The Pye Plate: November 2015

In a recent blog, I was researching the Judd family of Prussia, with little to go on. I was so fortunate to receive an email from a reader (thank you so much - you know who you are) suggesting I try www.fultonhistory.com. This proved to be a gold mine for me. The site has many issues of old newspapers from all over NY State and some other states too. Because of the social nature of newspapers 100+ years ago, I was able to find names of people I was only guessing at. I was able to construct the following time line for the Judd family. I stopped at 1940 for the Blog simply because there are people still living and I don't believe it's appropriate to include them.

1841 - Baptismal record for Johannes Wilhelm Jud in Burbach, Westfalia, (Prussia) Germany, s/o Johannes Wilhelm and Sophia Elisabeth Diehl Jud (This is a transcribed record and not an actual document.)

1860 – John W. Judt, age 48, a shoemaker, with wife Sophia and sons, August and Frederick, were recorded living in the 9^th Ward, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. Originally from Prussia. (1860 Fed. Census)

U.S.

, Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865

Charles A Judd

Residence:	Syracuse, New York
Age at enlistment:	20
Enlistment Date:	13 Jul 1863
Rank at enlistment:	Private
Enlistment Place:	Syracuse, New York
State Served:	New York
Birth Date:	abt 1843

Source Information

Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

1865 – John W. Judt (Sr.), age 54, a peddler, with his wife Sophia and sons John W. (Jr.), August and Frederick were recorded living in the 9^th Ward, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. All originally from Prussia, except Frederick who was b, in Rensalear (sic.). It states they were the parents of 6 children. (1865 NY State Census)

1870 – John W. Judd (sic.), farmer, age 60, with wife Sophia and son, Frederick, were recorded living in Gates, Monroe Co., NY showing real estate value of $800 and personal estate value of $900 (1870 Fed. Census)

1870 – Charles Judd, wife Mary, daughters Florence and Etta were recorded living in the town of Cicero, Onondaga Co., NY (1870 Fed. Census)

1875 – John W. Judd, farmer, age 64, with wife Sophia and son, Frederick, were recorded living in First Dist., in the Town of Hamlin, Monroe Co., NY, (1875 NY State Census)

1875 – Charles Judd, wife Mary and children Florence, Etta, Harriett, Charles N. and Otis H. were recorded living in the Town of Gates, Monroe Co., NY (1875 NY State Census)

1877 – John W. Judd died and was buried at Mt Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY

(Find a Grave)

1884 – Sophia Judd sold, on Jul 14 1884, at least 30 acres of land in Hamlin to Charles A. Judd. (Rochester Daily News Jun 9 1913 under Legal Notices – Supreme Court)

1880 – Sophia Judd – widow, age 67 was recorded as a servant in the home of Frederic Weitz, in the Town of Greece, NY, ED 48, Monroe Co., NY (1880 Fed. Census)

1880 – Charles Judd, wife Mary and children Florence, Etta, Harriett, Charles N., Otis H. and Chester E. were recorded living in the Town of Hamlin, E.D. 49, Monroe Co., NY (1880 Fed. Census)

1892 – Charles A. Judd, wife Mary and children Chester E., Katie, Titus, Harry H. and Earl(y) were recorded living in the Town of Hamlin, E.D. 1, Monroe Co., NY (1892 NY State Census)

1892 – Charles N. Judd is recorded living in The Town of Wilson, ED 1, Niagara Co., NY (1892 NY State Census)

1900 – Charles A. Judd is recorded as a widow, with no other family members, living in the Town of Hamlin, ED 12, Monroe Co., NY. (1900 Fed. Census)

1900 – Mary Judd is recorded as a widow and a servant in the Frederick Palmer home in the Town of Hamlin, ED 12, Monroe Co., NY. Mary is recorded as having had 0 children with 0 children still living. (1900 Fed. Census)

1900 - Charles N. Judd is recorded as single and a boarder in the Philip Simmons home living in the Town of Hamline, ED 12, Monroe Co., NY. (1900 Fed. Census)

1905 – Charles Judd, his wife, Nellie, and his mother, Mary, were recorded as living on the Ladd Road in the Town of Hamlin, ED 1, Monroe Co., NY. (1905 NY State Census) {The Ladd Rd. became known as the Walker-Lake Ontario Rd.}

1909 – Charles A. Judd – Mar. 18 1909, Mary L. Judd, widow, applied for pension benefits for Charles A. Judd for service during the Civil War. He was in I 149 Infantry NY (out of Syracuse). Does not show if this was approved.

1910 - Dec 13, 1910 - Matter of Estate of Charles A. Judd, deceased.— Decree establishing right of inheritance of Florence M. Hebner. Etta L. Peck, Minnie M. Matthews, Chas, M.(sic.) Judd, Chester E. Judd, Titus Judd, Harry Herbert Judd and Earle Judd.—- Salisbury & Agate, for petitioner. Matter of Estate of Sarah Ms Jewett (Rochester Daily News Dec. 1910)

1910 – Charles N. Judd with his wife, Nellie, and daughters, Hazel and Gladys, were recorded living on the Ladd Rd. in the Town of Hamline, ED 15, Monroe Co., NY. (1910 Fed. Census)

1918 – Charles N. Judd, Draft Registration, recorded as living RFD #3, Brockport, NY, age 45, DOB 10/26/1872, wife Nellie, occupation: farmer, medium height and build, blue eyes and gray hair. Distinguishing feature: lost one thumb. (Monroe Co. Local Draft Board)

1920 – Charles N. Judd, his wife, Nellie, daughters Hazel, Gladys, and Dorothy and his mother Mary L. were recorded living in the Town of Sweden, ED 272. Monroe Co., NY (1920 Fed. Census)

1930 – Charles N. Judd, his wife, Ellen, daughter, Dorothy and married daughter Gladys Judd Adams with her husband, Burtie, and their children Joyce and Charles, were recorded living at the Staples Farm on West Sweden Rd. in the Town of Sweden, ED 28-258, Monroe Co., NY (1930 Fed. Census)

1940 - Charles N. Judd, age 67, his wife, Nellie, and his sister, Etta Peck, are recorded as living with or renting from Addison Arradine on Creamery Rd. in the Town of Bergen, ED 19-27, Genesee Co., NY (1940 Fed. Census)

My Grandmother Broderick, nee Chambers, never got to know her paternal grandparents very well. When she was 8, her father was lost at sea and his parents had moved from New Brunswick to Maine. She and her mother eventually moved on to Boston while the grandparents moved to NJ to be closer to some of their other children. There wasn’t much chance to visit and by the time my grandmother was in her early 30’s, both grandparents had passed on. So it was with some element of surprise when it was discovered that her paternal grandmother had been a MacPherson.

Sarah MacPherson was the daughter of James and a still to be discovered wife. We are not sure where she was born, but her death records say she was born Dec 22 1831 in Nova Scotia. Apparently many records in NS have not survived making research on her father, mother and siblings more than a little difficult.

However, that led me to doing some more in-depth research into the Clan MacPherson itself. There are variant spellings such as Macpherson, McPherson

Mcpherson and so on. It comes from the Gaelic Mac a’ Phearsain and basically means ‘son of the Parson.’ In this case the Parson was Muriach who was a 12^th century lay-preacher in Kingussie, in Badenoch. Parson, at that time had a different meaning. The Parson was the church warden and collected the tithes.

For many centuries, the MacPhersons have been a leading Clan in the Clan Chattan Confederation, which is controlled by the Clan MacKintosh. Today the Chief of Clan MacKintosh is the President of the Confederation, while the Chief of Clan MacPherson is the Vice-President.

Cluny Castle served as the seat of the Clan Macpherson until sometime in the 1930’s.

“Touch Not the Cat Bot a Glove” is the motto on the MacPherson crest. In this case ‘Bot’ means ‘without.’ It refers to a wildcat’s paw where the pad is the glove. If the wildcat does not have a glove, it means the claws are unsheathed. This is a warning to those to remember ‘the wildcats claws are without a glove.’ This refers to the historically violent nature of the clan.