david hudson (family)

date. 17 February, 1761- 17 March, 1836;

Anna Norton, 29 October, 1760- 31 August,1816

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One of three original investors who purchased Hudson Township from the Connecticut Land Company, David Hudson is considered the town founder.

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For besides the purchase, the enterprising young Hudson is the one who put together a group of seven  in 1799 to see exactly what sort of land they'd got.

The following year he returned to Goshen and brought back settlers--including his wife, Anna, who gave birth to her eighth child soon after arriving.

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The Hudson family lived in a cabin at what is now the corner of North Main & Baldwin Street; build a second cabin; then finally settled in the house at 318 North Main.

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David Hudson also was the major force in founding Hudson's Congregational Church and Western Reserve College.

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