EIGHTH GENERATION.

VIOLA MARGARET McCORD, (Cora O.' Jackson, m. McCord, Sarah P. Marshall, m. Jackson, James G. Marshall, Maria,* m. m. Marshall, Joseph, Lewis,'

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Joshua'), born, July 26th, 1896.

Married: Jan. 27th, 1919, John Anderson.

Children, surnamed Anderson: Earl Wayne, born Jan. 26th, 1920. Florence Virginia, born Sept. 27th,

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MARTHA LOUELLA DAVIS, (Emma O.' Dow: ney, m. Davis, Martha C. Marshall, m. Downey, James G. Marshall, Maria, m. Marshall, Joseph, Lewis, Joshua1), born, May 31st, 1903.

Married: May 5th, 1923, Mahlon Votaw.

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MYRTLE BELLE DUNN, (Laura B. Travis, m. Dunn, Robert W. Travis, Susan M.,5 m. Travis, Robert L., James, Lewis, Joshua'), born, May 28th, 1905. Married: Aug. 11th, 1927, Rev. Harold Somerville, son of Alvin Butler and Harriet (Smith) Somerville.

Myrtle Dunn graduated from the Academy High School, Erie, Pa., in 1922. She attended the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Ill., and graduated from the "Robert Harkness Evangelistic Piano Playing" course. She has been actively engaged in evangelistic work both as a musician and a Bible teacher. Mr. Somerville is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and (1928) is pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Craddock, Va.

ALEETHE MAE DUNN, (Laura B. Travis, m. Dunn, Robert W. Travis, Susan M.,5 m. Travis, Robert L.,* James,3 Lewis, Joshua'), born, Oct. 7th, 1907.

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Aleethe Dunn graduated from the Academy High School, Erie, Pa., in 1924. She is an accomplished violinist and teacher of violin. She is an active member of the Presbyterian Church.

HUDSON.

The writer has been unable to trace the ancestry of William Hudson who married Jane Cloyd. (See below.) Mr. Charles McCarthy, a descendant through George of Shade Gap, wrote a short history of the family in which he says that in 1702 William Hudson purchased from William Penn 1600 acres of land in Lancaster County, Pa., for sixteen pounds-one pound per hundred acres. This land is situated about twenty miles north of the city of Lancaster where the road that leads to Reading crosses the Horseshoe turnpike, at Blue Ball Tavern. Penn had a provision in the deed whereby Hudson was to deed "eight acres of land as a site for a house in which to worship Almighty God." This land is still held by the church and, according to the needs, one building has been replaced by another until it is now occupied by a fine, large Presbyterian church known as Blue Ball Church. Another fact disclosed in the deed of William Penn to William Hudson is that the latter was a native of Wales.

The definite statement that William Hudson was a Welshman eliminates all connection in America between him and William Hudson, Mayor of Philadelphia in 1726, who was a native of Yorkshire, England.

The purchaser of land in 1702 must have been the father of William who married Jane Cloyd in 1740, as it is not likely that he was less than eighteen or twenty years of age at the time of the purchase, which would make him fifty-eight or sixty in 1740.

From the "Biographical Encyclopedia of Juniata, Huntingdon, and other Counties," published by Runk, p. 400: "Henry Hudson, cabinet maker of Saltillo, Huntingdon Co., a descendant of the famous explorer Hendrik Hudson, was born, 1827, in Clay Township. He was a grandson of George Hudson of Shade Gap, one of the pioneers of Huntingdon Co."

George Hudson of Shade Gap was a son of William and Jane (Cloyd) Hudson. As for the navigator, he shipped from England on his first trip of exploration, in the year 1607. He was Master of the vessel, and in the company listed was "John Hudson, a boy." His most notable voyage was made in 1609, when he was engaged by a small group of Dutch merchants to navigate the "Half Moon" on a private exploring expedition. He is designated as "Henry Hudson, Englishman," and John Hudson accompanied him. In one entry of the log on this trip he speaks of sending all the men ashore but himself "and my Boy with me." On his third and last voyage of exploration, his crew mutinied and cast him adrift with the sick and disabled men, and John Hudson: from all of which one might infer he was a married man and that John was his son. In which case there might have been other sons at home from whom our William was descended, and as far as the nationality goes, a Welshman might have shipped from England, and in Holland have been called an Englishman. It seems to be a tradition in the family that he was a progenitor, but this has not been authenticated to the satisfaction of the writer.

New England Genealogical and Antiquarian Register, Vol. 2, p. 113: In the merchantship "Bonaventure" in 1635, William Hudson was among the passengers to Virginia.

Vol. 3, p. 389: On the list of passengers for Virginia on the Transport of London, July 4th, 1635, is William Hudson, aged twenty.

WILLIAM' HUDSON.

Married: Sept. 26th, 1740, at the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa., Jane Cloyd, born, probably, 1718-220, daughter of James Cloyd of Chester County. Children: George,2

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Mary, married Lewis Williams.
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GEORGE HUDSON, (William'), born, probably about 1741-'42.

George Hudson was married twice. There is a difference of opinion as to the name of his first wife. One source gives it as Rebecca Clement, and there is a record of the marriage of George Hudson and Rebecca Clement, June 6th, 1767. A living descendant is positive that the first wife was Isabella Abernethy. The writer has not been able to clear up this matter at the time of publication.

Married: 1st, Rebecca Clement or Isabella Abernethy. 2d, Isabella Buchanan.

From the "Biographical Encyclopedia of Juniata Valley," pub. by Runk, 1897: George Hudson was one of the pioneers of Huntingdon County.... Said to have been a descendant of Henry Hudson. . . . He lived first in Cumberland County, then at Shade Gap, Huntingdon County. Before 1787 Huntingdon Co. was part of Cumberland Co. . . . He took part in the Revolutionary War.

From "The History of Huntingdon County" by M. S. Lytle, p. 268: "In 1782 George Hudson came from Carlisle and settled at Shade Gap, living in a cabin and purchasing some squatters' claims for which there were no warrants, thus securing a large and valuable scope of land immediately adjoining the Gap, much of which remains in the possession of his descendants to this day. . . . He was a man of fine qualities and of great usefulness and influence. . . . He became a magistrate, and established a woolen mill and a grist mill near the Gap at an early period; improvements which were of vast value to the community, but which have been replaced by other and better 'Good morning, neighbor,' was the salutation of old Mr. Hudson as he met the fathers at the door of the church coming up to worship."

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Lucy Williams, granddaughter of George Hudson and daughter of the baby of the story, wrote a tale about the second marriage of her grandfather which was published in a local weekly paper. It is too long and verbose to give in full and has been condensed here: