Family register
Capt. Roger Dudley
d. 1588confirmed
Capt. Roger Dudley (died 1588) was born in England. He married Susanna (Thorne) Dudley. His child was Gov. Thomas Dudley. He died in 1588, in prob. Low Countries/France, in battle.
Life and records
LOCKED 2026-10-19 as father of thomas-dudley-gov-1576. Captain in Queen Elizabeth's forces, killed in battle (tradition Ivry 1590, but his wife was a widow by 29 Oct 1588; Zutphen 1586 suggested). m. 8 Jun 1575 Lidlington, Beds (compiled, Plantagenet Ancestry) Susanna Thorne. Sources: Jones, Life and Work of Thomas Dudley (1899) pp.2-3 'his father, Roger Dudley'; Dean Dudley 1886 p.276 'son of Capt. Roger Dudley'; Anderson, Great Migration Begins p.584 (via Wikipedia). His own parentage unproven (Kirk 1993 suggests Henry Sutton Dudley - LEAD only).