Paddock, Judah, 1767-1823

found: His A narrative of the shipwreck of the ship Oswego, on the coast of South Barbary, 1818:t.p. (Judah Paddock, her late master)

found: Curfman, R.J. The Paddock genealogy, 1977:p. 81 (Paddock, Capt. Judah; successful seafaring man who amassed considerable wealth; resided Hudson, N.Y.; engaged in extensive and lucrative trade with West Indies, Liverpool, and Russia; shipwrecked on South Barbary Coast and held a prisoner several years; narrative of experience published 1818; Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia presented him with sword for relieving a Russian man-of-war when in distress; b. 26 Sept. 1767; d. 12 Aug. 1823)