Mercy Dudley

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1630; Sailed with the Winthrop Fleet on the Arebella

Notes:

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In 1629 one of the signers of the agreement to form the Massachusett's Bay Company. On October 20, 1629 chosen as one of the 5 officers to come to America with the charter.

The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), the eminent society of genealogy, has published, via one of its researchers, Mr. Gary Boyd Roberts, an article that concerns itself with the answer s to our enquiries This by-line, entitled the "Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources #63 & Notable Descendants of Governor Thomas Dudley," shall form the backbone of this story.

In this article, Thomas Dudley's patrilineal line shows him to be the son of Captain Roger Dudley, who was the grandson of John Dudley, 3rd Baron Dudley & Cecily Grey , who was the daughter of Thomas Grey, the 1stMarquees of Dorset, and a descendant of the Elizabeth Woodville, Queenof Edward IV, King of England, mother-in-law of Henry VII, and grandmother of Henry VIII [English Royal House of Tudor].
Additionally, this English Queen could trace her line through a sisterof the great-grandfather of Juana Henriquez, the wife of Juan (John) II, King of Aragon, and mother of Ferdinand V of Aragon. This monarch became the husband of Queen Isabella of Castile, thereby uniting those two kingdoms, into a united Spain. In addition, these two royals became the sponsors for Christopher Columbus, who "discovered" what we now call the American continent.

lived in Northampton as a young man, served under King Henri IV of France at the seige of Amiens, settled in MA 1630, Governor and Deputy-Governor of MA 1630-1653, a man of large and noble character.

THOMAS DUDLEY
The early history of this township (Billerica, MA) had its beginnings when the MA Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop and the Deputy Governor Thomas Dudley travelled along the Concord River to investigate the interior portions of the ever-growing MA Bay Colony. Upon viewing an area forpossible plantation, which was known as the wilderness of the "Shawshin," a line of demarcation was erected, between the claimed property of these two (2) men. This division relied upon the natural marking of two great stones; eventually known as the "Two Brothers Rocks," due to the fact that these men were related by marriage. Governor John Winthrop received what is today known as Bedford, MA, while Deputy Governor Thomas Dudley became, in essence, the original white settler of this new fledged area, now known as Billerica. The complete story can be found in the recently re-published History of Billerica: 1653-1883, by The Rev. HenryA. Hazen.

But the question begs: Who was this Deputy Governor Thomas Dudley? Was his family of some importance in the "mother country" of England? Who orwhat became of his progeny in this new country of America? The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), the eminent society of genealogy, has published, via one of its researchers, Mr. Gary Boyd Roberts, an article that concerns itself with the answers to our enquiries. This by-line, entitled the "Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources #63 & Notable Descendants of Governor Thomas Dudley," shall form the backbone of this story.

In this article, Thomas Dudley's patrilineal line shows him to be the son of Captain Roger Dudley, who was the grandson of John Dudley, 3rd Baron Dudley & Cecily Grey, who was the daughter of Thomas Grey, the 1st Marquees of Dorset, and a descendant of the Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of Edward IV, King of England, mother-in-law of Henry VII, and grandmother of Henry VIII [English Royal House of Tudor]. Additionally, this English Queen could trace her line through a sister of the great-grandfather of Juana Henriquez, the wife of Juan (John) II, King of Aragon, and mother of Ferdinand V of Aragon. This monarch became the husband of Queen Isabella of Castile, thereby uniting those two kingdoms, into a united Spain. In addition, these two royals became the sponsors for Christopher Columbus, who "discovered" what we now call the American continent.

On the matrilineal side, it has been established that Thomas Dudley, though his mother Susanna Thorne, was descended from King John of England, who was forced by the barons to grant, on 1215 15 June at Runnymeade,the Magna Charta ("Great Charter") which guaranteed civil and political rights to the English people, through his illegitimate son: Reginald Fitz Roy.

While we have identified the royal past of Billerica's "founder," what be-came of the progeny of this man? Did these persons continue with the same ideal that drove Thomas Dudley to lay claim to our township?
In this same article, Mr. Gary Boyd Roberts listed the following Americans, who are Thomas Dudley's descendants:
John Brown: (1800-1859) - the abolitionist.
Benjamin Franklin Wade: (1800-1878) - U.S. Senator and radical Republican leader, during the Civil War and in the era of Southern Reconstruction.
Schuyler Colfax, Jr.: (1823-1885) - Speaker of the House of Representatives & U.S. Vice-President under President U.S. Grant.
Emily Dow Patridge: one of Brigham Young's wives, who he left Issue, including a section of the Marriott Hotel Clan.
John Henry Hobart: (1775-1830) - Episcopal Bishop of NY; rector of Trinity Church.
Alexandra Temple Emmett: 2nd wife of Arthur M. Schlesinger - historian.
Clark McAdams Clifford: (1906-1998) - presidential advisor; U.S. Secretary of Defense.
William P. Bundy: (1917-2000) - editor of Foreign Affairs.
McGeorge Bundy: (1919-1996) - presidential advisor; President of the Ford Foundation.
Robert Emmett Sherwood: (1896-1955) - playwright, editor and critic.
Henry Lee Higginson: (1834-1919) - founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and; Harvard benefactor.
Mary Woodbridge Goddard: 1st wife of Louis Comfort Tiffany - art patron, glassmaker and designer of the "Tiffany lamp."
Frank Nelson Doubleday: (1862-1934) - publisher and founder of Doubleday and Company.
Nelson Doubleday: (1889-1949) - son of Frank Nelson Doubleday; CEO of Doubleday and Company.
Elliot Lee Richardson: (1920-1999) - U.S. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare; U.S. Secretary of Defense; U.S. Secretary of Commerce; U.S. Attorney General and diplomat.
Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr.: (1931- present) - U.S. Senator (1971-1989) and Governor of CT

Thomas married Dorothy Yorke on 25 Apr 1603 in Cotton End, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. Dorothy (daughter of Edmund Yorke and K.) was born on 25 Apr 1582 in Hardingston, Northhamtonshire, England; died on 27 Dec 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• BAPM: Yardley Hastings, Northhampton, England
• Military: Captain in (the Earl of Leicester)'s militia

Notes:

Nickname (Sutton)
Roger Dudley (between 1535/45 - 1590) was a British soldier.

Roger Dudley was born in London, England, but is said to have been baptised in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire. He was the son of Captain Sir Henry Sutton Dudley, who married an unnamed daughter of one Christopher Ashton between 1545 and 1550. Ashton's daughter died sometime afterOctober 29, 1588, but before 1590. Henry Dudley was himself the son ofJohn Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley, "Lord Quondam", who was married to CecilyGrey. Roger may be the Roger Dudley who was matriculated as pensioner at Christ College, Cambridge, in 1566, but left without a degree.

It is believed that he married, on June 8, 1575, at Lidlington, Bedfordshire, Susannah (n©be Thorne), herself recorded as having been born on March 5, 1559/60 in Northamptonshire, and baptised at Yardley Hastings, the daughter of Thomas Thorne and Mary Purefoy. Dudley is said to have been "in financial difficulty" when he was married under the inconspicuous title of Mr. Roger Dudley. His wife's family claimed descent from CharlemagNE

He is reported to have been a Captain in (the Earl of Leicester)'s militia, fighting with a commission from Elizabeth I, and under the banner of Henry of Navarre. He is thought to have died at the Battle of Ivry, France in 1590. Yet in 1586, four years earlier, the Reverend Cotton Mather of Boston wrote: "Thomas Dudley's father was Captain Roger Dudley, -- slain in the wars, when -- his son, and one only daughter were very young". The will of Thomas Dorne (Thorne) of Yardley Hastings, Gent., dated 29 Oct 1588, bequeathed "to the children of Susan Dudley, my Daughter, widow, pD10 to be equally divided". (S1,S11). Therefore, he was apparently dead by the time of the will of his father-in-law, which was written in 1588, which eliminates the time of the Battle of Ivry as a possibility for his death. It is most probable that he died at the Siege of Zutphen in 1586; having followed a relative, Robert DUDLEY, Earl of Leicester, who was a principle figure in that battle.

Military:
He is reported to have been a Captain in (the Earl of Leicester)'s militia, fighting with a commission from Elizabeth I, and under the banner of Henry of Navarre. He is thought to have died at the Battle of Ivry, France in 1590. Yet in 1586, four years earlier, the Reverend Cotton Mather of Boston wrote: "Thomas Dudley's father was Captain Roger Dudley, -- slain in the wars, when -- his son, and one only daughter were very young". The will of Thomas Dorne (Thorne) of Yardley Hastings, Gent., dated 29 Oct 1588, bequeathed "to the children of Susan Dudley, my Daughter, widow, pD10 to be equally divided". (S1,S11). Therefore, he was apparently dead by the time of the will of his father-in-law, which was written in 1588, which eliminates the time of the Battle of Ivry as a possibility for his death. It is most probable that he died at the Siege of Zutphen in 1586; having followed a relative, Robert DUDLEY, Earl of Leicester, who was a principle figure in that battle.

Roger married Susannah Thorne on 08 Jun 1576 in Lidlington, Bedffordshire, England. Susannah (daughter of Thomas Thorne and Mary Purefoy) was born on 05 Mar 1559 in Faxton, Northampton, Northhamptonshire, England; died after 29 Oct 1588 in Faxton, Northampton, Northhamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• BAPM: Yardley Hastings, Northhampton, England

Edmund married K.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Captain Henry Sutton Dudley (1517-1568) was a soldier and sailor of theTudor period.

Dudley is often referred to vaguely as a "cousin" of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland. Henry Dudley was in fact the second son of John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley, and the younger brother of Edward Sutton, Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley. His mother was Cicely, the daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset, and was to continue the private struggle of his family against Tudor dynasty through into the reign of Mary Iof England.

Born in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, this lord Henry Dudley is not to be confused with that son of Northumberland named Henry Dudley who was born between 1522-1542 and who married Margaret, the daughter of Thomas Audley.

Henry became a monastic auditor under Thomas Cromwell in 1535, and thena soldier serving in Ireland under his uncle Leonard Grey in 1536, andin Scotland from 1540-3. Dudley fought gallantly during the siege of Boulogne in 1544, and was made a Captain early in 1545 under Lord Clinton.

It was about 1535/45, Probably at Boulogne that he married the daughterof Christopher Ashton, (b 1493) who was born about 1519 and who bore him a son, Roger Dudley.

He was promoted to Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas 1552-3 when Edward Fiennes was Admiral, and knighted at Hampton Court on the 11th October 1551.

A close associate of his second cousin, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, he was arrested on 25 July 1553 for his complicity in the political maneuverings of the Duke of Northumberland. Henry was imprisoned in the Tower of London, but pardoned by Queen Mary on 18 October, 1553.

Henry Dudley, having once been Captain of the Guard at Boulogne had many friends in France and in December 1555 visited Paris, where he was curiously well received by King Henry II of France. Although Dudley returned home with only the vaguest of assurances, even Pope Paul was ill-disposed toward the English Queen Mary because of her marriage into the powerful Habsburg family and that same month signed a secret treaty withHenry II against Spanish dominion.

Henry Dudley and his agents moved in January, to conceal stores of ammunition at strategic locations, and also secluded an amount of money totalling fifty thousand pounds, previously withdrawn and removed from theExchequer, (where Dudley was a familiar visitor and had a number of friends), ~ ?in water by (London) bridge,? to make ready for an invasion planned to be executed by mercenaries and exiles. The money was to be sent to France where his Protestant exile supporters would follow the initiative through.

In Spain, Charles V crippled with arteriosclerosis abdicated on January16, whereupon Philip and Mary became King and Queen of Spain, which atthe time held the Netherlands.

Philip had received a letter confirming that given the mood of the English Parliament even down to the people discontent was such that their was scant chance of him also being crowned in England at the same time or in the near future. He had been raised to expect nothing less than absolute rule with his Queen and anything less would be ?unbecoming to his dignity? and so made only one brief visit much later to his Majestic wife in England.

Sir Henry Dudley had returned to France, and by March was engaged in the raising of an invasion force, with the intention of landing it on theIsle of Wight, to march on London. Had the plot not been discovered, it?s intention was to remove Mary to exile in Spain where she could be happily reunited with King Philip and to bring about the succession of Elizabeth to the English throNE

Bold and righteous as it was, it proved too daring for most of the English Gentry, who failed to lend it their support, "feebly, but not without some expectation, waiting for time to dispatch the evil Queen".

It was Henry Dudley who now took the initiative, whilst greater noblemen trembled, Dudley was abroad organising a widespread and sophisticatedrebellion. Amongst his agents was the courtier and M.P. Henry Peckham,the son Sir Edward Peckham, then Master of the Tower Mint and a memberofthe Royal Council. Henry Peckham was detected in the plan to obtainfunds by robbing the Exchequer and he soon found himself a prisoner ofthe Tower.

In July of 1555 he and his assistants were "hanged on the gallows of Tower Hill for treason against the queen .... and after cut down, beheaded and their bodies carried unto London Bridge and there set up and their bodies buried at Allhallows, Barking."

It appears that once revealed the plot dissolved and Henry Dudley remained at large in France, his great scheme undermined by careless talk and too unwieldy an organisation. He was consequently to become an exile in the French service between 1556-1563, but was again to return home and serve as "Capt. Dudley" in 1563, receiving an annuity later the same year from Queen Elizabeth for his service.

In 1567 he obtained from Elizabeth some protection from his creditors that was extended to 1568. Sir Henry died between 1568 and 1570, but no will or administration of estate has yet been discovered.

Henry married Ashton. (daughter of C. Ashton) died on 29 Oct 1588. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

THORNE, Thomas, Gent., of Yardley-Hastings NTH b: 08 Mar 1536/37 Yardley Hastings, NTH, ENG d: 29 Oct 1588 Yardley Hastings, NTH, ENG #: THOR258 m: ~1549 Yardley Hastings, NTH, ENG

Thomas married Mary Purefoy about 1549 in Yardley Hastings, Northampton, Northants, England. Mary (daughter of Edward Purefoy and Anne Fettiplace) was born in 1533 in Shalston, England; died on 09 May 1589 in Yardley Hastings, Northampton, Northants, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Descended from PLANTAGENET, Geoffrey V the Fair, Count of Anjou (M) 1113 ©? 1151 & Matilda the Empress, Queen of England (F) 1103-1104 ©? 1167