William Hudson (mayor)
William Hudson | |
|---|---|
| 17th Mayor of Philadelphia | |
| In office October 5, 1725 – October 4, 1726 | |
| Preceded by | Isaac Norris |
| Succeeded by | Charles Read |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 3, 1664 York, England |
| Died | October 16, 1742 (aged 78) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Richardson (1688–death) Hannah Ogden Barber (1710–death) |
| Children | 14 |
William Hudson Jr (April 3, 1664 – October 16, 1742) was the 17th Mayor of Philadelphia, serving during the period of the Province of Pennsylvania.
Career
[edit]Hudson was a member of the Pennsylvania colonial assembly,[1] and was a member of the common council at the time of Philadelphia's incorporating charter in 1701.[2] He was a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1706 and became an alderman in 1715.[3] He later served as Mayor of Philadelphia from October 5, 1725[4] to October 4, 1726. He also served as a city judge.[5]
Outside of his political career, he was described as one of the "wealthiest of the early merchants in Philadelphia."[6]
Personal life
[edit]Hudson was born on April 3, 1664, in York[7] to William Hudson Sr. and Mary Head.[3] He was married to Mary Richardson, who was born in London on April 19, 1673. They were married on December 28, 1688, and stayed so until Mary died on December 16, 1709, during the birth of her 14th child. In 1710, he remarried to Hannah Ogden Barber, a widow. Hudson died on October 16, 1742.[8]
His children were: Samuel, Mary Richardson, Elizabeth Sarah, William III, John, Susannah, Eleanor, John, Hannah, Rebecca, Timothy, Rachael, and Timothy. Of those, at least Mary, Susannah, Hannah, William, and Rachael survived into adulthood.[9]
A clock owned by Hudson was donated to the Philadelphia Public Library in 1796.[10] It was purchased by Hudson's father at auction in London, and it was stated to have, at one point, belonged to Oliver Cromwell.[11] He was related to English navigator Henry Hudson.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ American Biography: A New Cyclopedia. Published under the direction of the American Historical Society. 1928. p. 255.
- ↑ Joyce, John St George (1919). Story of Philadelphia. Rex print. house. p. 98.
- 1 2 Ancestral Records and Portraits: A Compilation from the Archives of Chapter I, the Colonial Dames of America. Grafton Press. 1910. p. 155.
- ↑ Watson, John Fanning (1884). Annals of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: Being a Collection of Memoirs, Anecdotes, and Incidents of the City and Its Inhabitants, and of the Earliest Settlements of the Inland Part of Pennsylvania. E. S. Stuart. p. 87.
- ↑ Some "colonial Dames" of Royal Descent: Pedigrees Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some Members of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, and of the Order of the Crown. 1900. p. 157.
- 1 2 Hotchin, Samuel Fitch (1903). Penn's Greene Country Towne: Pen and Pencil Sketches of Early Philadelphia and Its Prominent Characters. Ferris & Leach. p. 139.
- ↑ Jordan, John Woolf; Jordan, Wilfred (1911). Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1002.
- ↑ McCracken, George E. (2009-05-01). Penn's Colony, Genealogical and Historical Materials Relating to the Settlement of Pennsylvania, Volume 2: Welcome Claimants: Proved, Disproved, and Doubtful, with an Account of Some of Their Descendants. Heritage Books. pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-0-7884-0397-2.
- ↑ Parke, James Pemberton (1898). Genealogical Notes Relating to the Families of Lloyd, Pemberton, Hutchinson, Hudson and Parke: And to Others, Connected Directly Or Remotely with Them. Higginson Book Company. p. 70.
- ↑ "Shareholder Spotlight: Rees Lloyd (1709-1743) – The Library Company of Philadelphia". Retrieved 2026-04-20.
- ↑ Singleton, Esther (1900). The Furniture of Our Forefathers. Doubleday, Page. p. 84.
