Judd was born January 7, 1838, at what was known as the "Old Mission Home" in
Honolulu. His father was the physician and statesman
Gerrit P. Judd (1803–1873) and mother was
Laura Fish Judd (1804–1872).[1]
He served in the army of the Kingdom from 1866 to 1871 rising to the rank of captain. From 1868 through 1873 he served in the House of Representatives and from 1868 in the House of Nobles of the
Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom. In 1873 he helped elect
King Lunalilo, and served as attorney general from January 13, 1873, until February 17, 1874.[3] He then helped elect
King Kalākaua after Lunalilo's short reign.
He was appointed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1874, and promoted to Chief Justice November 5, 1881. He served as chief justice for 19 years until his death.
Walter F. Frear then became chief justice. In 1881 he served on a commission to revise laws of the Kingdom.[4] He was a stabilizing influence throughout the turbulent
overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893,
Provisional Government of Hawaii,
Republic of Hawaii, and finally formation of the
Territory of Hawaii in 1898.[2]
Marriage and children
On April 4, 1872, in
Geneva, New York, he married Agnes Hall Boyd (1844–1934) and they had nine children:[1]
Agnes Elizabeth Judd, (November 18, 1873 – November 23, 1953)
Albert Francis Judd Jr. (December 20, 1874 – December 18, 1939) married Madeline Perry Hartwell, daughter of judge
Alfred S. Hartwell in 1899 and had four children.
James Robert Judd (May 20, 1876 – June 2, 1947) married Alice Louise Marshall in 1908.
Allan Wilkes Judd (February 27, 1879 – ?) married Elizabeth Anna McCarthy in 1907.
Henry Pratt Judd (March 15, 1880 – October 13, 1955) married Martha Stevens Case in 1909.
Charles Sheldon Judd (July 11, 1881 – June 29, 1939) married Louise Luqiens in 1910.
Buckminster, Lydia N.H., The Hastings Memorial, A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of Thomas Hastings of Watertown, Mass. from 1634 to 1864, Boston: Samuel G. Drake Publisher (an undated NEHGS photoduplicate of the 1866 edition).
Judd IV, Gerrit P., Dr. Judd, Hawaii's friend, A biography of Gerrit Parmele Judd (1803–1873), Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1960.