Browsing named entities in Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8.. You can also browse the collection for Dudley or search for Dudley in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 1 document section:

Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The Whitmores of Medford and some of their descendants. (search)
. They lived in Bedford and had a large family of children. He was very active in Indian wars, and held many positions in the militia, being appointed Captain by the Earl of Belmont in 1699, Major in a regiment of horse and foot in 1711 by Governor Dudley, and is spoken of as Colonel. He was evidently a personal friend of Governor Dudley, as is shown in their correspondence. His daughter Mary evidently inherited the martial spirit of her ancestors. During a season of Indian alarms, before Governor Dudley, as is shown in their correspondence. His daughter Mary evidently inherited the martial spirit of her ancestors. During a season of Indian alarms, before her marriage, she was in her father's house in Bedford, with one soldier on guard, and looking from a window in the roof, she saw something suspicious behind a stump. The soldier declined to fire; she took his gun, discharged it, and a dead Indian rolled into sight. John Whitmore, third of that name, as I have said, went to Bedford and remained there, so his line of the family passed out of Medford. Francis, the third son of John and Mary Lane Whitmore, was born here October 4, 1714. He