I. William Ludlow of Hill Devrill, Wilts. m. Margaret Rymer, dau. of William Rymer. He was a butler for King Henry VIII.

II. John Ludlow - m Lora Ringwood, dau. of Thomas Ringwood.

III. John Ludlow - m. Phillipa Bulstrode, dau. of William Bulstrode of London.

IV. William Ludlow - m. Jane Moore, dau. of Nicholas Moore of Withford, Southampton.

VII. Roger Ludlow - bpt. 7 Mar. 1590, Dinton Wilts. m. 1624, Chard, Somerset, Eng. Mary Cogan, dau. of Philobert Cogan and Anne Marshall, b. a.1604, Chard, Somerset, Eng. ,bur. 3 June 1664, St.Michan's parish , Dublin, Ireland.. It is not known when Roger Ludlow died, but it was probably about 1665-1666.

His wife's sister, Elizabeth Cogan was wife of Gov. John Endicott.

Roger matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, 16 June 1610 and was admitted to the Inner Temple, London, Nov. 1612. Chosen an Assistant of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, "which was called Ludlow's vessel" with his wife.

He first settled in Dorchester, MA and for the first four years was a member of the Court of Assistants. At a meeting of the Governors and Assistants at Boston in 1632. At this meeting Roger Ludlow "thereupon flew into passion and said then we should have no government, continued stiff in his opinions and though the matter was cleared to the satisfaction of the rest, protested he would then return to England".

The previous Governor and Assistants were rechosen, including Roger Ludlow. He was rechosen in 1633 and 1634. He was elected Deputy-Governor in place of Thomas Dudley who was promoted to Chief Magistrate. In 1635 disappointed when the people elected John Haynes, Governor, and Richard Bellingham, Deputy-Governor was not. He turned his attention to the emigration to Connecticut. Massachusetts Bay Colony appointed him to govern the people of Connecticut for the next year.

He was the first Governor of the Connecticut Colony. Held the first court there on 26 Apr. 1636. He instituted trials before jurors. People voted on who could join the colony but church membership was not a requirement for citizenship. He was called the "Father of Connecticut Jurisprudence". He was determined to establish a separate and independent colony. He began to establish a form of government that constituted a public state or commonwealth. [This was the first example in history of a written constitution--a distinct organic law, constituting a government and defining its powers. The constitution was that of an independent state, that continued in force with very little change for 180 years.] In the first election Ludlow was elected Deputy-Governor. In 1646 he was asked to draw up a body of laws for the government and present them to the General Court. This he completed and in 1650 and they were entered on the public records. Known as "Ludlow's Code" and were the foundation of the written laws of Connecticut.

Chosen Commander-in-Chief when the Dutch in New Amsterdam threatened the English Colonies. He raised a force at Fairfield and declared war on the Dutch. When he asked for support from the New Haven Colony, he was refused and he was accused of over-stepping his authority. Some feared his ambition might tempt him to establish another colony which would be under more control from the Mother Country. Believing his chances for greater authority in the Colony were at an end he decided to take his family to Virginia. There he said farewell to his brother, George Ludlow and then sailed home and settled in Dublin, Ireland in 1655.

On 14 December, 1657, a proclamation was made in pursuance of an act whereby Roger Ludlow with others, was again appointed to hear claims resulting from the attainder of "rebels" in Ireland. He was also a master in chancery.

About 10 July, 1659 Lieut. General Sir Edmund Ludlow, then just appointed Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, arrived at Holyhead in Wales preparatory to crossing to Dublin. Sir Edmund notes in his Memoirs that at this place he met his cousin Roger Ludlow, "who was then newly landed from Ireland, but finding us ready to sail, he returned thither with us". On 16 December, 1659 he may not have been in good health, for the Receiver-General's accounts state that Mr. Jonathan Ludlow was to have, by a warrant dated on that day, twenty pounds "for ye use of Roger Ludlow for his care and pains taken in several publique services.

On 11 February, 1660 Roger Ludlow, calling himself of Dublin, brought proceedings in Chancery in London against his nephew Thomas Ludlow, respecting the distribution of the estate of his brother, George Ludlow who had died in Virginia.

VII. George Ludlow - bpt. 13 Sept. 1596, Dinton, Wilts, d. a.1656, Yorke County Virginia. M. Elizabeth _____. Came on the Mary & John with his brother, Roger. Applied for freemanship on 19 Oct. 1630.

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