Cuddeback, George

GEORGE CUDDEBACK.

The Cuddeback family is one of the oldest in Orange County, the name having been originally spelled Caudebec. They are of Huguenot extraction, and among the French refugees who fled from religious persecution on the revocation of the edict of Nantes, in 1683. The town of Caudebec, in Normandy, founded as early as the year 1400,— a borough containing a population of about 10,000, and evincing much commercial enterprise,— was originally the stronghold of the family, from which they emigrated either to England or Holland, probably the latter country. Jacob Cuddeback (or Caudebec), previous to tile year 1690, came to America, having landed in Virginia, where he remained a brief time, and then settled on the east bank of the Hudson River, north of New York, where he engaged in the fur trade. He was then twenty years of age, and may be regarded as the progenitor of the family in the Empire State. He married Margaret, daughter of Benjamin Provost, a trader in the city of New York. About the year 1690, in Company with the Swartwouts, Gumaers, and others, he, located in the valley of the Neversink, which is now largely populated by their descendants, Jacob and Margaret Cuddeback had a family of nine children, among whom was William, who married Jemima Elting, of Old Paltz, and was the father of five children, among whom was Benjamin, who was united in marriage to Catharine Van Fliet, and had seven children, among whom was Henry; the father of George Cuddeback. Henry, above mentioned, was born March 23, 1771, and was married to Esther Gumaer, in 1794, whose birth occurred Sept. 23, 1774. Their family embraced eight children,--- Catherine, Elizabeth, Simeon, Jacob G., George, Huldah, Cynthia, and Benjamin. The birth of their youngest son, George, occurred in Deerpark, Aug. 10, 1815. His early life was spent at the place of his nativity. In 1830, with his father, he removed to the farm now owned and occupied by him, which came into his possession in 1846, and where the remainder of his life has been passed.

Dec. 21, 1848, he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret, daughter of John D. Carpenter, of Carpenter’s Point, whose family were the owners of much valuable property in the immediate vicinity. They have had seven children,--- Henry G., John D., Mary Ellen, Esther, Margaret Alice, Martha E., and George, Jr. The survivors of this number are George, Jr., Martha E., and Henry G., the latter of whom was married, Sept. 18, 1878, to Miss Libbie O’Riley, whose death occurred Nov. 29, 1879.

Mr. George Cuddeback has been an unflinching advocate of the principles of the Democracy during his lifetime, though he has never sought office at the hands of his party. His pursuits as well as tastes have led him into the more quiet walks of life. Mr. Cuddeback has been for years a director of’ the First National Bank of Port Jervis, and a stockholder in each of the banks of that place. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cuddeback are zealous members of the Reformed Dutch Church of Port Jervis.