Surname:Scudder

Name Origin

Ancestry: English: variant of Scutt, with the addition of the Middle English agent suffix -er. See Ancestry Scudder Name Meaning and History

Ancestry gives the derivation of "Scutt" as:

• Americanized spelling of Dutch Schutte ‘archer’.
• English: occupational name for a scout or spy, or a nickname for someone who behaved like one, from Middle English scut ‘scout’ (Old French escoute, from escouter ‘to listen’).
• English: nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English scut ‘hare’.

An alterrnative given by Source:Smith, 1988: "one who constantly shook or trembled from disease", (Possibly an early member of the family suffered from epilepsy, or something similar. Bill 19:50, 9 March 2008 (EDT)

Web Sites

Scudder Genforum

Scudder Family Association The Scudder Association members trace their ancestry back to the progenitors:

• Thomas Scudder who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts by 1637
• John Scudder, cousin of Thomas, who arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1635.
• Elizabeth Scudder, cousin of Thomas Scudder, who arrived prior to November 28, 1644, the date of her marriage to Samuel Lathrop in Barnstable, Massachusetts

Scutter Famliy History by Bill Putnam