10th Pennsylvania regiment on 6 Dec, 1776, commanded the 11th regiment, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, from 5 June, 1779, and retired on 1 Jan., 1781. From 1783 till 1789 he was a member of the assembly, and in 1790 a state senator. His "Journal of Events in 1779" was published in the "Pennsylvania Archives" (2d series, vol. xi.).
HUDDE, Andreas, Dutch commander, b. in Holland about 1600 ; d. in Delaware, 4 Nov., 1663. He came to New Netherlands (now New York) in
1629, and from the time of his arrival until a few days before his death was almost constantly in the employment of the Dutch West India company.
He was the first commissary of wares to the com?any. In 1635 he was sent, by Gov. Wouter van 'wilier, on a mission to Fort Hope, now Springfield, Mass., to make protest, in behalf of the Dutch, to William Pyncheon, because of his action in establishing a trading-house and plantation at this point. In 1642 he was made surveyor at Manhattan, and in 1645 was appointed by Gov. Kieft to take the place of Jan Jansen van Ilpendam as commissary, or deputy governor, of the Dutch colony on the South (Delaware) river, and took up his residence at the noted Fort Nassau, built by Capt. Cornelius Jacobus Mey in 1623. In 1646 he purchased lands from the Indians, a portion of which are covered by the present site of Philadelphia. Here he built a block-house, and set up a pole, on which he placed the arms of the United Netherlands. This action brought on a spirited controversy with the Swedes, which lasted through Hudde's administration. By order of their governor, Printz, the Swedes destroyed the house and tore down the arms. In 1651 Capt. Hudde, under
orders from Gov. Stuyvesant, destroyed Fort Nassau, and built Fort Casimar, at a point below the
Swedish Fort Christina. His command of the
Dutch on the Delaware continued until 1655, when
a naval expedition under Stuyvesant, ascended the
river, captured Fort Christina, and overthrew the
government of the Swedes. The authority of the
Dutch being now fully established. John Paul Jacquet was created vice-director and placed in command of the colony. Hudde was appointed a member of his council, made surveyor of the colony and
clerk of the parish, and in 1657 was placed in
command of the forts Altona (Christina) and New
Gottenburg. Finally, being in advanced veal's, and
having saved but little for himself, he determined to
withdraw from public life, and removed to Maryland and entered the brewing business. After many earnest entreaties to be released from his office, he
was, in October, 1663, dismissed, and on 1 Nov. set out with his family for Maryland, was taken ill on the way, and died at Appoquining, Del., on the
4th, "of an ardent fever," but a few months before the Dutch power itself on the river ceased to exist. "Thus ended the life," says Hazzard, "of this
long-tried and faithful servant of the Dutch . . . Throughout the whole course of the Dutch he has been one of the most prominent and useful men."
He was, undoubtedly, a man of good education, as is abundantly shown by his voluminous report to Stuyvesant and numerous other documents among
the archives at Albany, N. Y.
HUDEN, Lucas Van, Flemish adventurer, b. in Ghent in 1509; d. in Araucania in 1553. He served in the expedition that conquered Venezuela in 1535, and, attaching himself to the fortunes of Valdivia, passed with him to Peru and joined Francisco Pizarro. Valdivia was instructed by the latter to conquer Chili in 1540, and Huden, following his protector, greatly distinguished himself in the subsequent campaigns. He took a prominent part in the battle of the valley of Aconcagua, and decided the issue of the action through a timely movement. When Valdivia founded the city of Santiago, in the valley of Mapocho, 12 February, 1541, Huden was made a member of the cabildo or common council, and given command of the fortress that was built upon the mountain of Santa Lucia. After the assassination of Pizarro, Huden assisted in the election of Valdivia as adelantado. He commanded the artillery which decided the victory in the battle (1541) with the powerful Indian chief Michimalonco, who had succeeded, during the action, in setting fire to Santiago. He offered afterward to go to Cuzco to re-establish communications with Peru, and bring re-enforcements. In company with Alonso de Monroy, Pedro de Miranda, and four cavalry men, he set out on a perilous journey in which his escorts met their death, and Monroy himself was made prisoner by the Indians. Returning to Santiago in September, 1543, with a vessel full of provisions, tools, and ammunition, sent by the governor of Peru, Vasca de Castro, he took part in an expedition sent by Valdivia to explore the south coast, commanded by an Italian mariner, Pastene, and Captain Geronimo de Alderete. They discovered the Chiloe islands in 1544, and advanced along the coast of Chili as far as the Strait of Magellan. Huden was a member of the council of government, appointed by Valdivia to assist his deputy, Villagra, when he left for Peru, in December, 1547, to assist President La Gasca; afterward held several commands, and was sent, in 1543, to re-enforce the fortress of Tucapel in Araucania, besieged by the Indians. The governor resolved to evacuate the fortress, but Huden opposed the plan and remained almost alone in Tucapel, where he was killed in an assault by the Indians.
HUDSON, Charles, author, b. in Marlborough,
Mass., 14 Nov., 1795; d. in Lexington, Mass., 4
May, 1881. His father, Stephen Hudson, a Revolutionary
soldier, was captured by the British and
confined in the Philadelphia jail. The son taught
for a time, studied theology, and was licensed as a
Universalist preacher in 1819, with a charge in
Westminster, Mass., over a society of Restorationists,
which he served as pastor for twenty years.
He was a member of the state house of representatives
from 1828 till 1833, and of the state senate
from 1833 till 1839. In 1839 he was a member of
the executive council, serving till 1841. He was
elected to congress as a Whig, serving from 1841 till
1849, when he removed to Lexington, where he
resided till his death. He served as naval officer of
the port of Boston from 1849 till 1853. He was a
member of the state board of education, and held
other public offices, among which was that of U. S.
assessor of internal revenue from 1864 till 1868.
For many years he edited the “Boston Daily
Atlas,” a Whig journal, and was an active student of
local history. His publications include “Letters
to Rev. Hosea Ballou” (1827); “Reply to Walter
Balfour” (1829); “History of Westminster” (Boston,
1832); “Doubts Concerning the Battle of Bunker
Hill” (1857); “Historical Address at the
Centennial at Westminster” (1859); “History of
Marlborough” (1862); and a “History of Lexington,”
with “Genealogical Register of Lexington
Families” (1868). He prepared congressional
reports on the “Protective Policy,” legislative
reports on “Capital Punishment,” “The
Northeastern Boundary,” and “The Incompetency of
Witnesses on Account of Religious Belief,” besides
articles for periodicals and newspapers. He presided
at the centennial celebration of the battle of
Lexington in 1875, and delivered a spirited address.
