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'''James Cudworth'''

Copyright 2006, Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist, All Rights Reserved

He was baptised 2 Aug 1612 at Aller, Somersetshire, the son of Rev. Ralph Cudworth, Rector of Aller.

He married Mary Parker at Northam, Devonshire, England on 1 Feb 1633/4.

He immigated to New England in 1634 from Aller, Somersetshire, settling first at Scituate.

In 1639 he removed to Barnstaple, then in 1646 he came back to Scituate.

His will was dated 15 Sep 1681 and proved 7 Jul 1682.  His bequests were to "eldest son James Cudworth... my son Israel... my son Jonathan... my daughter Marye's four children Israel Whetcomme, Robert, James and Mary... my daughter Joannah Jones."  He also mentions that the four grandchildren are not yet 21 years old.

He died at London, late in 1681.

==Children==
#[[James Cudworth II|James]], bp. Scituate 3 May 1635; m. by 1665 Mary Howland (eldest child b. Scituate 3 June 1665; on 3 Oct 1665), daughter of Henry Howland.
#Mary, bp Scituate 23 Jul 1637; m 9 March 1660/1 Robert Whitcomb. 
#Jonathan, bp Scituate 16 Sep 1638; bur. Scituate 24 Sep 1638. 
#Israel, bp Barnstable 18 Apr 1641; m by 1678 [blank] (eldest known child b Scituate 17 Oct 1678).
#Joanna, bp Barnstable 25 Mar 1643; m by 1681 [blank] Jones. (The will of James Cudworth makes a bequest to "my daughter Joannah Jones.") 
#"A man child of James Cudworth, unbaptized," bur. Barnstable 24 Jun 1644
#Jonathan, b say 1646; m Scituate 31 May 1667 Sarah Jackson.

== Sources ==
*"The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Volume II C-F", by Robert Charles Anderson, George F Sanborn Jr, Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Great Migration Study Project, New England Historic Genealogical Society.  Boston 2001", pg 249 "James Cudworth" [[JamesCudworth1|transcription]]
*[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00463923&tree=LEO "General James Cudworth of Massachusetts"] on Genealogics
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/pedigree_view.asp?recid=7008676&familyid=1633523&frompage=99 His pedigree chart on the Ancestral File]

==See also==
*[http://countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Ethelyn_McCracken_to_James_Cudworth Ascent from Ethelyn McCracken to James Cudworth]

==Further reading==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=nS_5UjIFfJ0C&lpg=RA11-PA464&as_brr=1&pg=RA1-PA464#v=onepage&f=false NEHGS Oct 1876 "Notes and Queries", page 464]