/6 7 TITLE PAGE 13i,ek JO .. 'PIONEER (full name) BIRTH (date and place) DEA TH {date and place) PARENTS . MARRIED {who and date) ARRIVAL IN UTAH {date) (Company arrived with) HISTORY (who wrote) (date written) (who submitted) (address) CAMP & COUNTY SUBMITTING Thomas Judd 30 June 1821 - Woodmill Lane, Hamps., Eng 15 Dec 18 9 1 - Hoytsville, Summit, Utah • George Judd Ann Smith Ann Redding (or Reading) 21 May 1841 1 7 October 1862 Captain Henry W. Miller (Ox Train) Maxine Richins Wright and Ruth Gregory (great - granddaughters) 19 62 Lola Dawson Peterson (gr- gr - granddaughter) P. 0. Box 13 , Morgan, Utah 84050 _s_o_u_t_h_M_o_r_g_a_n _________ Camp _M_o_rg_a_n_ ___________ County ( Camp Historian & address )_ ___L_ o_l_a_D_a_w_s_o_n_P_e_te_r_s_o_n_ _______ P. 0 . Box 13, Morgan, Utah 84050 County Hist~rian &t address )_ ___v _e_lo_y_T_o_n_k_s_D_i_c_k_s_o_n_ ________ P.O. Box 203, Morgan, Utah 84050 SOURCE OF INFORMATION & PAGE NUMBERS: From the Life History of Thomas and Ann Redding Judd. Information was taken from Emigration Records in the Church Historian Office. J . H. of 1 7 Oct 1962 Deseret News, Vol. 12, Lewis Topographical Dictory of England, and memories of Judd descendants. THOMAS JUDD AND ANN REDDING JUDD My Judd ancestors were born and reared mostly around So uthhampton , England. Thomas was the son of George and Ann Smith Judd. His father, George Judd, was born about 1 792, and his mother, Ann Smith, was born in l 786. Both were of South Stoneham, a parish which forms a suburb of the Southampton and contains hamlets of Allington, Bitterne, Barton, Eaistlery Pollick, Portswood, Shambleburst and Swathling. Thomas Judd, my g reat-g reat- grandfather, was the third son in a family of f' three boys. His brothers were George and William. He was married to Ann Redding of Bitterne, So. Stoneham, England on 21 May 1841, in the Southam Pariish. They became parents of seven children (George, James, Charles, Henry, John, Selena, and Thomas Fredrick). Two of their children died at an early age--Henry at six years and Selena at six months. Both were buried in England. Hampshire, England, was noted for its agriculture, so it was natural that Thomas learned a trade in the farming industry. He was employed by a wealthy landowner as a laborer on his large farm. Thomas was an honest, conscientious worker and soon wae trusted to do all the b utchering that wa,s necessary. As a special favor, he was allowed to take the "chittlings" or "tripe" home for his family to eat. His wife, Ann, learned how to care for and how to prepare them so that they- were a flavorful and wholesome meat food. On very rare occasions, such as, Christmas, Thomas was given a choice cut ·of meat, which was a wonderful treat for his family. Thomas worked hard and long, and taught his sons to do the same. All of the boys went out to work when they were very young. Thomas and Ann were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day e e -2- Saints by m issionaries who were preaching in England. At first, Thomas thought it was a shame that those young men were forced to come so far from their homes and teach doctrines that were not true, so he took his bible to prove to them that they wer e wrong. It was not long before the young missionaries proved to him and his family that they were teaching the truth. Thomas and Ann were baptized by Willet S . Harder in the summer of 1848 . The boys were baptized as they became of age. It wasn 't long before they began making plans to emigrate to Utah. Thomas (the n 40 years of age) and Ann (41 years of age) with their five sons- - r George (18 years), James (16 years), Charles (14 years), John (6 years), and Thomas Fredrick (6 months)- - cleared the Port of Liverpool, England, on the packet ship "Manchester, 11 on 15 April 1861. They sailed on the morning of the 16th for New York, having on board the vessel 379 so uls of emigrating S a ints und er the Presidency of Claudius V. Spencer with E. Edward Hanham and William Jefferies as assistants. President Spencer had labored for sometime in the Southampton district, but his failing health compelled him to return to Zion. The crossing was dangero us at times , because of the storm!!! at sea, but they arrived safely, after spending 28 days on the wate r. After a successful voyage, they arrived the 14 May 1861 at New York, where they·were met and vi!!lited by Apostle Erastus Snow and Thomas Williams. Thomas and Ann arrived in New Yark in very poor circumstances, and so Tm mas started at once to find work. They lived in New York about 15 months, this was about the time of the Civil War, so Thomas hastily gathered his bel ongings together and started across the plains for the West. Thomas and family traveled with Captain Henry W. Miller's ox train to Utah, arriving on 17 October 1862. This was the fifth church train and consisted of 60 wagons and 665 emigrating Saint!!. The train l eft -3- e Florence, Nebraska, on 8 August 1862. The majority of this company was from the British Isles. Twenty -eight deaths occurred on the journey, chiefly among children und er 5 years of age. Nine children were born while crossing the plains and four couples were married. The trip was long and wearisome because they had very little t o live on. Thomas, being a farmer by trade, was interested in settling on a piece of ground for farming in Utah, so he " took up " some land in Upton, Utah, in Summit County, which is located about five miles east of Coalville, Utah. They began r immediately to build a place of shelter. Their little home was b uilt of pine logs which Thomas and sons cut and hauled from nearby canyons. Oxen were used to drag the fallen trees from the mountains and to transport them to the homesite. The logs were hued flat on two sides so they would fit together, then they were put on top of another and held together by wooden pegs or hand made nails. When the house was finished it had two rooms and a lean-to. The roof was of dirt on top of willows, then straw or weeds. The one window was a small opening with four tiny panes of glass, or no g lass at all. A fine rock fireplace was built. After searching over the mountainl5, they found a huge piece of flat flagstone rock, which was placed in front of the fireplace hearth. Ann did all the cooking for her family in a large black iron kettle over the fireplace. The few pieces of furniture they had were all handmade. Bedsteads were fashioned from rough lumber and straw filled ticks were put on the wooden slats. Cupboards were made by simply nailing boards across one corner of the room, making shelves for dishel5, then over all was hung a gathered curtain. Thomas built two rocking chairs from twisted willows, a large one for himself and a smaller one for his wife. ·e -4- The grandchildren remembered how she would sit and r ock and hum a tune, never would sing but hum , for hours at a time. The men folk dug a well near the house. It was operated by a windlass and an iron bucket on a rope. So they were able to get a good fresh supply of water . The well was used as a sort of refrigerator . • The milk and butter which Ann made from the cream she skinuned from the milk, was put in the bucket and was let part way down the well to keep it cool and sweet. The land they acquired was surrounded by a wormwood fence, which is nothing more or less than rows of small logs laid upon each other in a zig-zag fashio,.n . These were held in place by more logs placed and fastened in an upright position. Near the little home grew a grove of beautiful pine trees. I n the fall of the year, enough pine nuts and pine gum were gathered to last the year around. In 1869, Mary Chalk Redding, the widowed mother of Ann, came to the United States. She sailed from Liverpool, England, on 25 August, of that year on the ship 11 Minnesota. 11 Upon reaching Utah, she went to live in Upton with her daughter Ann and family. As she grew in years, her eye sight became impaired and she was finally blind. Grandmother Mary passed away at the Judd family home on 29 April 1878, at the age of 87 years. In due time, Thomas and family purchased a farm in the settlement of Hoyts-ville, Utah, and spent the remainder of their lives in the Hoytsville valley. The town, first called Unionville, was settled by Mr. Thomas Bradbury and his family in 18 59. In 1876; because there was another town of the same name in Utah, Unionville was renamed Hoytsville in honor of Samuel P. Hoyt, an early settler who contributed much to its development. In Hoytsville, the y buil~ another little home, this time of cottonwood logs which they chopped from the Weber River bottoms. It was erected by Thomas and his J? 2. -5- e sons on the east side of the river. They made their living from the soil. They also kept cows and other farm animals. Grandfather Thomas was a kindly, quiet man, small in stature and medium heavy in build. He had a mild disposition, was always kind and patient with the children. His boys loved him dearly. The same was true of his grandsons, and they were never happier than when in the company of their grandfather; whether it was doing farm work, going to the canyons for firewood, or just sitting and listening to his stories. r Grandmother Ann Judd was a "fussy" little lady, always neat and tidy in appearance and in her home as well. She wore her hair in a large roll around her head and tied it with a ribbon on top of her head. She was always very modest, never appearing from her bedroom in the morning until she was fully clothed, including a clean front apron and her hair combed and tied with the accustomed ribbon. The grandchildren well remember the little willow switch she kept over the doorway to convince the family cat she was not welcome indoors. The Judds were a closely knit family and united in all things. Charles and Thomas and their families made their homes in Hoyte ville. John remained unmarried and lived with his mother and father until his death at the age of 23. James married and moved to Upton, Utah. George made his home in Henefer, Utah, after his marriage to Jane Belbin Pasket. Thomas Fredrick and family later moved to Magrath, Alberta, Canada. On 7 November 18 65, three yea.rs after arriving in Utah, Tm mas and Ann Redding Judd received their endowments and were sealed to each other in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. They made a special trip to Logan when the Temple there was finished and had their children all sealed to them on i, • I? '3 -6 - 9 June 1886. While there they did other temple work for their famil y. Thomas Judd died fo Hoytsville, Ut ah on 15 December 1891, and was b ur ied in the Hoytsville Cemetery. His wife, Ann Redding Judd, died 13 January 1899, and was buried beside him in Hoytsville, Utah. • As of 1962, exactly one hundred years since they came to Utah, their posterity numbered 1, 510. George Judd - 442 James Judd - 468 Charles Judd - 369 Thomas Judd - 231 r