dear all

for anyone with an interest in early Huddys in Cornwall, Ireland, and America an article on Hugh Huddy(1661-1717) in the Journal of the Cornwall Family History Society No 114 Dec 2004 pgs 2-4 may be of interest.

The article covers the early history of the Huddy's of Probus from c1569 to the mid-C17th and specifically dwells on one of them - the life of Hugh Huddy baptised on 11 February 1661/2 in Probus.

Hugh is later known to have baptised 4 children in Probus Charles (1686), William (1687), John (1688), and Hugh (1689). The name of his first wife is currently unknown but it is possible he re-married on 27 July 1693 at St Clement (marriage entry there for Mr Hew Hude and Mrs Anne Bant).

Hugh left Cornwall for Waterford in Ireland c 1698/1699 fleeing potential court action for a debt. It is not known why he chose Waterford but it is possible as a merchant he had trading contacts or possibly some unrecorded family there. His wife is known to have died around this time and it is possible that she and his sons Hugh and William (otherwise unaccounted for) died and were buried in Waterford.

Hugh then emigrated to North America c1700 and settled in Burlington New Jersey with his sons Charles and John. Hugh re-married in May 1701 Martha Hunloke and had two further sons by her Hunloke and Daniel.

Hugh has a number of descendents in North America from his sons Charles, John, Hunloke and Daniel.

Hugh's life is a colourful one: From fugitive to colonial Justice of the Peace and Judge; from shopkeeper, merchant, farmer, and owner of tin workings to the founder of the first stagewagon service in America; a sheriff and lieutenant-colonel in the New Jersey militia; and a man whose grandson Captain Joshua Huddy later achieved fame and sparked a major incident in the American Revolution.

For further details see CFHSJ or contact me.


Neil Beagrie