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Mercy Woodbridge (Dudley)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Northamptonshire, England
Death: July 01, 1691 (69)
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Place of Burial: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony and Dorothy Dudley
Wife of Rev. John W. Woodbridge, Esq
Mother of Sarah LNU; Lucy Bradstreet; Rev. John Woodbridge, VII; Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge; Thomas Woodbridge, Sr., and 7 others
Sister of Thomas Dudley; Rev. Samuel Dudley; Anne Bradstreet, 1st American poet; Patience Denison and Sarah Pacey
Half sister of Deborah Wade; Joseph Dudley and Paul Dudley

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About Mercy Woodbridge

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Born September 27, 1621, Oakley, Northampton, England Died July 01, 1691, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Parents Thomas Dudley, Dorothy Yorke Reverend John Woodbridge Married: May 20, 1639, Northampton, England Born 1613, Stanton, Wiltshire, England Died March 17, 1694/95, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Father: Thomas Dudley Mother: Dorothy Yorke

Mercy Dudley's family Roots are unusually well documented. Many of these can be traced still farther back (note arrows =>).

Family 1 : John Woodbridge

MARRIAGE: BET. 1639 - 1641,

John Woodbridge, M, (ABT. 1644 - 13 NOV 1691)

Pedigree

                                  /John Sutton (25 DEC 1400 - 30 SEP 1487) =>

/Edmund Sutton (_______ - 6 JUL 1483)
| Elizabeth Berkeley (_______ - BEF. 1479) =>
/Thomas (Sutton) Dudley (ABT. 1499 - AFT. 18 OCT 1549)
| | /Thomas Clifford (_______ - _______)
| Maud Clifford (_______ - _______)
| Joan Dacre (_______ - _______)
/John Dudley (ABT. 1518 - AFT. 29 JUL 1545)
| Margaret (Grace) Threlkeld (ABT. 1494 - _______)
/Roger Dudley (1535 - BET. 1585 - 1586)
| | /John Clerke (ABT. 1500 - _______)
| Elizabeth Clerke (ABT. 1524 - BET. 1563 - 1565)
| unknown (ABT. 1504 - _______)
/Thomas Dudley (BEF. 12 OCT 1576 - BEF. 31 JUL 1653)
| | /Thomas Thorne (ABT. 1521 - BEF. 9 MAY 1589)
| Susanna Thorne (5 MAR 1559/60 - AFT. 29 OCT 1588)
| | /John Purefoy (_______ - BEF. 1491) =>
| | /Nicholas Purefoy (ABT. 1491 - _______)
| | /Edward Purefoy (13 JAN 1493/94 - 1 JUN 1558)
| | | | /John Denton (_______ - 1497)
| | | Alice Denton (ABT. 1465 - _______)
| | | Isabel Brome (_______ - _______) =>
| Mary Purefoy (ABT. 1533 - 9 MAY 1589)
| | /Richard Fettiplace (ABT. 1460 - _______)
| Anne Fettiplace (16 JUL 1496 - 16 AUG 1568)
| | /William Bessiles (_______ - 1515)
| Elizabeth Bessiles (ABT. 1465 - 1511)
| Alice Harcourt (_______ - BEF. 19 JUN 1526) =>
Mercy Dudley (27 SEP 1621 - 1 JUL 1691)

    |     /Edmund Yorke (_______ - _______)

Dorothy Yorke (1582 - 27 DEC 1643)


Mercy Dudley (27 SEP 1621 - 1 JUL 1691)

Dates -(NEHGR 1/1847 pg 71) (NEHGR 6/1852 pp.279-82)

AFN 8GXK-H2. Per "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists Who Came to New England 1623-1650": b. Eng., 1621; ancestress of sixteen colonial clergymen by name of Woodbridge and many bearing other names; d. Newbury, Mass., 1 July 1691; m. 1639 Rev. John Woodbridge of Andover, Mass." See; Line 50 No 44 of "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650".

-(JUDIE ANN MILLARD, http://www.blueriver.net/~chooch/)

Have conflicting info on her marriage date: 1639 vs. May 20, 1686. 1639 seem more likely based on age.



Daughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley and his wife Dorothy


Birth: Sep. 27, 1621, England Death: Jul. 1, 1691 Newbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA

MERCY, 6th & last known child of Gov. Thomas Dudley by his 1st wife, was born 27 September 1621. She married by 1640 Rev. John Woodbridge (child b. Newbury 7 June 1640; called daughter Woodbridge in father's will). Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins. Find A Grave contributor Lou adds: Her death date is July 1, 1691 at Newbury, Massachusetts.

Family links:

Parents:
 Thomas Dudley (1576 - 1653)
 Dorothy Yorke Dudley (1582 - 1643)

Spouse:

 John Woodbridge (1618 - 1695)*

Children:

 Lucy Woodbridge Bradstreet Epes (1642 - ____)*
 John Woodbridge (1644 - 1690)*
 Benjamin Woodbridge (1645 - 1710)*
 Anne Woodbridge (1652 - 1701)*
 Timothy Woodbridge (1655 - 1732)*
 Martha Woodbridge Ruggles (1658 - ____)*
 Martha Woodbridge Ruggles (1658 - 1738)*

Siblings:

 Thomas Dudley (1605 - ____)*
 Samuel Dudley (1608 - 1683)*
 Anne Dudley Bradstreet (1612 - 1672)*
 Patience Dudley Denison (1612 - 1690)*
 Patience Dudley Denison (1616 - 1690)*
 Mercy Dudley Woodbridge (1621 - 1691)
 Deborah Dudley Wade (1644 - ____)**
 Joseph Dudley (1647 - 1720)**
 Paul Dudley (1650 - ____)**

*Calculated relationship

  • *Half-sibling

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Jul 24, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 55386884

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55386884


Mercy Dudley Woodbridge Memorial

Birth: Sep. 27, 1621, England Death: Jul. 1, 1691 Newbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA

MERCY, 6th & last known child of Gov. Thomas Dudley by his 1st wife, was born 27 September 1621. She married by 1640 Rev. John Woodbridge (child b. Newbury 7 June 1640; called daughter Woodbridge in father's will). Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins. Find A Grave contributor Lou adds: Her death date is July 1, 1691 at Newbury, Massachusetts.

Family links:

Parents:
 Thomas Dudley (1576 - 1653)
 Dorothy Yorke Dudley (1582 - 1643)

Spouse:

 John Woodbridge (1618 - 1695)*

Children:

 Lucy Woodbridge Bradstreet Epes (1642 - ____)*
 John Woodbridge (1644 - 1690)*
 Benjamin Woodbridge (1645 - 1710)*
 Anne Woodbridge (1652 - 1701)*
 Timothy Woodbridge (1655 - 1732)*
 Martha Woodbridge Ruggles (1658 - ____)*
 Martha Woodbridge Ruggles (1658 - 1738)*

Siblings:

 Thomas Dudley (1605 - ____)*
 Samuel Dudley (1608 - 1683)*
 Patience Dudley Denison (1612 - 1690)*
 Anne Dudley Bradstreet (1612 - 1672)*
 Patience Dudley Denison (1616 - 1690)*
 Mercy Dudley Woodbridge (1621 - 1691)
 Deborah Dudley Wade (1644 - ____)**
 Joseph Dudley (1647 - 1720)**
 Paul Dudley (1650 - ____)**

*Calculated relationship

  • *Half-sibling

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Jul 24, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 55386884

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Mercy Woodbridge's Timeline

1621
September 27, 1621
Northamptonshire, England
September 27, 1621
Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
September 27, 1621
Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
September 27, 1621
Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England, UK
1630
June 13, 1630
Age 8
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1640
June 7, 1640
Newbury, Essex County, MA, United States
1642
March 13, 1642
Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1644
1644
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1645
June 1645
Probably Windsor, Connecticut Colony

alternate place of birth: Newbury,Essex,Massachusetts