I may here say a word about this John Hudson. Mrs. Phoebe Ann Peavey (Mowe) in her notes mention the fact that her family had a common tradition that they were descended from Hendrick Hudson, Hudson [3] Peavey being a family name. Whether this idea is correct or not, no one can say, but it seems quite probable to me. Such traditions are seldom made out of whole cloth. Hendrick got his name from the Dutch vessel on which he sailed, but his real name was Henry.

This John Hudson, according to records,(Stackpole's History of Durham, New Hampshire, is one instance of this record), came over from London in the "John and Sara" which brought Scotch prisoners from the Battle of Worchester to Charlestown for Thomas Kemble, in 1651. Thomas Kemble was a partner in Valentine Hill's saw mill at Durham, then called Oyster River. (Thomas Beard was granted in 1649, with Valentine Hill, the "Fall of Oyster River for their saw mill.") Now John Hudson, in the will above mentioned, says Samuel Beard, Son of Joseph Beard, was his cousin. He also refers to Joseph Beard as his cousin. (Stackpole gives a very complete record of the Beard family at Oyster River.)

Kemble sent some of the Scotch prisoners to Oyster River, and Valentine Hill was granted "four akers for his Scotts, over against the land of Goodman Hudson". It is known that John Hudson was in Oyster River in 1652, and the records show that in 1689, he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Beard, in Dover (Oyster River was then a part of Dover). John Hudson had a grant of land early in Dover