Mary Ann "Nancy" (Tschudi) Judy was born in Frenkendorf, Basel, Switzerland on 15 Apr 1773, to Jacob (Tschudi) Judy and Maria (maiden name unknown) Tschudi. (there is a possibility it's "Kappe" but there is a question as to why they would be married in Germany when they both were born and raised in Switzerland.)
"Nancy" as she was called was 3 years old and her older brother Samuel was 6 years old when their biological mother, Maria died, as Jacob and his family were getting ready to leave for America. It is unclear if she died in Switzerland or at sea on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Her body rests in their home town of Frenkendorf, Basel, Switzerland.
The surname of Tschudi was Americanized to "Judy" upon their arrival in America 1777. Jacob and his 2 children, Samuel and Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy, arrived in Pennsylvania with plans to settle in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. On the way to Anne Arundel, passing through Frederick, Maryland, Jacob met and married his 2nd wife Elizabeth Sprater. They were married in Feb. 1778. The "new family" continued on to Anne Arundel Maryland where they settled for a year or two. During that time Jacob hired and paid a substitute, William Rider, to take his place fighting in the American Revolutionary War, Maryland's Militia.
Jacob was a Gunsmith, by trade in Switzerland, and saw his place in the Revolution at Fort Pitt (now known as Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) making guns. He packed up his family again and headed back to Pennsylvania to work for his new country, as a gunsmith at Fort Pitt in Pennsylvania, where he made the "Pittsburgh Rifle" for the duration of the war. He felt in his heart this was where he could do the most good for his New Country.
After the war, Jacob Judy, Sr. started for the frontier regions of the west in the year 1786, on a "flatboat" with his family, then consisting of his new wife and 2 children and a male friend, they descended the Ohio River to Kentucky. On the way, at the mouth of the Scioto River, they heard Indians on the bank making noises, trying to decoy them to the land, but Jacob steadfastly continued on his way down the river. His daughter, Nancy (Mary Ann) Judy, then a girl of 13 yrs., (some say 18, but the math doesn't work out), steered the boat while the others rowed, with all possible speed, past the danger. Jacob and family remained two years near Louisville, Kentucky, where he filed on 5,662 acres of good land.
(For Ref. See Gillson's Land Grants of Kentucky).
In 1788, Jacob Judy. Sr. and his family left Kentucky, and again, set out down the Ohio River for Illinois, making the voyage on his "flat-boat." The hostile Indians obliged him to seek protection up the Cache River, in the present day County of Alexander, where they remained, seven weeks, until a boat could come from Kaskaskia, Illinois, to his aid. They lived in Kaskaskia 4 years, and in 1792, 19 year old Nancy met George Lunceford (1762–1808) and on 10 Sep 1792 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, they got married. Nancy & George had 4 children before he died on 9 December 1808 in St. Clair County, Illinois,.
Her 2nd husband was William Biggs (1755-1827), 1st Lieutenant, Clark's Co. Virginia, State TRPS, Revolutionary War.
They married on 29 Nov 1810 in St. Clair, Illinois, USA. William and Nancy had 1 daughter together.
He died in March of 1827 in Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois, USA.
In 1850 Nancy is found in the 1850 US Census, living with her son Jacob Lunceford and his family in St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States.
Sadly, Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy Lunceford-Biggs died on 9 Dec 1852 in St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States and is buried in Palmier Cemetery, Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois, USA.
"Nancy" as she was called was 3 years old and her older brother Samuel was 6 years old when their biological mother, Maria died, as Jacob and his family were getting ready to leave for America. It is unclear if she died in Switzerland or at sea on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Her body rests in their home town of Frenkendorf, Basel, Switzerland.
The surname of Tschudi was Americanized to "Judy" upon their arrival in America 1777. Jacob and his 2 children, Samuel and Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy, arrived in Pennsylvania with plans to settle in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. On the way to Anne Arundel, passing through Frederick, Maryland, Jacob met and married his 2nd wife Elizabeth Sprater. They were married in Feb. 1778. The "new family" continued on to Anne Arundel Maryland where they settled for a year or two. During that time Jacob hired and paid a substitute, William Rider, to take his place fighting in the American Revolutionary War, Maryland's Militia.
Jacob was a Gunsmith, by trade in Switzerland, and saw his place in the Revolution at Fort Pitt (now known as Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) making guns. He packed up his family again and headed back to Pennsylvania to work for his new country, as a gunsmith at Fort Pitt in Pennsylvania, where he made the "Pittsburgh Rifle" for the duration of the war. He felt in his heart this was where he could do the most good for his New Country.
After the war, Jacob Judy, Sr. started for the frontier regions of the west in the year 1786, on a "flatboat" with his family, then consisting of his new wife and 2 children and a male friend, they descended the Ohio River to Kentucky. On the way, at the mouth of the Scioto River, they heard Indians on the bank making noises, trying to decoy them to the land, but Jacob steadfastly continued on his way down the river. His daughter, Nancy (Mary Ann) Judy, then a girl of 13 yrs., (some say 18, but the math doesn't work out), steered the boat while the others rowed, with all possible speed, past the danger. Jacob and family remained two years near Louisville, Kentucky, where he filed on 5,662 acres of good land.
(For Ref. See Gillson's Land Grants of Kentucky).
In 1788, Jacob Judy. Sr. and his family left Kentucky, and again, set out down the Ohio River for Illinois, making the voyage on his "flat-boat." The hostile Indians obliged him to seek protection up the Cache River, in the present day County of Alexander, where they remained, seven weeks, until a boat could come from Kaskaskia, Illinois, to his aid. They lived in Kaskaskia 4 years, and in 1792, 19 year old Nancy met George Lunceford (1762–1808) and on 10 Sep 1792 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, they got married. Nancy & George had 4 children before he died on 9 December 1808 in St. Clair County, Illinois,.
Her 2nd husband was William Biggs (1755-1827), 1st Lieutenant, Clark's Co. Virginia, State TRPS, Revolutionary War.
They married on 29 Nov 1810 in St. Clair, Illinois, USA. William and Nancy had 1 daughter together.
He died in March of 1827 in Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois, USA.
In 1850 Nancy is found in the 1850 US Census, living with her son Jacob Lunceford and his family in St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States.
Sadly, Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy Lunceford-Biggs died on 9 Dec 1852 in St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States and is buried in Palmier Cemetery, Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois, USA.
Mary Ann "Nancy" (Tschudi) Judy was born in Frenkendorf, Basel, Switzerland on 15 Apr 1773, to Jacob (Tschudi) Judy and Maria (maiden name unknown) Tschudi. (there is a possibility it's "Kappe" but there is a question as to why they would be married in Germany when they both were born and raised in Switzerland.)
"Nancy" as she was called was 3 years old and her older brother Samuel was 6 years old when their biological mother, Maria died, as Jacob and his family were getting ready to leave for America. It is unclear if she died in Switzerland or at sea on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Her body rests in their home town of Frenkendorf, Basel, Switzerland.
The surname of Tschudi was Americanized to "Judy" upon their arrival in America 1777. Jacob and his 2 children, Samuel and Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy, arrived in Pennsylvania with plans to settle in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. On the way to Anne Arundel, passing through Frederick, Maryland, Jacob met and married his 2nd wife Elizabeth Sprater. They were married in Feb. 1778. The "new family" continued on to Anne Arundel Maryland where they settled for a year or two. During that time Jacob hired and paid a substitute, William Rider, to take his place fighting in the American Revolutionary War, Maryland's Militia.
Jacob was a Gunsmith, by trade in Switzerland, and saw his place in the Revolution at Fort Pitt (now known as Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) making guns. He packed up his family again and headed back to Pennsylvania to work for his new country, as a gunsmith at Fort Pitt in Pennsylvania, where he made the "Pittsburgh Rifle" for the duration of the war. He felt in his heart this was where he could do the most good for his New Country.
After the war, Jacob Judy, Sr. started for the frontier regions of the west in the year 1786, on a "flatboat" with his family, then consisting of his new wife and 2 children and a male friend, they descended the Ohio River to Kentucky. On the way, at the mouth of the Scioto River, they heard Indians on the bank making noises, trying to decoy them to the land, but Jacob steadfastly continued on his way down the river. His daughter, Nancy (Mary Ann) Judy, then a girl of 13 yrs., (some say 18, but the math doesn't work out), steered the boat while the others rowed, with all possible speed, past the danger. Jacob and family remained two years near Louisville, Kentucky, where he filed on 5,662 acres of good land.
(For Ref. See Gillson's Land Grants of Kentucky).
In 1788, Jacob Judy. Sr. and his family left Kentucky, and again, set out down the Ohio River for Illinois, making the voyage on his "flat-boat." The hostile Indians obliged him to seek protection up the Cache River, in the present day County of Alexander, where they remained, seven weeks, until a boat could come from Kaskaskia, Illinois, to his aid. They lived in Kaskaskia 4 years, and in 1792, 19 year old Nancy met George Lunceford (1762–1808) and on 10 Sep 1792 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, they got married. Nancy & George had 4 children before he died on 9 December 1808 in St. Clair County, Illinois,.
Her 2nd husband was William Biggs (1755-1827), 1st Lieutenant, Clark's Co. Virginia, State TRPS, Revolutionary War.
They married on 29 Nov 1810 in St. Clair, Illinois, USA. William and Nancy had 1 daughter together.
He died in March of 1827 in Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois, USA.
In 1850 Nancy is found in the 1850 US Census, living with her son Jacob Lunceford and his family in St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States.
Sadly, Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy Lunceford-Biggs died on 9 Dec 1852 in St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States and is buried in Palmier Cemetery, Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois, USA.
"Nancy" as she was called was 3 years old and her older brother Samuel was 6 years old when their biological mother, Maria died, as Jacob and his family were getting ready to leave for America. It is unclear if she died in Switzerland or at sea on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Her body rests in their home town of Frenkendorf, Basel, Switzerland.
The surname of Tschudi was Americanized to "Judy" upon their arrival in America 1777. Jacob and his 2 children, Samuel and Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy, arrived in Pennsylvania with plans to settle in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. On the way to Anne Arundel, passing through Frederick, Maryland, Jacob met and married his 2nd wife Elizabeth Sprater. They were married in Feb. 1778. The "new family" continued on to Anne Arundel Maryland where they settled for a year or two. During that time Jacob hired and paid a substitute, William Rider, to take his place fighting in the American Revolutionary War, Maryland's Militia.
Jacob was a Gunsmith, by trade in Switzerland, and saw his place in the Revolution at Fort Pitt (now known as Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) making guns. He packed up his family again and headed back to Pennsylvania to work for his new country, as a gunsmith at Fort Pitt in Pennsylvania, where he made the "Pittsburgh Rifle" for the duration of the war. He felt in his heart this was where he could do the most good for his New Country.
After the war, Jacob Judy, Sr. started for the frontier regions of the west in the year 1786, on a "flatboat" with his family, then consisting of his new wife and 2 children and a male friend, they descended the Ohio River to Kentucky. On the way, at the mouth of the Scioto River, they heard Indians on the bank making noises, trying to decoy them to the land, but Jacob steadfastly continued on his way down the river. His daughter, Nancy (Mary Ann) Judy, then a girl of 13 yrs., (some say 18, but the math doesn't work out), steered the boat while the others rowed, with all possible speed, past the danger. Jacob and family remained two years near Louisville, Kentucky, where he filed on 5,662 acres of good land.
(For Ref. See Gillson's Land Grants of Kentucky).
In 1788, Jacob Judy. Sr. and his family left Kentucky, and again, set out down the Ohio River for Illinois, making the voyage on his "flat-boat." The hostile Indians obliged him to seek protection up the Cache River, in the present day County of Alexander, where they remained, seven weeks, until a boat could come from Kaskaskia, Illinois, to his aid. They lived in Kaskaskia 4 years, and in 1792, 19 year old Nancy met George Lunceford (1762–1808) and on 10 Sep 1792 in Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, they got married. Nancy & George had 4 children before he died on 9 December 1808 in St. Clair County, Illinois,.
Her 2nd husband was William Biggs (1755-1827), 1st Lieutenant, Clark's Co. Virginia, State TRPS, Revolutionary War.
They married on 29 Nov 1810 in St. Clair, Illinois, USA. William and Nancy had 1 daughter together.
He died in March of 1827 in Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois, USA.
In 1850 Nancy is found in the 1850 US Census, living with her son Jacob Lunceford and his family in St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States.
Sadly, Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy Lunceford-Biggs died on 9 Dec 1852 in St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States and is buried in Palmier Cemetery, Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois, USA.
Gravesite Details
Her headstone say she was born in Pennsylvania, but this is incorrect.
Being 3 years old when she arrived in the USA, it's easy to understand why family members who ordered the headstone didn't know where she was truly born.
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