"Thomas2 Luddington (William1) born in 1637, removed to Newwark, N. J., in 1666. On Apr. 10, 1689, he sold ten and a half acres of land, with old house and barn thereon, at the New Haven Iron Works, to John Thompson, at which time he described himself as of "Newark, New Jersey, Husbandman." (New Haven Land Records, vol. 1, p. 452.) The following, concerning his life at Newark, is from a Luddington MS., compiled by Mr. Patrick. At a town meeting May 13, 1672, Martin Tichenor and Tbos. Luddington each had allowed them one and a half acres of land for staying on their place the first summer, when most of the settlers returned to Connecticut for the winter. In 1667, he was one of the persons appointed to make a rate of every man's estate. Thomas Luddington's estate at that time was put down at £122, and £81 after the deduction had been made. On Feb. 6, 1667, he was granted lot No. 60, probably three acres; and more land was granted to him in 1669, '70 and '73. He was the surveyor of the "land and swamp" in 1680; surveyor of highways in 1681; and also committee in laying out the third division of land, and other lands in 1682, '83 and '84. On May 1, 1692, he sold three and a half acres of his home lot to Thomas Brown. After the town meeting in Aug., 1672 [1692?], all trace of him is lost."
