After running away to Boston for 6 months at the age of 16, Sylvester worked as a clerk in his father’s general store in Westhampton.
He married Apphia Hall on 16 January 1811.
He subsequently tried running his own store in Huntington, a farm, another general store and a tannery. He was not a success. He tried moving to the Western New York, Ohio area as a farmer and was not a success. It is unclear if his family accompanied him on this move. He returned to the area around 1819/20.
In 1822, his father, who had a controlling interest in the local Northampton newspaper, “The Gazette”, offered to retire Sylvester’s debts and make him publisher of the paper. Sylvester took the offer, moved to Northampton and found his forte. As the publisher of the paper, he also was the editor and the reporter. It provided an outlet for his opinions on the topics of the day - temperance, abolition, politics, religion. In 1833, he published a letter from Samuel Allen, a candidate for governor from the Working-Men’s Party. As a result of the negative reaction to his defense of the letter's contents, he sold “The Gazette” to Charles P Huntington in 1834.
Sylvester spent his remaining time pursuing the history and genealogy of the area. He was known to walk 20-30 miles in a day. He talked to families along the way about their homes and their family histories. He created family genealogies from those conversations and town records. On returning from his walks, he noted everything he saw – plants, wildlife, landscape, buildings, etc., and its precise location, in voluminous notes in his journal. A local naturalist told me that his notes are so precise that you can follow them today and see many of the same natural features and plants that he saw over 150 years ago.
Shortly before he died, he published the “History of Hadley, including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby” for which he received subscriptions to insure having the funds with which to print it. Until his death, the family survived on fees from editing work and a family bequest. His family was unable to afford a grave marker until 10 years after his death.
Upon his death, he left the 56 volume, “The Judd Manuscript” which is available on microfilm and in the genealogy room of the Forbes Library, Northampton.
A source, "Rebels in Paradise", Bruce Laurie, University of Massachusetts Press, 2015, pp 11-32, covers Sylvester's views on the issues of his day.
Children:
James Walker Judd (1811-1888)
Sylvester Judd (1813-1853)
Chauncey Parkman Judd (1815-1893)
Hall Judd (1817-1850)
Hophni Judd (1818-1820)
Apphia Putnam (Judd) Williams (1820-1901)
Hophni Judd (1823-1904)
Peninnah Judd (1826-1915)
He married Apphia Hall on 16 January 1811.
He subsequently tried running his own store in Huntington, a farm, another general store and a tannery. He was not a success. He tried moving to the Western New York, Ohio area as a farmer and was not a success. It is unclear if his family accompanied him on this move. He returned to the area around 1819/20.
In 1822, his father, who had a controlling interest in the local Northampton newspaper, “The Gazette”, offered to retire Sylvester’s debts and make him publisher of the paper. Sylvester took the offer, moved to Northampton and found his forte. As the publisher of the paper, he also was the editor and the reporter. It provided an outlet for his opinions on the topics of the day - temperance, abolition, politics, religion. In 1833, he published a letter from Samuel Allen, a candidate for governor from the Working-Men’s Party. As a result of the negative reaction to his defense of the letter's contents, he sold “The Gazette” to Charles P Huntington in 1834.
Sylvester spent his remaining time pursuing the history and genealogy of the area. He was known to walk 20-30 miles in a day. He talked to families along the way about their homes and their family histories. He created family genealogies from those conversations and town records. On returning from his walks, he noted everything he saw – plants, wildlife, landscape, buildings, etc., and its precise location, in voluminous notes in his journal. A local naturalist told me that his notes are so precise that you can follow them today and see many of the same natural features and plants that he saw over 150 years ago.
Shortly before he died, he published the “History of Hadley, including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby” for which he received subscriptions to insure having the funds with which to print it. Until his death, the family survived on fees from editing work and a family bequest. His family was unable to afford a grave marker until 10 years after his death.
Upon his death, he left the 56 volume, “The Judd Manuscript” which is available on microfilm and in the genealogy room of the Forbes Library, Northampton.
A source, "Rebels in Paradise", Bruce Laurie, University of Massachusetts Press, 2015, pp 11-32, covers Sylvester's views on the issues of his day.
Children:
James Walker Judd (1811-1888)
Sylvester Judd (1813-1853)
Chauncey Parkman Judd (1815-1893)
Hall Judd (1817-1850)
Hophni Judd (1818-1820)
Apphia Putnam (Judd) Williams (1820-1901)
Hophni Judd (1823-1904)
Peninnah Judd (1826-1915)
After running away to Boston for 6 months at the age of 16, Sylvester worked as a clerk in his father’s general store in Westhampton.
He married Apphia Hall on 16 January 1811.
He subsequently tried running his own store in Huntington, a farm, another general store and a tannery. He was not a success. He tried moving to the Western New York, Ohio area as a farmer and was not a success. It is unclear if his family accompanied him on this move. He returned to the area around 1819/20.
In 1822, his father, who had a controlling interest in the local Northampton newspaper, “The Gazette”, offered to retire Sylvester’s debts and make him publisher of the paper. Sylvester took the offer, moved to Northampton and found his forte. As the publisher of the paper, he also was the editor and the reporter. It provided an outlet for his opinions on the topics of the day - temperance, abolition, politics, religion. In 1833, he published a letter from Samuel Allen, a candidate for governor from the Working-Men’s Party. As a result of the negative reaction to his defense of the letter's contents, he sold “The Gazette” to Charles P Huntington in 1834.
Sylvester spent his remaining time pursuing the history and genealogy of the area. He was known to walk 20-30 miles in a day. He talked to families along the way about their homes and their family histories. He created family genealogies from those conversations and town records. On returning from his walks, he noted everything he saw – plants, wildlife, landscape, buildings, etc., and its precise location, in voluminous notes in his journal. A local naturalist told me that his notes are so precise that you can follow them today and see many of the same natural features and plants that he saw over 150 years ago.
Shortly before he died, he published the “History of Hadley, including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby” for which he received subscriptions to insure having the funds with which to print it. Until his death, the family survived on fees from editing work and a family bequest. His family was unable to afford a grave marker until 10 years after his death.
Upon his death, he left the 56 volume, “The Judd Manuscript” which is available on microfilm and in the genealogy room of the Forbes Library, Northampton.
A source, "Rebels in Paradise", Bruce Laurie, University of Massachusetts Press, 2015, pp 11-32, covers Sylvester's views on the issues of his day.
Children:
James Walker Judd (1811-1888)
Sylvester Judd (1813-1853)
Chauncey Parkman Judd (1815-1893)
Hall Judd (1817-1850)
Hophni Judd (1818-1820)
Apphia Putnam (Judd) Williams (1820-1901)
Hophni Judd (1823-1904)
Peninnah Judd (1826-1915)
He married Apphia Hall on 16 January 1811.
He subsequently tried running his own store in Huntington, a farm, another general store and a tannery. He was not a success. He tried moving to the Western New York, Ohio area as a farmer and was not a success. It is unclear if his family accompanied him on this move. He returned to the area around 1819/20.
In 1822, his father, who had a controlling interest in the local Northampton newspaper, “The Gazette”, offered to retire Sylvester’s debts and make him publisher of the paper. Sylvester took the offer, moved to Northampton and found his forte. As the publisher of the paper, he also was the editor and the reporter. It provided an outlet for his opinions on the topics of the day - temperance, abolition, politics, religion. In 1833, he published a letter from Samuel Allen, a candidate for governor from the Working-Men’s Party. As a result of the negative reaction to his defense of the letter's contents, he sold “The Gazette” to Charles P Huntington in 1834.
Sylvester spent his remaining time pursuing the history and genealogy of the area. He was known to walk 20-30 miles in a day. He talked to families along the way about their homes and their family histories. He created family genealogies from those conversations and town records. On returning from his walks, he noted everything he saw – plants, wildlife, landscape, buildings, etc., and its precise location, in voluminous notes in his journal. A local naturalist told me that his notes are so precise that you can follow them today and see many of the same natural features and plants that he saw over 150 years ago.
Shortly before he died, he published the “History of Hadley, including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby” for which he received subscriptions to insure having the funds with which to print it. Until his death, the family survived on fees from editing work and a family bequest. His family was unable to afford a grave marker until 10 years after his death.
Upon his death, he left the 56 volume, “The Judd Manuscript” which is available on microfilm and in the genealogy room of the Forbes Library, Northampton.
A source, "Rebels in Paradise", Bruce Laurie, University of Massachusetts Press, 2015, pp 11-32, covers Sylvester's views on the issues of his day.
Children:
James Walker Judd (1811-1888)
Sylvester Judd (1813-1853)
Chauncey Parkman Judd (1815-1893)
Hall Judd (1817-1850)
Hophni Judd (1818-1820)
Apphia Putnam (Judd) Williams (1820-1901)
Hophni Judd (1823-1904)
Peninnah Judd (1826-1915)
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”Knowledge, Truth, Right”
Sylvester Judd/Apr 23 1789–Apr 18 1860
His Wife/Apphia Hall/Oct 30 1786-May 21 1876
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