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BIOGRAPHY: Governor Thomas Dudley was the second Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was commissioned President of the United Colonies. Dudley, Thomas 1576-1653 English colonial administrator in America who served as governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1634, 1640, 1645, and 1650) and as one of Harvard College's first overseers. His son Joseph (1647-1720) was also governor of Massachusetts from 1702-1715 (The American Heritage Dictionary)..
BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Dudley of Roxbury was the third Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and second "In" it, according to the Royal Chart. He was the son of Captain Roger Dudley and was born at Northampton England in 1576. Having leave from Queen Elizabeth to volunteer, he served under Henry IV of France says a reputable tradition. He was at the siege of Amiens, living afterwards at Northampton, but by Isaac Johnson who names him as on of the executors of his will, it is called Clipsham County, Rutland. He came over in 1630 probably in the Arbella as Deputy Governor and lived at Newton or Cambridge at first. Then he moved to Ipswich and had a mill at Watertown. He then moved to Roxbury and was an Assistant in 1635 and some years later, but Deputy Governor 13 years. He was Governor in 1634, 1640, 1645, and 1650. He died 31 Jul 1653 at age 76 and was buried 6 Aug 1653. His wife Dorothy died 27 Dec 1643 at age 61, and he married Catharine on 14 Apr 1643, the widow of Samuel Hackburne whose maiden name was Dighton. She married the Rev John Allin of Dedham on 8 Nov 1653 after he died. The children of Thomas Dudley born in England with wife Dorothy were: Thomas who got his degree from Emanuel College Cambridge in 1626 and 1630 he came to the colonies in 1636 if at all. He may have died in 1637 because his father never mentioned him after that. Next child was Samuel, the oldest son born after 1610 and in England. He came over with his family and was Lieutenant in 1631 and married Mary Winthrop daughter of Gov. Winthrop in 1632 or 1633. He died 10 Feb 1684. Next child was Ann born around 1612 and married before leaving England to Simon Bradstreet, later Governor. She was a lady of great literary powers. She died 16 Sep 1672. Child Patience married Major General Daniel Denison. Child Sara baptized 23 Jul 1620 married Benjamin Keayne. Child Mercy b. 27 Sep 1621 married Rev John Woodbridge she died 1 Jul 1691. The following children by Catharine Dighton in the colonies: Deborah b. 27 Feb 1645 married Jonathan Wade, Joseph b. 23 Sep 1645 graduated from Harvard College 1665, Paul baptized 8 Sep 1650 (Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England, Volume II, by James Savage, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990, pages 77-78).
!BIOGRAPHY: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from InfoSoft International, Inc. All rights reserved.
!PARENTS-CHILDREN-SPOUSE: Family tree chart prepared by Stanwood E Flitner, Englewood, New Jersey, 1934 for Orlando Nelson Dana and Clara H. Lequin. Copies in possession of Diane Blanton Bargeron and June Blanton. Thomas Dudley is shown as the son of Susanna Thorne and father of Ann Dudley who is the first woman poet of New England
!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-BIOGRAPHY: Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England, Volume II, by James Savage, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990, pages 77-78, (Tifton Tift County Public Library, Tifton, Georgia.)
!BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE: SIXTEEN HUNDRED LINES TO PILGRIMS LINEAGE, BOOK 3, edited by Mary E. Mayo, Manchester, Connecticut, 1982, National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, page 517.
!BIRTH-DEATH-CHILDREN-SPOUSE-PARENTS: Broderbund World Family Tree Archive, CD ROM, Volume 3. Thomas Dudley was Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1630, 1634, 1640, 1645 and 1650. He converted to Puritanism. In 1650 he signed the charter for Harvard. He came to America on the ship "Arabella" in 1630.
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!BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE: SIXTEEN HUNDRED LINES TO PILGRIMS LINEAGE, BOOK 3, edited by Mary E. Mayo, Manchester, Connecticut, 1982, National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, page 517.
!BIRTH-DEATH-CHILDREN-SPOUSE: Broderbund World Family Tree Archive, CD ROM, Volume 3.
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