1661 November 4 William Dudley and Mary Roe were married in Saybrook, Connecticut. [1]
1700 September 2 "William Dudley's will, dated 2 Sept. 1700, proved 29 May 1701, mentions his wife Mary, sons William, Daniel, Samuel and Joseph, and daughters Elizabeth and Mehitable." [2]
Wiliam Dudley of Saybrook. File No. 1848. Will 2 Sept. 1700, proved 29 May 1701; to wife Mary, a third of realty for life, all personal estate and dwelling house for life, she to be Exec'x; realty to sons William ('my wife, his Naturall Mother'), Sameuell, Joseph, and Daniell; personalty to my four daus. Abigail, Deborah, Elizabeth, and Mehetabell (the first two have received part of their portions); to son-in-law Nicholas maison, 20 shillings; Deacon William Parker and Brother Nathaniell Chapman to be overseers. Witnesses: John Pratt Senur, John Bull, Daniell Taylor. Inventory taken 22 May 1701 by Nath'll Chapman, William Pratt, and Benja' Lord. Mary Dudley, widow of Deacon William Dudley, made oath 5 June 1701. [3]
1725 May 10 "Petition of Mary Dudley alias Mary Dart to receive her thirds under her first husband's will; refers to her 'old age'; presented by her son Daniell, 10 May 1725. Witnesses: John Parker, Deborah Dudley." [4]
1726 June 15 "The will of Mary Dart, dated 15 June 1726, proved 7 May 1728, mentions sons, William and Daniel Dudley, daughter Elizabeth Remington, and son-in-law [stepson] Roger Dart." [5]
1727 Mary, widow of Deacon William Dudley, died on September 23 in Saybrook, Connecticut. [6]
[1] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, Saybrook 1635-1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 47, [AmericanAncestors].
[2] George McK. Roberts, "The Families of Hugh Roe and William Dudley," The American Genealogist 10 (1933), 73-78, at 77, [AmericanAncestors].
[3] Donald Lines Jacobus, "New London Probate Files (to 1710)," The American Genealogist 11 (1934-35), 30-31, 103-105, 153-157, at 31, [AmericanAncestors].
[4] Donald Lines Jacobus, "New London Probate Files (to 1710)," The American Genealogist 11 (1934-35), 30-31, 103-105, 153-157, at 31, [AmericanAncestors].
[5] George McK. Roberts, "The Families of Hugh Roe and William Dudley," The American Genealogist 10 (1933), 73-78, at 77, [AmericanAncestors].
[6] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, Saybrook 1635-1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 47, Dudley, "Mary, wid. of Dea. William, d. Sept. 23, 1727," citing vol. 2, p. 372, [AmericanAncestors].