Francis DUDLEY
SOURCES: 1. Ancestral Records of Portraits (FHL#R929.373 COL) - Vol 2 p.622 2. American Ancestry (FHL#929.1) - Vol 8 p.11-12 (Orlando, FL, Pub Lib - Also Vol 8 - p.26-27 3. This family group sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls of Gilbert, AZ 4. Ancestral File 5. 1997 Ordinance Index - no new 6. Book 977.7R Hudson - Mohawk Valleys - by Cutter - Vol 2 7. Book 974.44C - By Cutter - Vol 4 p.1941-1942 NOTE: Settled in Concord, MA - abt 1663. He was a soldier in King Phillip's War - 29 Feb. 1675. Code (B 18) is - Mrs. Earl Barkhurst, Postville, IA 52162. He came from Eng. possibly as a lad with his father and settled first in Clarkstown and then in Concord - abt 1663.
SOURCES: 1. American Ancestry (FHL#929.1AM) - Vol 8 p.11-12 - also Vol 8 p. 26-27 (Orlando, FL, Pub Lib) 2. Iowa Genealogy - Surname Index - Vol 1 - p.82 3. History of Dudley Family - by Dean Dudley 4. This family group sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls of Gilbert, AZ 5. Ancestral File 6. 1997 Ordinance Index 7. Book #974.74 (Vol-2) By Cutter - Hudson and Mohawk Valleys p.766- 767-768 8. Book in Pomona, CA Pub L. #R929.373 COL - Vol 2 p.622 - Ancestral Records and Portraits NOTE: A Selectman - A Magistrate - 1746 & 1747 - in Douglass. At one time he lived in Sutton, MA. It has been inferred that this town was named in compliment to him, it being the earlier name of the Dudleys of Dudley Castle, England. Code (B18) is - Mrs. Earl Barhurst - Postville, IA, 52162 NOTES FROM BACK: He removed to Littleton in 1714. Was town Clerk there 1716 - 1717. Then removed to Sutton, MA - about 1728. 1. Lieutenant of the train band 2. First representative to general court 3. Had front row seat in the Church 4. Held many offices and appointments until 1737 - name then disappears from Sutton records. In 1745 - He was of Douglas, MA. Had four wives - 14 children found in records.
He married Sarah Wheeler 26 Oct 1665 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts . Sarah Wheeler was born at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts 30 Mar 1640 .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Mary Dudley
born 9 Feb 1666.
Joseph Dudley
born 9 Feb 1666.
John Dudley
born 10 Mar 1675.
Francis Dudley
born Abt 1678.
Benjamin Dudley
born 6 Mar 1681/82.
Samuel Dudley
born 27 Jun 1682.
Sarah Dudley
born 4 Aug 1701.
Francis Dudley died 1705 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts .
Sarah Wheeler died 12 Dec 1713 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts .