Stephen DUDLEY

                   SOURCES:  1. DAR Lineage Book - Vol III p.24
            2. History of Exeter, RI p.11 - Orlando, FL, Pub Lib - (Inter-Library
               Loan)
            3. This family group sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell
               Nicholls of Gilbert, Arizona.
            4. Ancestral File
            5. 1997 Ordinance Index
            6. Book #974.44C - by Cutter - Vol 3 p.1264-1266 (Orlando, FL Pub
               Lib)

BIRTH: 22 Jun 1711/1713 (Child #1)

BIRTH: 9 Feb 1713/1714 (Child #2)
                  

                   SOURCES:  1. Book #929.3N - Vital Records of Newberry, MA - Births - p.152
               Marriages - p.153
            2. Daughters of the American Colonists - Vol II p.149 - Vol VII p.120
            3. This family group sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell
               Nicholls of Gilbert, AZ
            4. Ancestral File
            5. 1997 Ordinance Index - no new, 1/99
            6. Book #974.2 St." Gen and Fam. Hist of NH" by Stearns Vol 3 pp.
               1228-1232
            7. DAR Lineage Book - Vol 105 p.134-135

NOTE:  Tradition says that he was a speculator in lands which he purchased
from the Indians and sold to Boston merchants, receiving barter which he traded
again to the Indians. He was town Mayor and Colonel of Freetown, a part of
Exeter and wore a scarlet coat, laced jacket, large wig and ruffled shirt. He
was often called Gaffer - a rustic name for master lord, gentleman.
NOTES FROM BACK:  Stephen (3rd child of Stephen Dudley and Sarah Davison or
Davidson) Is of the 5th generation in descent from Governor Thomas Dudley - of
MA - Bay Colony.
                  

                   SOURCES:  1. Genealogy and Family History of NH (FHL#974.2) - Vol 3 by Stearns
               p.1230
            2. This family group sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell
              Nicholls of Gilbert, AZ
            3. Ancestral File
            4. 1997 Ordinance Index - nil, 1/99
            5. Dau of Am Colonists -Lineage Book - Vol X p.156 - Vol VIII p.275
              (p.173)
            6. Middlesex, MA - Vol 2 pp.569-574 by Cutter
            7. Book #974.44C - Orlando, FL, Pub Lib
NOTE:  Descendants of Gov. Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke of MA, Bay Colony.
                  

                   NOTE:  Killed by Indians - at Poplin, NH (alone - against many)
                  

                   SOURCES:  1. Daughters of American Colonists - Vol XI p.253 - Vol II p.229
            2. This family group sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell
              Nicholls of Gilbert, AZ
            3. Ancestral File
            4. 1997 Ordinance Index
            5. DAR Lineage Book - Vol 147 p.76
NOTE:  A private in Hamp. troops (under Col. Seammon) - Dead in service.
                  

                   SOURCES:  1. History Of Exeter, RI p.11 - Orlando, FL, Pub Lib (Inter -
               library loan)
            2. This family group sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell
              Nicholls of Gilbert, AZ
            3. Ancestral File (many errors)
            4. 1997 Ordinance Index - no new, 1/99 (many errors)
                  

                   SOURCES:  1. This Family Group Sheet compiled by Marion Grace Jewell
               Nicholls of Gilbert, Arizona.
            2. Book "Daughters of American Colonists  Vol XI (p.253)
                  

                   SOURCES:  1. This family group sheet compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls,
               of Gilbert, AZ.
            2. Daughters of American Colonists-Lineage Book Vol X p. 156