Sarah Dudley

Sarah married Benjamin Keayne before 1639, and was divorced in 1647. Benjamin (son of Robert Keayne and Anne Mansfield) was born before 14 May 1618; was christened on 14 May 1618 in St. Michael Cornhill, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JMF's one proven "gateway ancestor" (not counting Alexander Magruder, who is very probable), and one of JTS's eleven.

From Wikipedia:

Thomas Dudley was a colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Dudley was the chief founder of Newtowne, later Cambridge, Massachusetts, and built the town's first home. He provided land and funds to establish the Roxbury Latin School, and signed Harvard College's new charter during his 1650 term as governor. Dudley was a devout Puritan who was opposed to religious views not conforming with his. In this he was more rigid than other early Massachusetts leaders like John Winthrop, but less confrontational than John Endecott.

The son of a military man who died when he was young, Dudley saw military service himself during the French Wars of Religion, and then acquired some legal training before entering the service of his likely kinsman the Earl of Lincoln. Along with other Puritans in Lincoln's circle, Dudley helped organize the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, sailing with Winthrop in 1630. Although he served only four one-year terms as governor of the colony, he was regularly in other positions of authority.

Dudley's descendants include his daughter Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672), the prominent early American poet, and many famous Americans. One of the gates of Harvard Yard, which existed from 1915 to 1947, was named in his honor, and Harvard's Dudley House is named for the family.

Thomas married Dorothy Yorke on 25 Apr 1603 in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England. Dorothy (daughter of Edmund Yorke and Katherine Robins) was born before 14 Jun 1583; was christened on 14 Jun 1583 in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England; died on 27 Dec 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Slain in battle before 1588, possibly at the Siege of Zutphen in 1586.

"The [Dudley] family has long asserted connections to the Sutton-Dudleys of Dudley Castle; there is a similarity in their coats of arms, but association beyond probable common ancestry has not yet been conclusively demonstrated." [Wikipedia]

Roger married Susanna Dorne on 8 Jun 1575 in Lidlington, Bedfordshire, England. Susanna (daughter of Thomas Dorne alias Thorne and Mary Purefoy) was born before 5 Mar 1560; was christened on 5 Mar 1560 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England; died after 29 Mar 1588. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Susanna Thorne.

Edmund married Katherine Robins on 7 Sep 1568 in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England. Katherine died before 30 Jun 1633; was buried on 30 Jun 1633 in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"There is no doubt that the widow buried in July 1633 was the Katherine Yorke, late of Northampton, widow, who made the nuncupative will on or about 21 June 1633. Was she the same Katherine that Edmund Yorke had married in 1568? If so, it is surprising that the eldest surviving child was born in 1580, twelve years after the marriage, and that all the other surviving children follow that birth. Even placing before 1580 the two sons with unknown birthdates, there is still a large gap. Although the 1633 burial is the only one found, it seems possible that the Katherine of 1568 died and that Edmund remarried a second wife with the same first name. There being no evidence that such was the case, however, it must remain only a possibility." [Barry E. Hinman, "Edmund Yorke of Cotton End," citation details below.]

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Or Dorne.

Thomas married Mary Purefoy on 28 Oct 1540 in Shalstone, Buckinghamshire, England. Mary (daughter of Edward Purefoy and Anne Fettiplace) died after 9 May 1589. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Alice Stotesbury before 1515. Alice was born in of Sulgave, Northamptonshire, England; died after 1537. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Anne Fettiplace. Anne (daughter of Richard Fettiplace and Elizabeth Bessiles) was born on 16 Jul 1496 in Shelford Parva, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 3 Aug 1568. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 16 Aug 1568

Notes:

Also called Thomas Thorne; Thomas of Syresham; Thomas of Myxbury.

Thomas married Alice Arden about 1455. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas married Alice Denton before 1494. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Elizabeth Bessiles. Elizabeth (daughter of William Bessiles and Alice Harcourt) was born about 1475; died before 9 Oct 1520. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]