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His wife Mary, daughter of Rev. John Cot-
ton of Hampton, N.H., was born Nov. 5,
1689. She was grand-daughter of Rev. Sea-
born Cotton, and great-grand-daughter of Rev.
John Cotton of Boston, and of Gov. Simon
Bradstreet, and great-great-grand-daughter of
Gov. Thomas Dudley: They had three sons
and two daughters: Mary, who married Rev.
Daniel Rogers of Littleton; John of Royal-
ston; T/_omas, Esq., of Concord; Stephen of
Boston; Elizabeth, who married Rev. Samuel
* There was published in London, in 1862, a book entitled, The
Sutton Dudleys of England, and the Dudleys of Massachusetts, in
New England, by Geo. Adlard. A book entitled, The Dudley Genealogies,
by Dean Dudley, was issued in Boston some dozen years ago.
"Thomas Dudley, second governor of Massachusetts, was born in
Northampton, England, in 1576. In 163o he came to Massachusetts
with the commission of deputy-governor. He was afterwards chosen
governor in the years 1634 , '4o, '45, and '5o. The historian tells us
that ' he was a man of integrity and piety, but was intolerant, like most
of his generation.' Joseph Dudley, son of Thomas, was born Sept.
2.3, 1647. He was graduated at Harvard College, 1665; served
in the Indian war in 167.5 ; was sent to England as agent for the province
in I682 ; and was appointed president of New England in I686.
From 169° to 1692 he was chief justice of New York ; then, for eight
years, lieutenant-governor of the Isle of Wight ; and, finally, governor
of Massachusetts from 17o2 to 1715. He was a jurist, a statesman, a
scholar, and a gentleman, in the best signification of those terms, and
did as much as any man of his time toward moulding the character
and destiny of the American colonies. Paul, son of Joseph, born in
1675 , was graduated at Harvard in 169o, and afterwards studied law in