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Where did the English Dudley family come from? What is the English Dudley family crest and coat of arms? When did the Dudley family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Dudley family history?
The Anglo-Saxon name Dudley comes from when the family resided in the important town of Dudley in the county of Worcestershire. The name of this town was originally derived from the Old English personal name Dudda and the Old English word leah, which means woodland clearing; thus it means Dudda's glade. The surname Dudley belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
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The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Dudley has been recorded under many different variations, including Dudley, Dudlie, Dudly and others.First found in Worcestershire where they held a family seat from very early times.
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Some of the Dudley family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 106 words(8 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Dudley or a variant listed above:
Dudley Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Andrew Dudley who landed in Virginia in 1622
- Andrew Dudley, who landed in Virginia in 1622
- Mr. Dudley, who landed in Massachusetts in 1630
- Anne Dudley made her home in Salem, Massachusetts in 1630
- Thomas Dudley, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1630
Dudley Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Greenhill Dudley, who landed in Virginia in 1714
- Thos Dudley, who landed in Virginia in 1714
- Ann Dudley, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1729-1730
- Abigail Dudley, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1766
Dudley Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Edward Dudley, who landed in New York in 1810
- William Dudley, who arrived in New York in 1815
- Margaret Dudley, who landed in New York, NY in 1815
- Robert Dudley, who landed in New York, NY in 1817
- G Dudley, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851
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- Charles Benjamin Dudley (1842-1909), American chemist
- Jane Dudley (1912-2001), American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher
- Carl Ward Dudley (1910-1973), American film director and producer
- Anne Dudley (b. 1956), English composer and pop musician
- Ernest Dudley (1908-2006), English actor, dramatist, novelist, journalist and screenwriter
- Terence Dudley (1919-1988), English television director and producer
- William Dudley (b. 1947), English stage designer
- Edward Bishop Dudley (1789-1855), two-term Whig governor of North Carolina from 1836 to 1841
- Peter Dudley (1935-1983), English character actor
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- The Dudley Family by Claude William Dudley.
- The Dudley Genealogies by James Henry Mason.
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- Burke, Sir Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. (2 Volumes). London: Burke Publishing, 1939. Print.
- Hitching, F.K and S. Hitching. References to English Surnames in 1601-1602. Walton On Thames: 1910. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0181-3).
- Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
- Mills, A.D. Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4).
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
- Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
- Cook, Chris. English Historical Facts 1603-1688. London: MacMillan, 1980. Print.
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