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The name, Scudder, is from an Old English name possibly meaning archer. The Scudders came originally from England in 1635 to the Salem and Long Island areas. There were 2 brothers who were the first to come. One Scudder ancestor, William Smith Scudder, was a privateer (American side) and spied for George Washington, giving him reports about British activity on Long Island. Silas Fowler's and Hazel Fowler's maternal grandmother is a Scudder.