The Hudson family is a rich and powerful family in The CW's 2019 Nancy Drew television series.
They are one of the founding families of Horseshoe Bay, Maine, and have a strong presence in the small town. They are billionaires and best known for their multi-million dollar company, Hudson Enterprises, which thrives on less-than-ethical means. The current patriarch of the family is Everett Hudson, with other notable members being Ryan Hudson and his daughter, Nancy Drew.
History[]
The Hudsons are one of the founding families of Horseshoe Bay, Maine, having arrived in the town aboard a ship named The Governance along with another family named the Marvin's. The Governance was captained by Douglas Marvin, who had on board several guests, including Reverend Hudson and French businesswoman and heiress, Odette Lamar. Douglas coveted Odette's wealth and decided to murder her to obtain it. He partnered with his friend Reverend Hudson in the scheme. Together, they murdered Odette, shaving her head and sacrificing her to the sea. Odette's death was painful as seaweed wrapped around her throat and she eventually drowned. The men forged a marriage certificate so her finances would transfer to Douglas. They than used Odette's wealth to found Horseshoe Bay.
They crafted a story that Odette had a whirlwind romance with Captain Marvin leading to their impulsive married. She than tragically died of consumption, known later as tuberculosis, before they reached land. Odette was recorded in history and remembered by her peers in this manner. Captain Marvin stole Odette's belongings, including her favored ruby necklace, and re-gifted them to his second wife Agnes Marvin. Agnes noticed Douglas' vivid nightmares where he was tortured over the sin he committed against Odette. Agnes found Odette's love letters to an English woman and pieced together what her husband had done. She confessed her knowledge to Reverend Hudson, unaware that they were partners in the crime. Douglas and Hudson made everyone believe Agnes was mad and imprisoned her in the cellar of the Marvin cottage where she later died.
In the 1800s, Temperance Hudson[1] was among four other women in white who summoned Odette Lamar, who was known at the time as the sea creature the Aglaeca, to ask her for a favor. The mirror that Temperance used in the summoning ritual was safeguarded by the future generations of The Hudson family. It was later gifted to Temperance's descendant Nancy Drew to help her defeat the Aglaeca in Fall 2019. Temperance was also involved with a wedding dress that trapped women's desires and their lust inside of it, acting as a net to keep the women chaste until their wedding day.
The Hudson line began to change when Ira Hudson founded a company that helped solidify the Hudson's finances. He established Hudson Enterprises with the intention of it being run as a monarchy, with power being handed down to his two sons Everett and Josiah, upon his death. Everett was the second-born son of the powerful Hudson man, set to the inherit the family company and fortune with a 50/50 division with Josiah. Josiah struggled with alcoholism his entire young adult life, while Everett's extreme lust for greed and power drove him. On October 8, 1981, a young Everett found Josiah drunk in the woods and picked a fight. They brothers fought viscously though Everett gained the upper hand and choked his brother to death. He then concocted a story that Josiah had disappeared in the woods, presumed dead of exposure due to his alcoholism.
After Josiah and Mr. Hudson died, Everett inherited the company its entirety. He also married wealthy socialite Celia Hudson and they had one child together, Ryan. Under Everett's rule over Hudson Enterprises, the long-standing rivalry between the Hudson's and the Marvin's soured. This was furthered when Sebastian Marvin, the head of the Marvin family at the time, and twelve crew members died on a sunken Hudson ship. While unable to prove foul play, the Marvin's correctly believed that Everett had sunk the ship in retaliation for Sebastian's affair with Everett's wife, Celia.
Everett's child Ryan grew up in Horseshoe Bay, Maine, and had a reputation for being a playboy. In his teen years, Ryan dated Lucy Sable and unknowingly conceived a daughter with her. Due to Everett's disdain for Lucy, he forced Ryan and her to break up so she subsequently never told him about her pregnancy. She died on August 31, 2000, after falling to her deaths near the bluffs. Unknown to anyone, Carson and Katherine Drew were present as they helped Lucy deliver her daughter. Lucy made the Drew's promise to protect her daughter from the Hudson's moments before her death. Carson and Katherine honored her wishes by raising the daughter, whom they named Nancy, as their own child. Ryan, in the meantime, graduated college and went on to marry wealthy socialite Tiffany Tandy.
Family members[]
Ancestors[]
- Francis Hudson: Husband of Eleanor Hudson and father of Reverend Hudson.[2]
- Eleanor Hudson: Wife of Francis Hudson and mother of Reverend Hudson.[2]
- Reverend Hudson: Husband of Emily Rodgers Hudson, father of Abel, Faith and Temperance Hudson and one of the killers of Odette Lamar who later became the Aglaeca.[2]
- Emily Rodgers Hudson: Wife of Reverend Hudson, mother of Abel, Faith and Temperance Hudson.[2]
- Temperance Hudson (b. 1824 - 2019): A lady in white who was among the first women to summon the Aglaeca, Temperance was also involved with a wedding dress that suppresses women's desires and sexual urges until they are married. In 1847, she was outcast by the Women in White for her attempts to draw power from the Evil entity beneath the town. The Women in White created a magical barrier around Horseshoe Bay to keep her out. As revenge, Temperance created the Midnight Wraith.[2] She was born in 1824 and supposedly died in 1847.[3] She cast a spell that made her age slowly, ultimately using Nancy Drew, the seventh generation of Hudson's, blood to restore her youthful appearance.[4] Her evil antics are ultimately stopped by Nancy, who kills her with a Navajo witch-killing artifact. Her parting words are a curse upon Nancy and her true love Ace, in which Ace will die if their feelings for one another are ever acted upon.[5]
- Charity Hudson (d. 1863): Daughter of Temperance Hudson who stole back her mothers' artifacts from the Women in White before she settled in New York. She was a nurse killed in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, though her soul was split into seven Gettysburg survivors.
- Beckett Dow: Husband of Charity Hudson.
- Faith Hudson: Daughter of Reverend Hudson and Emily Rodgers Hudson, wife of Robert Lewis.[2]
- Robert Lewis: Husband of Faith Hudson, father of Henry Hudson and Bernadette Hudson.[2]
- Henry Hudson: Son of Faith Hudson and Robert Lewis, husband of Naomi Hudson.[2]
- Naomi Hudson: Wife of Henry Hudson.[2]
- Abel Hudson: Son of Reverend Hudson and Emily Hudson, husband of Ruth Hudson and later Martha Hudson and father of Richard Hudson.[2]
- Richard Hudson: Son of Abel Hudson and one of his wives, the husband of Trinity Hudson, and the father of Keagan Hudson.[2]
- Trinity Hudson: Wife of Richard Hudson and mother of Keagan Hudson.[2]
- Keagan Hudson: Son of Richard and Trinity Hudson, husband of Virginia Hudson and father of Caleb Hudson.[2]
- Virginia Hudson: Wife of Keagan Hudson and mother of Caleb Hudson.[2]She was born in 1868, died in 1902 and buried in the family's mausoleum. In November of 2019, her descendant Ryan Hudson broke into her crypt in search of his fathers secret tape.[3]
- Caleb Hudson: Son of Keagan Hudson and Virginia Hudson, husband of Michelle Hudson and father of Ira Hudson.[2]
- Michelle Hudson: Wife of Caleb Hudson and mother of Ira Hudson.
- Ira Hudson: Father of Everett and Josiah, and the founder of Hudson Enterprises.
- June Hudson: Wife of Ira Hudson and mother of Everett and Josiah.
Current line[]
- Everett Hudson: Husband of Cecilia Hudson and father of Ryan.
- Celia Hudson (b. 1961 - d. 2019): Wife of Everett Hudson and mother of Ryan. She was murdered in November of 2019, by The Road Back, as a message to Nancy
- Josiah Hudson (d. 1981): Josiah was the first-born son of a powerful Hudson man, set to inherit the company's fortune in a 50/50 division with his younger brother Everett. Josiah struggled with alcoholism his entire young adult life, while Everett's extreme lust for greed and power drove him. On October 8, 1981, a young Everett found Josiah in the woods drunk and picked a fight. The brothers fought viscously though Everett gained the upper hand and choked his brother to death. He then concocted a story that Josiah had disappeared in the woods, presumed dead of exposure due to his alcoholism. Josiah's anger over his murder caused the tape of his death to continuously rebuild itself regardless of what Everett did to destroy it. Josiah was also very invested in the family tree, and kept detailed notes on the families history.
- Enola Hudson (b. 1958 - d. 1999): This Hudson woman was born in 1958 and died in 1999. She was the Aunt of Ryan Hudson. After her death, her body was cremated and her urn placed in the family mausoleum. Everett used her crypt to store The Black Crown Tape, a video recording of him murdering someone. However, when he worried that someone had learned of the location he moved to tape and instead planted a video camera inside that recorded Ryan and Valentina when they attempted to break into the crypt. She was the wife of Josiah Hudson.
- Ryan Hudson (b. 1983 - present): Ryan is the only son of Everett and Celia Hudson, and the father of Nancy Drew. He is also the widower of Tiffany Tandy, who was murdered.
- Tiffany Hudson (née Tandy) (b. October 13, 1991 - d. August 25, 2019): A wealthy socialite, Tiffany married Ryan Hudson and investigated Everett's illegal activities. She was later unintentionally murdered by Josh Dodd.
- Nancy Drew (b. August 31, 2000 - present): Nancy is the illegitimate and secret daughter of Ryan Hudson and Lucy Sable. Because of the secrecy surrounding her birth and true identity, Nancy made legal introduction into the family to the public after her grandpa was arrested.
Extended family[]
- Lucy Sable (b. 1983 - d. 2000): The former girlfriend of Ryan Hudson and the biological mother of their daughter, Nancy.
- Carson Drew: Nancy's adoptive father.
- Katherine Drew (b. 1971 - d. 2019): Nancy's adoptive mother.
- Laura Tandy: Tiffany's sister and Ryan's sister-in-law.
Property[]
- Hudson Enterprises: The family corporation and the primary source of income for the family, it was founded by Everett Hudson's father and passed down to him following Mr. Hudson's death. According to his will, the company will remain in the family being passed from heir-to-heir similar to that of a monarchy.
- Hudson Family Trust
- Hudson Hunting Lodge: Through this trust, the Hudson's own a lodge that was built in 1850. It sits deep in the Gorham Woods State Park. Everett often uses the lodge to conduct business deals.
- Family Mausoleum: The crypt is home to dozens of deceased Hudson's, spanning from the 1800's to 1999.
Trivia[]
- The Hudson's have a history of murdered women. Both Everett and Ryan lost their wives, Celia and Tiffany respectively, to murder. However, Nancy Drew was indirectly responsible for both murders, having unknowingly served a salad that had been tampered with poison meant for Ryan to Tiffany, and having made a deal with Celia that caused her to cross The Road Back, which resulted in her murder as a message to Nancy.
- Additionally, Ryan's high school girlfriend Lucy Sable met a tragic death after giving birth to Nancy.
- All three women later returned as spirits to visit Nancy Drew. Nancy also worked to solve each of their murders.
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