Dorothy YORKE

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• Birth: Abt 1582, England
• Religion: 1630, Admitted to the Boston Church
• Immigration: 12 Jun 1630, To Plymouth on the ship "Arbella" with Gov. Winthrop

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She m. Hardingstone 25 April 1603, Thomas Dudley, who was the first cousin of Nathaniel Yorke's wife, Margery Lane, as their mothers were sisters. They had a son Samuel bp. All Saints, Northampton, 30 Nov. 1608. Samuel was mentioned in his grandfather Yorke's will. Their daughter Anne, whose baptism has not been found, is also mentioned in Edmund Yorke's will. Thomas Dudley was governor of the Massavcusetts Bay Colony.

Dorothy married Gov. Thomas DUDLEY on 25 Apr 1603 in Hardingstone, (Near Northampton), England. Thomas (son of Capt Roger DUDLEY and Susanna THORNE) was born in 1576 in Yardley-Hawstings, co. Northampton, England; was christened on 12 Oct 1576 in Yardley-Hastings, Northampton, England; died on 31 Jul 1653 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; was buried on 31 Jul 1653 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rev Samuel DUDLEY was born in Canon's Ashby, Northamptonshire, England; was christened on 30 Nov 1608 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England; died on 10 Feb 1682/3 in Exeter, New Hampshire; was buried on 10 Feb 1682 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
2. Anne DUDLEY was born about 1612 in Northampton, England; died on 16 Sep 1672 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
3. Patience DUDLEY was born about 1613 in Northampton, England; died on 08 Feb 1689/90 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
4. Sarah DUDLEY was born in 1620 in Sempringham, co. Lincoln, England; was christened on 23 Jul 1620 in Sempringham, Lincoln, England; died on 03 Nov 1659 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
5. Mercy DUDLEY was born on 27 Sep 1621 in Yardley-Hastings; died on 01 Jul 1691 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

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• Will: 18 Nov 1614

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Edmund Yorke, of unknown parentage, was born say 1538-1543, based on the date of his marriage. He was buried in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, 14 February 1614/5. He married Katherine Robins, also of unknown parentage, in Hardingsone on 7 September 1568. 'Katherine Yorke, widow' was buried in Hardingstone on 31 June 1633 according to the parish register. Presumably 30 June was meant, although it is also possible that the date in roman numerals should have read xxvj, or 26 June, instead of xxxj.
There is no doubt that the widow buried in July 1633 was the Katherine Yorke, late of Northampton, widow, who made the nuncupative will on or about 21 June 1633. Was she the same Katherine that Edmund Yorke had married in 1568? If so it is surprising that the eldest surviving child was born 1580, twelve years after the marriage, and that all the other surviving children follow that birth. Even placing before 1580 the two sons with unknown birth dates, there is still a large gap. Although the 1633 burial is the only one found, it seems possible that the Katherine of 1568 died and that Edmund remarried a second wife with the same fist name. There being no evidence that such was the case, however, it must remain only a possiblity.

Edmund married Katherine ?, Northampton, England. Katherine was born about 1558 in Cotton End, Northampton, England; died in 1633. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 5611
• Record Change: 04 May 2002