Jacob Tschudi Judy was born in 1740 Frenkendorf, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland to Samuel Tschudi 1712–1777 and Anna Maria Kaltenbach 1716–1772.
In approximately 1768/69 he married 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.)
They had 2 children born to them a son and a daughter.
Samuel (Tschudi) Judy, (Colonel), born 19 AUG 1770 in Frenkendorf, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland and died 12 JANUARY 1838 • Peters Station, Madison County, Illinois, USA.
and Mary Ann "Nancy" (Tschudi) Judy, born 15 APR 1773 • Frenkendorf, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland.
She married twice. 1st to George Lunceford 10 Sep 1792. 2nd to William Biggs on 29 Nov 1810.
She died on 9 DEC 1852 • St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States.
1776/7 Jacob and wife Maria decided to remove to America to help in The American Revolutionary War. It is said he was a master gunsmith in Switzerland.
Samuel was 6 years old and "Nancy", as she was called, was 3 years old, as Jacob and his family were leaving for America, Maria suddenly died leaving her husband, Jacob, with 2 small children and no mother. 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.
Jacob Judy and his 2 children, Samuel Judy, 6 yrs. and Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy, 3 yrs, arrived Aug/Sep of 1777 in Pennsylvania (possibly Fort Pitt), with plans to settle in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
On their way to Anne Arundel, Maryland while passing through Fort Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, Jacob met and married his 2nd wife Elizabeth Sprater. They were married in Frederick, Maryland in Feb. 1778. The "new family" continued on to Anne Arundel Maryland where they settled for a short time. It appears during that time Elizabeth had the children baptized, as Jacob believed in GOD but was of no particular faith that is known.
(The Baptism records in Anne Arundel show the wrong place of birth and the wrong mother).
During that time, Jacob hired and paid a substitute, William Rider, to take his place fighting in the American Revolutionary War, with the "Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment", most commonly known as "Rawlings' Regiment". They were an Elite, specialized, light infantry unit of riflemen in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Jacob being a Gunsmith, by trade, saw his needed place in the Revolution at Fort Pitt (now known as Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) making rifles to support the Revolution's cause. 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 Flintlock 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 wife, Elizabeth and the 2 children, Samuel and Nancy and a male friend (name unknown), 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 4 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. sold his 5662 acres and with his family left Kentucky, and again, set out down the Ohio River for Illinois, making the voyage on his "flat-boat." The hostile Indians forced 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 their aid. They bought land lived in Kaskaskia 4 years. In 1792 he sold his property in Kaskaskia and he moved his family to the "New Design Settlement" southwest of Waterloo, in the present county of Monroe. From there in 1794 they moved about 3 miles northwest of Waterloo, filed on land and built the first water mill in Monroe county. It has been recognized by the Illinois Historical Society as Judy's Mill. The mill is built on a small stream not far from a spring just around the bend.
It was erected in 1794, and was at the time, was the first water-mill in that section of the country. It was of great service to the infant settlement. A few years after, other water-mills and some band-mills of two or four horse-power, as the parties were provided with these animals, were also erected in the same neighborhood.
Judy's Mill is a small distance west of Whiteside's Station, in Monroe Co. Illinois, USA.
Jacob Judy died in early March of 1807.
In approximately 1768/69 he married 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.)
They had 2 children born to them a son and a daughter.
Samuel (Tschudi) Judy, (Colonel), born 19 AUG 1770 in Frenkendorf, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland and died 12 JANUARY 1838 • Peters Station, Madison County, Illinois, USA.
and Mary Ann "Nancy" (Tschudi) Judy, born 15 APR 1773 • Frenkendorf, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland.
She married twice. 1st to George Lunceford 10 Sep 1792. 2nd to William Biggs on 29 Nov 1810.
She died on 9 DEC 1852 • St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States.
1776/7 Jacob and wife Maria decided to remove to America to help in The American Revolutionary War. It is said he was a master gunsmith in Switzerland.
Samuel was 6 years old and "Nancy", as she was called, was 3 years old, as Jacob and his family were leaving for America, Maria suddenly died leaving her husband, Jacob, with 2 small children and no mother. 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.
Jacob Judy and his 2 children, Samuel Judy, 6 yrs. and Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy, 3 yrs, arrived Aug/Sep of 1777 in Pennsylvania (possibly Fort Pitt), with plans to settle in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
On their way to Anne Arundel, Maryland while passing through Fort Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, Jacob met and married his 2nd wife Elizabeth Sprater. They were married in Frederick, Maryland in Feb. 1778. The "new family" continued on to Anne Arundel Maryland where they settled for a short time. It appears during that time Elizabeth had the children baptized, as Jacob believed in GOD but was of no particular faith that is known.
(The Baptism records in Anne Arundel show the wrong place of birth and the wrong mother).
During that time, Jacob hired and paid a substitute, William Rider, to take his place fighting in the American Revolutionary War, with the "Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment", most commonly known as "Rawlings' Regiment". They were an Elite, specialized, light infantry unit of riflemen in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Jacob being a Gunsmith, by trade, saw his needed place in the Revolution at Fort Pitt (now known as Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) making rifles to support the Revolution's cause. 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 Flintlock 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 wife, Elizabeth and the 2 children, Samuel and Nancy and a male friend (name unknown), 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 4 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. sold his 5662 acres and with his family left Kentucky, and again, set out down the Ohio River for Illinois, making the voyage on his "flat-boat." The hostile Indians forced 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 their aid. They bought land lived in Kaskaskia 4 years. In 1792 he sold his property in Kaskaskia and he moved his family to the "New Design Settlement" southwest of Waterloo, in the present county of Monroe. From there in 1794 they moved about 3 miles northwest of Waterloo, filed on land and built the first water mill in Monroe county. It has been recognized by the Illinois Historical Society as Judy's Mill. The mill is built on a small stream not far from a spring just around the bend.
It was erected in 1794, and was at the time, was the first water-mill in that section of the country. It was of great service to the infant settlement. A few years after, other water-mills and some band-mills of two or four horse-power, as the parties were provided with these animals, were also erected in the same neighborhood.
Judy's Mill is a small distance west of Whiteside's Station, in Monroe Co. Illinois, USA.
Jacob Judy died in early March of 1807.
Jacob Tschudi Judy was born in 1740 Frenkendorf, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland to Samuel Tschudi 1712–1777 and Anna Maria Kaltenbach 1716–1772.
In approximately 1768/69 he married 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.)
They had 2 children born to them a son and a daughter.
Samuel (Tschudi) Judy, (Colonel), born 19 AUG 1770 in Frenkendorf, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland and died 12 JANUARY 1838 • Peters Station, Madison County, Illinois, USA.
and Mary Ann "Nancy" (Tschudi) Judy, born 15 APR 1773 • Frenkendorf, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland.
She married twice. 1st to George Lunceford 10 Sep 1792. 2nd to William Biggs on 29 Nov 1810.
She died on 9 DEC 1852 • St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States.
1776/7 Jacob and wife Maria decided to remove to America to help in The American Revolutionary War. It is said he was a master gunsmith in Switzerland.
Samuel was 6 years old and "Nancy", as she was called, was 3 years old, as Jacob and his family were leaving for America, Maria suddenly died leaving her husband, Jacob, with 2 small children and no mother. 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.
Jacob Judy and his 2 children, Samuel Judy, 6 yrs. and Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy, 3 yrs, arrived Aug/Sep of 1777 in Pennsylvania (possibly Fort Pitt), with plans to settle in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
On their way to Anne Arundel, Maryland while passing through Fort Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, Jacob met and married his 2nd wife Elizabeth Sprater. They were married in Frederick, Maryland in Feb. 1778. The "new family" continued on to Anne Arundel Maryland where they settled for a short time. It appears during that time Elizabeth had the children baptized, as Jacob believed in GOD but was of no particular faith that is known.
(The Baptism records in Anne Arundel show the wrong place of birth and the wrong mother).
During that time, Jacob hired and paid a substitute, William Rider, to take his place fighting in the American Revolutionary War, with the "Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment", most commonly known as "Rawlings' Regiment". They were an Elite, specialized, light infantry unit of riflemen in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Jacob being a Gunsmith, by trade, saw his needed place in the Revolution at Fort Pitt (now known as Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) making rifles to support the Revolution's cause. 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 Flintlock 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 wife, Elizabeth and the 2 children, Samuel and Nancy and a male friend (name unknown), 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 4 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. sold his 5662 acres and with his family left Kentucky, and again, set out down the Ohio River for Illinois, making the voyage on his "flat-boat." The hostile Indians forced 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 their aid. They bought land lived in Kaskaskia 4 years. In 1792 he sold his property in Kaskaskia and he moved his family to the "New Design Settlement" southwest of Waterloo, in the present county of Monroe. From there in 1794 they moved about 3 miles northwest of Waterloo, filed on land and built the first water mill in Monroe county. It has been recognized by the Illinois Historical Society as Judy's Mill. The mill is built on a small stream not far from a spring just around the bend.
It was erected in 1794, and was at the time, was the first water-mill in that section of the country. It was of great service to the infant settlement. A few years after, other water-mills and some band-mills of two or four horse-power, as the parties were provided with these animals, were also erected in the same neighborhood.
Judy's Mill is a small distance west of Whiteside's Station, in Monroe Co. Illinois, USA.
Jacob Judy died in early March of 1807.
In approximately 1768/69 he married 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.)
They had 2 children born to them a son and a daughter.
Samuel (Tschudi) Judy, (Colonel), born 19 AUG 1770 in Frenkendorf, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland and died 12 JANUARY 1838 • Peters Station, Madison County, Illinois, USA.
and Mary Ann "Nancy" (Tschudi) Judy, born 15 APR 1773 • Frenkendorf, Bezirk Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland.
She married twice. 1st to George Lunceford 10 Sep 1792. 2nd to William Biggs on 29 Nov 1810.
She died on 9 DEC 1852 • St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, United States.
1776/7 Jacob and wife Maria decided to remove to America to help in The American Revolutionary War. It is said he was a master gunsmith in Switzerland.
Samuel was 6 years old and "Nancy", as she was called, was 3 years old, as Jacob and his family were leaving for America, Maria suddenly died leaving her husband, Jacob, with 2 small children and no mother. 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.
Jacob Judy and his 2 children, Samuel Judy, 6 yrs. and Mary Ann "Nancy" Judy, 3 yrs, arrived Aug/Sep of 1777 in Pennsylvania (possibly Fort Pitt), with plans to settle in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
On their way to Anne Arundel, Maryland while passing through Fort Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, Jacob met and married his 2nd wife Elizabeth Sprater. They were married in Frederick, Maryland in Feb. 1778. The "new family" continued on to Anne Arundel Maryland where they settled for a short time. It appears during that time Elizabeth had the children baptized, as Jacob believed in GOD but was of no particular faith that is known.
(The Baptism records in Anne Arundel show the wrong place of birth and the wrong mother).
During that time, Jacob hired and paid a substitute, William Rider, to take his place fighting in the American Revolutionary War, with the "Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment", most commonly known as "Rawlings' Regiment". They were an Elite, specialized, light infantry unit of riflemen in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Jacob being a Gunsmith, by trade, saw his needed place in the Revolution at Fort Pitt (now known as Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) making rifles to support the Revolution's cause. 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 Flintlock 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 wife, Elizabeth and the 2 children, Samuel and Nancy and a male friend (name unknown), 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 4 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. sold his 5662 acres and with his family left Kentucky, and again, set out down the Ohio River for Illinois, making the voyage on his "flat-boat." The hostile Indians forced 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 their aid. They bought land lived in Kaskaskia 4 years. In 1792 he sold his property in Kaskaskia and he moved his family to the "New Design Settlement" southwest of Waterloo, in the present county of Monroe. From there in 1794 they moved about 3 miles northwest of Waterloo, filed on land and built the first water mill in Monroe county. It has been recognized by the Illinois Historical Society as Judy's Mill. The mill is built on a small stream not far from a spring just around the bend.
It was erected in 1794, and was at the time, was the first water-mill in that section of the country. It was of great service to the infant settlement. A few years after, other water-mills and some band-mills of two or four horse-power, as the parties were provided with these animals, were also erected in the same neighborhood.
Judy's Mill is a small distance west of Whiteside's Station, in Monroe Co. Illinois, USA.
Jacob Judy died in early March of 1807.
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Jacob Judy, Continental Line Rev. War 1740 - 1807
