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Governor Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts: The English Ancestry of His Father;...
photo by Mr. Biz, St. Margarets LidlingtonI have finally decided to undertake writing about my most famous ancestor, Thomas Dudley. He held many roles in the fledgling colony of Massachusetts including...
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Thomas Thorne of Yardley-Hastings, Grandfather of Thomas Dudley, Governor of...
Thomas Dudley is one of those perfect ancestors. He is well researched and most of his family are traceable at least a few generations back, especially on his mother's side. In this post I want to...
View ArticleMedieval/Puritan Terms and Definitions
Here is a list of terms which you may not know.Advowson - see Patron of the livingAlias - at another time. My name is Jeanie Smith alias Jones. At another time I called myself Jeanie Jones.Copyhold -...
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Mary Purefoy; Grandmother of Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay...
This is the second of my posts on the ancestry of Thomas Dudley. The research was done by F. N. Craig and published in the Register. I am not reinventing the wheel, just trying to dress it up a bit....
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Gov. Thomas Dudley and His Very Catholic Fettiplace Ancestors
Thomas Dudley's maternal grandmother, Mary Purefoy, was the daughter of Edward Purefoy and his wife Anne Fettiplace. Anne was born on 13 June 1494 and died in 1558. She was the daughter of Richard and...
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The Fettiplace Ancestry of Governor Thomas Dudley; Thomas Fettiplace of East...
I wrote a blog post some years ago about what I call "trying to meet in the middle." This is that genealogical problem where you think you know the ancestry down to a certain point and up to a certain...
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More Fettiplace Ancestry of Gov. Thomas Dudley; John Fettiplace Citizen...
This is a continuation of the Fettiplace Ancestry of Governor Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts......John Fettiplace was born about 1424, most likely at his parent's estate of East Shefford in Berkshire....
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Richard Fettiplace and Elizabeth Bessels; Ancestors of Gov. Thomas Dudley
This article is a continuation of the Fettiplace ancestry of Thomas Dudley, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Previously covered were Thomas Fettiplace and his son John Fettiplace. This is the...
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Macey/Mathias (Matthew) Bezill "The Plunderer" Ancestor of Gov. Thomas Dudley...
How exciting is this? An ancestor with the sobriquet 'The Plunderer.' Not 'the good', or 'the great' or 'pious,' but a plunderer. He is a nice contrast to all those prickly puritans that pepper the...
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William de Bocland (Buckland) ancestor of Gov. Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts...
My ancestor, Governor Thomas Dudley was born just about 430 years ago. A long time. About 430 years before the birth of Thomas our common ancestor William de Bocland was born. We are divided by about...
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The de Say Ancestry of Thomas Dudley, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
I should start this by saying that doing research on ancestors who lived in medieval times is hard. Information is scanty at best and many times relationships are based on what little is available and...
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The de Avranches Ancestry of Governor Thomas Dudley of the Massachusetts Bay...
For the past few months I have dipped my toe into ancestry dating to the time of the Norman Conquest. The most important thing I've come away with is the realization of how difficult it is to do...
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Mathias (Matthew) Bessiles II and his wife Elizabeth Avranches; ancestors of...
Mathias Bessiles was the son of Mathias and Beatrice Bezill. The surname of this family has been spelled multiple ways with and with out the 'de'. In most of the records I have looked at his name was...
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Geoffrey de Besiles; ancestor of Gov. Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts Bay Colony
geoffreyGeoffrey de Besiles was a second generation 'Englishman' whose grandfather, Macey Bezill, was one of numerous Anglo-Norman knights who curried the favor of the English king, looking for...
View ArticleThe Evolution of William Smith Bryan from Irish Rebel to Virginia Planter
Search the internet for William Smith Bryan and you will find a plethora of information about him. He is said to be the progenitor of many a Bryan/Bryant in America. He has also be the subject of many...
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Hugh and Mary Parsons; Witches of Springfield
Most people are familiar with the Salem Witches of 1692. Many books and articles have been written about them. Plays and movies have made about these unfortunate souls and whole websites devoted to...
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John Partridge of Navestock, Essex; not the ancestor of John Partridge of...
Many people believe that John Partridge who immigrated from England and lived in Medfield, Massachusetts was the son of John and Jane (Hogg) Partridge of Navestock, Essex, England. This is not correct....
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Samuel Thornton of Abbeville, South Carolina; Who Was He? Was he the brother...
If the Thornton Project at FamilyTreeDNA is an accurate reflection of the Thornton men who immigrated to North America then there are two large groups of related descendants. The largest by far are...
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Rainsford Island, Boston and other Quarantine Islands of New England
Most Americans, especially those whose immigrant ancestors passed though New York City, are familiar with Ellis Island and the part it played in processing the new arrivals, especially those who were...
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Henry Kinne of Salem, Massachusetts (1624-1698) Was Sir Thomas Kinne his...
King's Lynn COA from WikipediaThis post is about my ancestor Henry Kinne (Kenny, Kinny, Keny, and any other variant of the name) and his wife Ann of Salem, Massachusetts. Multiple books have been...
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