Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Mercy DUDLEY
Sex: F
Birth: 27 Sep 1621 in England ^b
Death: 1 Jul 1691 in Newbury, Massachusetts ^d

Parents:

Father:
Thomas Gov DUDLEY Birth: Oct 1576 in Yardley-Hastings, Northampton Death: 31 Jul 1653 in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Mother:

Dorothy YORKE Birth: 1582 Death: 27 Dec 1643 in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage:

John Rev WOODBRIDGE on 1639 .^m1
John Rev WOODBRIDGE Death: Andover, Massachusetts

Children:

Bibliography

Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
Reitwiesner, William Addams, Ancestry of Sen John Kerry, 2004. Available at http://www.wargs.com/political/kerry.html Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY].
Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p[0-9]*].
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Faris PA2 p126]; 1621 [Ref: Weis AR7 #50],
place:: [Ref: Weis AR7 #50],
parents:: [Ref: Faris PA2 p126, Richardson PA p281, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p477, Weis AR7 #50]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Faris PA2 p126, Weis AR7 #50],
place:: [Ref: Faris PA2 p126, Weis AR7 #50]

Sources with Information about marriage to John Rev WOODBRIDGE

date:: [Ref: Faris PA2 p126, Weis AR7 #50],
names:: [Ref: Richardson PA p281, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p477],
child:: [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY]

Research Notes:
ancestress of 16 colonial clergymen by name of Woodbridge, and many bearing other names [Ref: Weis AR7 #50]

Pedigree of Mercy DUDLEY
                                                                /-----John V De SUTTON
                                                       /-----Sir John VI SUTTON, K.G., Lord Dudley
                                                      |         \-----Constance BLOUNT
                                              /-----Sir Edmund SUTTON
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John De BERKELEY
                                             |         \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY
                                             |                  \-----Elizabeth BETTESHORNE
                                     /-----Edward SUTTON, K.G., Lord Dudley
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Payn TYBETOT
                                    |        |         /-----Sir John TIPTOFT, Lord Tiptoft
                                    |        |        |         \-----Agnes WROTH
                                    |         \-----Joyce TIBETOT
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Edward CHERLETON, K.G., Lord Cherleton
                                    |                  \-----Joyce CHERLETON
                                    |                           \-----Eleanor HOLLAND
                            /-----John DUDLEY, Lord Dudley
                           |        |                           /-----William De WILLOUGHBY, K.G., Lord Willoughby
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas De WILLOUGHBY
                           |        |                 |         \-----Lucy Le STRANGE
                           |        |         /-----Sir William WILLOUGHBY
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard ARUNDEL
                           |        |        |         \-----Joan De ARUNDEL
                           |        |        |                  \-----Alice
                           |         \-----Cecily WILLOUGHBY
                           |                 |                  /-----Henry STRANGEWAYS
                           |                 |         /-----Thomas STRANGWAYS
                           |                  \-----Joan STRANGEWAYS
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
                           |                           \-----Katherine NEVILLE
                           |                                    \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                   /-----Sir Henry Captain DUDLEY
                  |        |                                    /-----Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
                  |        |                           /-----Edward De GREY, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
                  |        |                          |         \-----Joan ASTELEY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir John GREY
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Henry FERRERS
                  |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth FERRERS, Lady Ferrers Of Groby
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel MOWBRAY
                  |        |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
                  |        |        |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
                  |        |        |                           \-----Margaret Of Andria
                  |         \-----Cecily GREY
                  |                 |                           /-----William BONVILLE, K.G., Lord Bonville
                  |                 |                  /-----William BONVILLE
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret GREY
                  |                 |         /-----William BONVILLE, Lord Harrington
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----William HARINGTON, Lord Harington
                  |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth HARINGTON
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret HILL
                  |                  \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
                  |                          |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |                           \-----Katherine NEVILLE
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
                  |                                    \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
                  |                                             \-----Eleanor De HOLAND
          /-----Roger Captain DUDLEY
         |        |         /-----Christopher ASHTON
         |         \-----(Unk) ASHTON
/-----Thomas Gov DUDLEY
|        |                  /-----William THORNE
|        |         /-----Thomas THORNE
|        |        |        |         /-----(Unk) STUTYSBURY
|        |        |         \-----Alice STUTYSBURY
|         \-----Susan THORNE
|                 |                                             /-----William PUREFOY
|                 |                                    /-----William PUREFOY
|                 |                                   |         \-----Marian AYETE
|                 |                           /-----John PUREFOY
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Robert MOTON
|                 |                          |         \-----Margery MOTON
|                 |                          |                  \-----Margert MALLORY
|                 |                  /-----Nicholas PUREFOY
|                 |         /-----Edward PUREFOY
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Thomas DENTON
|                 |        |        |         /-----John DENTON
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----William DAUNTSEY
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Alison DAUNTSEY
|                 |        |         \-----Alice DENTON
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----John BROME
|                 |        |                 |         /-----John BROME
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan RODIE
|                 |        |                  \-----Isabel BROME
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir Ralph SHIRLEY
|                 |        |                           \-----Beatrix SHIRLEY
|                 |        |                                    \-----Joan BASSET
|                  \-----Mary PUREFOY
|                          |                           /-----Thomas FETTIPLACE
|                          |                  /-----John FETTIPLACE
|                          |                 |         \-----Beatrice (TALBOT)
|                          |         /-----Richard FETTIPLACE
|                          |        |        |         /-----Edward FABIAN
|                          |        |         \-----Joan FABIAN
|                           \-----Anne FETTIPLACE
|                                   |                  /-----Thomas BESSILES
|                                   |         /-----William BESSILES
|                                   |        |        |         /-----John LYDYARD
|                                   |        |         \-----Clemence LYDYARD
|                                    \-----Elizabeth BESSILES
|                                            |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HARCOURT
|                                            |         /-----Sir Richard HARCOURT
|                                            |        |         \-----Jane FRANCEYS
|                                             \-----Alice HARCOURT
|                                                     |         /-----Thomas St. CLAIR
|                                                      \-----Edith St. CLAIR
|                                                               \-----Margaret HOO
Mercy DUDLEY
|         /-----Edmund YORKE
\-----Dorothy YORKE
          \-----Katherine

Descendants of Mercy DUDLEY

1. Mercy DUDLEY m. John Rev WOODBRIDGE

m. John Rev WOODBRIDGE

2+ Benjamin WOODBRIDGE m. Mary WARD

3+ John WOODBRIDGE m. Abigail LEETE

4+ Lucy WOODBRIDGE m. Simon BRADSTREET

5+ Martha WOODBRIDGE m. Samuel RUGGLES

6+ Thomas WOODBRIDGE m. Mary JONES

2nd generation

2. Benjamin WOODBRIDGE m. Mary WARD

7+ Elizabeth WOODBRIDGE m1. John CLARKE m2. John ODLIN

3. John WOODBRIDGE m. Abigail LEETE

m. Abigail LEETE

8+ Ephraim WOODBRIDGE m. Hannah MORGAN

9+ Mercy WOODBRIDGE m. Benjamin RUGGLES

4. Lucy WOODBRIDGE m. Simon BRADSTREET

m. Simon BRADSTREET father: Simon Gov BRADSTREET mother: Anne DUDLEY

10+ Lucy BRADSTREET m. Jonathan REMINGTON

5. Martha WOODBRIDGE m. Samuel RUGGLES

m. Samuel RUGGLES

11+ Timothy RUGGLES m. Mary WHITE

6. Thomas WOODBRIDGE m. Mary JONES

12+ Benjamin WOODBRIDGE m. Sarah GERRISH

3rd generation

7. Elizabeth WOODBRIDGE m1. John CLARKE m2. John ODLIN

13+ Deborah CLARKE m. Thomas DEAN

14+ Woodbridge ODLIN m. Abigail GILMAN

8. Ephraim WOODBRIDGE m. Hannah MORGAN

m. Hannah MORGAN

15+ Dudley WOODBRIDGE m. Sarah SHELDON

9. Mercy WOODBRIDGE m. Benjamin RUGGLES

m. Benjamin RUGGLES

16+ Joseph RUGGLES m. Rachel TOLES

17+ Mercy RUGGLES m. Jonathan HUMPHREY

10. Lucy BRADSTREET m. Jonathan REMINGTON

m. Jonathan REMINGTON

18+ Anne REMINGTON m. William ELLERY

11. Timothy RUGGLES m. Mary WHITE

19+ Timothy RUGGLES m. Bathsheba BOURNE

12. Benjamin WOODBRIDGE m. Sarah GERRISH

m. Sarah GERRISH

20+ Benjamin WOODBRIDGE m. Susan TAPPAN

4th generation

13. Deborah CLARKE m. Thomas DEAN

21+ Jane DEAN m. John GILMAN

14. Woodbridge ODLIN m. Abigail GILMAN

m. Abigail GILMAN

22+ Abigail ODLIN m. Nathaniel GILMAN

15. Dudley WOODBRIDGE m. Sarah SHELDON

m. Sarah SHELDON

23+ Samuel WOODBRIDGE m. Elizabeth ROGERS

16. Joseph RUGGLES m. Rachel TOLES

m. Rachel TOLES

24+ Lazarus RUGGLES m. Hannah BOSTWICK

25+ Lois RUGGLES m. Oliver WARNER

17. Mercy RUGGLES m. Jonathan HUMPHREY

m. Jonathan HUMPHREY

26+ Oliver HUMPHREY m. Sarah GARRETT

27+ Rosanna HUMPHREY m. John FOOTE

18. Anne REMINGTON m. William ELLERY

m. William ELLERY

28+ Lucy ELLERY m. William CHANNING

19. Timothy RUGGLES m. Bathsheba BOURNE

m. Bathsheba BOURNE

29+ Timothy RUGGLES m. Sarah DWIGHT

20. Benjamin WOODBRIDGE m. Susan TAPPAN

m. Susan TAPPAN

30+ Mary WOODBRIDGE m. James AYER

31+ Thomas WOODBRIDGE m. Lydia AYER

5th generation

21. Jane DEAN m. John GILMAN

32+ Benjamin Clark GILMAN m. Mary Thing GILMAN

22. Abigail ODLIN m. Nathaniel GILMAN

m. Nathaniel GILMAN father: Nicholas GILMAN mother: Ann TAYLOR

33+ Abigail GILMAN m. William PERRY

23. Samuel WOODBRIDGE m. Elizabeth ROGERS

m. Elizabeth ROGERS

34+ Charlotte Sophia WOODBRIDGE m. Dyer PERKINS

24. Lazarus RUGGLES m. Hannah BOSTWICK

m. Hannah BOSTWICK

35+ Polyphena RUGGLES m. Samuel BOSTWICK

25. Lois RUGGLES m. Oliver WARNER

m. Oliver WARNER

36+ Mabel WARNER m. Daniel Noble CARRINGTON

26. Oliver HUMPHREY m. Sarah GARRETT

m. Sarah GARRETT

37+ Ruth HUMPHREY m. Gideon MILLS

38+ Rachel HUMPHREY m. George HUMPHREY

27. Rosanna HUMPHREY m. John FOOTE

39+ John FOOTE m. Lois MILLS

28. Lucy ELLERY m. William CHANNING

m. William CHANNING

40+ William Ellery CHANNING m. Ruth GIBBS

29. Timothy RUGGLES m. Sarah DWIGHT

m. Sarah DWIGHT

41+ Harriette RUGGLES m. Stephen Brown DeWOLFE

30. Mary WOODBRIDGE m. James AYER

42+ Susan Woodbridge AYER m. Charles COFFIN

31. Thomas WOODBRIDGE m. Lydia AYER

43+ Mary Ayer WOODBRIDGE m. Edward PALMER