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- He came to America in 1630 on the ship "Lady Arabella" (meaning"beautiful altar"). He founded and lived in Cambridge (then Newton),Massachusetts. Later he resided in Roxbury where he died. He was for 17 years Governor of Massachusetts and Major-General of the Military Forces. He married in England to Dorothy Yorke, whom Cotton Mather described as"a gentlewoman whose extraction and estate were considerable". (The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 3, p.323)
Dudley, Thomas, governor of Massachusetts, was born in Northampton,England, about 1576; son of Capt. Roger and ——(Nicolls) Dudley. He was carefully educated by a kinswoman and also attended a Latin school. About 1597 he led a company of volunteers into France to aid Henry of Navarre,but was not called upon to render active service. Returning to England hestudied law under Judge Augustine Nicolls of Faxton, a kinsman on hismother's side. In 1630 he immigrated to New England, having beenappointed deputy-governor of Massachusetts. He was [p.324] appointed governor in 1634 and again in 1640, 1645 and 1650. When not serving asgovernor he was generally deputy-governor or assistant, holding theformer office thirteen and the latter five years. In March, 1644, he wasappointed sergeant major-general of the colony, and served as such forfour years. In 1639 he purchased land in Roxbury and there resided untilhis death. His first wife, Dorothy, died in 1643 and in 1644 he wasmarried to Mrs. Catherine (Dighton) Hackburne. He died in Roxbury, Mass., July 31, 1653.
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1576 - 1653 (76 years)