Individual Details
Dorothy Yorke
(25 Apr 1582 - 27 Dec 1643)
Immigration: 1630, on the Ship Arbella, from England to Massachusetts
Thomas Dudley married Dorothy Yorke in 1603, and with her had five children. Samuel, the first, also came to the New World, and married Winthrop's daughter Mary in 1633, the first of several alliances of the Dudley-Winthrop family. He later served as the pastor in Exeter, New Hampshire. Daughter Anne married Simon Bradstreet, and became the first poet published in North America. The third child, Sarah, married Benjamin Keayne, a militia officer. This union was an unhappy one, and resulted in the first reported instance of divorce in the colony; Keayne returned to England and repudiated the marriage. Although no formal divorce proceedings are known, Sarah eventually married again. Patience, the fourth child, also married a colonial militia officer, and Mercy, the last of his children with Dorothy, married minister John Woodbridge. Dorothy Yorke died 27 December 1643 at 61 years of age, and was remembered by her daughter Anne in a poem:
Here lies,
A worthy matron of unspotted life,
A loving mother and obedient wife,
A friendly neighbor, pitiful to poor,
Whom oft she fed and clothed with her store;
"Dorothy Dudley the wife of Thomas Dudley" was admitted to Boston church as member #12 in 1630; she died at Roxbury 27 December 1643 "of the wind colic, a godly Christian woman & left a religious savor behind her."
Children of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke:
Patience Dudley DENISON (1598-1707)
Joseph Dudley (1602-)
Thomas Dudley (1605-1704)
Samuel Dudley (1608-1681)
Anne Dudley BRADSTREET (1610-1672)
Sarah Dudley Keayne Pacy (1620-1659)
Mercy Dudley Woodbridge (1621-1691)
Thomas Dudley married Dorothy Yorke in 1603, and with her had five children. Samuel, the first, also came to the New World, and married Winthrop's daughter Mary in 1633, the first of several alliances of the Dudley-Winthrop family. He later served as the pastor in Exeter, New Hampshire. Daughter Anne married Simon Bradstreet, and became the first poet published in North America. The third child, Sarah, married Benjamin Keayne, a militia officer. This union was an unhappy one, and resulted in the first reported instance of divorce in the colony; Keayne returned to England and repudiated the marriage. Although no formal divorce proceedings are known, Sarah eventually married again. Patience, the fourth child, also married a colonial militia officer, and Mercy, the last of his children with Dorothy, married minister John Woodbridge. Dorothy Yorke died 27 December 1643 at 61 years of age, and was remembered by her daughter Anne in a poem:
Here lies,
A worthy matron of unspotted life,
A loving mother and obedient wife,
A friendly neighbor, pitiful to poor,
Whom oft she fed and clothed with her store;
"Dorothy Dudley the wife of Thomas Dudley" was admitted to Boston church as member #12 in 1630; she died at Roxbury 27 December 1643 "of the wind colic, a godly Christian woman & left a religious savor behind her."
Children of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke:
Patience Dudley DENISON (1598-1707)
Joseph Dudley (1602-)
Thomas Dudley (1605-1704)
Samuel Dudley (1608-1681)
Anne Dudley BRADSTREET (1610-1672)
Sarah Dudley Keayne Pacy (1620-1659)
Mercy Dudley Woodbridge (1621-1691)
Events
| Birth | 25 Apr 1582 | Cotton End, Northampton, England | |||
| Christen | 25 Apr 1582 | Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 25 Apr 1603 | Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England - Gov. Thomas Dudley | |||
| Death | 27 Dec 1643 | Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Burial | Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | |  |
Families
| Spouse | Gov. Thomas Dudley (1576 - 1653) |
| Child | Thomas Dudley (1605 - ) |
| Child | Samuel Dudley (1608 - 1683) |
| Child | Patience Dudley (1616 - 1689) |
| Child | Anne Dudley (1612 - 1672) |
| Child | Sarah Dudley ( - 1659) |
| Child | Mercy Dudley (1621 - 1691) |
| Father | Edmond York (1550 - 1614) |
| Mother | Katherine Robins (1548 - 1633) |
Notes
Death
Several New England sources state that Dorothie died in Boston and was buried in Roxbury.Burial
BURIAL Unknown. Several New England sources state that Dorothie died in Boston and was buried in Roxbury. Time and weather has erased the location of this grave. Find A Grave Memorial 35822417Endnotes
1. Find A Grave Memorial 35822417.