Possibly in Antigua circa 1666-7. See England Mudds. The sources
"Captain Harvey Keynell on 2 May 1668 entered a claim to the
plantation of Thomas Mudd at Crabb Valley, and the petition to
William, Lord Willoughby of Parham, was on 11 May 1668 referred to
the Lieut-General Henry Willoughby, Esq. Governor, and was read 19
May. The claim was not allowed: "it was not timely made." Volume I,
page 22; Also: "Lieut-Colonel Bestian Boyer, 500 acres by grant and
purchase. In St. John's Division 728 acres and in Popeshead 140
acresl total 868. The 500 acres in St. John's granted by Governor
Austin . . . also 40 acres bought of Thomas Mudd, deceased, granted
by Governor Buncle" Volume 3, page 289; "1667. St. John's Division.
Lieut-Colonel Bastian Beijer [Boyare] claims 500 acres by grant and
purchase in St. John's Division. 728 acres in Popeshead, also 140
acres. The 500 acres in St. John's division by grant from Governor
Austin, also . . . 40 acres bought of Tho. Mudd deceased granted by
Governor Buncle." Volume 2, p. 124.
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First came to Virginia, then Maryland
Deeds, L.51, f.110 Charles County Maryland
Ct and Land Records L. D2, f.45 Charles County Maryland

For possible leads as to mariner activities, see Jane Mudd who
married the son of Captain Brent.

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Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:59:16 -0900
Bill Mudd <wmudd@mlode.com>


Hi Charles,

What a surprise to hear from a Mudd cousin. Forgive my delay in
returning your email. As you may notice I have a new email address so
your email went to an old email account I have at California State
University in Hayward where I was taking classes last year. I only
check for email on that account about once a month.

My dad, who passed away several years ago, was interested in the Mudd
Family history. It's never been a particular interest of mine but
during the Christmas break last year, some spirit moved me to see how
far back I could trace my branch of the family tree. I've inherited
the two volumes of "The Mudd Family of the United States". Are you
familiar with these? These volumes had already done most of the work
for me but the trace stopped at the shores of Maryland with Thomas
Mudd who is believed to be the progenitor of most of the Mudds in the
US. There was no mention of where in
England he might have come from except this small but intriguing
reference, "Thomas Mudd departed from Bristol, England on Aug. 14,
1665, bound to Anthony Noakes for three years in Va.". He next shows
up in records in Maryland where he lived out the rest of his life. I
didn't realize what a nearly impossible task it is to try and trace
one individual who lived so long ago from such meager evidence.
Geneology isn't my hobby but I took up the challenge.

I subscribed to a couple of genealogy List and News Groups for about
three months in hopes of finding information about the roots of
Thomas Mudd in England. But I realized in the course of using the two
volumes and the internet to search for Thomas Mudd in England that I
would only get so far. After that I'd need to go to England and
search the records in those areas that seemed the most promising. I
learned a little British History along the way too. When Thomas Mudd
left England, it was during a time of great persecution for
Catholics. They were often hunted down and thrown in jail or worse.
No doubt this is why he left England and settled in the Catholic
sanctuary set up in the Colonies called Maryland. Many of the
Catholics in England at that time were in hiding and were also
vigorously destroying any evidence that they were Catholic. This
would include birth and marriage records. Not a good sign when you're
trying to find out where someone was born.

I didn't have the time or the means to travel to England so my search
came to a stop. I did correspond with a few genealogists in England
and researched the web sites of some county records in England. My
hunch based on what I found was that if I ever visit England the two
places I would search for Thomas Mudd among parish records would be
first in Yorkshire County and then next in Suffolk County. I didn't
find any conclusive evidence but I found several references to Thomas
Mudd in Yorkshire around
the time he was born. And there are a large number of Mudds in that
county. My hunch about Suffolk comes from his close connection to his
neighbor and in-laws in Maryland whose family came from Suffolk
County. There is apparently some evidence that the Mudd family and
the family of his neighbor in Maryland had close family ties going
back several generations in England.

Well that's all I've got. I don't know if any of this is new
information for you or not. I did have a very brief correspondence with a Mary
Wood who was researching her family's roots in England. She said that
there was a marriage to a Mudd within her family tree and so she was
also interested in tracing Thomas Mudd. The last I understood she was
planning a trip to England to continue her research but I haven't
heard from her since. That was about ten months ago.

*****

Happy holidays to you and all your family and I hope to hear from
you.

Bill Mudd



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In 1667, a Thomas Mudd is mentioned where a "Lieut-Colonel Bestian Boyer claim[ed] 500 acres by grant and purchase in St. John's Division . . . 728 acres in Popeshead, also 140 acres . . [where] the 500 acres in St. John's Division by grant from Governor Austin, also 18 acres from . . . also 40 acres bought of Thomas Mudd, deceased, granted by Governor Buncle."588 589

On May 2, 1668, "Captain Harvey Keynell . . . entered a claim to the plantation of Thomas Mudd at Crabb Valley, and the petition to William, Lord Willoughby of Parham, was on 11 May 1668 referred to the Lieut-General Henry Willoughby, Esq. Governor, and was read 19 May.”590 As reported, “[t]he claim was not allowed [because] ‘it was not timely made.’"590

Notes from family state may have come brom Bath, Bristol, England


Levanham Mudds

Subject: Re: Levanham Church - Need help!!
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:42:35 +0100
From: "Giles Colchester" <gsc@mydsq.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Charles Mudd" <clmjr@abanet.org>
CC: <SUFFOLK-L@rootsweb.com>

Davy lists the Mudd family of Lavenham as having an escutcheon of "Ermine,
on a pile Vert six escallops Or". You can see Davy's document at the
British Museum (Add: MSS 19,158 dated 1848). The easiest book to look this
up in is A Dictionary of Suffolk Arms by Joan Corder, published by the
Suffolk Records Society in 1965 before ISBN numbers were invented. I would
be interested in knowing whether there were any connections to the list of
Mudds which I sent you previously.

Wishing you every success in your researches

Giles Colchester, researching family COLCHESTER anyplace, anytime.