Barbara’s family
Dorothy Yorke
25 APR 1582 – 27 DEC 1643 · 11th great-grandmotherDorothy Yorke, born 25 April 1582 in Northamptonshire, England, was the wife of Thomas Dudley. They married at Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, on 25 April 1603 and had six children. She was admitted to the Boston church in 1630 and died on 27 December 1643, with Roxbury given as her place of death in the supplied notes.
She married Thomas Dudley at Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, on 25 April 1603. Their six children were Thomas, Samuel, Anne Bradstreet, Patience Denison, Sarah Keayne Pacy, and Mercy Woodbridge.
In 1630, “Dorothy Dudley the wife of Thomas Dudley” was admitted to the Boston church as member number 12.
Dorothy died on 27 December 1643. The supplied notes give Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, as her place of death and state that she died “of the wind colic, a godly Christian woman & left a religious savor behind her.” The notes also report that several New England sources place her death in Boston and her burial in Roxbury.
Historical context
Dorothy’s 1630 admission to the Boston church places her in early colonial Massachusetts. The supplied notes connect her death with Roxbury, while also reporting a tradition in several New England sources that she died in Boston and was buried in Roxbury.
Sources & research
Original Family Tree Maker notes supplied for this profile.
Supplied note: “Dorothy Dudley the wife of Thomas Dudley” was admitted to Boston church as member #12 in 1630.
Supplied note: Dorothy died at Roxbury on 27 December 1643 “of the wind colic, a godly Christian woman & left a religious savor behind her.”
Supplied note: Several New England sources state that Dorothie died in Boston and was buried in Roxbury.