Hi Norris, Thanks for letting us know this book is online! I have been wanting to check a few things in it and now I can take that off my "to do" list for Salem. I don't browse genealogy.com enough I guess. Gail Norris wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 02:00:49 EST, you wrote: > > > > >William Dudley, died 16 March 1684. he married 24 August 1636 Jane Lutman who > >died 1 May 1674. From Oakley, England to Guilford, Conn, 1639. > > Ahhhh, now that's a hit. The Dudley Genealogy is on-line, in its > entirety (except maybe pictures) at genealogylibrary.com: > > Here's the first page of the part of the book on your family: > > History of the Dudley Family with Genealogical Tables, Pedigrees, & C > P. 96 > > THE CONNECTICUT DUDLEYS. > > Rev. Dr. David Dudley Field wrote me from his home in > Higganum, Ct., July 2, 1849, as > follows: > > Mr. Dean Dudley, Respected Sir, > > Your letter of the 23rd ult. requested me to inform you what > discoveries I made in England > last year, respecting "the Genealogies of the Dudleys there." > > I found that Thomas Court of Wednesbury, Staffordshire, > potter, by his will dated Feb. 9, > 1780, devised to his son Thomas Court of Tipton, > Staffordshire, laborer, all that messuage, > field and garden and building thereon (of which he was then > seized in fee) situated in West > Bromwich, and then occupied by Francis Cleusson, to hold to > his son for life, with remainder > to Mary Dudley, wife of Geoffrey Dudley of Wednesbury, > Staffordshire, collier, for life, > remainder unto all her children at her decease, equally; and > the testator appointed Wm. > Kendrick and George Watkins, executors of his will, he dying > in 1780. Thomas Court (the > son) died in 1793. Mary Dudley died in 1827, leaving seven > children.**** > > I am maternally descended from Wm. Dudley, one of the first > settlers of Guilford, Ct. When > in England I found that Wm. Dudley was married to Jane > Lutman, Aug. 24, 1636. The > marriage is recorded in the Church Records of the Parish of > Ockley in the County of Surrey, > at a time when the Rev. Henry Whitfield was Rector of Ockley. > The record does not call > either Wm. or his wife "of Ockley." Soon after Mr. Whitfield > left Ockley, came to America > with quite a number of emigrants, and settled Guilford, Ct. > Wm. Dudley and Jane (Lutman), > his wife, lived and died in Guilford. > > The descendants of Wm. Dudley by his sons, Wm. and Joseph, > are very numerous. There is > a tradition among the Guilford Dudleys, that their ancestor > (the first Wm.) was a relative to > Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts. > > They may have been remotely connected, though of this I have > no certain evidence. > > Mr. H. G. Somerby went to England before I did and was > employed by some of the > Guilford Dudleys to look up their ancestors in the > fatherland. The result of Mr. Somerby's > labors was sent to me before I left England, and now I send > it to you." [The Heralds' > Visitations of Bedfordshire, Durham, &c., came from Dr. Field > to [Image for History of the > Dudley Family with Genealogical Tables, Pedigrees, & C ] > > [Image for History of the Dudley Family with Genealogical > Tables, Pedigrees, & C ] > > Page 96 > > ________________ > > -- > Silver Bullet <nmt1@ix.netcom.com> > Home Page: http://members.aol.com/ntgen/index.html > --------------------------------------- > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Middlesex County GenWeb site > http://www.flash.net/~hmwalden/midlsxco.htm