Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

Mercy Dudley

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of Robert Gould Shaw — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 187 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Dudley   
  • Mother:
  • Dorothy York   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Sep 1621 
  • Birth Location:
  • Yardley-Hastings, Northamptonshire, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Jul 1691 
  • Death Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John Woodbridge
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1640 
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  • Children:
  
  

  John Woodbridge

  Thomas Woodbridge

  Timothy Woodbridge

  Martha Woodbridge (Ahnentafel No:93 )

  Benjamin Woodbridge

• Sources for Mercy Dudley

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States , 1987, Vol. 4, p. 72, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States , 1994, Vol. 11, p. 204, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register , 1878, Vol. 32, pp. 292-293, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist , New Haven, Connecticut: D. L. Jacobus (issues newer than 5 years not online) , 1959, Vol. 35, p. 25, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁵ Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol . 1, A-F , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995) , 585.
  • ⁶ Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VII, T- Y , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2011) , 505.
  • ⁷ Dunn, Waldo H. , The Life of Donald G. Mitchell: Ik Marvel , New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1922) , 19, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁸ Mitchell, Donald Grant , The Woodbridge Record: Being an Account of the Descendants of the Rev. John Woodbridge . . . , New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor, Printers (1883) , 6-8, 10-18, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁹ Richardson, Douglas , Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families , Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013) , Vol. 2, p. 477.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 1 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998) , 193.
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 2 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999) , 117, 126, 177.
  • ¹² Watson, Marston , Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 1, Governor Thomas Dudley and D escendants . . ., 2nd Ed. , Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2004) , 3, 9-10, Ancestry.com (Online Database).