DUDLEY FAMILY.

Thomas Dudley, son of Capt. Roger Dudley, was born in England in 1576; came to New England in 1630; was several years Governor of Massachusetts Colony, and died at Roxbury, July 31, 1653, aged 77. His first wife, or the one who came with him, died in 1643. Samuel, Anne, Patience, and Mercy were probably children by her. He married again before 1645, and had by his second wife five children more. His children by both wives were as follows:

  1. Samuel, b. in England, 1606, who was a minister and was m. to Mary Winthrop about 1633, and had children,—
  2. Thomas, bapt. March 9, 1634, grad. H. C. 1651, d. Nov. 7, 1655.
  3. John, bapt. June 28, 1635.
  4. Samuel, bapt. Aug. 2, 1639, d. April, 1643.
  5. Anne, b. Oct. 16, 1641, who m. Edward Hilton and had children, Winthrop, Dudley, Joseph, and others.
  6. Theophilus, b. Oct., 1644.
  7. Mary, b. April 21, 1646, d. Oct. 28, 1646.
  8. Biley, b. Sept. 27, 1647.
  9. Mary 2nd, b. Jan. 6, 1649.
  10. Mary, the 1st wife of Rev. Samuel Dudley, d. at Salisbury, (where the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th children were born,) April 12, 1643. He d. at Exeter before March 20, 1683, a. 77. His settlement in the ministry there was in 1650.
  11. Anne, who m. Gov. Simon Bradstreet. She had 8 children and d. Sept. 16, 1672.
  12. Patience, who m. Maj. Gen. Denison.
  13. Mercy, who m. Rev. John Woodbridge. She was b. Sept. 27, 1621, and d. July 1, 1691, a. 70.
  14. ——, who m. Maj. Benjamin Keayne of Boston, who d. 1668.
  15. Dorothy, who d. Feb. 27, 1643.
  16. Deborah, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 27, 1645.
  17. Joseph, b. Sept. 23, 1647, who was Governor of Massachusetts, and m. a daughter of Edward Tyng, and had children,—
  18. Thomas, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 26, 1669-70, grad. H. C. 1685.
  19. Edward, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 4, 1671.
  20. Paul, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 3, 1675, grad. H. C. 1690. He was a Tutor and Fellow of the College, and also, Fellow of the Royal Society in England and Chief Justice of Massachusetts. He d. Jan. 21, 1751, a. 75.
  21. Samuel, b. at Roxbury, Sept., 1677.
  22. John, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 28, 1678-79.
  23. Rebecca, b. May 15, 1681, who m. Samuel Sewall, Jr., and d. April 14, 1761, a. 79.
  24. Catharine, b. June 2, 1683.
  25. Ann, b. Aug. 27, 1684.
  26. William, b. Oct. 20, 1686, who grad. H. C. 1704, and m. eldest dau. of Judge Davenport, March 10, 1721, and was a colonel. He had two sons: Thomas, who grad. H. C. 1750, and Joseph, who grad. H. C. 1751, was an Attorney at Law in Boston, and d. Sept. 27, 1767, a. 35.
  27. Daniel, b. Feb. 4, 1689.
  28. Catharine 2nd, b. Jan. 5, 1690.
  29. Mary, b. Nov. 2, 1692, who m. Francis Wainwright, who d. 1722, and afterwards m. Joseph Atkins, 1730.
  30. Paul, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 8, 1650, who m. Mary Leverett, dau. of Gov. Leverett, and had children,—
  31. Paul, b. at Boston, March 4, 1677.
  32. Thomas, who alone, with one in expectation, is mentioned in his will of Feb. 10, 1681. (Probate Records in Boston, Vol. VI. p. 368.)
  33. One posthumous.

EPITAPHS.[27]

Here is interred the remains of
James Minott, Esq., A. M. an
Excelling Grammarian, Enriched
with the Gift of Prayer and Preaching,
a Commanding Officer, a Physician of
Great Value, a Great Lover of Peace
as well as of Justice, and which was
His greatest Glory, a Gent'n of distinguished
Virtue and Goodness, happy in a Virtuous
Posterity, and living Religiously, Died
Comfortably, Sept. 20, 1735, Æt. 83.

Here lyes the remains of
Major Jonathan Prescott, Esq.,
a Gentleman of virtue and merit, an accomplisht physitian,
but excelling in chirurgery.
Of uncommon sagacity, penetration, and success in his practice,
and so of very extensive service.
But his life was much valued, and his death very generally lamented.
He married the amiable and only daughter of the
Honorable Colonel Peter Bulkley, Esq.,
by whom he had ten children.
He was removed from ministring to men's bodies, to the world of spirits,
October 28th, 1729, Ætatis suæ 54.

Here lyes the Body of Rev. Mr. Christopher Toppan, Master of Arts, fourth Pastor of the First Church in Newbury; a Gentleman of good Learning, conspicuous Piety and Virtue, shining both by his Doctrine and Life, skilled and greatly improved in the Practice of Physick and Surgery, who deceased, July 23, 1747, in the 76th year of his age, and the 51st of his Pastoral Office.