Jedediah Dewey1,2

M, #2725, * 15 Dec 1647, + 26 Jan 1726/27
FatherThomas Dewey1,2 * c 1608, + 27 Apr 1648
MotherFrancis1,2 * 1610, + 27 Sep 1690

Family

Sarah Orton * s 1650, + 20 Nov 1711
Children
  • Sarah Dewey5,6,7 * 28 Mar 1672, + 30 May 1708
  • Thomas Dewey8 * 29 Jun 1682
  • Abigail Dewey5 * 17 Nov 1694, + a 24 Mar 1758
     Jedediah Dewey was born on 15 Dec 1647 in Windsor, Connecticut.1,2 He married Sarah Orton b 1670.3,2 He died on 26 Jan 1726/27 in Westfield, Massachusetts.4

Other information:

Jedediah Dewey and Sarah Orton had 7 more children, all born in Westfield: Margaret (b. 10 Jan 1673/74), Jedediah (b. 14 Jun 1676), Daniel (b. 9 Mar 1678/79, d. Jan 1757), Joseph (b. 10 May 1684), Hannah (b. 14 Mar 1684/85), Mary (b. 1 Mar 1687/88), and James (b. 3 Apr 1692).5
     He was chosen Constable of Westfield and took the oath of office on 12 Apr 1676.4

Citations

  1. [S407] Samuel Parsons, 5 , Vol. 5, (Jan. 1851): pg. 65. Thomas Dewey.
  2. [S340] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration, 1620-1633, Vol. 1, pg. 537-539. Thomas Dewey. Online at http://www.americanancestors.org
  3. [S409] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marr., pg. 217.
  4. [S395] Dunham, etc, online http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/dewey.htm
  5. [S411] Rev. Emerson Davis,"Westfield, MA" 6 , pg. 266. Jedediah Dewey.
  6. [S462] George Sheldon, Deerfield, MA, Pt 2, pg 46-50. Online at https://ia600309.us.archive.org/27/items/historyofdeerfie01shel/historyofdeerfie01shel.pdf
  7. [S472] John H. Lockwood, Westfield, MA, pg. 100. Online at http://archive.org/details/westfieldandits00lockgoog
  8. [S463] Frank Mortimer Hawes, Hawes, pg. 33-34. Online at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005754561