Mercy Dudley

Mercy married Rev. John Woodbridge before 1640. John (son of Rev. John Woodbridge and Sarah Parker) was born about 1613; died on 17 Mar 1695 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried on 19 Mar 1695 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rev. John Woodbridge was born about 1644 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 13 Nov 1691 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
2. Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge was born about 1648; died on 15 Jan 1710 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
3. Rev. Timothy Woodbridge was born in 1656 in Barford St. Martin, Wiltshire, England; died on 30 Apr 1732 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.

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]

Notes:

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]