Winthrop HILTON

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Excerpt from Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Vol. One Gov. Thomas Dudley: He was the leading military man of the Province, and had the chief command in one or more of the expeditions to the Eastward. He was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1706, in which office he continued until his death. He was bur. in his own field on the banks of the river, with the honors due to his rank and character.

Winthrop married Ann WILSON about 1695 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Ann was born about 1675 in Exeter, Massachusetts; died between 08 Mar 1743 and 1744 in Exeter, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ann HILTON was born about 1697 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died in 1745 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Judith HILTON was born about 1707.
3. Bridget HILTON was born about 1700 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died on 10 Nov 1736 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
4. Lt. Col. Winthrop HILTON was born on 21 Dec 1710; died on 26 Dec 1781 in Newmarket, New Hampshire.
5. Deborah HILTON was born about 1704.
6. Elizabeth HILTON was born about 1708; died on 17 Feb 1790 in Brentwood, New Hampshire.

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• Fact: 1689, Was given a Tavern License
• Fact: 1692, Was a victualer
• Will Proved: 10 Jul 1699

Edward married Ann DUDLEY between 1657 and 1658 in Exeter, Massachusetts. Ann (daughter of Rev Samuel DUDLEY and Mary WINTHROP) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: GZHS-C7
• Name: Anne Dudley

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• 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

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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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1612, Groton Manor, Suffolk, England
• Immigration: 12 Jun 1630, To Plymouth on the ship "Arbella" with Gov. Winthrop

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• 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

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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

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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.

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• Birth: 12 Jan 1587/8

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Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor. He was instrumental in leading the first large wave of colonists from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after the Plymouth Colony. He was born at Edwardstone, Suffolk, England, to a wealthy landowning and merchant family. In December 1602, he was admitted to Trinity College but soon left and married his first wife, Mary Forth, in April 1605. During this time, he became deeply religious in the Puritan faith. In 1613, he received the family holdings in Groton, and became Lord of the Manor there. He soon followed his father's path as a lawyer in London, having been enrolled at Gray's Inn to study law. In 1624, Charles I ascended the English throne and was opposed to all religious groups who did not ascribe to the doctrine of the Church of England. In March 1629, Charles I dissolved the English Parliament and his continued religious intolerance and crackdown on the Puritans resulted in a decision for the some of the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Company (who were mostly Puritans) to emigrate to New England. Winthrop was chosen as governor and on April 8, 1630, he sailed from the Isle of Wight with four ships that were part of a larger fleet of 11 ships, carrying 700 people to New England, arriving at Salem in June. They chose to settle at the present-day city of Boston, near the Charles River. In the early months the colony struggled with disease, losing about 200 people, including his son, Henry. He served as governor of the colony for 12 of its first 20 years of existence, being elected on four different occasions. He was generally civil and diplomatic towards the Native American population. However, cultural differences and trade issues, along with land ownership rights of the colonists that conflicted with the hunter-gatherer rights of the natives eventually evolved into a war with the Pequot tribe in 1637, which ended with the destruction of the tribe, whose survivors were sold as slaves to the West Indies or became enslaved by the colonists themselves. During his life, he continuously wrote accounts of historical events and religious manifestations. His major contributions to the literary world were "A Modell of Christian Charity" (1630) and "The History of New England" (1630-1649; also known as "The History of John Winthrop"), which remained unpublished until the late 18th century. He was married four times and had 16 children, his first three wives preceding him in death. He died of natural causes. (bio by: William Bjornstad)

John married Mary FORTH on 16 Apr 1605 in Edwardstone, Suffolk, England. Mary was born on 1 Jan 1590 in Great Stambridge, Essex, England; died on 26 Jun 1615 in Groton, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]