• Born: 23 Sep 1647, Roxbury MA
• Marriage (1): Rebecca Tyng in 1667-1668
• Died: 2 Apr 1720, Roxbury MA

  General notes:

Third Governor of Massachusetts Colony

  Events in his life were:

• Mourning ring, 1683
  Private Collection
  d: 11/16"
  Engraved E:Dudley:Obit:1:feb:82/3. This ring, apparently the earliest known dated piece of marked American gold, commemorates the death on February 1, 1683 of his son, Edward Dudley.

• Mourning ring by Edward Winslow, 1720
  Yale University
  d: 13/16"
  Engraved "I Dudley late Gov^r. of NE·ob 2 April 1720 Æ 73"

Joseph married Rebecca Tyng, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, in 1667-1668. (Rebecca Tyng was born on 13 Jul 1651 in Roxbury MA and died on 21 Sep 1722 in Roxbury MA.)