Rev Samuel DUDLEY

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Educated in England for the ministry
• Occupation: Built mills, cultivated farms and bred cattle
• Reference Number: 1402
• Birth: Abt 1606, England
• Baptism: 30 Nov 1608, All Saints Church, Northampton
• Birth: Abt 1610, Canon's Ashby, Northamptonhire, England
• Immigration: 12 Jun 1630, To Plymouth on the ship "Arbella" with Gov. Winthrop
• Military Service: 1631; Became a lieutenant
• Fact: 07 Oct 1640, Became a freeman

Notes:

Excerpt from "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury: Samuel was the second of the twelve who obtained the original grant for Salisbury; his name stands first on both the list of thirty-seven and that of sixty-nine; he recd. land in the "first division," 1640 and '41; rep. Salisbury in the General Court 1641-'5. He came to Mass. with his father in 1630' res. Cambridge 1631, and Ipswich 1635, then in Salis. about 12 years; and was a settled minister at Exeter, New Hampshire, from about 1650 till his death.

Excerpt from "A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England 1620-1675": Samuel came to N.E. and resided in Cambridge, Boston, and Salisbury, and finally settled at Exeter as the minister of that town, and there died in 1683. He was representative of Salisbury at the March and May sessions 1644.

Samuel married Mary WINTHROP in 1632 in Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Gov. John WINTHROP and Mary FORTH) was born on 30 Dec 1609 in Groton, co Suffolk, England; died on 12 Apr 1643 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John DUDLEY was born in 1635 in Boston, Middlesex Co., Massacusetts; was christened on 28 Jun 1635 in First Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died in young.
2. Margaret DUDLEY was born about 1637 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
3. Samuel DUDLEY was born in 1639 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 02 Aug 1639 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachuset; died on 17 Apr 1643 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass; was buried in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
4. Ann DUDLEY was born on 16 Oct 1641 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; was christened on 16 Oct 1641 in Salisbury, Essex, MA; died in 1700 in New Hampshire; was buried in New Hampshire.
5. Thomas DUDLEY was born between 1633 and 1634 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 09 Mar 1634 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 07 Nov 1655 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Samuel married Mary BYLEY in 1643. Mary was born between 1615 and 1616 in Sarum, Wiltshire, England; was christened on 08 May 1615 in England; died in 1651 in Exeter, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary DUDLEY was born on 21 Apr 1646 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Dec 1646 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachussets.
2. Hon., Esq. Theophilus DUDLEY was born on 31 Oct 1644 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in 1713 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
3. Mary DUDLEY was born on 06 Jan 1649 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in 1713 in Beverly, Massachusetts.
4. Byley DUDLEY was born on 27 Sep 1647 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died in 1728 in Exeter, Massachusetts.
5. Thomas DUDLEY was born in 1649; died in 1713 in Exeter, Massachusetts.

Samuel married Elizabeth SMITH about 1651 in Northampton, , England. Elizabeth was born between 1627 and 1628 in Exeter, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth DUDLEY was born in 1652 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; died about 1690.
2. Rebecca DUDLEY was born in 1658 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Dec 1734 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
3. Abigail DUDLEY was born in 1660 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; died about 1678 in Dover, New Hampshire.
4. Samuel DUDLEY was born in 1665 in Exeter, Massachusetts; died in 1732 in Exeter, Massachusetts; was buried in Second Burial Gound.
5. Capt James DUDLEY was born in 1664 in Exeter, Massachusetts; died on 14 Nov 1720.
6. Esq. Stephen DUDLEY was born in 1654 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died in 1734 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
7. Dorothy DUDLEY was born about 1662 in Salisbury, Massachusetts; died before 1730.
8. Timothy DUDLEY was born in 1656 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died before 1702.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Oct 1576, Yardley-Hawstings, co. Northampton
• Birth: 12 Oct 1576, Yardley-Hastings, Northampton, England
• Immigration: 1630, Came to America in the Arbella
• Fact: 1634, Elected Governor of Mass.
• Fact: 1640, Elected Governor of Mass.
• Fact: 1645, Elected Governor of Mass.
• Fact: 1650, Elected Governor of Mass.
• Burial: 06 Aug 1653, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Excerpts taken from NEHG Register, 1856, Vol. 10: Thomas was the only son of Capt. Roger Dudley, a warrior slain in battle, when Thomas and a sister were very young. His mother was a relative to Sir Augustine Nicolls of Faxton, Kt., one of His Majesty's Justices of his Court of Common Pleas and Keeper of the Great Seal to Prince Chrles. She probably died soon after her husband. Thomas was a page in the family of the Earl of Northampton., where he remained for several years. Next he became a clerk to his kinsman, Judge Nicolls, under whose instruction he acquired much skill in the law. At twenty, Queen Elizabeth sent him a captain's commission, and he led a large company of the Northampton gallants over to the siege of Amiens, in Pacardy. He became a zealous Puritan, and so continued through life. He was a steward for many years to Theophilus, fourth Earl of Lincoln, and managed the vast estates of that earldom with great success. Toward the close of King James's reign, he retired to more private life at Boston, in Lincolnshire; but was recalled by the Earl, who thought he could not live without Mr. Dudley's advice and assistance. He continued with the Earl till 1630, when a spirit of persecution arising against the Nonconformists, "he came to the deserts of American for the sake of enjoying his liberty to the utmost of what he desired.: Before leaving England, he was chosen an Assistant and Deputy Governor of the Massachusetts Company, John Winthrop, Esq., being Governor. In 1634, He was elected Governor, and 3 times afterwards, 1641, 1645 and 1650. In 1644, he was elected Commander in chief of the military forces of the Colony, with the title of Major General. When not Governor, he was ever Deputy Governor or Assistant, so that he came to be looked up to as a chief pillar of the new commonwealth. He was greatly esteemed for wisdom, piety, justice and zeal.

Excerpts from "A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England 1620-1675": Thomas came to New England in 1630, lived in several places, and finally settled at Roxbury. He was an assistant in 1635, 1636, 1641 to 1644; deputy governor 13 years commencing in 1630; governor 1634, 1641, 1645, and 1650.

Excerpts from Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Vol 1, Gov. Thomas Dudley: Gov. Dudley resided in Northampton as a young man, where he became a page for William, Lord Compton ( afterwards Earl of Northampton) from about 1590-5. He received a captain's commission in 1596 at age 20. He raised a company of about eighty soldiers to join the forces sent by Queen Elizabeth to aid Henri IV,Roi de France at the siege of Amiens. He returned to England in 1597 to take up the practice of law. He became a steward in 1616 to Thomas, Lord Clinton, who was a cousin of Lord Compton. Gov. Dudley obtained a patent in 1628 from Charles I, King of England, "for our planting between the Massachusetts Bay and Charles River on the south and the river of Merrimac on the north and three miles on either side of those rivers and bay." He and others sent John Endecott "and some with him to begin a plantation." Gov. Dudley immigrated 13 Jun 1630 to Plymouth on the ship "Arbella" with Gov. Winthrop.......He was a strick Puritan and was often inflexible in his views and autocratic in his behavior. He was known to be a thrifty man and an able man with excellent business acumen. He became one of the largest landowners in Roxbury. William Denison, Isaac Heath and Daniel Weld took an inventory of Thomas Dudley's estate on 8 Aug 1653.

Name:
Gov. Thomas Dudley, baptised Yardley-Hastings, co. Northampton, 12 Oct. 1576, became a page for William, Lord Compton (afterwards Earl of Northampton), say, 1590-5, and steward for the latter's cousin, Thomas, Lord Clinton in 1616; resided Northampton as a young man, raised a company of soldiers to join the forces sent by Queen Elizabeth to aid King Henry IV of France, and to serve at the siege of Amiens; returned to take up practice of law; settled in Massachusetts in 1630; Governor and Deputy-Governor of Massachusetts, 1630-1653; buried aged seventy-six years at Roxbury on 25 Apr 1653.

Thomas married Dorothy YORKE on 25 Apr 1603 in Hardingstone, (Near Northampton), England. Dorothy (daughter of Edmund YORKE and Katherine ?) was born on 25 Apr 1582 in Cotton End, co. Northampton, England; was christened on 14 Jun 1583 in All Saints, Northampton; died on 27 Dec 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 27 Dec 1643 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1582, England
• Religion: 1630, Admitted to the Boston Church
• Immigration: 12 Jun 1630, To Plymouth on the ship "Arbella" with Gov. Winthrop

Notes:

Name:
She m. Hardingstone 25 April 1603, Thomas Dudley, who was the first cousin of Nathaniel Yorke's wife, Margery Lane, as their mothers were sisters. They had a son Samuel bp. All Saints, Northampton, 30 Nov. 1608. Samuel was mentioned in his grandfather Yorke's will. Their daughter Anne, whose baptism has not been found, is also mentioned in Edmund Yorke's will. Thomas Dudley was governor of the Massavcusetts Bay Colony.