Mary Dudley (1711–1789) • FamilySearch

Mary Dudley

Female22 August 1711–12 February 1789

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Dudley was born on 22 August 1711, in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Dudley, was 29 and her mother, Abigail Rogers, was 30. She married Judge Samuel Chase in May 1728, in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 12 February 1789, in Cornish, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Trinity Cemetery, Cornish, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Judge Samuel Chase
1707–1800
Mary Dudley
1711–1789
Marriage: May 1728
Bethia Chase
1728–1822
Samuel Chase Jr.
1728–1790
Deacon Dudley Chase
1730–1814
Jonathan Chase
1732–1800
Elizabeth Chase
1735–1761
Captain March D Chase
1738–1822
Mary Chase
1740–1742
Sarah Chase
1740–1814
Solomon Chase
1742–1828
Rebecca Chase
1743–1745
Mary Chase
1744–1830
Anne Chase
1746–1820
Prudence Chase
1748–
Abigail Chase
1753–1756

Sources (24)

  • 1790 United States Federal Census
  • birth of Mary Dudley
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    May 1728Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  • Children (14)

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    Siblings (13)

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    World Events (3)

    1760

    Age 49

    Oldest Grave Seen in the Memorials List

    1776

    Age 65

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776

    Age 65

    New Hampshire is 9th state.

    Name Meaning

    English (West Midlands): habitational name from Dudley in Worcestershire, recorded as Duddeleye, Doddeleye in the 13th and 14th centuries, named from the Old English personal name Dudda (see Dodd 1) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

    Irish (southern Ireland): in Ireland, when not the English name, it was adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Dubhdáleithe ‘descendant of Dubhdáleithe’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + ‘two’ + léithe ‘sides’.

    Americanized form of French Daudelin .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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