Ancestry of
Jodie Foster

Movie Actress

John Dudley

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Jodie Foster — 12th Generation
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  • May 1690 
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  • Martha French
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  • ABT 1673 
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  Ebenezer Dudley (Ahnentafel No:1254 )

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  • John Dudley is often claimed to be the son of Rev. Samuel Dudley and Mary Winthrop. However, this appears to be false as their son John is said to have died young. More research is needed to try and identify John Dudley's parents.

• Sources for John Dudley

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Guilford, p. 70, Birth record for son Ebenezer Dudley.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1893, Vol. 47, p. 359.
  • ³ Connecticut Society of Genealogists, The Connecticut Nutmegger, 1995, Vol. 28, pp. 594, 596.
  • ⁴ Watson, Marston, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 1, Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendants . . ., 2nd Ed., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2004), 5, not this John Dudley.

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