DUDLEY, Joseph

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: First families of nH
• Name: Col Stephen Dudley
• Name: Planter
• Occupation: Planter
• Residence: USA
• Birth: 1654
• Birth: 1654, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 1734, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Age: 80
• Death: 1734, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Age: 80
• Death: 1734/35, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Another source gives birth year as 1654

Stephen married GILMAN, Sarah on 24 Dec 1684 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Sarah (daughter of GILMAN, Honorable John and TREWORGYE (TRUWORTHY), Elizabeth) was born on 25 Feb 1667 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was christened in 1667 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 24 Jan 1712/13 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Burial: Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Name: Sarah Dudley
• Residence: USA
• Residence: USA
• Birth: 25 Feb 1665
• Birth: 25 Feb 1667, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Birth: 25 Feb 1667, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 24 Jan 1710, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Age: 44
• Death: 24 Jan 1712, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 1713; Age: 46
• Death: 24 Jan 1713, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Age: 46
• Death: 26 Jan 1713, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Age: 44

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant; Winthrop
• Gateway Ancestor: Royal Descent; Magna Carta
• Great Migration: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/rd/12107/581/235178649
• Education: 1626; Graduated: Cambridge from Emmanuel College (no degree taken)
• Occupation: 1650, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Ministry

Notes:

Reverend Samuel Dudley was among the founding families of Salisbury, MA

From Collections, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical New Hampshire, Vol 1 (1822) Pgs 156-157
Received his education in England, began his ministry in Exeter, NH in 1650. Died 1683 aged 77

Rev. Samuel Dudley, was born at Canons Ashley, England, 1606, eldest son of Thomas Dudley, many times elected governor of Massachusetts Colony, and his first wife, Dorothy Yorke. Rev. Samuel Dudley came to America in 1630 with his father Thomas and Governor Winthrop.

Rev. Samuel Dudley was baptized on 30 November 1608 in All Saints, Northampton, England. Rev. Samuel Dudley graduated in 1626 from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He came to New England in 1630 on the Arabella. He lived in Cambridge, Ipswich and Salisbury as a planter and a farmer; called to Exeter, New Hampshire, 30 May 1650 where he settled as minister. He married firstly Mary Winthrop, daughter of Governor John Winthrop and Mary Forth, about 1632. Rev. Samuel Dudley died on 10 February 1682/83 in Exeter, New Hampshire, at the age of 74.
http://www.sewellgenealogy.com/p68.htm#i7082

In 1630 came the arrival of John Winthrop and Thomas Dudley of the Massachusetts Bay Company. Aboard the Arabella from Yarmouth, England, Winthrop and Dudley sailed, and after a difficult ten week voyage, they landed on the shores of the New World, with Salem and Boston Harbor being the Arabella's earliest destinations. In 1637, the General Court of Massachusetts granted some 2,200 acres (9 km²) of land, including Huckins Farmland to the first residential Governor Winthrop and Deputy Governor Dudley. The following year, the two men agreed to divide the land so that the parcel south of the two large boulders by the Concord River (Brothers Rocks) belonged to Governor Winthrop and north of the Rocks was to belong to Deputy Governor Dudley. Later, Dudley became governor. Dudley’s son Rev. Samuel Dudley[1] and Winthrop’s daughter Mary were married, thus Brothers Rocks were so named because of this marriage of families.

The Two Brothers
When Governor Winthrop and his Deputy Thomas Dudley viewed their lands in early 1638, they decided to use two great stones on the site to divide the property. Winthrop claimed the land to one side of one rock; Dudley claimed the land on the other side of the other rock. They named the rocks "The Two Brothers." Over the years, the two men had many differences; however they learned to work together and even considered themselves "brothers" by their children's marriage. The rocks have come to symbolize the men's spirit of cooperation and democracy. The two brothers can still be seen near the banks of the Concord River in the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. This site is currently the eagle project of Dennis Warner.

The Reverend Samuel Dudley
by Barbara Rimkunas
This "Historically Speaking" column appeared in the Exeter News-Letter on Friday, May 24, 2013.

In Exeter, as in most of New England in the 1600s, the most important man in town was the minister. The Reverend John Wheelwright had organized Exeter in 1638, but had been forced to leave when the townsmen voted to align themselves with the Massachusetts Bay Colony just five years later. Some of Wheelwright’s followers left with him, but many remained and quietly absorbed newcomers who arrived after Wheelwright’s departure. Although the town was able to govern itself with elders and selectmen, not having a spiritual leader weighed heavily on the inhabitants.

Wheelwright had hoped that his friend Thomas Rashleigh would accept the job, but Rashleigh refused for his own reasons. A substitute, the Reverend Hatevil Nutter of Dover, was asked to fill-in while the town searched for a new permanent minister. It was a time when money was in short supply, and so the Rev. Nutter was paid not with cash but with service. He owned a tract of land on the Lamprey River and it needed fencing. Every year, the townsmen of Exeter were required to donate time and materials to enclose the property. After five years, the job was done, the Reverend Nutter signed the town book acknowledging the work was done and his services were no longer needed. Fortunately, by that time, June of 1650, the search committee had located a new preacher when the Reverend Samuel Dudley accepted the call to come to Exeter.

It had been difficult finding someone to serve the town. There were few trained ministers available and Exeter had little to offer. It was still a fledgling community; the only resources in town were trees and fish. Several times, the committee had made offers to likely candidates, only to see the deal fall through. To attract Dudley, they had to make his commitment worth the privations he would have to endure. In exchange for his services, Mr. Dudley was to receive Wheelwright’s house, garden and cow-house - all of which needed some renovations before he could move in. He would also receive £40 a year as pay. The particulars are written into a contract that was transcribed into the town records, “it is further agreed upon that the old cow-house, which was Mr. Wheelwright’s, shall by the town be fixed up fit for the settling of cattle in, and that the aforesaid pay of £40 a year is to be made in good pay every half year, in corn and English commodities at a price current, as they go generally in the country at the time or times of payment.”

There was very little actual money circulating in the colonies during this time and commerce was done with a barter system similar to the Rev. Dudley’s contract. To pay the minister his due, townsmen were taxed based on the number of pipe staves, hogshead staves or bolts that they produced. These were finished pieces of saleable lumber that the people used as currency. The tax rate, as listed in the town records, was, “for every thousand of pipe staves he makes, two shillings, which shall be for the maintenance of the ministry; and for every thousand of hogshead staves, one shilling sixpence; and for every thousand of bolts sold before they be made into staves, four shillings.” All the lumber had to be delivered to the wharf twice annually and would be shipped down the river to Portsmouth or Boston to be exchanged for “English commodities.” The type of goods that were collected was not listed, but one can imagine Mr. Dudley received bolts of cloth, tea and rum for his efforts. Some of these he would no doubt trade around town in exchange for other goods. It was a complicated system - how much was one yard of cloth worth? Perhaps two or three chickens?

Dudley came to the town well-recommended from Massachusetts. He was the son of Governor Thomas Dudley and, although not university trained, had studied hard under his father’s tutelage and was considered well-qualified to preach. His first wife, Mary, had been the daughter of Governor John Winthrop. After Mary’s death in Salisbury, Dudley had married Mary Byley of Salisbury. She was his wife when he arrived in Exeter in 1650. After her death, he married a third time, to Elizabeth Smith of Exeter. The succession of wives bore him eighteen children, a sure sign of God’s grace to the people of that era.

Quite often during his tenure, the town was incapable of paying him the promised £40. To keep him in town, he was granted land and water rights. At the time of his death, his personal inventory showed him to be a man of means and great commercial instincts.
Dudley remained in Exeter and served as minister for thirty-three years. Charles Bell, author of the “History of Exeter, New Hampshire,” comments that, “there was no visible sign of failure of the powers, physical or mental, of Mr. Dudley, as he drew on to old age. When he was sixty-nine, he was appointed upon a committee for the equal distribution of the of the town lands, a duty which no feeble man would have been selected to perform.” He died in Exeter in 1683 and was buried, according to tradition, in the small cemetery on Green Street.

Rev. Samuel Dudley
Rev. Samuel Dudley was baptised on 30 November 1608 at All Saints, Northampton, England.2 He was the son of Govenor Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke. Rev. Samuel Dudley graduated in 1626 from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.2 He came to New England in 1630 on the Arabella.2 Lived in Cambridge, Ipswich and Salisbury as a planter and a farmer; called to Exeter, New Hampshire 30 May 1650 where he settled as minister.2 He married firstly Mary Winthrop, daughter of Governor John Winthrop and Mary Forth, circa 1632.3,4 Rev. Samuel Dudley died on 10 February 1682/83 in Exeter, New Hampshire, at the age of 74.2
Children of Rev. Samuel Dudley and Mary Winthrop
Ann Dudley+ b. c 1633
John Dudley5 b. 1635
Citations
[S70] Unknown author, The Chandler family. The descendants of William and Annis Chandler, who settled in Roxbury, Mass. 1637., p. 144 (calculation).
[S75] Frederick Lewis Weis, Colonial Clergy, p. 74.
[S62] William Richard Cutter, New England Families, p. 77.
[S70] Unknown author, The Chandler family. The descendants of William and Annis Chandler, who settled in Roxbury, Mass. 1637., p. 144.
[S102] Annie Haven Thwing, Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, 29466.

Rev. married SMITH, Elizabeth in 1654 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of SMITH, Richard and CHENEY, Hannah) was born in 1628 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1702 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Dudley
• Birth: 1628, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: 1702, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

Died:
Age: 74

Other Events and Attributes:

• # of Children: John and Elizabeth had 6 sons and 10 daughters.
• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Great Migration: 12 years old when the family migrated; he sailed on the Diligent of Ipswich that arrived in Boston on 10 Aug 1638
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gilman-19
• Name: John Gilman Captain
• Name: JOHN. GILMAN Hon. Esq.
• Residence: USA
• Residence: USA
• Residence: USA
• Residence: New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: USA
• Residence: USA
• Birth: 10 Jan 1624, Hingham, Norfolk, England
• Arrival: 1638, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: 24 Jul 1708, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 24 Jul 1708, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: 24 Jul 1708, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Age: 84
• Death: 24 Jul 1708, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Another source lists his death date as 08 Sep 1719.

Notes:

Hon John 4 Gilman. Councillor. From the New England family History

John 1 Gilman, the second son of Edward 3Gilman,
Sr., was born in Hingham, Norfolk, England, Janu-
ary 10th, 1624, and was there baptized 23 May, 1626.
came to Exeter before 1650, and immediately became
a prominent citizen. From the first he was concerned
with his brother Edward in mills and lumber. After
Edward was lost at sea in 1653, he inherited much
of the latters' property, and took his place in devel-
oping the resources of the town. He was chosen se-
lectman more than one-half the years between 1650
and 1680: was repeatedly elected commissioner to end
small causes ; and appointed upon committees to care
for the town's interests. He had several handsome
grants of land from the town, and a special right of
a gristmill. In the two years before New Hamp-
shire was emancipated from the Massachusetts gov-
ernment he held the office of associate (judge) of the
old Norfolk county court.

In 1680 Mr. Gilman was made a councillor of the
newly erected province of New Hampshire, and in
1682 a judge of the Court of Pleas; but in 1683 he
was by Governor Cranfield relieved of both offices*.

* "At last, after a struggle of many years' duration,
the union of the two colonies was dissolved by order
of the king. New Hampshire was erected into a royal
province, under a president and six councilors, with

It is needless to say that his reputation in theprovince
did not suffer by reason of his removal. In 1693 he
was chosen by his townsmen a delegate to the Assem-
bly, and was made Speaker of the House, and again
chosen in 1697.

He married, June 30th. 1657, Elizabeth, daughter
of James Treworgy (sec) (from which came the
popular Christian name ofTrueworthy), and had six
sons and ten daughters, and very numerous descen-
dants. He built the "log house" oppositethe Great
Bridge, which is still standing. He died July 24th,
1708, (C. H. Bell, History of Exeter. X. H, 1888.)

The oldest house in town is undoubtedly that on
the northerly corner of Water and Clifford Streets,
now owned by Manly W. Darling. It was built by
Councillor John Oilman. He was living in it in 1676,
and there is ground for the belief that it dates back
to 1658. It was constructed of square logs, the upper
story projected a foot or more beyond the lower and
the windows were scarcely more than loopholes. It
was thus completely adapted for the defence of its in-
mates against the attacks of savages, and is known
as a "garrison house." (Picture opp. p. 530.)

an assembly of eleven deputies. The commission was
scaled 18 September. 1679. Guns were fired here
upon receipt of the tidings. John Cutt was appointed
president; Martyn, Vaughan and Daniel of Ports-
mouth. GUman of Exeter, Hussey of Hampton, and
Waldron of Dover were named as the council. Sin-
gular to state, they were every one a firm friend of
the Bay Colony. President Cutt lived but a year after
taking office. Waldron succeeded him for a short
term, when there came upon the stage one of the most
restless, strong-willed and zealous representatives of
royal authority that ever crossed the Atlantic." ( Ad-
dress of F. W. Hackett at 200th Anniversary of the
town of New Castle, N. II.. 1803.)

536

The original structure was small, and constitutes
the main body of the present house. No doubt ad-
ditions must have been soon made to it, for the first
occupant had sixteen children, all but four of whom
lived to maturity. The wing which protrudes towards
the street was a much later apendage. In this wooden
castle lived Councillor Gilman till his death in 1708.

The place after 178S went into the possession of
Ebenezer Clifford, whoremoved from Kensington to
Exeter about that time. (Bell's Exeter.)

The children of Hon. John 4 and Elizabeth (Tre-
worgie) Gilman born at Exeter, N. H., were:

I. Mary 5 Gilman, born 10 Sept., 1658; mar-
ried 26 July, 1677, Jonathan Thing; she died
Aug., 1691 ;

II. James 5 Gilman, born 6 Feb., 1659-60;

III. Elizabeth 5 Gilman, born 16 Aug., 1661 ;
married first, 12 July, 1678, Nathaniel hadd
(see); "he was mortally wounded in a battle
witli Indians at Macquoit, and died n Aug.,
1691" (BeH"s History of Exeter, N. H.). She
married second, 3 Dec, 1693, Henry Wad-
leigh ;

IV. John 5 Gilman, born 6 Oct., 1663: died
young;

V. Catherine 5 Gilman, born 17 Mar., 1664-
5 ; died 2 Sept.. 1684;

VI. Sarah 5 Gilman, born 25 Feb., 1666-7;
married Stephen Dudley 24 Dec, 1684; died
24 Jan., 1712-3;

VII. Lydia 5 Gilman, born 12 Dec, 1668;
married 24 Oct., 1687, Capt. Joseph White of
Haverhill ;

VIII. Samuel 5 Gilman, born 30 Mar., 1671 ;
died 9 Aug., 1691 ;

537

IX. Nicholas 5 Gilman, born 26 Dec, 1672;
married 10 June. 1697, Sarah, daughter of
Nathaniel and Elizabeth Clark of Newbury.
Nicholas died 1749:

X. Abigail 5 Gilman, born 3 Nov., 1674;
married 8 July, 1696, Samuel, son of Jonathan
and Joanna Thing;

XI. John 5 Gilman, born 19 Jan. 1676-7;
married first. 5 June, 1698. Elizabeth, daughter
of Peter and Abigail Coffin: second.20 Dec,
1720, Elizabeth, widow of Hon. Robert Hale
of Beverly, Mass.. and daughter of Nathaniel
Clark of Newbury;

XII. Deborah 6 Gilman, born 30 Apr., 1679;
died 30 Sept., 1680;

XIII. Joanna 5 Gilman, bom 30 Apr., 1679;
married first, Henry Dyer; second, Capt. Rob-
ert Coffin ;

XIV. Joseph 5 Gilman, born 28 Oct., 1680,
died in infancy:

XV. Alice 5 Gilman, born 23 May, 1683;
married 1707, Capt. James Leavitt ; died 2 Jan.,
1721 ;

XVI. Catherine 5 Gilman, born 27 Nov.,
1 084: married first Peter Folsom; second,
Richard Calley of Stratham.

Died:
Another source lists his death date as 08 Sep 1719.

John married TREWORGYE (TRUWORTHY), Elizabeth on 30 Jun 1657 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of TREWORGYE, James and SHAPLEIGH, Catherine) was born on 25 Feb 1636 in Brixham, Devon, England; died on 8 Sep 1719 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Name: Elizabeth Treworgye
• Name: Elizabeth Treworgye
• Name: Elizabeth.. TREGWORGYE
• Residence: USA
• Residence: USA
• Residence: USA
• Residence: Maine, USA
• Death: 8 Sep 1719, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 8 Sep 1719, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Age: 80

Notes:

Birth:
Kingsweare, Brixham, Devon, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration;Winthrop; Immigrant; Royal gateway ancestor; 3rd Governor of MA Bay Colony
• Great Migration: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/rd/12107/581/235178649
• Historical Importance: Massachusetts, USA; 3X Goveror of Massachusetts Bay Colony; signed charter founding Harvard; Gateway Ancestor
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dudley
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thorne-41#Magna_Carta_Trails
• Residence: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Occupation: Bef 1616; Page for William, Lord Compton (later Earl of Northampton
• Occupation: 1616; Steward for Thomas, Lord Clinton
• _MILT: Abt 1620; Raised company of soldiers to join forces sent by Queen Elizabeth to aid King Henry iV of France and to serve at the siege of Amiens
• Departure: 1630
• Residence: 1644, Roxbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
• Education: 30 May 1650; Signed Charter forming Harvard College

Notes:

From Collections, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical New Hampshire, Vol 1 (1822) Pgs 156-157
Edward Dudley was a lawyer and privy counsellor to Henry VII and Speaker of the House of Commons 1505. Henry the VIII sent Dudley to the scaffold (text doesn't explain why). John, Edward's son was in the reign of Edward VI and made Earl of Warwick and in 1551 Duke of Northumberland. He tried to raise lady Jane Grey his daughter-in-law to the throne as successor of Edward and was beheaded by order of Queen Mary on 23 Feb 1554. Sir Robert Dudley, sone of Duke of Northumberland, and in 1564 was made Baron of Denhigh and Earl of Leicester by Queen Elizabeth. He died in 1588. According to tradition Governor Thomas Dudley was the great grandson of the Duke of Northumberland.

Mr. Dudley was governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 3 times and continued in the magistry until his death on 31 July 1653 when he was 77. Dr. Cotton Mather described him as "a gentleman whose natural and acquired abilities joined with his excellent moral qualities, entitled him to all great respects with which his country on all opportunities treated him."

Governor Thomas Dudley, Gateway Ancestor, is the direct descendant of 13 of the 25 Magna Carta Surety Barons.

Thomas married YORKE, Dorothy on 25 Apr 1603 in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England. Dorothy (daughter of YORKE, Edmund and FAIRFIELD, Katherine Mary) was born on 25 Apr 1582 in Cotton End, Northamptonshire, England; died on 27 Dec 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Winthrop; Immigrant; Royal gateway ancestor

Notes:

Died:
Died of "wind colic"

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant

Richard married CHENEY, Hannah in 1619 in Bramham, Yorkshire, England. Hannah was born in 1602 in Bramham, Yorkshire, England; died on 19 Jul 1656 in Bramham, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Great Migration: Yes, but no GM profile; he sailed on the Diligent of Ipswich that arrived in Boston on 10 Aug 1638
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gilman-12
• Name: EDWARD Gilman
• Residence: Hingham, Norfolk, England
• Residence: Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Arrival: 1638, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

I am descended from Edward and Mary through two sons: both Moses and John

Edward married CLARK, Mary on 3 Jun 1614 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. Mary was born in 1590 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; was christened on 9 Nov 1594 in Turners Puddle, Dorset, England; died on 22 Jun 1681 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clark-307
• Residence: Hingham, Norfolk, England
• Arrival: 1638, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Residence: Maine, USA
• Birth: 1595, Kingswear, Devon, England
• Arrival: Bef 1635, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: 1644, Maine, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Kingsweare, Brixham, Devon, England

James married SHAPLEIGH, Catherine on 16 Mar 1616 in Kingswear, Devon, England. Catherine (daughter of SHAPLEIGH, Alexander and UNKNOWN, Lucy) was born on 2 Apr 1599 in Kingswear, Devon, England; died on 29 May 1676 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Arrival: 1635, Maine, USA