Solomon Judson born 8 December 1751 (pension file S29266) baptised 15 December 1751 Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, son of Isaac Judson and Mary Stoddard, resided at Bethlehem, Litchfield County when he enlisted in the American Revolution (town center of Bethlehem is about 8.5 miles from Woodbury where he was born). He is related to have had a first wife, Mary and second wife, Naomi. Enumerated in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1790 with one male over age sixteen (b. before 1774), two males under age sixteen (b. 1775-90) and six females. They removed sometime in the 1790's to Freehold, New York, which had been formed from Coxsackie, Albany, County, and at that time was very extensive. It included the present town of Durham, large portions of the towns of Greenville, Cairo, Windham, Ashland and Prattsville in Greene County and nearly the whole Town of Conesville in Schoharie County and contained about 150,000 acres. The area was sparsely settled with a few settlers in the present town of Greenville and along the valleys of the Manor Kill, the Batavia Kill and the Katskill. Freehold was included in the newly formed Greene County, 25 Mar 1800. On 28 Mar 1805 the name of Freehold was changed to Durham and later the town was further reduced in size by the creation of the town of Cairo. The Judson family in a later history indicated they lived in that portion of Cairo in present Greene County.
Solomon "Jutson" appears on the 1799 assessment list of Freehold with real estate valued at $480 and a personal estate of $36 for a tax of $.51. Solomon appears on the 1800 assessment list of Freehold with house and land, real estate valued at $400 and personal estate at $8 for a state tax of $.40 and county tax of $.18. A search of the 1800 census of Freehold does not locate the Judson family and they were evidently missed by the census enumerator. Several families in the Freehold census were simply noted by their last name. Solomon appears on the 1801 assessment list. On the 1802 assessment list of Freehold, compiled 31 May, Solomon had real estate valued at $400 and a tax of $.81. "Solom" Judson appears on the 1803 assessment list of the newly created Greenville with no real estate and a personal estate of $160 for a tax of $.46. They removed to Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania with some of their children, while some of their older married children remained in the Greenville area. The Reporter Journal, Towanda, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1885 relates - "Mrs. Jane Osgood, was a daughter of Solomon Judson and was born at Greenville, Green county, N.Y., May 26, 1800. She came to Wells when but three years old with her father's family." This would place the arrival of the Judson family in Wells between May 1803 and May 1804. Rev. David Craft recorded interviews before his publication of the History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania and in an interview with L. F. Shepard of Wells dated Jan. 12, 1874 Mr. Shepard stated - "The first settler of Wells township as near as we can (tell) was Lemuel Gaylord. He came in the year 1800. Next came Solomon and Ithamar Judson - the former settled on the farm now owned by James Owens; the latter on the farm owned by John A. Roy. They came here in the year 1803 from Greenville, New York. At that time there was but one house from stateline to Roseville, Tioga County a distance of eleven miles." Further, Mr. Shepard states - "Solomon Judson died Dec 12, 1836 aged 86 years. He was the father of Mrs. Mary Capron and Mrs. James J. (error and should have been an I.) Osgood, both now living at this place or what was called Mosierville. They can remember very well when Wells Township was a perfect wilderness, and full of bear, deer and wolves."
Solomon's daughter, Alethia married in Aug 1804 in Greenville, so perhaps 1803 is too early of a date for their arrival. Solomon appears on the 1808 asessment list of Tioga Township, Luzerne County (Wells Township, Bradford County had not yet been created), the only known assessment list for that period between 1800 and 1810 known to exist. Solomon purchased 138 acres on Seeley Creek on 1 February 1809 from Adam Kuhn of Philadelphia. This was the fourth tract from the state line in the valley. Son, Ithamar and family settled on the next tract to the south. Solomon was enumerated in Smithfield Township, Lycoming County (Bradford County and Wells Township had not yet been created) in 1810 with two males of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), one male over age forty five (b. before 1765), one female under age ten (b. 1801-10), one female of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), and one female over age forty five (b. before 1765). Solomon appears on the 1814 assessment list (completed 10 March 1814) of Athens Township with the notation that he was living in the newly created Wells Township, with 30 improved acres, 117 unimproved acres, 1 house, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 2 cows. Solomon appears on the first assessment of Wells in 1814. On the 1817 assessment list he was assessed for 5 improved acres, 195 unimproved acres, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 horse. On the 1820 assessment list, Solomon resided on warrant parcel 1393, which became known as Judson Hill, perhaps because sons, Samuel and Isaac are related to have settled there. Solomon was enumerated in Wells in 1820 with a wife and no children in the household. They were residing on Judson Hill on warrant parcel 1393 in 1822. On 16 Mar 1824, Solomon Judson, Isaac Judson, and Samuel Judson, all of Wells, sold (5:100) the 138 acres on Seeley Creek to James Seely, Jr., "late in possession of Bartlett Seely and more in possession of James Seely, Jr." Naomi died February 1826, aged 76 years (memorial marker). The monument in Mosherville Cemetery also contains the name of Solomon and is a four-sided shaft type monument that was evidently erected sometime after their deaths since those type of monuments did not exist at that time. If her marker is inscribed correctly, she was born in 1749/50 and about fifty years of age when daughter Jane was born, which though possible, seems unlikely and she was perhaps not the mother of his children. Further research is needed.
It is unclear where Solomon was living in the 1830 census enumeration as he is not enumerated as a head of household or in any of the households of his known children. There were ony two males over the age of seventy in the 1830 census of Wells in the households of Strong Seeley and Obadiah Brown and they are assumed to be Israel Seeley and Obadiah Brown. Solomon applied for a pension, 4 September 1832, aged 81, and stated he entered the service 1 June 1776 for six months under Lieutenant Noah Judson in a company commanded by Captain Wait Hurd in Colonel Chandler's Regiment; that he was born town of Woodbury, County of Litchfield, Connecticut, 8 December 1751; lived at Bethlehem, Litchfield County at enlistment, after war lived 9 years in Greenville, County of Greene, New York, then removed to the waters of Seeley Creek in the town of Southport where he has lived to the present time. Signed named as Solomon Judson. He did not live in Southport, but as with many soldiers who applied for pensions from Wells Township and neighboring Jackson Township in Tioga County, they made application in Elmira due to the shorter distance than access to attornies in either county in Pennsylvania. Also, the date of arrival to Seeley Creek stated in the application is too early. Certificate of pension issued 2 December 1832, inscribed on roll of New York at $20 per annum commencing 4 March 1831. Solomon, private in Connecticut Continental Army, 1835 pensioner, age 82. Solomon died 12 December 1836, aged 86 years (memorial and pension roll).
Rev. David Craft in his History of Bradford County stated – "Solomon Judson came from Greenville, N. Y., in 1803, and located on grounds vacated by the Reeders. His children were Ithamar (then married), Samuel, Isaac, Sarah, Mary, and Jane. The aged parents were buried on the present farm of John Roy; Ithamar had a house for the entertainment of strangers, and for religious worship, a little above where Shepard's store stands, but finally went to Ohio. Samuel and Isaac, after giving name to Judson Hill, went west. Two of the elder Judson's daughters still reside in the village of Wells.
The reference to the burial on the farm of John Roy is the farm where Ithamar Judson and his wife Sarah Spees resided. The small cemetery begun by the Judson families was actually on the farm of Solomon and Naomi, the southern edge of the cemetery being a stone wall and the southern boundary of Solomon and Naomi's farm and the northern boundary of Ithamar and Sarah's farm. This would explain the more modern memorial in Mosherville Cemetery, they either being reinterred there or a memorial monument placed there. There are no Judson memorial markers remaining in the family cemetery, which is situated on a slight elevation from the valley, east of Seeley Creek. What family members are buried there is unknown. Mary Murray was buried there as was also later a Sayre family.
1. Abigail Judson b. 2 May 1775.
2. Elizabeth Judson b. c. 1777 (age 74 on 1850 census) Woodbury m. 15 Sept 1801 (Presbyterian Church, Greenville, New York) Truman Calhoun.
3. Irene Judson b. perhaps c. 1779 Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
4. Ithamar Judson b. perhaps c. 1781 Woodbury.
5. Alethia Judson b. c. 1784 Woodbury.
6. William Judson b. before 1790.
7. Sarah Judson b. 4 Feb 1790 Woodbury m. William Seely of Wells and she d. 4 Aug 1825.
8. Samuel Judson b. perhaps c. 1792.
9. Isaac Judson b. 1794 Connecticut.
10. Mary Judson b. 29 Sept 1797 Greenville, New York m. Joseph Capron of Wells.
11. Jane Judson b. 27 May 1800 Greenville m. James Ingals Osgood of Wells.
The biography of J. R. Judson (Commemorative Historical & Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio), a grandson of Ithamar relates that "Ithamar had four brothers Isaac, John, William, and Egbert, all of whom grew to maturity." This information does not agree with other information.
In American Ancestry the William Judson who married 4 March 1795 (Presbyterian Church, Greenville, New York) Hester Barker, he of Coeymans and she of Freedhold, was a son of Timothy Judson of Greenville, New York. William and Hester (or Esther) are buried in Coxsackie Cemetery: William Judson died 21 June 1843 Age 78/9y and Esther Judson wife of William 27 May 1772-27 Mar 1854. This marker would further indicate that Solomon would have been too young to be the father of this William.
1887 Judson Manufacturing $500 Bond Certificate. Attractive certificate with vignette of San Francisco Bay. Judson Manufacturing, located in Oakland California, was founded in 1882 and was a bridge and structural steel machine shop. Certificate is signed by Egbert Judson. Egbert Judson (1812 -1893) was an important inventor and manufacturer of explosives. He organized several companies including the Giant Powder Company and Judson Powder Company, which sold dynamite in the U.S. The certificate is also signed by Henry Lee Dodge as Trustee on reverse. Henry Lee Dodge (1825-1901) was an important businessman (founder of Fireman's Fund) and political leader in San Francisco.
Solomon "Jutson" appears on the 1799 assessment list of Freehold with real estate valued at $480 and a personal estate of $36 for a tax of $.51. Solomon appears on the 1800 assessment list of Freehold with house and land, real estate valued at $400 and personal estate at $8 for a state tax of $.40 and county tax of $.18. A search of the 1800 census of Freehold does not locate the Judson family and they were evidently missed by the census enumerator. Several families in the Freehold census were simply noted by their last name. Solomon appears on the 1801 assessment list. On the 1802 assessment list of Freehold, compiled 31 May, Solomon had real estate valued at $400 and a tax of $.81. "Solom" Judson appears on the 1803 assessment list of the newly created Greenville with no real estate and a personal estate of $160 for a tax of $.46. They removed to Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania with some of their children, while some of their older married children remained in the Greenville area. The Reporter Journal, Towanda, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1885 relates - "Mrs. Jane Osgood, was a daughter of Solomon Judson and was born at Greenville, Green county, N.Y., May 26, 1800. She came to Wells when but three years old with her father's family." This would place the arrival of the Judson family in Wells between May 1803 and May 1804. Rev. David Craft recorded interviews before his publication of the History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania and in an interview with L. F. Shepard of Wells dated Jan. 12, 1874 Mr. Shepard stated - "The first settler of Wells township as near as we can (tell) was Lemuel Gaylord. He came in the year 1800. Next came Solomon and Ithamar Judson - the former settled on the farm now owned by James Owens; the latter on the farm owned by John A. Roy. They came here in the year 1803 from Greenville, New York. At that time there was but one house from stateline to Roseville, Tioga County a distance of eleven miles." Further, Mr. Shepard states - "Solomon Judson died Dec 12, 1836 aged 86 years. He was the father of Mrs. Mary Capron and Mrs. James J. (error and should have been an I.) Osgood, both now living at this place or what was called Mosierville. They can remember very well when Wells Township was a perfect wilderness, and full of bear, deer and wolves."
Solomon's daughter, Alethia married in Aug 1804 in Greenville, so perhaps 1803 is too early of a date for their arrival. Solomon appears on the 1808 asessment list of Tioga Township, Luzerne County (Wells Township, Bradford County had not yet been created), the only known assessment list for that period between 1800 and 1810 known to exist. Solomon purchased 138 acres on Seeley Creek on 1 February 1809 from Adam Kuhn of Philadelphia. This was the fourth tract from the state line in the valley. Son, Ithamar and family settled on the next tract to the south. Solomon was enumerated in Smithfield Township, Lycoming County (Bradford County and Wells Township had not yet been created) in 1810 with two males of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), one male over age forty five (b. before 1765), one female under age ten (b. 1801-10), one female of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), and one female over age forty five (b. before 1765). Solomon appears on the 1814 assessment list (completed 10 March 1814) of Athens Township with the notation that he was living in the newly created Wells Township, with 30 improved acres, 117 unimproved acres, 1 house, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 2 cows. Solomon appears on the first assessment of Wells in 1814. On the 1817 assessment list he was assessed for 5 improved acres, 195 unimproved acres, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 horse. On the 1820 assessment list, Solomon resided on warrant parcel 1393, which became known as Judson Hill, perhaps because sons, Samuel and Isaac are related to have settled there. Solomon was enumerated in Wells in 1820 with a wife and no children in the household. They were residing on Judson Hill on warrant parcel 1393 in 1822. On 16 Mar 1824, Solomon Judson, Isaac Judson, and Samuel Judson, all of Wells, sold (5:100) the 138 acres on Seeley Creek to James Seely, Jr., "late in possession of Bartlett Seely and more in possession of James Seely, Jr." Naomi died February 1826, aged 76 years (memorial marker). The monument in Mosherville Cemetery also contains the name of Solomon and is a four-sided shaft type monument that was evidently erected sometime after their deaths since those type of monuments did not exist at that time. If her marker is inscribed correctly, she was born in 1749/50 and about fifty years of age when daughter Jane was born, which though possible, seems unlikely and she was perhaps not the mother of his children. Further research is needed.
It is unclear where Solomon was living in the 1830 census enumeration as he is not enumerated as a head of household or in any of the households of his known children. There were ony two males over the age of seventy in the 1830 census of Wells in the households of Strong Seeley and Obadiah Brown and they are assumed to be Israel Seeley and Obadiah Brown. Solomon applied for a pension, 4 September 1832, aged 81, and stated he entered the service 1 June 1776 for six months under Lieutenant Noah Judson in a company commanded by Captain Wait Hurd in Colonel Chandler's Regiment; that he was born town of Woodbury, County of Litchfield, Connecticut, 8 December 1751; lived at Bethlehem, Litchfield County at enlistment, after war lived 9 years in Greenville, County of Greene, New York, then removed to the waters of Seeley Creek in the town of Southport where he has lived to the present time. Signed named as Solomon Judson. He did not live in Southport, but as with many soldiers who applied for pensions from Wells Township and neighboring Jackson Township in Tioga County, they made application in Elmira due to the shorter distance than access to attornies in either county in Pennsylvania. Also, the date of arrival to Seeley Creek stated in the application is too early. Certificate of pension issued 2 December 1832, inscribed on roll of New York at $20 per annum commencing 4 March 1831. Solomon, private in Connecticut Continental Army, 1835 pensioner, age 82. Solomon died 12 December 1836, aged 86 years (memorial and pension roll).
Rev. David Craft in his History of Bradford County stated – "Solomon Judson came from Greenville, N. Y., in 1803, and located on grounds vacated by the Reeders. His children were Ithamar (then married), Samuel, Isaac, Sarah, Mary, and Jane. The aged parents were buried on the present farm of John Roy; Ithamar had a house for the entertainment of strangers, and for religious worship, a little above where Shepard's store stands, but finally went to Ohio. Samuel and Isaac, after giving name to Judson Hill, went west. Two of the elder Judson's daughters still reside in the village of Wells.
The reference to the burial on the farm of John Roy is the farm where Ithamar Judson and his wife Sarah Spees resided. The small cemetery begun by the Judson families was actually on the farm of Solomon and Naomi, the southern edge of the cemetery being a stone wall and the southern boundary of Solomon and Naomi's farm and the northern boundary of Ithamar and Sarah's farm. This would explain the more modern memorial in Mosherville Cemetery, they either being reinterred there or a memorial monument placed there. There are no Judson memorial markers remaining in the family cemetery, which is situated on a slight elevation from the valley, east of Seeley Creek. What family members are buried there is unknown. Mary Murray was buried there as was also later a Sayre family.
1. Abigail Judson b. 2 May 1775.
2. Elizabeth Judson b. c. 1777 (age 74 on 1850 census) Woodbury m. 15 Sept 1801 (Presbyterian Church, Greenville, New York) Truman Calhoun.
3. Irene Judson b. perhaps c. 1779 Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
4. Ithamar Judson b. perhaps c. 1781 Woodbury.
5. Alethia Judson b. c. 1784 Woodbury.
6. William Judson b. before 1790.
7. Sarah Judson b. 4 Feb 1790 Woodbury m. William Seely of Wells and she d. 4 Aug 1825.
8. Samuel Judson b. perhaps c. 1792.
9. Isaac Judson b. 1794 Connecticut.
10. Mary Judson b. 29 Sept 1797 Greenville, New York m. Joseph Capron of Wells.
11. Jane Judson b. 27 May 1800 Greenville m. James Ingals Osgood of Wells.
The biography of J. R. Judson (Commemorative Historical & Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio), a grandson of Ithamar relates that "Ithamar had four brothers Isaac, John, William, and Egbert, all of whom grew to maturity." This information does not agree with other information.
In American Ancestry the William Judson who married 4 March 1795 (Presbyterian Church, Greenville, New York) Hester Barker, he of Coeymans and she of Freedhold, was a son of Timothy Judson of Greenville, New York. William and Hester (or Esther) are buried in Coxsackie Cemetery: William Judson died 21 June 1843 Age 78/9y and Esther Judson wife of William 27 May 1772-27 Mar 1854. This marker would further indicate that Solomon would have been too young to be the father of this William.
1887 Judson Manufacturing $500 Bond Certificate. Attractive certificate with vignette of San Francisco Bay. Judson Manufacturing, located in Oakland California, was founded in 1882 and was a bridge and structural steel machine shop. Certificate is signed by Egbert Judson. Egbert Judson (1812 -1893) was an important inventor and manufacturer of explosives. He organized several companies including the Giant Powder Company and Judson Powder Company, which sold dynamite in the U.S. The certificate is also signed by Henry Lee Dodge as Trustee on reverse. Henry Lee Dodge (1825-1901) was an important businessman (founder of Fireman's Fund) and political leader in San Francisco.
Solomon Judson born 8 December 1751 (pension file S29266) baptised 15 December 1751 Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, son of Isaac Judson and Mary Stoddard, resided at Bethlehem, Litchfield County when he enlisted in the American Revolution (town center of Bethlehem is about 8.5 miles from Woodbury where he was born). He is related to have had a first wife, Mary and second wife, Naomi. Enumerated in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1790 with one male over age sixteen (b. before 1774), two males under age sixteen (b. 1775-90) and six females. They removed sometime in the 1790's to Freehold, New York, which had been formed from Coxsackie, Albany, County, and at that time was very extensive. It included the present town of Durham, large portions of the towns of Greenville, Cairo, Windham, Ashland and Prattsville in Greene County and nearly the whole Town of Conesville in Schoharie County and contained about 150,000 acres. The area was sparsely settled with a few settlers in the present town of Greenville and along the valleys of the Manor Kill, the Batavia Kill and the Katskill. Freehold was included in the newly formed Greene County, 25 Mar 1800. On 28 Mar 1805 the name of Freehold was changed to Durham and later the town was further reduced in size by the creation of the town of Cairo. The Judson family in a later history indicated they lived in that portion of Cairo in present Greene County.
Solomon "Jutson" appears on the 1799 assessment list of Freehold with real estate valued at $480 and a personal estate of $36 for a tax of $.51. Solomon appears on the 1800 assessment list of Freehold with house and land, real estate valued at $400 and personal estate at $8 for a state tax of $.40 and county tax of $.18. A search of the 1800 census of Freehold does not locate the Judson family and they were evidently missed by the census enumerator. Several families in the Freehold census were simply noted by their last name. Solomon appears on the 1801 assessment list. On the 1802 assessment list of Freehold, compiled 31 May, Solomon had real estate valued at $400 and a tax of $.81. "Solom" Judson appears on the 1803 assessment list of the newly created Greenville with no real estate and a personal estate of $160 for a tax of $.46. They removed to Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania with some of their children, while some of their older married children remained in the Greenville area. The Reporter Journal, Towanda, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1885 relates - "Mrs. Jane Osgood, was a daughter of Solomon Judson and was born at Greenville, Green county, N.Y., May 26, 1800. She came to Wells when but three years old with her father's family." This would place the arrival of the Judson family in Wells between May 1803 and May 1804. Rev. David Craft recorded interviews before his publication of the History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania and in an interview with L. F. Shepard of Wells dated Jan. 12, 1874 Mr. Shepard stated - "The first settler of Wells township as near as we can (tell) was Lemuel Gaylord. He came in the year 1800. Next came Solomon and Ithamar Judson - the former settled on the farm now owned by James Owens; the latter on the farm owned by John A. Roy. They came here in the year 1803 from Greenville, New York. At that time there was but one house from stateline to Roseville, Tioga County a distance of eleven miles." Further, Mr. Shepard states - "Solomon Judson died Dec 12, 1836 aged 86 years. He was the father of Mrs. Mary Capron and Mrs. James J. (error and should have been an I.) Osgood, both now living at this place or what was called Mosierville. They can remember very well when Wells Township was a perfect wilderness, and full of bear, deer and wolves."
Solomon's daughter, Alethia married in Aug 1804 in Greenville, so perhaps 1803 is too early of a date for their arrival. Solomon appears on the 1808 asessment list of Tioga Township, Luzerne County (Wells Township, Bradford County had not yet been created), the only known assessment list for that period between 1800 and 1810 known to exist. Solomon purchased 138 acres on Seeley Creek on 1 February 1809 from Adam Kuhn of Philadelphia. This was the fourth tract from the state line in the valley. Son, Ithamar and family settled on the next tract to the south. Solomon was enumerated in Smithfield Township, Lycoming County (Bradford County and Wells Township had not yet been created) in 1810 with two males of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), one male over age forty five (b. before 1765), one female under age ten (b. 1801-10), one female of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), and one female over age forty five (b. before 1765). Solomon appears on the 1814 assessment list (completed 10 March 1814) of Athens Township with the notation that he was living in the newly created Wells Township, with 30 improved acres, 117 unimproved acres, 1 house, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 2 cows. Solomon appears on the first assessment of Wells in 1814. On the 1817 assessment list he was assessed for 5 improved acres, 195 unimproved acres, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 horse. On the 1820 assessment list, Solomon resided on warrant parcel 1393, which became known as Judson Hill, perhaps because sons, Samuel and Isaac are related to have settled there. Solomon was enumerated in Wells in 1820 with a wife and no children in the household. They were residing on Judson Hill on warrant parcel 1393 in 1822. On 16 Mar 1824, Solomon Judson, Isaac Judson, and Samuel Judson, all of Wells, sold (5:100) the 138 acres on Seeley Creek to James Seely, Jr., "late in possession of Bartlett Seely and more in possession of James Seely, Jr." Naomi died February 1826, aged 76 years (memorial marker). The monument in Mosherville Cemetery also contains the name of Solomon and is a four-sided shaft type monument that was evidently erected sometime after their deaths since those type of monuments did not exist at that time. If her marker is inscribed correctly, she was born in 1749/50 and about fifty years of age when daughter Jane was born, which though possible, seems unlikely and she was perhaps not the mother of his children. Further research is needed.
It is unclear where Solomon was living in the 1830 census enumeration as he is not enumerated as a head of household or in any of the households of his known children. There were ony two males over the age of seventy in the 1830 census of Wells in the households of Strong Seeley and Obadiah Brown and they are assumed to be Israel Seeley and Obadiah Brown. Solomon applied for a pension, 4 September 1832, aged 81, and stated he entered the service 1 June 1776 for six months under Lieutenant Noah Judson in a company commanded by Captain Wait Hurd in Colonel Chandler's Regiment; that he was born town of Woodbury, County of Litchfield, Connecticut, 8 December 1751; lived at Bethlehem, Litchfield County at enlistment, after war lived 9 years in Greenville, County of Greene, New York, then removed to the waters of Seeley Creek in the town of Southport where he has lived to the present time. Signed named as Solomon Judson. He did not live in Southport, but as with many soldiers who applied for pensions from Wells Township and neighboring Jackson Township in Tioga County, they made application in Elmira due to the shorter distance than access to attornies in either county in Pennsylvania. Also, the date of arrival to Seeley Creek stated in the application is too early. Certificate of pension issued 2 December 1832, inscribed on roll of New York at $20 per annum commencing 4 March 1831. Solomon, private in Connecticut Continental Army, 1835 pensioner, age 82. Solomon died 12 December 1836, aged 86 years (memorial and pension roll).
Rev. David Craft in his History of Bradford County stated – "Solomon Judson came from Greenville, N. Y., in 1803, and located on grounds vacated by the Reeders. His children were Ithamar (then married), Samuel, Isaac, Sarah, Mary, and Jane. The aged parents were buried on the present farm of John Roy; Ithamar had a house for the entertainment of strangers, and for religious worship, a little above where Shepard's store stands, but finally went to Ohio. Samuel and Isaac, after giving name to Judson Hill, went west. Two of the elder Judson's daughters still reside in the village of Wells.
The reference to the burial on the farm of John Roy is the farm where Ithamar Judson and his wife Sarah Spees resided. The small cemetery begun by the Judson families was actually on the farm of Solomon and Naomi, the southern edge of the cemetery being a stone wall and the southern boundary of Solomon and Naomi's farm and the northern boundary of Ithamar and Sarah's farm. This would explain the more modern memorial in Mosherville Cemetery, they either being reinterred there or a memorial monument placed there. There are no Judson memorial markers remaining in the family cemetery, which is situated on a slight elevation from the valley, east of Seeley Creek. What family members are buried there is unknown. Mary Murray was buried there as was also later a Sayre family.
1. Abigail Judson b. 2 May 1775.
2. Elizabeth Judson b. c. 1777 (age 74 on 1850 census) Woodbury m. 15 Sept 1801 (Presbyterian Church, Greenville, New York) Truman Calhoun.
3. Irene Judson b. perhaps c. 1779 Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
4. Ithamar Judson b. perhaps c. 1781 Woodbury.
5. Alethia Judson b. c. 1784 Woodbury.
6. William Judson b. before 1790.
7. Sarah Judson b. 4 Feb 1790 Woodbury m. William Seely of Wells and she d. 4 Aug 1825.
8. Samuel Judson b. perhaps c. 1792.
9. Isaac Judson b. 1794 Connecticut.
10. Mary Judson b. 29 Sept 1797 Greenville, New York m. Joseph Capron of Wells.
11. Jane Judson b. 27 May 1800 Greenville m. James Ingals Osgood of Wells.
The biography of J. R. Judson (Commemorative Historical & Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio), a grandson of Ithamar relates that "Ithamar had four brothers Isaac, John, William, and Egbert, all of whom grew to maturity." This information does not agree with other information.
In American Ancestry the William Judson who married 4 March 1795 (Presbyterian Church, Greenville, New York) Hester Barker, he of Coeymans and she of Freedhold, was a son of Timothy Judson of Greenville, New York. William and Hester (or Esther) are buried in Coxsackie Cemetery: William Judson died 21 June 1843 Age 78/9y and Esther Judson wife of William 27 May 1772-27 Mar 1854. This marker would further indicate that Solomon would have been too young to be the father of this William.
1887 Judson Manufacturing $500 Bond Certificate. Attractive certificate with vignette of San Francisco Bay. Judson Manufacturing, located in Oakland California, was founded in 1882 and was a bridge and structural steel machine shop. Certificate is signed by Egbert Judson. Egbert Judson (1812 -1893) was an important inventor and manufacturer of explosives. He organized several companies including the Giant Powder Company and Judson Powder Company, which sold dynamite in the U.S. The certificate is also signed by Henry Lee Dodge as Trustee on reverse. Henry Lee Dodge (1825-1901) was an important businessman (founder of Fireman's Fund) and political leader in San Francisco.
Solomon "Jutson" appears on the 1799 assessment list of Freehold with real estate valued at $480 and a personal estate of $36 for a tax of $.51. Solomon appears on the 1800 assessment list of Freehold with house and land, real estate valued at $400 and personal estate at $8 for a state tax of $.40 and county tax of $.18. A search of the 1800 census of Freehold does not locate the Judson family and they were evidently missed by the census enumerator. Several families in the Freehold census were simply noted by their last name. Solomon appears on the 1801 assessment list. On the 1802 assessment list of Freehold, compiled 31 May, Solomon had real estate valued at $400 and a tax of $.81. "Solom" Judson appears on the 1803 assessment list of the newly created Greenville with no real estate and a personal estate of $160 for a tax of $.46. They removed to Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania with some of their children, while some of their older married children remained in the Greenville area. The Reporter Journal, Towanda, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1885 relates - "Mrs. Jane Osgood, was a daughter of Solomon Judson and was born at Greenville, Green county, N.Y., May 26, 1800. She came to Wells when but three years old with her father's family." This would place the arrival of the Judson family in Wells between May 1803 and May 1804. Rev. David Craft recorded interviews before his publication of the History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania and in an interview with L. F. Shepard of Wells dated Jan. 12, 1874 Mr. Shepard stated - "The first settler of Wells township as near as we can (tell) was Lemuel Gaylord. He came in the year 1800. Next came Solomon and Ithamar Judson - the former settled on the farm now owned by James Owens; the latter on the farm owned by John A. Roy. They came here in the year 1803 from Greenville, New York. At that time there was but one house from stateline to Roseville, Tioga County a distance of eleven miles." Further, Mr. Shepard states - "Solomon Judson died Dec 12, 1836 aged 86 years. He was the father of Mrs. Mary Capron and Mrs. James J. (error and should have been an I.) Osgood, both now living at this place or what was called Mosierville. They can remember very well when Wells Township was a perfect wilderness, and full of bear, deer and wolves."
Solomon's daughter, Alethia married in Aug 1804 in Greenville, so perhaps 1803 is too early of a date for their arrival. Solomon appears on the 1808 asessment list of Tioga Township, Luzerne County (Wells Township, Bradford County had not yet been created), the only known assessment list for that period between 1800 and 1810 known to exist. Solomon purchased 138 acres on Seeley Creek on 1 February 1809 from Adam Kuhn of Philadelphia. This was the fourth tract from the state line in the valley. Son, Ithamar and family settled on the next tract to the south. Solomon was enumerated in Smithfield Township, Lycoming County (Bradford County and Wells Township had not yet been created) in 1810 with two males of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), one male over age forty five (b. before 1765), one female under age ten (b. 1801-10), one female of age ten and under age sixteen (b. 1795-1800), and one female over age forty five (b. before 1765). Solomon appears on the 1814 assessment list (completed 10 March 1814) of Athens Township with the notation that he was living in the newly created Wells Township, with 30 improved acres, 117 unimproved acres, 1 house, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 2 cows. Solomon appears on the first assessment of Wells in 1814. On the 1817 assessment list he was assessed for 5 improved acres, 195 unimproved acres, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 horse. On the 1820 assessment list, Solomon resided on warrant parcel 1393, which became known as Judson Hill, perhaps because sons, Samuel and Isaac are related to have settled there. Solomon was enumerated in Wells in 1820 with a wife and no children in the household. They were residing on Judson Hill on warrant parcel 1393 in 1822. On 16 Mar 1824, Solomon Judson, Isaac Judson, and Samuel Judson, all of Wells, sold (5:100) the 138 acres on Seeley Creek to James Seely, Jr., "late in possession of Bartlett Seely and more in possession of James Seely, Jr." Naomi died February 1826, aged 76 years (memorial marker). The monument in Mosherville Cemetery also contains the name of Solomon and is a four-sided shaft type monument that was evidently erected sometime after their deaths since those type of monuments did not exist at that time. If her marker is inscribed correctly, she was born in 1749/50 and about fifty years of age when daughter Jane was born, which though possible, seems unlikely and she was perhaps not the mother of his children. Further research is needed.
It is unclear where Solomon was living in the 1830 census enumeration as he is not enumerated as a head of household or in any of the households of his known children. There were ony two males over the age of seventy in the 1830 census of Wells in the households of Strong Seeley and Obadiah Brown and they are assumed to be Israel Seeley and Obadiah Brown. Solomon applied for a pension, 4 September 1832, aged 81, and stated he entered the service 1 June 1776 for six months under Lieutenant Noah Judson in a company commanded by Captain Wait Hurd in Colonel Chandler's Regiment; that he was born town of Woodbury, County of Litchfield, Connecticut, 8 December 1751; lived at Bethlehem, Litchfield County at enlistment, after war lived 9 years in Greenville, County of Greene, New York, then removed to the waters of Seeley Creek in the town of Southport where he has lived to the present time. Signed named as Solomon Judson. He did not live in Southport, but as with many soldiers who applied for pensions from Wells Township and neighboring Jackson Township in Tioga County, they made application in Elmira due to the shorter distance than access to attornies in either county in Pennsylvania. Also, the date of arrival to Seeley Creek stated in the application is too early. Certificate of pension issued 2 December 1832, inscribed on roll of New York at $20 per annum commencing 4 March 1831. Solomon, private in Connecticut Continental Army, 1835 pensioner, age 82. Solomon died 12 December 1836, aged 86 years (memorial and pension roll).
Rev. David Craft in his History of Bradford County stated – "Solomon Judson came from Greenville, N. Y., in 1803, and located on grounds vacated by the Reeders. His children were Ithamar (then married), Samuel, Isaac, Sarah, Mary, and Jane. The aged parents were buried on the present farm of John Roy; Ithamar had a house for the entertainment of strangers, and for religious worship, a little above where Shepard's store stands, but finally went to Ohio. Samuel and Isaac, after giving name to Judson Hill, went west. Two of the elder Judson's daughters still reside in the village of Wells.
The reference to the burial on the farm of John Roy is the farm where Ithamar Judson and his wife Sarah Spees resided. The small cemetery begun by the Judson families was actually on the farm of Solomon and Naomi, the southern edge of the cemetery being a stone wall and the southern boundary of Solomon and Naomi's farm and the northern boundary of Ithamar and Sarah's farm. This would explain the more modern memorial in Mosherville Cemetery, they either being reinterred there or a memorial monument placed there. There are no Judson memorial markers remaining in the family cemetery, which is situated on a slight elevation from the valley, east of Seeley Creek. What family members are buried there is unknown. Mary Murray was buried there as was also later a Sayre family.
1. Abigail Judson b. 2 May 1775.
2. Elizabeth Judson b. c. 1777 (age 74 on 1850 census) Woodbury m. 15 Sept 1801 (Presbyterian Church, Greenville, New York) Truman Calhoun.
3. Irene Judson b. perhaps c. 1779 Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
4. Ithamar Judson b. perhaps c. 1781 Woodbury.
5. Alethia Judson b. c. 1784 Woodbury.
6. William Judson b. before 1790.
7. Sarah Judson b. 4 Feb 1790 Woodbury m. William Seely of Wells and she d. 4 Aug 1825.
8. Samuel Judson b. perhaps c. 1792.
9. Isaac Judson b. 1794 Connecticut.
10. Mary Judson b. 29 Sept 1797 Greenville, New York m. Joseph Capron of Wells.
11. Jane Judson b. 27 May 1800 Greenville m. James Ingals Osgood of Wells.
The biography of J. R. Judson (Commemorative Historical & Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio), a grandson of Ithamar relates that "Ithamar had four brothers Isaac, John, William, and Egbert, all of whom grew to maturity." This information does not agree with other information.
In American Ancestry the William Judson who married 4 March 1795 (Presbyterian Church, Greenville, New York) Hester Barker, he of Coeymans and she of Freedhold, was a son of Timothy Judson of Greenville, New York. William and Hester (or Esther) are buried in Coxsackie Cemetery: William Judson died 21 June 1843 Age 78/9y and Esther Judson wife of William 27 May 1772-27 Mar 1854. This marker would further indicate that Solomon would have been too young to be the father of this William.
1887 Judson Manufacturing $500 Bond Certificate. Attractive certificate with vignette of San Francisco Bay. Judson Manufacturing, located in Oakland California, was founded in 1882 and was a bridge and structural steel machine shop. Certificate is signed by Egbert Judson. Egbert Judson (1812 -1893) was an important inventor and manufacturer of explosives. He organized several companies including the Giant Powder Company and Judson Powder Company, which sold dynamite in the U.S. The certificate is also signed by Henry Lee Dodge as Trustee on reverse. Henry Lee Dodge (1825-1901) was an important businessman (founder of Fireman's Fund) and political leader in San Francisco.
Inscription
SOLOMON
JUDSON
DIED
DEC. 1836
AGED 86 YRS
Gravesite Details
They were buried on the farm, in a family cemetery, where they had originally settled, known as the Judson Cemetery, and later reinterred in Mosherville.
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