DUDLEY FAMILY.

Thomas Dudley, son of Capt. Roger Dudley, was born in England in 1576; came to New England in 1630; was several years Governor of Massachusetts Colony, and died at Roxbury, July 31, 1653, aged 77. His first wife, or the one who came with him, died in 1643. Anne, Patience, and Mercy were probably children by her. ried again before 1645, and had by his second wife five children more. His children by both wives were as follows:

Samuel, He mar

I. Samuel, b. in England, 1606, who was a minister and was m. to Mary Winthrop about 1633, and had children,

1. Thomas, bapt. March 9, 1634, grad. H. C. 1651, d. Nov.

7, 1655.

2. John, bapt. June 28, 1635.

3. Samuel, bapt. Aug. 2, 1639, d. April, 1643.

4. Anne, b. Oct. 16, 1641, who m. Edward Hilton and had children, Winthrop, Dudley, Joseph, and others.

5. Theophilus, b. Oct., 1644.

6. Mary, b. April 21, 1646, d. Oct. 28, 1646.
7. Biley, b. Sept. 27, 1647.

8. Mary 2nd, b. Jan. 6, 1649.

Mary, the 1st wife of Rev. Samuel Dudley, d. at Salisbury, (where the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th children were born,) April 12, 1643. He d. at Exeter before March 20, 1683, a. 77. His settlement in the ministry there was in 1650.

II. Anne, who m. Gov. Simon Bradstreet. She had 8 children and d. Sept. 16, 1672.

III. Patience, who m. Maj. Gen. Denison.

IV. Mercy, who m. Rev. John Woodbridge. She was b. Sept. 27, 1621, and d. July 1, 1691, a. 70.

V., who m. Maj. Benjamin Keayne of Boston, who d. 1668. VI. Dorothy, who d. Feb. 27, 1643.

VII. Deborah, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 27, 1645.

VIII. Joseph, b. Sept. 23, 1647, who was Governor of Massachusetts, and m. a daughter of Edward Tyng, and had children,

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1. Thomas, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 26, 1669-70, grad. H. C. 1685.

2. Edward, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 4, 1671.

3. Paul, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 3, 1675, grad. H. C. 1690. He was a Tutor and Fellow of the College, and also, Fellow of the Royal Society in England and Chief Justice of Massachusetts. He d. Jan. 21, 1751, a. 75.

4. Samuel, b. at Roxbury, Sept., 1677.

5. John, b. at Roxbury, Feb. 28, 1678-79.

6. Rebecca, b. May 15, 1681, who m. Samuel Sewall, Jr., and d. April 14, 1761, a. 79.

7. Catharine, b. June 2, 1683.

8. Ann, b. Aug. 27, 1684.

9. William, b. Oct. 20, 1686, who grad. H. C. 1704, and m. eldest dau. of Judge Davenport, March 10, 1721, and was a colonel. He had two sons: Thomas, who grad. H. C. 1750, and Joseph, who grad. H. C. 1751, was an Attorney at Law in Boston, and d. Sept. 27, 1767, a. 35.

10. Daniel, b. Feb. 4, 1689.

11. Catharine 2nd, b. Jan. 5, 1690.

12. Mary, b. Nov. 2, 1692, who m. Francis Wainwright, who d. 1722, and afterwards m. Joseph Atkins, 1730.

IX. Paul, b. at Roxbury, Sept. 8, 1650, who m. Mary Leverett, dau. of Gov. Leverett, and had children,

1. Paul, b. at Boston, March 4, 1677.

(Probate Records in

2. Thomas, who alone, with one in expectation, is mentioned in his will of Feb. 10, 1681. Boston, Vol. VI. p. 368.) 3. One posthumous.

EPITAPHS.*

Here is interred the remains of
JAMES MINOTT, Esq., A. M. an
Excelling Grammarian, Enriched
with the Gift of Prayer and Preaching,
a Commanding Officer, a Physician of
Great Value, a Great Lover of Peace
as well as of Justice, and which was
His greatest Glory, a Gent'n of distinguished
Virtue and Goodness, happy in a Virtuous
Posterity, and living Religiously, Died
Comfortably, Sept. 20, 1735, t. 83.

Here lyes the remains of
Major JONATHAN PRESCOTT, Esq.,

a Gentleman of virtue and merit, an accomplisht physitian,
but excelling in chirurgery.

Of uncommon sagacity, penetration, and success in his practice,
and so of very extensive service.

But his life was much valued, and his death very generally lamented.
He married the amiable and only daughter of the
Honorable Colonel PETER BULKLEY, Esq.,

by whom he had ten children.

He was removed from ministring to men's bodies, to the world of spirits, October 28th, 1729, Etatis suæ 54.

Here lyes the Body of Rev. Mr. CHRISTOPHER TOPPAN, Master of Arts, fourth Pastor of the First Church in Newbury; a Gentleman of good Learning, conspicuous Piety and Virtue, shining both by his Doctrine and Life, skilled and greatly improved in the Practice of Physick and Surgery, who deceased, July 23, 1747, in the 76th year of his age, and the 51st of his Pastoral Office.

*The first two monumental inscriptions were taken from the burying ground in Concord, Ms., and the last one from the graveyard in Newbury, Ms.

INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY IN BELFAST, ME.

The names of aged persons who died in this town before 1827, with their respective ages and the times of their decease, are here inserted. Of these individuals it has been said, "In their manners they exhibited a model of perfect plainness and simplicity, indicative of contentment and a cheerful disposition; and so cordial was their reception of those who visited them, that with truth it might be said, they were given to hospitality. Their descendants read the poems of Burns with a keen relish, and are enthusiastic admirers of the Scottish Bard."

In the year 1827, there were thirteen persons living in Belfast, whose average age was 82 years, 7 months, and 11 days. Their respective names and ages were as follows:

The above is an extract from White's History of Belfast, Me.

SCRAPS FROM INTERLEAVED ALMANACS.

1638. This year arrived 20 ships and 3,000 passengers. March 18, 1617.

her child.

June 15, 1648. This was the first March 26, 1649. Aug. 24, 1649.

Nov. 21, 1650.

Mary Martin executed at Boston for murthering

Alice‡ Jones was executed at Boston for witchcraft.
execution of the kind in New England.
Mr. John Winthrop, Gov., dyed.

Mr. Shepard of Camb. dyed.

12 or 13 houses in Charlestown was burnt.

* Mr. Lowney was graduated at Dublin College.

† McDonald was born in Scotland, and entered the army while a boy; his age is not pos itively ascertained. He remembered having seen the Duke of Marlborough, who died ninety-nine years before he did; he came to America in General Wolfe's army in 1759, and after Quebec was reduced, went to Bucksport, and thence to Belfast. The lowest estimate of his age, made by his relatives, has been taken.

Winthrop and others say Margaret.

DECEASE OF THE FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND.

Chronologically arranged.

1630..

Aug. 6, Rev. Francis Higginson d. at Salem, a. 43.
Sept. 20, Dr. William Gager, surgeon, d. at Charlestown.
Sept. 30, Isaac Johnson, an Assistant, d. at Boston.
Oct. 23, Edward Rossiter, an Assistant.

1631-2.

Feb. 16, Capt. Robert Welden d. at Charlestown.

1634.

Aug. 2, Rev. Samuel Skelton d. at Salem; the first pastor who died in New England, the term pastor being used in contradistinction to teacher.

1635.

Aug. 14, Rev. John Avery was drowned.

1636.

Feb. 3, Rev. John Maverick of Dorchester d. at Boston, a. 60.

1638.

April, Nicholas Danforth d. at Cambridge.

Sept. 14, Rev. John Harvard, founder of Harvard College, d. at Charlestown.

Nov. 17, Roger Harlakenden, an Assistant, d. at Cambridge.
Dec. 21, John Masters.

1641.

Aug. 9, Rev. Jonathan Burr of Dorchester d., a. 37.

Rev. Henry Smith of Wethersfield. (Mr. Savage says he died in 1648.)

1644.

April 16, Elder William Brewster of Plymouth d., a. 84.

July 1, Rev. George Phillips of Watertown.

Israel Stoughton, an Assistant, d. in England.
John Atwood, an Assistant of Plymouth Colony.
Sept. 4, Rev. Ephraim Hewett of Windsor, Ct.
Hon. George Wyllys of Hartford, Ct.

1646.

April 12, John Oliver, (H. C. 1645,) d. at Boston, a. 29.

1647.

July 7, Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford, Ct., d., a. 62.

(To be continued.)

SIMON BRADSTREET, son of a non-conforming minister, was born March, 1603, at Horblin, Lincolnshire. His father died when he was fourteen years old, and he was committed to the care of Hon. Thomas Dudley, for eight years following. He spent one year at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, pursuing his studies amidst various interruptions. Leaving Cambridge, he resided in the family of the Earl of Lincoln, as his steward, and afterwards lived in the same capacity with the Countess of Warwick. He with Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Dudley, and others, agreed to emigrate, and form a settlement in Massachusetts; and being appointed an Assistant, he with his family and others went on board the Arbella, March 29, 1630; anchored, June 12, near Naumkeak, now Salem, went on shore, but returned to the vessel at night; came, on the 14th, into the inner harbor, and went on shore. He attended the first Court, Aug. 23, at Charlestown.

In the spring of 1631, Mr. Bradstreet with other gentlemen commenced building at Newtown, now Cambridge, and his name is among those constituting the first company, which settled in that town in 1632. He resided there several years. In 1639, the Court granted him 500 acres of land in Salem, in the next convenient place to Gov. Endicott's farm. It appears that he resided a short time at Ipswich.

Mr. Bradstreet was among the first settlers of Andover, and was highly useful in promoting the settlement, in bearing the burdens incident to a new plantation, and in giving a right direction to its affairs. About the year 1644, he built the first mill on the Cochichewick. He was a selectman from the first record of town officers to 1672, soon after which, he probably spent most of his time in Boston and Salem. He was the first Secretary of the colony, and discharged the duties of the office many years. He was one of the first Commissioners of the United Colonies in 1643, and served many years with fidelity and usefulness in this office. In 1653, he with his colleague vigorously opposed making war on the Dutch in New York, and on the Indians; and it was prevented by his steady and conscientious opposition and the decision of the General Court of Massachusetts, though earnestly and strenuously urged by all the Commissioners of the other three colonies.

He was Deputy Governor from 1672 to 1679, when he was elected Governor, and continued in office till Mr. Joseph Dudley, his nephew, was appointed, in 1686, head of the administration, and the government was changed and the Charter annulled.