 David Hudson ( February 17 , 1761 – March 17 , 1836 ) was an American businessman noted for founding Hudson Township , the present @-@ day Hudson , Ohio . Hudson was born in Branford , Connecticut and lived there until age four , when his family moved to Goshen , Connecticut . He lived in Goshen for many years , owning a farm , marrying Anna Norton in 1783 and raising the oldest seven of their nine children there . In 1789 , Hudson joined a group to purchase a parcel of land in the Connecticut Western Reserve . The following year , he left Goshen to survey the parcel and settle it as Hudson Township . Hudson traveled through the state of New York , west along Lake Erie and south along the Cuyahoga River to reach his land . 
