Edward Dudley, of Bristol & Virginia

Edward Dudley was born 06 FEB [1605] in [Northampton, England], and died 06 FEB 1655 in Lancaster, VA. He was the son of 2. Robert Dudley Jr. and 3. Bridget Green. He married Elizabeth Pritchard 1626 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. She was born ABT 1600 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

Notes

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Thomas Hampton Clarke, rector of Wilmington Parish, Jamestown, VA paid ship's passage for himself, Edward Dudley and four other adults to Virginia in 1637

Immigrated to Virginia from England via Jamestown in 1637. Settled in York County, VA until c. 1651 when he moved south of Rappahannock River to Lancaster County Area (which became Middlesex County in 1673). Owned 300 acres of land.

Family

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EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Posted by: Wanda Ware DeGidio Date: October 29, 1999 at 19:17:41 of 2995

BELOW IS INFORMATION GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES - THE DUDLEY GENEALOGIES, LDS, ANCESTRY.COM, CONNECTING FAMILIES, VA STATE LIBRARY ARCHIVES, ETC. THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN GATHERED IN AN EFFORT TO LOCATED ALL THE CHILDREN, AND SPOUSE(S) OF COL. AMBROSE DUDLEY B. 1649, WITH VERY LITTLE SUCCESS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT SHOWS HE ACTUALLY HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED MARY DUDLEY WHO MARRIED VALENTINE WARE, JR. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS THANKS, WANDA

• Richard Dudley m. Isabella Patrick
• Sir John de Sutton I Lord Dudley of Dudley Castle of Stafford m. Margaret de Somery
• Sir John de Sutton II "Lord of Duddeleye" of Stafford m. Isabella Cherleton
• Sir John Sutton III Lord Dudley m. 1) Catherine de Stafford (SEE NOTE # 1) 2) Joan Clinton
• Sir John Sutton IV Baron of Dudley Castle m. Alice le Despencer
• Sir John Sutton V Baron Dudley Castle 1379-1407 m. Constance Blount dau. of Sir Walter Blount of Barton.
• Sir John Dudley Sutton VI, first Baron Sutton, b. 12/25/1400 d. 9/1487(Lord Lt of Ireland 1428-20) m. Elizabeth Berkeley dau. of Sir John Berkely of Beverstone wounded at Bicreheath in 1459
• Sir Edmund Sutton Lord Dudley b. abt. 1430 d. 1487 m. Maud Clifford, dau. of Lord Thomas de Clifford
• Thomas Sutton b. abt. 1465 d. 1530 m. Grace Threkeld, dau. of Lancelot Threkeld of Yeaworth
• Richard Dudley b. abt 1490 m. Dorothy Sanford
• John Dudley b. abt. 1520 m. Bridget Carre
• Sir Robert Dudley 1568 Collector of the Port of Newcastle, 1603, Mayor of Newcastle m. Anne Wood
• Robert Dudley b. abt. 1570 m. Bridget Green
• Edward Dudley b. 1602-1654 m. Elizabeth Pritchard b. 1600 d. 10/2/1691 York Co. dau. of William & Hester immigrated bef 5/19/1637 after his death, she later married ? Robinson.

EDWARD DUDLEY AND ELIZABETH PRITCHARD HAD:

I. WILLIAM b.1621 Bristol, Eng-1677 VA m. Elizabeth Cary b. 1621 VA was Justice of Middlesex 1676

A. WILLIAM DUDLEY, JR. b.1654 m. Mary Bawd d/o William Bawd of Lancaster Co and they had William b. abt. 1674 who m. Jemima and had Arthur AND Robert b/a 1676 who m. 1-Elizabeth & had Robert b/a 1696 who had Henry, Amy & Isabella with 2- Eleanor had dau. Eleanor. AND Thomas b. 1678 who married Elizabeth Meechan and had Peyton b/a 1698 m. Mary & Thomas b/a 1700 who m. Joyce had Lucy, & Gwynn who m. Mary E. Hale and had Thomas, & John who had Betty.

B. JAMES DUDLEY 1659-1702 m. 1) Mary WELCH 2) Elizabeth 3) Ann Fleet dau. of Wm FLEET, with Mary WELCH he had James b/a 1679 (who had James who m. Jean STAUNTON) and Robert (who had Robert). With Elizabeth he had Sarah and Elizabeth, and with Ann Fleet he had Mary DUDLEY b. 2/24/1692 (who married John BERRY on 1710) and William DUDLEY b. 8/12/1698 d. 1/15/1760 (who married Judith JOHNSON and had Anne b. 1728 and Robert DUDLEY b.1730 who married Joyce and had Gayle, Joyce, Robert, Ambrose, Peter, James and William).

C. THOMAS DUDLEY b. abt 1656 d. 1719 m. Frances

D. CHRISTOPHER DUDLEY b. abt 1658

E. JOHN DUDLEY m 1) Elizabeth 2) Edith 3) Mary MILWOOD, with Elizabeth he had John b. 1695 (who married Anne Hill and had Elizabeth, Ambrose, John, William, Ann, Mary) with Edith he had Edith b. 1706 and Richard b. 1708.

II. RICHARD DUDLEY, Sheriff of Gloucester 1623-1687 m. Mary SEWELL, he was summoned to Orphans Court in York Co in 1646 re. DUDLEY family to file guardians report for ? Thomas.

A. MAJOR ROBERT DUDLEY, SR. b. 1653 d. 1692 Sheriff of Middlesex Co.m. Elizabeth RANSOM b. 1665 d. 12/1718 d/o George RANSOM gdau/o Peter RANSOM -they had Robert, Jr., George, Avarilla & Elizabeth.

B. COLONEL AMBROSE DUDLEY b. 1649-d. aft.1712 buried at Kingston Parish, Gloucester, VA. Information from "Magna Carta Line of Descent". Vestryman of Kingston Parish, VA in 1667. Gloucester Justice 1698. Speaker of the House of Burgess 1710-1712. Found in "Colonial VA Register. Gloucester Burgess in 1702. He m. 1) Judith 2) Mary; w/ Judith he had AMBROSE, JR. b. 1677 (who m. Judith SCOTT b. 1682 who was sister of Col. John SCOTT, and they had Ambrose, III who m. Eliza and Dorcas who m. William ROUNDTREE) and JUDITH b. 1672 (who m. in 1703 Col. John SCOTT 1672-1729 who was Commissioner of Peace for New Kent Co. in 1714 & Sheriff in 1716, he attended St. Peter's Parish), they had Joseph SCOTT b. 1704, Edward SCOTT b. 1706, Samuel SCOTT b. 2/6/1708 (who had John SCOTT b/a 1742-d/a.1841,who had Cosby SCOTT b. 1768-d/a 1850), Judith SCOTT b. 1710 (who married Peter WARE b/a 1710 d. 1741), Mary SCOTT b. 1712, Sarah SCOTT b. 1714, Martha SCOTT b. 1716 (who married John GARRETT IV b/a 1700) and finally Jesse SCOTT b. 5/1718 succeeded his father in the county offices. With wife 2) Mary ____? he had MARY b/a 1689 (who m. about 1709 Valentine WARE b/a 1689 and had Peter WARE 1710-1741 who m. Judith SCOTT, Edward Ware b. 1713, Jane Ware b. 1716, Nicholas Ware b. 1718 and Henry WARE b. 1720, other children unknown), CAPT GEORGE who married Judith ARMISTEAD (had William m. Jane BALLARD in 1745 and George who married Dorothy TABB and had Phyllis, Joseph and Stephen.

Note: Judith SCOTT was Aunt of Gen. Charles SCOTT, one of Washington's staff officers and later Gov. of KY, according to the R. Bolling Batte Papers from the VA State Library and Archives. Peter WARE and Judith SCOTT’S children were: Jane, John (who had Judith who married Robert CARY), Sarah, Judith and Henry. After Peter's death she married (#2 m Samuel JORDAN on 2/29/1745) and they later moved to KY.

III. Robert m. Elizabeth and had Robert (who m. Elizabeth RANSOM widow of his cousin Robert and they had RANSOM) and Elizabeth IV. Elizabeth V. Grace VI. Bridget

Note: After Major Robert DUDLEYS’S death, Elizabeth m. Robert DUDLEY, JR. b. 1675 d. 3/9/1709 and had Ranson DUDLEY. Robert DUDLEY, JR. was cousin of her first husband, no further information on his line, but this same Robert DUDLEY, JR. made a deposition at age 26 on March 1701 that he heard George WOLBY say he gave all his property to Elizabeth, wife of Robert DUDLEY. She remarried a third time to ? ELLIOTT and had 3 more children. Her eldest son and heir, Robert DUDLEY, JR. was suing in 1739 for her estate.

Followups: Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Marian Parkins 2/06/11 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 William Baldwin 4/08/09 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Darrell Coons 7/28/06 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Marcia McClure 3/23/07 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Marianne Thompson 9/09/08 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Marcia McClure 9/09/08 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Linda Mullen 6/12/06 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Renee Ball 12/07/02 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Joyce Lloyd 7/28/02 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Mariane Thompson 6/05/01 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Alvie L. Davidson 7/24/00 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Lynn Baker 6/10/00 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Wanda Ware DeGidio 6/14/00 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Joyce Dudley 4/22/00 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Husman 11/21/99 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Renee Ball 12/07/02 Re: EARLY VIRGINIA DUDLEY FAMILY 1600-1690 Diane 11/01/99

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Ancestral File Number: NZPH-BM Edward came to Virginia in Feb 1637.

Prepared by Kenneth Frank Doig: ken@doig.net, http://www.doig.net