Edward Purefoy

Family/Spouse: Anne Fettiplace. Anne (daughter of Richard Fettiplace and Elizabeth Besells) was born in 1496 in England; died in 1567 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Mary married Thomas Thorne about 1549 in Yardley Hastings, Northampton, Northants, England. Thomas was born in 1521; died in 1589. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• BAPM: Yardley Hastings, Northhampton, England

Susannah married Roger Dudley on 08 Jun 1576 in Lidlington, Bedffordshire, England. Roger (son of Henry Sutton Dudley and Ashton) was born in 1550 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 14 Mar 1590 in Battle of Ivry, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

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

Notes:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrier/ifamily/HTMLFiles/HTMLFiles_08/Thomas_Dudley_P1532.html
ancestors!!!!

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]

Thomas married Katherine Deighton in 1644. Katherine died on 29 Aug 1761 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]