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Family of Lionel and Abigail Bill Udall
Partial genealogies of "our" Udall/Udell family have been written, and are dated 1856, 1859, 1878(not seen), 1882?, 1904, 1906, 1929, and 1950. There may be many more, and if you have one, or know of same, please advise.
1856. The earliest known story is that told by John3 Udell in his "Life of Udell." It is reasonable to assume that he relied on his father's records. His book is John Udell, Incidents 0f Travel to California, Across The Great Plains; Together With The Return Trips Through Central America and Jamaica; to Which Are Added Sketches of The Author's Life. Jefferson, Ohio; Printed for the Author, at the Sentinel Office. 1856. When I started becoming interested in family history I knew little of the Udell's. The "furthest" for me was Henry, remembered by my mother as "little grandpa." Passing by a bookcase at Goodspeed's (Boston, MA) in 1970 I saw a copy of John Udell's book and had to have it. That was the highest-priced book I had ever bought -$80.00. A microfilm copy is available, for $20.00. As of December 12, 2001, you will need to send $20 to Lynne Morgan, Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1101 19th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212, with your order for the microfilm. She will order it for you--it usually takes 4-6 weeks, as they have to send it out to be done. This is microfilm and can only be read on a microfilm reader.
1859. One of the rarest books in Western Americana is "John Udell's Journal," published in Suisun City, Solano County, California, in 1859. which describes John(3) Udell and his wife Emily's adventure-filled journey to California. A variant edition was published in 1860(not seen), and an edition was published in 1946. It is available on-line, in chapters.
1878. Arner, 1950, p. 154, in his article on Cornelius(4) Udell, states "In his later life he wrote his "Condensed History of Jefferson, Ohio," which was published in 1878 by J.A. Howells & Co, in Jefferson.
1882. Alvah G. Udell, of Hiram, Ohio, "Family History of The Udells" 6pp (believed to be written sometime during 1882).
1904. Dr. George B.L. Arner, Jefferson, Ohio, Compiler, "Descendants of Dr. Lionel Udall of Stonington, Conn." The Genealogical Exchange, published monthly at Buffalo, N.Y., vol 1, No. 6, October, 1904, et seq. He expanded and typed his Mss in 1929 (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), and again in 1950 (Washington, D.C.). A typescript of the 1950 version, "DR. LIONEL UDALL AND HIS DESCENDANTS," was given to his sister, Mrs. Bert Chambers, of Concord, MA. She donated her copy to the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS). According to their librarian in 1970, Arner's research notes and file cards are at NGS, Washington, D.C. I do have a copy of the 1950 manuscript, impossible to copy legibly and not transcribed. 1906. John Denison Champlin, "Udall Family Record," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register [NEHGR] 60(1906): 330-1.. He writes "The following record of two generations of the Udall family is from an account book of Dr. Lionel Udall, a practicing physician at Stonington, Conn., in the first half of the eighteenth century. Dr. Udall, who is ignored by Wheeler in his history of the town, was a man of considerable prominence, and appears to have had a large practice in eastern Connecticut and throughout Rhode Island, extending from New London to Newport. He is said to have been born in England about 1690, to have come early to this country, and to have married in Stonington, where all his children were born, and where he died in 1767. The accounts in his book range from 1750 to 1767. Besides medical charges and credits on the opposite page to patients, the volume contains a few private memoranda and the genealogical record. The first half of the latter is in the handwriting of Dr. Lionel Udall himself, the last in that of his grandson James, born Sept. 19, 1779, son of Samuel Udall.
Mel Bliven, P.O. Box 191, Wedderburn, OR 97491-0191. melb@harborside.com
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