{"id":148788,"date":"2023-12-21T06:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T13:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=148788"},"modified":"2023-12-21T09:09:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T16:09:19","slug":"dudleys-havent-always-been-dudleys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/21\/dudleys-havent-always-been-dudleys\/","title":{"rendered":"Dudleys Haven’t Always Been Dudleys"},"content":{"rendered":"

And to think I’ve been masquerading as a Dudley for my entire life.<\/p>\n

When I discovered recently that I’m a dual citizen of both Canada and the USA it set off a chain of events that sent me into a frenzy of activity. In order to prove that I’m a Canadian citizen I needed to locate some documents, including my mother’s birth certificate, so I spent several days going through about a dozen large boxes of family history documentation that I’ve collected over the years. I hadn’t seen most of that stuff since 2003-2005 when I collected it in a flurry of genealogical research.<\/p>\n

My quest for documents reignited my interest in my Dudley family history and made me realize that I needed to get it organized and compiled into some kind of logical, sequential presentation that would tell the Dudley story to members of my family and even to myself. So early last week I purchased a “deluxe” copy of Legacy Family Tree<\/a><\/span><\/span>, ($79.95, although the standard edition is free) a genealogy software for Windows that assists family historians in tracking, organizing, printing, and sharing family history.<\/p>\n

I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. Legacy is a very powerful and flexible software, so out of necessity it’s also complex and tricky to navigate. When combined with the vast amount of family history documentation I’ve collected, the task of getting all that info entered into the software without making errors and getting it all organized and compiled so that all the names, dates and places agree with each other can be nothing short of intimidating.<\/p>\n

But I’m making progress and today I decided to share some of it. My primary purpose isn’t to share my family history with readers – some of the info I’m including I’ve shared in the past so readers are already familiar with it. My purpose is to show you where I’m at with my Legacy Family Tree project. If you look at it more carefully than I intend for you to, you’ll find errors, typos and a lot of duplicated information, which I’ll be “fixing” in the near future. What I’d really like to do with this is inspire at least a few readers to tackle a family history project of their own. <\/span><\/p>\n

If I can do it, most anyone can.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First, for this presentation to make any sense to my readers I need to explain why the Dudley’s haven’t always been Dudleys. If I don’t, you’re likely to be thoroughly confused.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Part of Dudley Castle – most of the castle was destroyed by a fire in 1750 that lasted for three days<\/em><\/p>\n

In the 1400’s the Sutton family owned Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Sir John Sutton, born in 1400, became the first Baron Dudley when he was summoned to Parliament as “johanni de Sutton de Duddeley militi” in 1440. A writ issued by Parliament enabled the barony title to be used by the Sutton family in future generations.<\/p>\n

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More of Dudley Castle<\/p>\n

That same John Sutton (there were several John Suttons in a row) became the first of his family to take Dudley as their surname in place of Sutton, The name stuck and that’s why we’re Dudleys today instead of Suttons.<\/p>\n

Ron Sutton instead of Ron Dudley? Now that would take some getting used to…<\/p>\n

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After genealogical information (names, dates, places, events, photos etc.) has been entered into Legacy, the software can generate an almost endless variety of styles of reports and charts that can be saved and printed. Below I’m including parts of four pages of what Legacy calls a “Narrative Book Report” of my family history. I haven’t yet included any photos or graphics and I have lots of loose ends to clean up (especially duplicate information) but at least you can see what it’s beginning to look like.<\/p>\n

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I’m very, very lucky in that I’ve been able to track my direct paternal Dudley line back 34 generations. Here you see generation 4 and parts of generations 3 and 5. I’m including this page in part because it explains how, why and when the Dudley’s came to Utah (see Oliver Hunt Dudley).<\/p>\n

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Here you see all of generation 12 (except the title) and much of generation 13. I intend to condense the General Notes for Roger Dudley into a less detailed and more “readable” form.<\/p>\n

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Anne Bradstreet<\/p>\n

This is a nineteenth century depiction of Governor Thomas Dudley’s daughter, poet Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, by Edmund H. Garrett. No portrait made during her lifetime exists. It’s one of many photos and graphics I intend to integrate into the Legacy software.<\/p>\n

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Part of generation 17 and most of generation 18. I chose to include this page because Sir John Dudley is one of the ‘big shots’ in my lineage and because it was John who changed our surname from Sutton to Dudley.<\/p>\n

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Once I get past Sir John in the 1400’s I find very few details about my ancestors, other than names, dates and some places. Back then the Suttons were called de Suttons. This is the last page of my 12 page Narrative Book Report. After (before?) this I draw a blank.<\/p>\n

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Well, I’ve probably bored many of you to tears but this is what I’ve been doing for most of the last two weeks. I’ve spent countless hours researching my ancestors on Family Search<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Ancestry<\/a><\/span><\/span>, \u00a0WikiTree<\/a><\/span><\/span> , Wikipedia and other genealogy websites, in addition to combing through my personal records.<\/p>\n

If you should decide to look into your own family history, I’d recommend that you begin with Family Search or maybe Ancestry. You might be pleasantly surprised by what you’re able to find.<\/p>\n

It’s a little like being sucked down a rabbit hole but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the ride.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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And to think I’ve been masquerading as a Dudley for my entire life. (7 photos and documents)<\/p>\n

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