2010 Calendar - Year of Grants

The Dudley Genealogy Club has been awarded 2 grants by the Dudley Cultural Commission. Both grants are intended to help capture and preserve important aspects of Dudley's cultural identity.

a) Immigrants to Dudley between 1850 and 1910 - a project to create packets of information about people who came to Dudley from other countries

b) Oral Histories of Textile Workers of Dudley in the 20th Century - a project to interview people who have worked in the textile mills of Dudley

If you would like to participate in either of these grants, please contact dudleyroots@gmail.com.

Meeting Schedule

Jan 16 (Saturday) 1PM - Paul Macek & Jim Morrison
Webster, Dudley, and Oxford During the Nineteenth Century - Senior Center

Feb 10 (Wednesday) 1 PM Marcelle Boule /Danny Desrosiers
French Canadian Genealogy - Town Offices

Mar 17 1 PM (Wednesday) - Irish Genealogy – Michael Brophy from Tiara - Town Offices

Apr 7 and Apr 28 7 PM Programs directed towards club grants - Town Offices

May 13 1 PM Janis Duffy Mass Archives Holdings - Town Offices

DECEMBER CALENDAR

JOINT MEETING DUDLEY GENEALOGY CLUB and BLACK TAVERN
Dec 10 at 7 PM at the Black Tavern
138 Center Road, Dudley, MA.


Coming Over – the great migration of the 1630’s.

Ed Bazinet, Chairman of the Dudley Historical Commission, will present a historical perspective on the first major migration of English settlers to New England. Weaving his genealogical research into this exciting period in the development of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, he will talk about the lives of various early settlers and bring the history to life. His goal is to stimulate interest in this important development of the early colony and will suggest resources for genealogists to explore their potential links to this period.

Why not visit the Black Tavern and enjoy a look back at the early settlers of New England? Maybe you will find a trace to your ancestors!

This program is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

NOVEMBER CALENDAR

Dudley Genealogy Club Events both occur during the second week of November.

NOV 10 Trip to Nara (National Archives in Waltham)

NOV 12 Club Meeting 6:30 PM in Room 210C at the Town Offices

If you would like to join us for the club trip to NARA (Tuesday, the 10th) and would like more details, please reply to dudleyroots@gmail.com or dudleymagenealogyclub@yahoo.com.

Trips to other events listed here may also be arranged if there is sufficient interest.

At our November 12 meeting, we will be planning our club activities for 2010. Please bring your ideas. For example, we might like to have a workshop/speaker on gravestone rubbings. See the description from this past Sunday’s Telegram at the end of this posting.

EVENTS LISTINGS
Nov 3 NARA WORKSHOP FINDING Civil War Ancestors 2 PM
Nov 5 CORBIN LIBRARY in WEBSTER:
Authors Paul Macek and Jim Morrison discuss their new book:
“Webster, Dudley, and Oxford during the 19th century” 6:30 PM

Nov 7 MSOG (at Auburn Library) "What my Mother Left Me" 10 AM
Nov 9 Sr CTR Genealogy 10 AM
Nov 10 Club Trip To NARA
Nov 10 Mass Archives Collection Lecture 10 AM
Nov 10 AFGS Native-Canadian-Americans 7 PM
Nov 12 Genealogy Club Mtg; 6:30 Rm 210
Nov 14 Mass Archives Saturday: Open today; 9AM to 3 PM
Nov 21 AFGS DNA in Genealogy 9 AM
Nov 23 Sr Ctr Genealogy 10 AM
Nov 28 AFGS Genealogy Computer Programs 9 AM


LINKS:
MSOG http://www.massog.org/worcester.html

MA ARCHIVES http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/

NARA http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/

AFGS http://www.afgs.org/

OCTOBER CALENDAR

Sat the 10th Mass Archives Trip [canceled]
Tues the 13th, MSOG meeting Michael Brophy at Auburn Library 7PM, Irish Catholic Genealogy
Thurs the 14th, Linda Pelletier at Sr. Ctr 6:30PM, How to Write Your Obituary
Sat the 17th, Trip to AFGS
Sat the 24th, MSOG Annual Conference in Framingham
Mon the 26th, SR Ctr Genealogy Group 10AM
Wed the 28th, Mass Archives Trip
Thurs the 29th, Southborough Genealogy Club 7PM meeting

For more information, contact dudleyroots@gmail.com or dudleymagenealogyclub@yahoo.com.

You may also find more information at the following links.

Dudley Genealogy Club http://dudleyroots@blogspot.com
MSOG programs http://www.massog.org/worcester.html
MSOG conference http://www.massog.org/Annual_Meeting_2009.html
Mass Archives http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/
AFGS http://www.afgs.org/
Southborough Library http://www.southboroughtown.com/library.htm

Note also that the NOVEMBER 12 Dudley Club Genealogy Club Meeting will be in Room 210C at the Town Offices at 6:30 PM

GENEALOGY CLUB FALL SCHEDULE

Here is our fall schedule. Bring a friend who would like to get started in genealogy. Let us know if you would like to attend or have any questions and hope to see you soon.

Sept. 24, Thursday, at 6:30 PM. MEETING at the Pearle Crawford Memorial Library. Bring your ideas for programs and genealogy questions you have. Election of officers.

Oct. 14, Wednesday, at 6:30 at the Senior Center: Linda Pelletier guest speaker."Your Own Obituary - or - If You Want Something Done Right, Do It Yourself".


Oct. 24, Saturday. The 24th is also the annual meeting of MSOG held in Framingham. Some members of the club will want to attend this meeting. The MSOG schedule for speakers at this meeting can be seen on their website at
http://www.massachusettssocietyofgenealogists.org/Annual_Meeting_2009.html


Nov. 12, Thursday, at 6:30 PM. MEETING at the Dudley Town Offices. Group discussion of findings and planning of further programs.

Dec. 10, Thursday, at 6:30 PM at the Senior Center: Ed Bazinet, Dudley historian, speaker: "Coming Over". The time period from 1630-1640 has been dubbed the Great Migration, that time of the largest migration of settlers from Western England to New England.


Also this year, we are focusing on trips and projects; for example, going to the American French Genealogical Society in Woonsocket, RI. We have some regulars from the club who could guide you - if you would like to go, let us know. See their website http://www.afgs.org/ and here is the complete schedule of talks.

06 Oct 2009 7:00 PM Internet Research Presented by Bill Pommenville
24 Oct 2009 9:00 AM Resources in the AFGS Library Presented by Jan Burkhart
10:30 AM How to read the Repertoires
10 Nov 2009 7:00 PM Researching Native-Canadian-Americans, presented by Patty Locke
21 Nov 2009 9:00 AM DNA in Genealogy, presented by Tom Allaire
28 Nov 2009 9:00 AM Using Charts and Computer Programs to Record Genealogy
Information, presented by Bill Pommenville
16 Jan 2010 9:00 AM Beginning Genealogy Presented by Patty Locke
30 Jan 2010 9:00 AM Internet Research Presented by Bill Pommenville
07 Feb 2010 1:00 PM Writing Your Family History ---- TBA
20 Feb 2010 9:00 AM Using Census records in Your Resaerch Presented by Becky Keegan
20 Mar 2010 9:00 AM Using Microfilms at AFGS Presented by Fran Tivey
17 Apr 2010 8:00 AM Day Trip to the National Archives
27 Mar 2010 9:00 AM Using the Public Library as an Information Source ---TBA
24 APR 2010 8:00 AM Using PRDH and the Jette Dictionary Prsented by Patty Locke
15 May 2010 9:00 AM Acadian Research ---TBA

There will also be trips to the Mass Archives and to NARA.

Possible projects:
Compiling Club Archival Materials
Identifying and Making a List of Dudley Town Resources for Genealogy
Writing Family histories for the CLUB BLOG

PAST CLUB SPEAKERS AND ACTIVITIES

Mar 14, 2007 George Martin – Introduction to Genealogy
Apr 14, 2007 Sandy Goodwin - Beginners Genealogy Class
Sep 19, 2007 Mike Potaski - Polish Genealogy
Oct 13, 2007 Sandy Goodwin – Intermediate Genealogy Class
Feb 28, 2008 Gray Fitzsimons – Slater Family
Mar 19, 2008 Sara Costa – How to Join Lineage Societies
Sep 14, 2008 Sara Costa – Using the Massachusetts Archives
Oct 22, 2008 Don Beal – Telling Interesting Family Stories
Feb 11, 2009 Pauline Cusson – French Canadian Genealogy
Apr 1, 2009 Club trip to American Antiquarian Society
May 14, 2009 Bob Briere – The Baypath: Quinebaug Historical Society leaflets
Jun 18, 2009 Club trip to Massachusetts Archives

CEMETERIES as a SOURCE

One great outdoor source of family history is the cemetery. "Massachusetts Cemeteries" by David Allen Lambert (2nd ed, 2008) provides information about all known cemeteries of Massachusetts, including reference sources and contact information.
The old cemeteries on Dudley Hill have been documented by Marilyn Labbe (and other citizens of Dudley) in a publication by the Killingly, CT Historical Society. Many Dudley residents, however, are buried in Webster. For example, in MT ZION CEMETERY in Webster the following 8 plots were the key to learning there were four Caldwell sisters (and families) who came to America to work at Stevens mill.

Plot 1: Hugh Boyd Crawford, Elizabeth Caldwell Crawford, Anne Crawford, Margaret Crawford
Plot 2: John Morrison Crawford, May Burnett Crawford, Hugh Wadsworth Crawford, Sr, Pearle Longley Crawford, Julia Burnett Crawford, Muriel Crawford Howard [Plot 2 is just to the left of the main front entrance]
Plot 3: Jane Caldwell, Anne Caldwell, Mary Caldwell Hoye, Alexander Hoye, Sr, Eliza Hoye, James Hoye, Anthony Hoye [Plot 3 is on outermost boundary of the old part of the cemetery on the hillside]
Plot 4: James Crawford, Emily Runyan Crawford, Elizabeth Crawford Crawford, Fred Carroll Crawford, Ethel Crawford
Plot 5: Joseph Crawford, Kate Mansfield Crawford
Plot 6: Marion Crawford Freeman, Myron Freeman
Plot 7: Alexander Hoye, Jr., Jennie Harris Hoye (1), Mary McGaw Hoye (2), Ernest Hoye, Ella Hoye, Mary Hoye
Plot 8: Matthew Hoye, Jane McIntosh Hoye, Andrew Hoye, Cecile Chauvin Hoye
Plot 9: Elisha Burnett

THE CRAWFORD FAMILY

1.JOSEPH CRAWFORD and ELIZA BOYD were married c. 1825 in Ballyrobin, the parish of Kilead, the county of Antrim, Northern Ireland (IGI 1903506). (Joseph was a lawyer according to Hugh's marriage record.) Children of Joseph and Eliza (IGI 1903594) were:
HUGH CRAWFORD 1 June 1827, Ballyrobin
JOSEPH CRAWFORD 1 October 1828, Ballyrobin
SALLY CRAWFORD 16 May 1831, Ballyrobin
ELIZA CRAWFORD 10 February 1833, Ballyrobin
WILLIAM CRAWFORD 3 May 1835, Ballyrobin
JOHN CRAWFORD 19 February 1837, Ballyharvey

2. HUGH BOYD CRAWFORD was born in Ballyrobin, the parish of Kilead, the county of Antrim 1 June 1827. Hugh, a "whipmaker" married ELIZABETH CALDWELL, a "factory girl" 9 April 1852 at St. Anne's Church, Belfast. (p.775, schedule G, marriage registrar, Belfast.) Elizabeth was born to Elizabeth (Graham) and Matthew Caldwell 1 January 1831 near her husband's birthplace according to her obituary.
Hugh and Elizabeth emigrated to America with their family in 1863. They sailed on October 28 on the S.S. Sidon from Liverpool and Queenstown with a total of 491 passengers, all in steerage. They arrived in New York on 30 November. Three sisters of Elizabeth came to America at other times: Ann Caldwell who arrived in 1849, Jane Caldwell who arrived in Boston in 1852, and Mary Caldwell Hoye who came with her husband Alexander and their children in 1866. Jane Caldwell, "Aunt Jane", was a spinner, then a preparer and a supervisor of her department. All of the family came to Dudley to work at Stevens Linen Mill and are listed in the old mill payroll books.
Hugh was a sturdy looking man, round and ruddy cheeks, dark brown hair and sideburns. Hugh worked as a machinist at Stevens Linen Works in Dudley until his death. He was naturalized in Worcester at the Superior Court in 1869. He was a member of the Church of the Reconciliation in Webster and was a selectman in Dudley for eight years. Hugh and Elizabeth both died of pneumonia at the end of April 1893. They are buried with their unmarried daughters, Anna and Margaret at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Webster.

The children of Hugh and Elizabeth born in Ireland included:
+ 3. i. ANNE J. CRAWFORD born July 185(2); died 30 December 1933.
+ 4. ii. JOHN MORRISON CRAWFORD born 25 December 1855; married MARY WADSWORTH BURNETT at Webster, MA 3 August 1882; died in Dudley 12 May 1929.
+ 5. iii. JOSEPH CRAWFORD born March 1858; married KATE E. MANSFIELD; died 3 December 1926.
+ 6. iv. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD born June 1860; married FRED C. CRAWFORD; died 30 November 1923.
+ 7. v. MARGARET D. CRAWFORD born April 186(3); died in 1931.


3. ANNE JANE CRAWFORD was born in Belfast abt 185(2). She was baptized at Christ Church in Belfast (IGY). She did not marry. She was a spinner and a gunny weaver at Stevens. She lived at 19 W. Main St in Dudley and was known as Aunt Annie. She died 30 December 1933 in her 80's.

4. JOHN MORRISON CRAWFORD was born in Belfast 25 December 1855. He was working as an office boy at the Stevens Linen Works by the age of 15 according to the Dudley census of 1870. The story is that he would take a donkey down to the Webster post office to collect the mail. John later was a bookkeeper at Stevens and became agent in 1907. He married MARY WADSWORTH BURNETT on 3 August 1882 at the Church of the Reconciliation in Webster.


He was active in this church,and affairs in town such as the Nichols Academy and belonged to many organizations including the Gutezeit Club. He was a Dudley Public Library trustee for more than 20 years. The ancestry of May is well-documented back to John Alden on the Mayflower. Mary died in Worcester 27 July 1924. John died in Dudley 12 May 1929. Both are buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Webster with their children.

The children of John and May born at Dudley were+ 8. i. MURIEL BURNETT CRAWFORD born 28 July 1883; married LOUIS O. HOWARD at Webster 28 August 1908; died 12 July 1974 in Haverhill, MA.
+ 9. ii. HUGH WADSWORTH CRAWFORD born 22 August 1884;
married PEARLE EMOGENE LONGLEY 15 August 1914;
died in Brookline, MA 2 March 1951


5. JOSEPH CRAWFORD was born in Belfast March 1858. He was baptized at Christ Church there (IGY). He went to school in Dudley, according to the 1870 census. He worked at Stevens Linen for more than 50 years. Joe was a shipping clerk and later the paymaster. He also was a town treasurer for many years, as well as town clerk and a selectman. He married KATE E. MANSFIELD (b. Oct 1860)of Webster (18) or (20) September 1883. They lived in a house next to the Dudley library. Joseph died 3 December 1926 the day after he retired from the mill according to his obituary. He is buried with his wife and her family in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.


Joseph and Kate had one child:
10. MARION CRAWFORD born June 1886 at Webster; married MYRON FREEMAN; no children; both died at Webster on the same day in 1954.

6. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD was born in Belfast June 1860. She was baptized at Christ Church in Belfast. (IGY). Lizzie was a weaver at Stevens Mill. She married FRED CARROLL CRAWFORD, an accountant for the Norwich and Worcester Railroad, 1 October 1885, by the Methodist Pastor. Fred was born April 1859 to James Crawford of Webster, unrelated to Hugh, and to Emily Munyan. James Crawford came from the Crawfords of Oakham, Mass to work in Dudley. Fred and Lizzie lived at 18 Schofield Avenue, Dudley. Elizabeth is listed as a teacher in the town on her marriage record. She was a partial invalid for some time before she died. Elizabeth died in November 1923 and is buried at the Mt. Zion Cemetery with Fred and his parents.


The children of Elizabeth and Fred were:
11. i. ETHEL(died as an infant)
+ 12. ii. SIDNEY CRAWFORD born Dec 1892; worked as a designer for the Slater Woolen Mill; moved to Worcester, later to Maine.(Children Bruce and young Sid)

7. MARGARET CRAWFORD was born in Belfast April 186(2). She did not marry and lived on Main St. with her sister Annie. Margaret was known as Aunt Maggie. She was the third librarian at the Dudley Public Library on Village Street (1909-1931). She died in 1931.
8. MURIEL BURNETT CRAWFORD was born 28 July 1883 at Dudley. She was an artist. She married LOUIS ORRIN HOWARD of Webster 28 August, 1908. Louis was the son of Webster businessman, Mart Howard, who was well known for his experiences in the Klondike during the Gold Rush of 1897. Louis became a professor of mining and metallurgy and dean of the School of Mines at Washington State University. Muriel died 12 July 1974 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Louis died in Whitman Cty, WA 14 May 1944.
The children of Muriel and Louis Howard were:
13. i.LYDIA WADSWORTH HOWARD born 31 May 1909 at Dudley. She married RICHARD RUCKER 11February 1967. Lydia died 23 September 1997.
14. ii. BETTY BURNETT HOWARD born about 1911 at Cleveland, OH. She was married to ROBERT MCFARLANE and died in Washington.
15. iii. MURIEL HOWARD, born August 1913 at Salt Lake City. She married WILLARD ORMSBY and they lived first at Pendleton, OR, later at Spokane. She died 27 June 2009.
16. iv. LOUISE HOWARD, born 29 May 1915 at Salt Lake City. She died in Washington Jan 1987.
17. v. SYLVIA HOWARD, born about 1916 at Salt Lake City. She married ROBERT KROHN and lived at Spokane. Sylvia died at New Brighton, MN 9 October 2004.

9. HUGH WADSWORTH CRAWFORD was born 22 August 1884. Hugh attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He married PEARLE EMOGENE LONGLEY 15 August 1914 at Winchester, MA.

Pearle was the seventh child of John Fred and Nancy Jane (Dow) Longley. She was born 13 January 1891 at Plymouth, Maine. Hugh worked in the mill becoming agent on the death of his father in 1929. He purchased Stevens Linen Mill from JP Stevens in 1939. He was an enthusiast of horses, boats and cinematography. Pearle graduated from Tufts University and taught at Tourtellotte High School before their marriage. Hugh and Pearle were both trustees of the Dudley Library. She was a great seamstress, raised collies, and wrote articles about the history of the mill. Hugh died 2 March 1951. Pearle died 30 December 1971 at Webster.

The children of Hugh and Pearle born at Worcester include:
18. i. NANCY JANE CRAWFORD born 7 June 1917;
married FREDERICK STEPHEN WAITE 8 October 1938 at Webster;
died 15 May 2008, at Auburn.
19. ii. JULIA BURNETT CRAWFORD born 5 August 1921;
married THEODORE WEYANT LANMAN 29 October 1949; divorced 1970;died 31 January 2002.
20. iii. HUGH WADSWORTH CRAWFORD, JR. born 21 March 1923;
married HARRIET KIMBERLY 10 March 1945.

THE MILLS OF DUDLEY

The stories of the families of Dudley cannot be told without acknowledging the impact on the town's growth by the industrial revolution.
Dudley's mills included: Merino Woolen Mill, started in 1812 by a number of early residents. Original building was bought in 1846 by Henry Hale Stevens to manufacture linen. http://stevensmill.americanmills.com/AboutTheArea.asp

Biographical notes about Henry Hale Stevens can be found at the digitized version of Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Massachusetts, Vol II, prepared by William Richard Cutter. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910.
http://books.google.com/books?id=l84UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1019&lpg=PA1019&dq=henry+hale+stevens+biography&source=bl&ots=8bEe-5FIC8&sig=BX6FcoW5g89ZsBtnHylZQQE64x8&hl=en&ei=tXMQSuaqPMXktgeAstn1Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5

At the Pearle L Crawford Memorial Library see:
The Coming of Industrial Order: town and factory life in rural Massachusetts 1810-1860, Jonathan Prude. Amherst:University of Massachusetts Press, 1999.

A New Order of Things: How the Textile Industry Transformed New England, Paul E. Rivard. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2002.

The American Textile Museum in Lowell holds the historic papers and records of Stevens Mill: http://mail.athm.org/info.php?s=stevens+linen&type=all&t=objects. This includes a pamphlet by Pearle L. Crawford: The early cottage manufacture of linen.

Also by Pearle Crawford, 1968, in The New England Galaxy, an Old Sturbridge Village publication: "Stevens Linen, Its First Century and a Half,"
and an earlier article in Textile Age (May, 1946) entitled "Stevens Linen Associates, Inc." written for the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its beginning.

SOME DUDLEY SOURCES

The following local sites may be helpful in finding information on families of Dudley.

http://theblacktavern.com/ The Black Tavern Historical Society meets on Dudley Hill in the tavern built by Hezekiah Healy in 1804.

http://www.dudleyma.gov/townclerk.htm There is a vault of old Dudley records at the Town Offices. Also, vital records of births, deaths and marriages can be requested from the town clerk.

http://www.dudleyma.gov/library/


Among the holdings of the Pearle Crawford Memorial Library are the following titles:

Historical collections: containing I. The Reformation in France; the rise, progress and destruction of the Huguenot Church. II. The histories of seven towns, six of which are in the south part of Worcester County, Mass.,namely: Oxford, Dudley, Webster, Sturbridge, Charlton, Southbridge, and the town of Woodstock, now in Connecticut, but originally granted and setled by people from the province of Massachusetts and regarded as belonging to her for about sixty years.
By Holmes Ammidown, New York: 1877.
http://www.archive.org/details/historicalcollec01ammi [online version of the above history of southern Worcester County by holmes ammidown]

Vital records of Dudley, Massachustts to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, Mass., F.P.Rice, trustee of the fund, 1908.

Town records of Dudley, Massachusetts, 1732-1754. Pawtucket, RI.: Adam Sutcliffe, 1893.

Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Dudley, Massachusetts. Webster, Mass.: The Town, 1879-

The book of Dudley: published as an official souvenir of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of incorporation of the town. Webster, Mass.: Times pub. Co., 1932.

The doctors of Dudley and Webster Massachusetts. Bragg, Leslie R. [s.l.:s.n.,1952?]

Valley of the Nipmucks: tales retold regarding the Webster-Dudley-Oxford area of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Donlin, Thomas M. Webster, Mass.: Times Publishing Co., 1968

Early history of Webster, Dudley, and Oxford. Macek, Paul J. Webster, MA.: Privately printed, 2001.

Johnson-Foskett House Circa 1856. Hubbard, Edwin Lawrence. 2000

Nichols Academy: the spring on the hill, 1815-1931. Conrad, James Lawson. Dudley, MA : Nichols College, 2008.

The Nichols College Library holds many titles of interest to Dudley historians.
There are at least 5 books on Samuel Slater, including, Drive That Branch Samuel Slater, the power boom and the writing of America's Textile Industry. Conrad, James Lawson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Among the College Archives are: "some 300 books, c. 1809 - 1920, from Nichols Academy's early library collection; financial records from the H. Conant Real Estate Company; and the Goodell Collection (sermons and published works of Methodist clergyman and author, Charles L. Goodell [1854 - 1937])."

Articles from the Webster Times, particularly those written by William Penn Eddy, Ed Patenaude and Linda Braniff.

EARLY FAMILIES OF DUDLEY

The most complete record of early families of Dudley might be the 1790 Federal census. The census provides a numerical count of the members (males and females, children and adults) of the households of Dudley.

The households of the first federal census in 1790 included the following names:
Adams, Abbe, Allin, Ammidown, Arnold, Bacon, Barnes, Bates, Bowers, Brackett, Brown, Carter, Chamberlain, Cheney, Coburn, Conant, Coomer, Corbin, Cotterell, Cumings, Curtis, Dalyrmple, Davis, Day, Dodge, Dyer, Eaton, Eddy, Edmonds, Elwell, Fenner, Fisher, Fitz, Flin, Foster, Gore, Haskall, Hayden, Healy, Hill, Hinds, Hovey, Humes, Humphrey, Jeffords, Jewell, Keith, Kidder, Lamb, Larned, Lawton, Lee, Mansfield, Marcy, Marsh, Mawney, May, Millins, Morris, Morse, Nickols, Putney, Reynolds, Robbins, Robinson, Sabin, Sayles, Sheffield, Shepherd, Sly, Smith, Sprague, Sone, Taffs, Taft, Thayer, Timman, Upham, Vinton, Vorce, Wakefield, Walcott, Waldron, Warren, Warrin, White, Whitford, Whitney, Willard, Williams, Witherell, Wood, Wright, Wyman. Seven of the households were Healys and seven were Corbins.

One project for people interested in the families of Dudley would be to find out more about the households listed in this 1790 census. The Dudley Genealogy Club welcomes contributions about these families and would like to post information and links about these families on this blog.

For example, some online references are:
For the Vinton family, see The Vinton Memorial by John Adams Vinton, Boston (1853)

http://books.google.com/books?id=swVaAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=vinton+family+dudley+massachusetts&source=bl&ots=zQ57zavCnK&sig=o4EjM-sPyLUEAlFYNqyWmFyu9us&hl=en&ei=oxcVSuYBh8O3B97D_ekM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#PPP1,M1

A list of descendants of George Robinson is found at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~drakerobinson/DNAPages/RobCharts/GeorgeRobChrt.htm

A Souvenir of the Conant Memorial Church its inception, construction and dedication by Hezekiah Conant,Boston (1893) gives some genealogical information about the Conant (and Healy) families.

http://www.archive.org/stream/souvenirofconant01cona/souvenirofconant01cona_djvu.txt
History and Genealogy of the Descendants of Clement Corbin of Muddy River (Brookline) and Woodstock, Conn compiled by Harvey M. Lawson, Hartford (1905) gives the genealogy of the Corbins of Dudley.
http://books.google.com/books?id=l1NHAAAAMAAJ&dq=history+and+genealogy+of+clement+corbin&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=cvxzAzKhTf&sig=DzIkdvBHAw6nnhENzgnRC3PdOVM&hl=en&ei=TdcPSqjpA4ze8wSq7_2hBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1
Also, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists has an ongoing project to write sketches of the families found in the 1790 Federal Census for the entire state of Massachusetts. If you would like to write a sketch, these pieces are published in their journal, MASSOG.
Samples:

Costa, S. (2010) “1790 U. S. Census of Massachusetts: Lemuel Corbin of Dudley, Massachusetts.” MASSOG, 33(3), 99-102.

Costa, S. (2009) “1790 U. S. Census of Massachusetts: Lemuel Healy of Dudley, Massachusetts.” MASSOG, 33(1), 19-22.

THE BEGINNING

The purpose of this blog is to tell the story of the families of Dudley, Massachusetts. We have more than 275 years of recorded history in Dudley so there is much to tell. Why is it important?

As Alex Haley has said, "In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future."

We begin Dudley's story with the Healy family. Although not the earliest inhabitants of Dudley, the Healys were one of the first recorded families of Dudley. The first deed of record for Dudley was to John Healy (1721) of Newton from William Dudley, son and executor of the estate of Governor Joseph Dudley. The land was part of the so called Oxford purchase, or Keekamoochaug, Gov. Dudley had made from the Nipmuc Indians in the late 1600’s.

John Healy’s brother, Joshua, settled in Dudley prior to the town’s incorporation in 1732. The Healy family is extensive. The genealogy of the Healy family is chronicled at the following site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walkersj/Healy.htm For years, seven Healy homes could be found on Healy Road.