew?
f 10-16 1804-10 a not d/o Rebecca -> possibly Elizabeth Shrode m Miles
Hart 1822?
possibly Margaret Hudson???
m 26-45 1775-1794 Francis 1787
f 26-45 1775-1794 Rebecca Hudson 1797
In 1830 in Warrick County, there were two Shrodes, Francis and Henry.
1830 Warrick 264 Campbell - Sroads, Frances 1320001//100001
m 1825-30 Davis Shaw 1825
f 1825-30 b
m 1820-25 William 1823
m 1820-25 Jacob W 1821
m 1820-25 Henry 1820
m 1815-20 Isaac Heron 1819
m 1815-20 Hudson McDonald 1817
m 1780-90 Francis 1787
f 1800-10 Rebecca Hudson 1797
1830 Warrick 263 Boon Town- Sroads, Henery 00001 (m 20/30) // 0001 (f
15-20)
In 1837, Francis & Rebecca's oldest son Hudson married Susannah Couts.
Shroades, Hudson m Susannah Couts - 23 March 1837 - A Baldwin JP
Warrick County Marriage Book B, p. 24
In the 1840 census, there were three Shrodes in Warrick, Hudson, Henry and Francis.
1840 Warrick 101 Campbell - Shroads, Hudson M - 00001 // 10001
Shroads, Henry - 230001 // 00001
Shroads, Frances - 20032001 // 1110001
1840 Warrick - Shroads, Francis
m 1835-40 Ezekiel Perigo 1837
m 1835-40 Francis Marion 1835
f 1835-40 Rebecca 1835
f 1830-35 Sally 1832
f 1825-30 b
m 1820-25 Davis Shaw 1825
m 1820-25 William 1823
m 1820-25 Jacob 1821
m 1810-20 Henry 1820
m 1810-20 Isaac Heron 1819
m 1780-90 Francis 1787
f 1790-1800 Rebecca Hudson 1797
In 1850, seven of the children were still living with them. Poor Hudson had died in 1849,
only 32 years old. (His daugher, Sarah Margaret, would eventually marry Elijah Deweese,
son of his - probably - Aunt Amelia.) Son Jacob, like William, was a teacher, boarding
with other people, Davis was married and a blacksmith, probably.
1850 Warrick - Boon 136
136 - Shroad Francis 62 farmer PA 1787
Rebecca 51 f NC 1799
Isaac Heron 31 wagon maker In 1819
Henry 30 m farmer 1820
William 27 m teacher 1823
Sally 18 f 1832
Ezekiel 12 m 1838
Francis Marion 15 m 1835
Rebecca 15 f 1835
All in all, the Shrodes seem to have been pretty prosperous, well-educated people.
Rebecca died on November 27, 1857. I have not found a cemetery listing for her. Many of the Shrodes (and Hudsons) are buried in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
Francis lived on until at least 1870.
1860 Indiana Warrick Hart (Lynnville (970)
Francis Shrode 70 m farmer 500 KY
Sarah C 25 PA
Ezekiel P 23 blacksmith Ind
1870 Indiana Warrick Hart 515b
Shrodes, FM 38 blacksmith / Mary 41 / Theodore 11 / Florence 8 / Matilda 6 /
Nicholas 5
(p. 516a)/ Daniel 2 / Francis 80 PA // Russ, Elizabeth 14 Ky
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