Gov. Joseph DUDLEY

1647 - 1720  (72 years)

• Name	Joseph DUDLEY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Prefix	Gov.
  Birth	23 Jul 1647  [2]
  Birth	23 Sep 1647	Roxbury, Suffolk Co. , Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	26 Sep 1647	Roxbury Church, Roxbury, Massachusetts   [3]
  Education	1665  [1, 3]
  	Graduated from Harvard College
  Fact	1672	Became a freeman   [3]
  Fact	Between 1673 and 1675	Respresentive   [2]
  Fact	Between 1676 and 1685	Elected assistant   [2]
  Fact	1686	Appointed President of Mass. and N.H.   [2]
  Fact	1687	Member of Sir Edmund Andros' council   [2]
  Fact	Between 1702 and 1715	Gov. of Mass.   [1, 2]
  Will	27 Oct 1719  [3]
  Death	02 Apr 1720	Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	8 Apr 1720	Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts   [4, 6]
  Death	02 Apr 1750	Roxbury, Suffolk, MA   [6]
  Notes	Excerpt from Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Vol. 1 Gov. Thomas Dudley: He graduated 1665 from Harvard College and studied theology. However, he did not pursue the ministry but preferred a political career instead. "His subsequent official career was the most brilliant that had then been witnessed in the new world." He was chosen a representative in 1673 for Roxbury and was present Deember 1675 at the battle with the Narragansett Indians (King Philip's War). He was one of two commissioners for the United Colonies from 1677 to 1681. He visited England in 1682 and was selected by Gov. Edmund Andros to his Council. He was made Chief Justice of an unconstitutional Supreme Court, and was subsequently imprisioned. He became President of the Massachusetts Colony and New Hampshire by a commission dated 27 September 1685 from James II, King of England. He went in February 1690 to England, but came back the same year with a commission as Chief Justice of massachusetts. He returned to England again and was made deputy governor of the Isle of Wight under Lord JohnCutts, which position he held for eight years. He returned to New England in 1702 with a commission as governor, which place he served until November 1715.
  Person ID	I20034	Main Tree
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Gov. Thomas DUDLEY,   b. 1576, Yardley-Hawstings, co. Northampton, England d. 31 Jul 1653, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Katherine DEIGHTON,   b. Jan 1614/5   d. 29 Aug 1671, Dedham, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	14 Apr 1644	Roxbury, Massachusetts   [1, 4, 5]
  Married	14 Apr 1644	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [6]
  Family ID	F06598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca TYNG,   b. 13 Jul 1651, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Sep 1722, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1668/9	Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Rebecca DUDLEY,   b. 16 May 1681, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts d. 14 Apr 1761, Brookline, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F07285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 1668/9 - Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Fact - 1686 - Appointed President of Mass. and N.H. Fact - Between 1702 and 1715 - Gov. of Mass.  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02871] Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts, Vol. 1. [S01653] A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England 1620-1675 by John Farmer. [S03310] Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Vol. I Governor Thomas Dudley and Desc. through 5 Generations by Marston Watson. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S01647] 2149100- Langdon, Hubbard.ged. Date of Import: Jun 27, 2003