William Dudley, of Guilford, has been shown to be the son of William Dudley, of Dorking. There is another William Dudley, son of David of Dorking, who has been confused with this William. #There is a chance of confusion here between Guildford & Dorking - two popular towns in the UK (Will Chapman)#

Located in North Guilford, CT at the junction of routes 77 and 80, Dudley Farm was in the same family for about 350 years. In 1991 David Dudley willed the farm to the North Guilford Volunteer Fire Department who has worked to help create a private, nonprofit foundation to oversee the 10-acre farm, farmhouse and barn buildings as a working farm.

William Dudley, a son of David Dudley (sic), was the first of this line in the family of the lords of Dudley to move to Connecticut, and founded the settlement of Guilford, on the shores of Long Island Sound. He emigrated to New England sometime between 1636/43. Note Wm. Dudley was the father of Ruth Dudley, who married into the Whittlesea family.

Three of William Dudley's great grandsons were to give their family name to their new home in the Cornwall hills, when they moved to Owlsbury from Guilford in the mid C17. Owlsbury was renamed Dudleytown, and thereafter the persistent legend of America's most haunted town was born.

"The Dudleytown Historic District, also known as Clapboard Hill is a historic district in Guilford, Connecticut, located about 1.5 miles northeast of the town center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1] The district includes examples of Colonial Revival, Early Republic, and Greek Revival architecture. The area was originally the property of William Dudley, one of the original English settlers of the town of Guilford in 1639, and includes a cemetery, agricultural outbuildings, a school, and other buildings. Many of the properties are still owned by descendants of the Dudley family." (Wikipedia)

Sources

• William Dudley 1609-1684 of Guilford, Connecticut (online article about his origins) by Martin E. Hollick

William Dudley (Jr.) was baptized 22 January 1608/9 at Dorking and died 16 March 1684 at Guilford, Connecticut. He married at Ockley, Surrey on 24 August 1636, Jane Lutman, born about 1615 and died about 1674 at Guildford, daughter of William and Jane (Hastings) Lutman.

William was the son of William Dudley and Eleanor Hooker, both of Dorking, according to Martin E. Hollick, who has written on this family for The American Genealogist and other journals.

William and Jane had four children:

1. William
2. Joseph
3. Ruth
4. Deborah.

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Whittelsey Genealogy Book p.57-58

The Whittelsey book traces this line back to the 1400s, but that lineage is disputed.

Albert Crossland Dudley, a descendant, says his parents were William & Ellen/Eleanor, not David Dudley

b Richmond, formerly Sheen, in Surrey, England; came to Guilford, CT, from the town of Guilford, thirty miles southeast from London, in the county of Surrey. They emigrated to America and settled in Guilford, CT in 1639, with Rev. Henry Whitfield, as a part of the Eaton and Hopkins expedition to CT. When he arrived with his young wife their home was on what is now Fair Street. Mr. Dudley was a representative in the General Court for Guilford. (Ref 5); d 16 March 1683/4; m Jane LUTMAN b 1614, of Wysborough Green, England; m 24 Aug 1636 by Rev. Henry Whitfield, Rector at Ockley in Surrey, England; d 1 May 1674 in Guilford, New Haven, CT. 

(Ref Genealogy of the Whittelsey-Whittlesey Family, Charles Barney Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn. (929.2 W618, LDS Los Angeles Temple Family History Center).

A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John Scranton of Guilford, Conn., who Died in the Year 1671 by Erastus Scranton, pg. 6, 15

History of the Colony of New Haven to its Absorption into Connecticut by Edward E. Atwater, Guilford Personal Sketches

"It is stated in the John Stone Family Genealogy that the first ship, the St. John, commanded by Captain Russell, sailed from England on May 20, 1639, and arrived at New Haven between July 10th and 15th, 1639. The list of persons (in alphabetical order) who are believed to have come in this ship and to have settled, with few exceptions, in Guilford is as follows:

John Bishop, Francis Bushnell, Francis Chatfield, William Chitteden, Thomas Cook, Abraham Cruttenden, Henry Dowd, William Dudley, Richard Gutridge, John Hoadley, William Hall, John Hughes, John Jordan, Thomas Jones, Henry Kingsnorth, Robert Kitchell, William Leete, John Mepham, William Plane, John Parmelin, Thomas Nash, Thomas Norton, John Stone, William Stone, Rev. Henry Whitfield.

...

WILLIAM DUDLEY

married in 1636 at Oakeley in Surrey, England, Jane Lutman (d. May 1, 1674). i.e. had five or more children, and died in Guilford March 5, 1684. Among other descendants is the Hon. Wm. W. Dudley of Indiana, Commissioner of Pensions 1881-1884."

William Dudley and Jane Lutman travelled from their home in Ockley, England to Guilford, Connecticut in 1639 with Rev. Henry Whitfield.

William DUDLEY b Richmond, formerly Sheen, in Surrey, England; came to Guilford, CT, from the town of Guilford, thirty miles southeast from London, in the county of Surrey. They emigrated to America and settled in Guilford, CT in 1639, with Rev. Henry Whitfield, as a part of the Eaton and Hopkins expedition to CT. When he arrived with his young wife their home was on what is now Fair Street. Mr. Dudley was a representative in the General Court for Guilford. (Ref 5); d 16 March 1683/4; m Jane LUTMAN b 1614, of Wysborough Green, England; m 24 Aug 1636 by Rev. Henry Whitfield, Rector at Ockley in Surrey, England; d 1 May 1674 in Guilford, New Haven, CT. (Ref 6)

William and Jane came to Connecticut in 1639. He was elected Townsman 3 times. Religion as Congregational.

William was born in Richmond [formerly Sheen] Surrey. Son of David Dudley and Joan[na] Arnold.

He married Jane Lutman on 24 Aug 1636 in Ockley, Surrey, England.

They sailed from London on 20 May 1639, on the vessel St. John, with Reverend Whitfield, as part of the Eaton and Hopkins expedition. He was the first of this line in the family of the lords of Dudlety to move to CT.

He was one of the Founders of Guilford CT.

He established their first home on what is now Far Street, Guilford, and was the first owner of Dudley Farm.

They had 4 (known) children: 1. William, Jr. [1639-1701] m. Mary Stow 2. Joseph [1643-1701] m. Ann Robinson 3. Ruth [1645 - ] m. John Whittlesey 4. Deborah [1647-1683] m. (1) Thomas Scranton; (2) Ebenezer Thompson

Bio by: L J Steuben

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:William_Dudley_and_Mary_Roe_%28...

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 10 2020, 16:09:43 UTC

Genealogy of the Whittelsey-Whittlesey Family

Ruth Dudley, b. Apr. 20, 1645, at Guilford, Conn., was the dau. of William Dudley, b. in Richmond, formerly Sheen, in Surrey, England; came to Guilford, Conn., from the town of Guilford, thirty miles southeast from London, in the county of Surrey. He was m. to Miss Jane Lutman of Wysborough Green, by Rev. Henry Whitfield, Rector at Ockley in Surrey, Eng., Aug. 24, 1636. [Parish Register of Ockley. Dean Dudley's Dudley Family, 1886.] They emigrated to America and settled in Guilford, Conn., in 1639, with Rev. Henry Whitfield, as a part of the Eaton and Hopkins expedition to Conn. When he arrived with his young wife their home was on what is now Fair street. Mr. Dudley was a representative in the General Court for Guilford. [ ( Kiilford Church Records.] He died March. 16, 1683-4, and she died May 1, 1674. He was the son of David Dudley of Darking, co. of Surrey, in 1630, a wheelwright (who had four sons). His father was [Dean Dudley Correspondence, London Notes, H. A. Butcher. 3d series.] Squire Thomas Dudley, b. about 1586, of Darking, co. of Surrey. His wife's name was White. He was m. in 1612 and d. in 1649. One of twelve children of [Butler's Counties of England, vol. 4.] Robert Dudley, b. 1533 ; d. 1584, "not under his father's roof.' I Wm. H. Bailey, Arch., London, W. C, 1896-7.

www.wikitree.com

William Dudley
Born September 11, 1608 in Richmond, Sheen, Surrey, England

Son of David Dudley and Joanna (Arnold) Hopkins

Brother of Frances (Hopkins) Mann , Thomas Hopkins , Elizabeth (Hopkins) Inman and Grace Hopkins

Husband of Jane (Luteman) Dudley - married August 24, 1636 in Orkey, Surrey, England

Father of William Dudley , Abigail (Dudley) Hubbard , Joseph Dudley , Ruth (Dudley) Whittlesey , Deborah (Dudley) Scranton , Samuel Dudley and Child Dudley

Died March 16, 1684 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Note

William Dudley emigrated to America and settled in Guilford, CT, in 1639, with Rev. Henry Whitfield, as part of the Eton and Hopkins expedition to Connecticut. Their home was on what is now Fair Street. William was a representative in the general court for Guilford. In 1662 he together with John Whittleseys contracted with the town of Saybrook to keep a ferry across the river at Saybrook He left a will dated December 22, 1676, abstacts "I give and bequeath to my son, William, Dudley, all my silver, with fifty shillings of silver I lent to John Whittlese", etc , "I give and bequeath to John Whittlese, which married my daughter Ruth Dudlye, etc."

Excerpts takens from: WHITTLESEY FAMILY Published in "Genealogical and Personal Memorial of MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY, Volume 1, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
William Dudley came from County Surrey, England. He may have been born at Richmond (formerly Sheen), but Banks thought he emigrated from Docking parish. The will of Daniel Dudley, wheelwright, of Doking, proved in 1646, mentioned his wife Joanna and six children (Thomas, Jane, William, Daniel David, and Edward). however with no indication the son William had emigrated. There have been efforts to connect Willliam Dudley with the more illustrious Governor Thomas Dudley, of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but a relationship has never been established.

William Dudley married Jane Lutman of Wysborough Green at Ockley, Surrey on 24 August 1636. They were married by Rev. Henry Whitfield, rector of Ockley, in Surrey, England. The rector, the Rev. Henry Whitfield, led the group from Guilford (the Eaton and Hopkins Expedition) which left London on 20 May 1639 on the "Sergeant John." Arriving about 10 September at Quinnipiack, now New Haven, William Dudley was one of the twenty-five men who signed the covenant in which they pledged to stand by each other in their enterprise. This group founded the settlement of Guilford.
The couple's first child (William) was born at sea about two days before the landing. Four more children (Joseph, Ruth, Deborah, and an unnamed child who apparently died) were born later. William was active in the life of the community, for a time was the representative from Guilford to the General Court.

Jane Dudley died in Guilford on 1 May 1674, and William made his will on 22 December 1676. The daughter Deborah having died, his codecil of 25 July 1683 specified that her portion go to her daughter. William died at Guilford on 5 March 1683.84, his estate being inventoried at 345.03.05

Sources
text of the covenant is at:

The American Genealogist Vol. 10 Page 76. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society .
Genealogical and Personal Memorial of MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY Volume 1 (The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907)
Ancestry.com Family Tree Files submitted by one or more Ancestry members. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. The following family trees were referenced:
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Biography 

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Entered by Jack Wise , Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

From: History of the colony of New Haven to its absorption into Connecticut. by Edward E. Atwater compiled by Robert Atwater Smith assisted by Bessie E. Beach and Lucy M. Hewitt Meriden, Conn. The Journal Publishing Company 1902 Transcribed at:

There were two ships from which most of the passengers settled in Guilford Connecticut, "the St. John, commanded by Captain Russell, sailed from England on May 20, 1639, and arrived at New Haven between July 10th and 15th, 1639." and "the second ship in July, 1639,"

WILLIAM DUDLEY married in 1636 at Oakeley in Surrey, England, Jane Lutman (d. May 1, 1674). i.e. had five or more children, and died in Guilford March 5, 1684. Among other descendants is the Hon. Wm. W. Dudley of Indiana, Commissioner of Pensions 1881-1884.

www.findagrave.com

William Dudley
BIRTH
11 Sep 1608
Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England
DEATH
16 Mar 1684 (aged 75)
Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL
Village Green Cemetery
Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
MEMORIAL ID
168333305

William was born in Richmond [formerly Sheen] Surrey. Son of David Dudley and Joan[na] Arnold.

He married Jane Lutman on 24 Aug 1636 in Ockley, Surrey, England.

They sailed from London on 20 May 1639, on the vessel St. John, with Reverend Whitfield, as part of the Eaton and Hopkins expedition. He was the first of this line in the family of the lords of Dudlety to move to CT.

He was one of the Founders of Guilford CT.

He established their first home on what is now Far Street, Guilford, and was the first owner of Dudley Farm.

They had 4 (known) children:
1. William, Jr. [1639-1701] m. Mary Stow
2. Joseph [1643-1701] m. Ann Robinson
3. Ruth [1645 - ] m. John Whittlesey
4. Deborah [1647-1683] m. (1) Thomas Scranton;
(2) Ebenezer Thompson

Bio by: L J Steuben

Inscription
Although this person was likely interred in Guilford's original village cemetery (now the commons and public park in downtown Guilford), no surviving gravestone was known in 1818 when all gravestones at the Village Green, but not the people's remains, were dispersed to other town cemeteries.
Gravesite Details
Time and weather had erased the location of this grave when the cemetery was moved

Family Members
Spouse
Jane Lutman Dudley
1616–1674 (m. 1636)

Children
William Dudley
1639–1701
Joseph Dudley
1643–1712
Abigail Dudley Hubbard
1644–1675
Ruth Dudley Whittelsey
1645–1714
Deborah Dudley Scranton
1647–1681

GEDCOM Note

Potential Parents:
David Dudley
Joan/Joanna Jane Arnold (from Find a Grave)</line><line /><line>His parents were William and Ellen/Eleanor, not David Dudley and Joanna Arnold as is often recorded.
Per Biography in the Gallery.</line><line /><line>1/11/21</line><line /><line>***Update***
David Dudley 1589–1646 LY4M-VGR​​
Marriage: 13 May 1604 Dorking, Surrey, England
Jane Arnold
1583–1621 L138-95V

• *FS supports this couple***

OR</line><line /><line>William Dudley 1569-1612
Eleanor Hooker (Peter) 1571-1643

• **Geni and TW support this couple - MOST LIKELY***</line><line /><line>1/20/22