Person:Henry Hudson (38)

Uncertain Lineage

He was a member of a blended family in the 1850 census. There is no direct evidence to indicate which parent he was born to, but if he was born before the 1840 census was taken, he was the child of Joshua Hudson (the only family with a male under the age of 5).

1.   Hardeman, Tennessee, in United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

   Joshua Hudson
   1 male and 1 female aged 20-29
   1 male aged 10-14 [a worker or a younger brother?]
   1 male and 1 female under the age of 5 [probably Henry and either Mary or Caroline]

2. ↑ Hardeman, Tennessee, in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

   Joshua Hudson, age 41, born in Tennessee
   Mary Hudson, age 50, born in North Carolina
   George Hudson, age 14
   Mary Hudson, age 13
   Caroline Hudson, age 12
   Henry Hudson, age 10
   Martha Hudson, age 8
   Emily Hudson, age 6
   
   birthplace of all children transcribed as North Carolina, but probably meant to be Tennessee (as all the children in the family show ditto marks for birthplace, and certainly the later ones at least were born in Tennessee)