Display Patriot - P-307526 - Martin JUDY/TSCHUDY/TSCHUDI
Martin JUDY/TSCHUDY/TSCHUDI
SAR Patriot #:
P-307526
The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Author: Patrick Jay Niemann
Martin Tschudi (Tschudy) enlisted in the Pennsylvania German Regiment in September 1776 shortly after the regiment was formed. The National Archives has Tschudi’s last payroll record dated December 1780 with his rank as private however the Revolutionary War pension document gives his rank as corporal.
The German Regiment was disbanded 1 January 1781 so Martin Tschudi was a member of the unit for its entire existence. It is interesting to note that Private Martin Tschudi’s name varied on the regimental muster and payroll records as Tschudy, Judey, Judy and Schudy.
When he arrived to America on the ship Sally from Rotterdam on 10 November 1767, his name on the manifest was listed as Martin Tschudi. His children adopted the Anglicized name of Judy.
The German Regiment participated in the Battle of Trenton, the Battle of Princeton and also the Sullivan Expedition. The payroll records also document that “Martin Schudy” was present at the Valley Forge Encampment.
Martin was born on 31 July 1735 in Basel, Switzerland. His parents were Martin Tschudi Sr. and Elizabeth Tschudi (cousins). He married Anna Boni in 1754.
His son John Judy (Ancestry # P 227154) was a member of the 11th Virginia Regiment.
Following the Revolutionary War Martin moved to Clark County, Kentucky and finally Greene County, Ohio where he died sometime in 1812.
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