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Joseph Purdy, Jr

Male 1682 - 1777  (95 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Joseph Purdy, Jr was born 1682, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States (son of Joseph Purdy and Elizabeth Ogden); died 15 Jun 1777, White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Misc: inherited land in White Plains NY from father

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Budds Neck, Rye, Westchester Co., NY


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Purdy was born 1653, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (son of Francis Purdy and Mary Brundish); died 29 Oct 1709, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Misc: Commission from Crown as Surveyor, from History of Newburgh
    • Residence: Rye, , New York, United States
    • AltBirth: Abt 1644
    • Residence: Aft 1658, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States
    • AltDeath: 29 Oct 1709
    • Will: 26 Oct 1710

    Notes:



    Joseph Purdy, son of Francis Purdy and Mary Brundage, was born about 1653 and died Oct 29 1709. His father died when he was five years of age and he was reared in the home of his stepfather, John Hoyt, in Rye, New York. He was prominent in Westchester County, New York, which he represented in the Colonial Legislature in 1693 and again from 1702 to 1709. He also served as Justice of the Peace and Supervisor of the town of Rye and in 1677 he was appointed surveyor by the Crown. He purchased from his father-in-law, Richard Ogden, his house and eight acres of land "on the highway that goeth to the mill." The house stood on a knoll just south of the road to Milton. The home was one of comfort and hospitality. In 1701 he bought lands in Northcastle, where some of his descendants settled. In 1697 he, with four others, was appointed "to see to building a house of worship, and the finding of a minister." He was devoted to the interests of the Episcopal Church until his death. His will was probated on Oct. 5?, 1709 and is in the New York Historical Society Collection. Married Elizabeth Ogden.


    Residence:
    with mother to Rye, Westchester Co., NY

    Died:
    Budd's Neck, Rye

    Joseph married Elizabeth Ogden 1680, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of John Ogden and Judith Budd) was born 1656, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died 1742, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Ogden was born 1656, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (daughter of John Ogden and Judith Budd); died 1742, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Misc: Assignment of Elizabeth Ogden as dau of John Ogden and Judith Budd has been questioned in some sources
    • AltBirth: Abt 1658
    • AltDeath: Abt 1742

    Children:
    1. 1. Joseph Purdy, Jr was born 1682, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died 15 Jun 1777, White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States.
    2. Phebe Purdy was born 1683, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died Abt 1761, White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States.
    3. Daniel Purdy was born Abt 1684, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died 1769, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.
    4. Samuel Purdy was born 1687; died 4 Mar 1753, White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States.
    5. David Purdy was born 1687, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died 1758, Newburgh, Ulster, New York, United States.
    6. Jonathan Purdy was born 2 Apr 1694, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died 3 Feb 1772, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.
    7. Stilljohn Purdy was born 9 Dec 1695, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died 9 Dec 1765, North Castle, Westchester, New York, United States.
    8. Francis Purdy was born 1697, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died 2 Jan 1760, Newburgh, Ulster, New York, United States; was buried 1760, Old Town Burying Ground, Newburgh, , New York, United States.
    9. Elizabeth Purdy was born 1699, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Judith Purdy was born 1701, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died Abt 1721, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.
    11. Mary Purdy was born Abt 1703, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Francis Purdy died Bef 14 Oct 1658, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1640, Fairfield, , Connecticut, United States
    • AltDeath: Abt 1658

    Notes:



    Excerpt from "The History of Newburgh, NY 1859" by E. M. Ruttenber Page 277-278
    The Purdy Family

    This family are the descendants of Francis Purdy, of Yorkshire, En., who removed to Fairfield, Conn., where he died in 1658, leaving two sons, Francis and Joseph, who were born in Yorkshire, and who held commissions from the Crown as surveyors. Francis Jar., left Joseph, the father of David, the father of David and Nathan Purdy, who settled in Newburgh prior to 1763, and whose descendants now reside in Ulster county. Joseph, the second son of Francis of Fairfield, married Elizabeth Ogden and had: 1. Samuel; 2. John; 3. Francis; 4. Daniel; 5. Joseph.
    (1) Samuel married Charlotte Strang and had: 1. Glorianna, married George Merritt, Sr.. (see sketch of Merritt Family Page 274); 2. Samuel, married Winifred Griffing and had Samuel, Henry, Jacob, Gabriel, and Lavina who married Capt. Eleazer Gidney; 3. Caleb, married Hannah Brown and had Caleb, Samuel, Josiah, Andrew, Nehemiah, Sylvanus, Elias, Caroline, Hannah, Lavina, and Anna; 4. Gabriel, married Bethia Miller and had James, Gabriel, Anthony, Glorianna, Lewis, Henry, and Bethia; 5. Charlotte, married Samuel Fowler, Sr. (see sketch of Fowler family Page 2??); 6. Henry, married Mary Foster, grand-daughter of Major Paulding, and had Elizabeth, William, Anna, Henry, and Samuel who was born at Yorktown, 1751, died at Newburgh, 1836, married Charlotte, daughter of Abel Flewwelling, and had Henry, Abigail, Elizabeth, Mary, Anna, Esther, Martha and Abel Guilford; 7. Elizabeth, married Josiah Fowler and had Glorianna, Gabriel, Esther, and Martha; 8. Josiah, married Charity Wetmore and had Seth, Alathea, Anna, and Esther.
    (2) John had three sons, Elisha, Joseph, and Nathaniel.
    (3) Francis had a son David, and three daughters, viz: Abigail, who married Nehemiah Fowler; Elizabeth, who married Arthur Smith; and Martha, who married Caleb Merritt. He died in Newburgh, June 2, 1760 aged 63 years.
    (4) David (? Daniel above?) had Isaiah, Nathan, David, Gilbert, Samuel, Josiah, Martha who married Daniel Denton, and Lavina who married Robert Denton.
    --- The Branches of this family are quite numerous in Westchester, as will be seen by reference to Bolton's history of that county.

    Francis married Mary Brundish Bef 5 Aug 1642, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. Mary (daughter of John Brundage and Rachel Hubbard) was born Bef 10 Dec 1628; died 15 Sep 1684, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Brundish was born Bef 10 Dec 1628 (daughter of John Brundage and Rachel Hubbard); died 15 Sep 1684, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Baptised: 10 Dec 1628, Ipswitch, , Suffolk, England
    • Residence: Aft 1658, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States

    Notes:

    Baptised:
    St. Mary at the Elms

    Residence:
    with John Hoit and her children

    Children:
    1. John Purdy was born 1646, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died 1678, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.
    2. Elizabeth Purdy was born 1648, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died 1742.
    3. Francis Purdy, Jr was born 1650, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died Between 1722 and 1725, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.
    4. 2. Joseph Purdy was born 1653, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died 29 Oct 1709, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.
    5. Mary Purdy was born Abt 1657, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Daniel Purdy was born Abt 1658, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died Bef 1670, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.

  3. 6.  John Ogden was born 3 Sep 1600, Bradley Plain, , Hampshire, England (son of Thomas Ogden and Elizabeth Samford); died 1682, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.

    Other Events:

    • AltDeath: Abt 1683

    John married Judith Budd 19 Apr 1655. Judith (daughter of John Budd, Jr and Catherine Butcher) was born 4 Jun 1639, Eastern Long Island, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 1681. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Judith Budd was born 4 Jun 1639, Eastern Long Island, Suffolk, New York, United States (daughter of John Budd, Jr and Catherine Butcher); died 1681.

    Notes:



    In the book "Early Wills of Westchester Co. NY" by Wm Pellatreau, there are the following mentioning Judith (a) Pg 387- "Francis Brown of Rye- Makes over to Joseph Horton Sr. all his lands, etc. and he is to furnish him a maintenance, and to pay ' John Ogden's children their legacies when they come to full age'. April 7, 1687. Joseph Horton Sr. makes over all the above lands to Judith, wife of Francis Brown, with same conditions. April 17, 1687. * Judith Brown was daughter of John Budd, and probably widow of John Ogden" (b) Pg 381- "John Budd of Rye- Gives to Judith Browne, 'the daughter of my honored father, and the heir of hers Joseph Ogden, a lot of land given by will of my father dated Oct 15, 1669, on the east side of Ould Westchester Path, and on Stony Brook.. July 10, 1683 * John was son of John Budd of Southold." (c) Pg 385- "Will of Martha Hubbard, 1686-......"Francis Brown had wife Judith"

    Birth:
    later Southold, NY

    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Ogden was born 1656, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died 1742, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.
    2. Hannah Ogden was born 1663, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Joseph Ogden was born 1667, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died 1715.
    4. Ruth Ogden was born 1670, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died 20 Nov 1706, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
    5. John Ogden, Jr was born 1672, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died Bef 1746, North Castle, Westchester, New York, United States.
    6. Richard Taylor Ogden was born 1674, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Abigail Ogden was born 1677, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died 1760, , , New York, United States.
    8. David Ogden was born 1679, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died 1745.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  John Brundage was born 5 Jun 1593, Rattlesden, , Suffolk, England (son of Thomas Brundish and Agnes Thompson); died 17 Oct 1639, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: tanner
    • Residence: 1636, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    • Residence: Bef 1639, Fairfield, , Connecticut, United States

    John married Rachel Hubbard 1621, Belstead, , Suffolk, England. Rachel (daughter of James Hubbard and Naomi Cooke) was born 1611, Mendlesham, , Suffolk, England; died 1648, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Rachel Hubbard was born 1611, Mendlesham, , Suffolk, England (daughter of James Hubbard and Naomi Cooke); died 1648, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1636, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    • Residence: 1 May 1641, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

    Notes:

    Residence:
    Widow of John Brundage sold Wethersfield CT homestead to Elder Clement Chaplin.

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Brundish was born Bef 10 Dec 1628; died 15 Sep 1684, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
    2. Hannah Brundage
    3. Rachel Brundage was born 1634, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States; died 1703, New Rochelle, Westchester Co., New York, United States.
    4. James Brundage was born 11 Apr 1627, Ipswich, , Suffolk, England; died Bef 1639.
    5. Deborah Brundage was born 1628, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Ann Brundage was born 1631, Ipswitch, , Suffolk, England; died Between 1639 and 1648.
    7. John Brundage, Jr. was born 1634, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 2 Oct 1697, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
    8. Bethia Brundage was born 1637, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Jonathan Brundage was born 1639, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Posthume Brundage was born 1639, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 12.  Thomas Ogden was born Bef 4 May 1565, Bradley Plain, , Hampshire, England (son of Edward Ogden and Margaret Wilson); died Yes, date unknown.

    Thomas married Elizabeth Samford 16 Feb 1596/7, Bradley Plain, , Hampshire, England. Elizabeth died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Elizabeth Samford died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 6. John Ogden was born 3 Sep 1600, Bradley Plain, , Hampshire, England; died 1682, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.
    2. Mary Ogden was born 12 Jan 1597/8, Bradley Plain, , Hampshire, England; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Margaret Ogden was born 1 Jul 1601; died Yes, date unknown.

  5. 14.  John Budd, Jr was born Bef 16 Oct 1599, London, , Middlesex, England (son of John Budd and Katherine Browne); died 1670, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.

    Other Events:

    • AltBirth: , , , England
    • AltDeath: Abt 1699

    Notes:

    Migrated on the Hector in 1637. He was among the founders of New Haven Colony, Southold, Long Island, and Rye, New York. Many of his progeny later settled in both Southold, Long Island, as well as Rye, Westchester Co, New York.
    Excerpt from "The New Haven Colony" by Isabell MacBeath Calder,
    published by Yale Univ. Press in 1934:
    "Others (probably from the neighborhood, but not members of St. Stephens): Ezekiel Cheever, Edward Bannister, Richard Beach, Richard Beckley, John Brockett, John Budd, John Cooper, Arthur Halbidge, Mathew Hitchcock, Andrew Hull, Andrew Low, Andrew Messenger, Mathew Moulthrop, Francis Newman, Robert Newman, Richard Osborn, Edward Patteson, John Reader, William Thorp and Samuel Whitehead. The group chartered the "Hector" of London. On June 26, 1637, John Winthrop recorded the arrival of the group from London at Boston. "
    THe following is the passenger list for the vessel Hector, which brought the passengers accompanying John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton to Connecticut in 1637. There is another ship called the Hector that brought the first Scottish Highlanders to Nova Scotia in the mid-1700's, but the Hector Heritage Foundation in Nova Scotia states that the ship that brought the Davenport/Eaton party is a different vessel.
    The Hector that brought the Davenport party to Massachusetts was a new vessel of 250 tons, which had already made a previous passage to Massachusetts Bay. The records indicate that the ship actually arrived in Massachusetts, but other references mention that the Hector also took the party to Connecticut in late 1637 or 1638. A passenger ship list for the trip from Massachusetts Bay to New Haven, Connecticut has not been located.
    Passengers on the Hector sold their belongings in preparation for the sailing, but then the English government impressed the ship for the service of the crown. The owners petitioned for its release in January 1637, but the ship was not freed until May. According to the records of John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay, the ship arrived in Boston (from London England) on June 26, 1637. Passengers:
    John & Elizabeth Davenport, Theophilus Eaton, Old Mrs. Eaton, his mother, Anne Eaton, second wife of Theophilus Eaton and daughter of George Loyd Bishop of Chester and widow of Thomas Yale, The children of Anne Eaton by her former marriage, Edward Hopkins, Richard Malbon, Nathaniel Rowe, William Andrews, Henry Browning, James Clark, Jasper Crane, Jeremy Dixon, Nicholas Elsey, Francis Hall, Robert Hill, William Ives, George Smith, George Ward, Lawrence Ward, Ezekiel Cheever, Edward Bannister, Old Jewry, Richard Beach, Richard Beckley, John Brockett, John Budd, John Cooper, Arthur Halbidge, Mathew Hitchcock, Andrew Hull, Andrew Low, Andrew Messenger, Mathew Moulthrop, Francis Newman, Robert Newman, Richard Osborn, Edward Patteson, John Reader, William Thorp, Samuel Whitehead.

    Will of John Budd, Sr.

    The will of John Budd, Rye, NY and Conn. "Know all men by these presents that I, John Budd for divers considerations have given and granted to John Budd my son all my part of the mill on Blind Brook and all lands that are undisposed of, to him and his heirs forever, he or his assignees paying me John Budd or his mother Katherine Budd thirty pounds a year in good pay, that is to say, wheat twenty pounds, pork one barrel, peas the rest, and I do give John Budd all my estate in chattle and debts to be freely his, that he may dispose of all for the good of myself and wife that we may be free from trouble, and after our decease to discharge of Will and to have all debts, chattle and to pay all legacies and debts and that John Ogden, Judith (Judy) his wife and Joseph Horton and Jane (Jean) Budd Horton and John Lyons these are to enjoy their lots as firm as if no such writings had never been and the true intent of this writing is that we may have our thirty pounds a year truly paid and the benefit of the chattle while we live and after to be John Budd's, my son, to him and his heirs foreever to which I have set my hand and seal this 15 of Oct one thousand six hundred sixty nine.
    John Budd and seal
    Witness: Joseph Horton, Richard Bolards
    His mark

    From: Edward Hart Descendants and Allied Families, Clara Hart Kennedy, 1939, Pp 50-51

    Residences: Hampton, Mass 1637 > New Haven, Conn (maybe to Stamford) by abt 1639 > Southold, Long Island abt 1640 > then Rye, then Conn, now New York in the 1660's.
    House still standing: The home built in 1649 in Southold, Long Island by Lieut John Budd is still standing. It has been moved to Cutchogue, Long Island and is open for visitors. It is an historical landmark.
    Occupation: Land developer (was one of the developers of Rye, New York), farmer (was reportedly shipping merchant in England before migration).
    Death: Abt 1669, in Rye, New York (then Conn).
    Biography of John Budd, from the Frost Family Genealogy, pp 343-4

    Note: It is sometimes difficult to ascertain if certain records belong to John Budd, Sr. or John Budd, Jr. nmt
    "JOHN BUDD was in New Haven, 1639, as a Freeman. The first we know of him on Long Island is in October, 1640. "Mr. Jones hath the lott granted unto him which was formerly granted unto John Budd of Yeancock (Southold)." In 1648 "it is ordered that John Budd have granted him 4 acres off new ground added to his other ground to make an 8 acre lot."
    In 1650 he is mentioned at Southampton as owner of a water mill and running the same, and is called Lt. His name occurs there no more after 1651. He moved to Westchester County,
    1660, on account of some difficulty with his neighbors. The Budd house is still standing. In 1679 Lt. Budd sold it to John Hallock and it now belongs to Jonathan W. Huntting. John Budd figures in Indian deeds in Rye, May 10, 1673, and granted, 1681-2, a meadow in Rye to Jon. Horton.
    [Note: I have seen in another reference that the "trouble with neighbors" may have been due to him following Quaker beliefs. nmt]

    [Budds] From Calendar of N. Y. Col. Ms. Indorsed Land Papers in the office of the Secretary of State:
    April 29th, 1666. Indian deed to John Budd of a tract of land in Westchester Twenty English miles west of Apanam is bounded on the south by Westchester Path and the East by Blind Brook on the west by Mamorinack River and on the north bound are sixteen English miles from the Westchester Path up into the country.
    June 17, 1720. A petition of Capt. Joseph Budd and others praying for confirmation for a tract of land in the township of Rye, known as Budd's neck, bounded on the east by Blind Brook and Mill Creek, on the north by the WestChester Road and Harrison's Patent, on the West by Mamarroneck River or harbour and on the south by the sound, containing 1250 acres, together with the small island lying in the Sound over against the aforesaid lands, one quarter miles from shore, called Henn Island, containing ten acres, all of which lands were included in purchase made by John Budd (dec) under a license from the Colony of Conn. of a tract of land lying on the main shore, then called Apanammis, butted and bounded on the east with a river called Mockaquams, and on the south by the sea, against Long Island, and on the west by a river called Pockotessewacke.
    July 7, 1720. Petition of Capt. Joseph Budd and others for a patent of confirmation for 1500 acres of land in the town of Rye, Co. of Westchester.
    July 14, 1720. Report of Joseph Budd, upon petition of Daniel Purdy and others in relation to land in the township of Rye.
    Dec. 21, 1721. Petition of Joseph Budd and others praying a patent of confirmation for a tract of land called the White Plains.
    March 10, 1722. Description of survey of 4435 acres of land, Co. of West Chester
    commonly known by the name of White Plains, laid out for Joseph Budd and others by
    Cadwallader Colden. "

    Frost Family Genealogy, pp 343-4
    ****************************
    In May 1637, a ship called the "Hector" sailed out of London, bound for Boston in England's newly established American colonies. Aboard this ship was a wealthy British shipping merchant John Budd (c. 1599 - 1670), his wife Katherine Browne (1606 - 1674, a woman of royal ancestry), and their children. Together, they were among my earliest ancestors to sail to America.
    Town Founding No. 1: NEW HAVEN COLONY
    In August 1637, an exploring party of English settlers sailed out of Boston Harbor, went down the coast several miles, and landed at a place that the Native American Indians called "Quinnipiac" (or "Long Water Place"). The explorers liked what they saw and left seven of their men to prepare the area for occupation by Puritan colonizers. On March 30, 1638, a large company of settlers sailed out of Boston for the new site. Among them were the Budd family. On April 16, 1638, they landed at the new site to found New Haven Colony. Other ships followed, bringing more settlers.
    The settlers quickly began building their new colony. In late 1638, they purchased the land from the Indians. John Budd was assigned lot no. 56. On October 25, 1639, the settlers elected their community government. John Budd was among the men signing a Fundamental Agreement formally establishing New Haven Colony.
    Most of the first settlers at New Haven were Puritans -- a strict religious group that later formed the basis for the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ in the United States. John Budd, however, was a member of the Church of England, which became the Episcopal Church in America. Because he was not Puritan, Budd lived in some tension with his neighbors. At one point he was fined by the New Haven magistrates for hiding and protecting Quakers, a Christian group that the Puritans opposed and were trying to keep out of New Haven.
    Town Founding No. 2: SOUTHOLD, LONG ISLAND
    In September 1640, John Budd left New Haven with his and some other New Haven families on a ship bound for the northeastern edge of Long Island to establish a settlement there, which they named Southold. Once again, he was on Anglican adherent amid Puritans set on establishing a new community structured around their specific religious and moral beliefs. Most of the other Southold founders had originally sailed under the leadership of the Puritan cleric Christopher Youngs first from England to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1637 and from Salem to New Haven. In New Haven, Puritan leaders intent on establishing new religious communities in New England persuaded Rev. Youngs to sail across Long Island Sound with his followers to settle land on the island's North Fork that they had acquired from the island's Corchaug Indians.
    John Budd, who was beyond doubt the wealthiest man in the new settlement, quickly established himself as one of the leaders of the new community. Because Southold was included in the United Colonies of New England, its residents were expected to select Deputies to attend the colonies' General Court in Hartford, Connecticut. Budd was the first deputy appointed to the court by the people of Southold. Budd was also the town's first authorized officer to train the local home guard, a responsibility which earned him the title of Lieutenant. Budd was apparently so highly respected and successful in this responsibility that, when he made a trip overseas in 1654, colonial records in New Haven recorded that "By reason of Budd's absence Southold is left destitute of a fitt man to exercise the military company there since Lt. Budd went to England."
    In 1649, Budd built his family a four-room home east of town near a pond which became known as Budd's Pond. In 1658, he deeded the house to his daughter and son-in-law, Anna and Benjamin Horton, as a wedding gift. They moved the house 10 miles away to the village of Cutchogue. (The structure, now known as "The Old House," still stands there. It is the oldest European-style dwelling in New York State and is listed on the Register of National Historic Sites. James Van Alst, the architect in charge of its restoration, described it as "undoubtedly the finest example of English domestic origin to be found in this country.")
    Despite his civic leadership, Budd's tenure in Southold apparently was one of controversy as well. He was a major landholder in Southold. As such, he was legally accountable to the local general court (composed solely of church members) who were required to review and approve or deny any settler's request to sell his home or land. Budd clearly possessed a strong independent spirit, and in 1657 he sold some of his land without asking "permission." As a result, he was sued by three other Southold settlers; the final disposition of this case is not clear.
    Budd clearly grew restless during his tenure at Southold. As in New Haven, Southold's general court governed the town in accord with strict Puritan standards, and Budd was still an Episcopalian. He apparently explored the predominantly Episopalian settlements in Virginia, but decided against settling there. Budd's true desire seems to have been to, in essence, establish his own colony, where he would be answerable to no one, and he was willing to use his wealth to create this personnal domain. In 1661, he decided to leave Long Island and move to an area that was at the time on the very southwestern edge of the Connecticut Colony.
    Town Founding No. 3: RYE, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK
    In January 1660, three residents of Greenwich, Connecticut — Peter Disbrow, John Coe, and Thomas Stedwell — negotiated and purchased from the native Mohegan Indians a tract of land southwest of Greenwhich known as Peningo Neck. The land stretched on the west from a stream known as Blind Brook east to Long Island Sound. The sale apparently did not include an island in the Sound and just off the shore, so in June 1660, the three men purchased this land (Manussing Island) as well. In May 1661, they purchased additional land on the north edge of Peningo Neck.
    Disbrow and the others in his party apparently were more interested in securing title to land than in settling it immediately. This created an opportunity for someone else to take the lead in establishing a new community, and as a successful and wealthy businessman, John Budd was quick to take advantage of the opportunity. On November 8, 1661, Budd concluded his separate negotiation with a Mohegan chief to buy a large (4,800-acre) piece of land immediately across Blind Brook from the Disbrow company's landholdings. This land became known as Budd's Neck. On November 12, 1661, Budd added to his landholdings by purchasing from the Indians some islands that were in the immediate vicinity. In June 1662, Budd then acted with Disbrow, Coe, and Stedwell jointly to purchase yet more land directly north of Budd's Neck.
    One of the first buildings constructed in this new community was Budd's Mill, at the mouth of Blind Brook. He operated the grist mill, which proved to be very successful with the new inhabitants of Peningo Neck.
    Disbrow selected the name of Hastings for his new holdings. He apparently also considered Budd's lands to be part of the new Hastings town, whose settlement he intended to oversee. Budd obviously had other ideas. He was determined that his personal landholdings would be a separately governed colony, and by the fall of 1664, he had assigned to his lands the name of Rye, probably because of his family's close connections with the town of Rye back in his native England. Moreover, Disbrow had planned Hastings with the idea that each settler would be given equal property. Budd took a more business-like approach and (as in Southold) preferred to sell off portions of his land without first obtaining the permission of the town. Disbrow regarded this behavior as a threat to the future of "his" colony. For the next several years, Budd and Disbrow battled in court over whose approach was to predominate. In the course of that legal action, it was agreed that the name Rye would be assigned to the entire Peningo Neck settlement area. The more substantial issues, however, were still unresolved in 1669, when John Budd turned over his landholdings in both Southold and Rye to his son, John Budd, Jr., and retired from public life.
    Despite his contentiousness with Disbrow and resulting legal conflicts, Budd quickly established himself as a political leader across the entire Hastings/Rye area (again, much as he had in Southold). Biographer Lily Wright Budd describes his responsibilities as follows:
    ... John Budd was elected the first representative when Hastings [formally] submitted to the jurisdiction of Connecticut on 26 January 1662 and he was elected as Hastings' first Deputy to the General Court in Hartford on 26 March 1663.... At the session of the General Court in Hartford on the 8th of October 1663, "Lnt John Bud" makes his appearance, and "is appoynted Commisioner for the Town of Hastings, and is invested with Magistraticall power within the limits of that Town."
    As magistrate Budd was "commissioned to grant warrants" and "to marry persons," and he had clear authority to arrest "such as are ouertaken with drinke, swearing, Sabboath breaking, slighting of the ordinances, lying, vagrant persons, or any other that shall offend in any of these."
    As noted above, John Budd retired from public life 1669. He died in Rye in 1670 and is presumed to have been buried in a private family plot a short distance north of Budd's Mill.
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    Birth:
    St. Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, London, Middlesex, England

    John married Catherine Butcher 21 Nov 1620, Chichester, , Sussex, England. Catherine (daughter of Richard Butcher and Catherine Hargrave) was born Bef 24 Sep 1598; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Catherine Butcher was born Bef 24 Sep 1598 (daughter of Richard Butcher and Catherine Hargrave); died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Chichester St. Andrews, , Sussex, England

    Children:
    1. Katherine Budd was born 18 Oct 1621, Chichester, , Sussex, England; died 1634, Felpham, , Sussex, England.
    2. John Budd, III was born Bef 12 May 1625, London, , Middlesex, England; died 15 Nov 1684, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.
    3. Mary Budd was born Bef 17 Jul 1625, Chichester, , Sussex, England; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Jane Budd was born 1626, Chichester, , Sussex, England; died Aft 12 Jan 1695/6, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States.
    5. Sarah Budd was born 1627, Chichester, , Sussex, England; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Joseph Budd was born 1628, Eastern Long Island, Suffolk, New York, United States; died Aug 1722, Rye, Westchester, New York, United States.
    7. Anna Budd was born 1637; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. 7. Judith Budd was born 4 Jun 1639, Eastern Long Island, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 1681.
    9. Joshua Budd was born Abt 1640, Eastern Long Island, Suffolk, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown.


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