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Four generations of the Scudder family served as medical missionaries in South India with the ABCFM (see below), beginning with John Scudder, Snr. (1793-1855) who went to Ceylon in 1819 and then in 1836 to Madras. The legacy of the 42 members of this family is still evident in India today. See the Wikipedia article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scudder_family_of_missionaries_in_India Scudder family of missionaries in India].
The British Library holds in the India Office Records and Private Papers the [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS032-002287100 Archives of the Friends of Vellore Christian Medical College and Hospital; and of their predecessor, the British Board of the Hospital, 1916-1995].
