Dewey Family History

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11. Thomas Dewey, 3d, son of Thomas, 2d; b. March 26, 1664, at No[r]thampton, Mass.; d. March 8, 1690, ag. 26, at Westfield, Mass., and has a tombstone similar to his father's; was a farmer and granted 30 acres of land in 1685; fence viewer for the South Side of the river in 1689; his only child d. Dec. 9, 1689; m. about 1689, Hannah Sackett, dau. of John and Abigail (Hannum); b. March 7, 1669, at Westfield; d. Aug. 30, 1749, at Windsor, Conn. She m. 2d, March 3, 1691, Capt. Benjamin Newberry, 2d, b. April 20, 1669, at Windsor; there d. Nov. 3, 1709, ag. 40.

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Thomas [Ashley, s. David Ashley & Mary Dewey], b. [Westfield] Sept. 17, 1690; d. Aug 25, 1755, ag. 64, at Westfield, where he was a farmer, slaveholder, etc., on Main street; m. July 8, 1714, Rebecca Sackett, dau. of William and Hannah (Graves); b. Sept. 16, 1694; d. Sept. 15 or 17, 1782, ag. 87; they had no children.

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He [Ashbel Dewey] m. March 17, 1763, Mehitable Cadwell, dau. of Abel and Anna (Dwight), b. Dec. 7, 1740, at Westfield, Mass.; sister to Aaron Dewey's wife Sybel. She m. 2d, Daniel Sackett, Jr., of Pittsfield, Mass., and d. Nov. 19, 1829, ag. 88.

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202. Ann Dewey, dau. of Levi [& Mary Scott], b. Jan. 24, 1794, at Norwich, Mass.; d. Jan. 14, 1832, at Meadville, Pa.; m. May 4, 1815, Jabez B. Sackett, son of Zavan, b. Dec. 14, 1788; d. Nov. 17, 1870, ag. 81, at Meadville, Pa., where he was a farmer.
[Children]
1. Edward B. R., b. July 6, 1816; a farmer at Meadville, Pa.; m. April 25, 1839, Sabrina S. Wright; they had Frances A., b. Feb. 8, 1840; d. Sept. 3, 1847; Flavia S., b. April 3, 1842; Edward P., b. June 20, 1848; d. June 23, 1862.
2. Charles D., b. Jan. 21, 1820; an editor at Mayville, N.Y.; d. May 27, 1862, ag. 42; m. Nov. 4, 1856, Mary A. Dickson; children: Clara, b. May 13, 1859; Charles, b. Dec. 24, 1861.
3. James W., b. Aug. 20, 1822; an M.D. at Kalamazoo, Mich.; m. Jan. 10, 1853, Lizzie Johnson, and had Josephine, b. Feb. 17, 1854.
4. Jabez B., Jr., b. Feb. 1, 1827; a carpenter in Wis.; m. June 27, 1849, Esther M. White; and had 1, Clarence E., b. Nov. 3, 1852; d. Aug. 28, 1856; 2, Clara E., b. Dec. 15, 1856; 3, Rosealba, b, May 2, 1858; 4, Mary E., Feb. 9, 1862; 5, Pierre B., b. June 28, 1864; d. Dec. 12, 1874; 6, Helen F., b. June 1, 1867; 7, Jessie S., b. Nov. 8, 1869.
5. L. Dewey, b. Dec. 3, 1828; a farmer at Meadville, Pa.; m. April 13, 1859, Sarah C. Palmer, who d. about 1871; he m. 2d, Feb. 21, 1873, Harriet Palmer, who died; and had 1, Mary E., b. May 8, 1860; 2, Willis O., b. Sept. 8, 1861; d. —; 3, Howard, b. Dec. 23, 1863; 4, Schuyler, b. Mar. 27, 1868; 5, Hermon, b. Oct. 11, 1869; 6, Grace, b. July 30, 1871.
6. Anna A., b. Jan. 1, 1832; unm.
7. Ozias H., b. Dec. 22, 1836; a teacher; d. Nov. 23, 1859, ag. 22.

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Mary Elizabeth [Dewey, d. Elijah Dewey & Mehitable Buck], b. [Madison Co, NY] Feb. 28, 1832; living at St. Paul, Minn.; m. March 16, 1851, Norman A. Sackett, who d.; they had: 1, Theron Elijah, b. Jan. —; d. Feb. —, 1852; 2, Flora M., b. March 21, 1862; m. April —, 1892, — Berg; 3, Adelbert C., b. Sept. 12, 1874.

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6503. Asaph Dewey, son of David, 3d, b. Feb. 2, 1758 at Westfield, Mass.; d. Jan. 17, 1833, ag. 75, at Richmond, Mass.; lived at Hancock and Richmond, Mass.; was in the Continental Army under Capt.Gray for five months in 1776. An amusing story is told of the first ride the elder Asaph Dewey had in the steam cars. His journey from Richmond, Mass., to Albany, N.Y., was by horseback or stage coach and was uneventful. Upon arriving at Albany, he boarded a car bound for Schenectady and had hardly recovered from the novelty of the ride, when suddenly the train stopped and he and the other passengers were unceremoniously ordered to "Get out and help push the car up grade!" All the passengers except Asaph Dewey meekly submitted to the imperious command; and no doubt he enjoyed hugely the grimaces of his fellow-travelers as they pushed the car along. Riding in the cars was probably "too slow," for Asaph Dewey returned home by way of the canal.
M. March 16, 1782, at Pittsfield, Mass., Penelope Sacket, dau. of Erastus and Elizabeth (Leonard), b. Jan. 17, 1761, at Westfield, Mass.; d. June 1, 1837, ag. 76.
[Children] — Born at Richmond.
6671. Roxanna, b. Oct. 13, 1783; m.
6672, Zelotes, b. —, 1785; m.
6673. Asaph, b. March 7, 1787; m.
6674. Erastus, b. April 15, 1789; m.
6675. Lyman, b. —, 1791; m.
6676. Jerusha, b. —, 1793; m.
6677. Elias, b. July 5, 1794; m.
6678. Solomon S., b. Oct 13, 1799; m.

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6664. Charles C. Dewey, son of Timothy [& Aseneth Sexton], b. April 22, 1784, at Westfield, Mass.; there d. Nov. 25, 1871, ag. 87, of old age; was a farmer on East Silver st., Westfield, Mass.; adopted the "C" in his name as a distinction; height, 5 ft. 10, weight 175 lbs., black eyes, dark complexion; m. July 31, 1806, Electa Sackett, dau. of Ezra and Lydia (Lovering), of Westfield; b. Aug. 5, 1788, at Westfield; d. Feb. 1, 1861, ag. 72; had black eyes and hair.
[Children] — born at Westfield.
6931. Daniel Lovering, b. June 13, 1807; m.
6932. Charles C., 2d, b. June 14, 1810; m.
6933. Ezra, b. July 20, 1812; was a carpenter near Milwaukee, Wis., and a farmer with his brother, Thomas J. Dewey, at Westfield since 1890; m. —, 1843, Cynthia Granger, dau. of Lancelot and Cynthia (Stiles), of Granville, Mass., who d. at Westfield; they had: Frederick Ezra, b. 1844; Arthur Dwight, d. —, ag. 5; and Lancelot Granger, of Adams, Ind.
[6934.] Emeline, b. Dec. 26, 1814; d. —, 1819.
6935. Lemuel, b. Dec. 17, 1816; d. Feb. 19, 1874, at Sacramento, Cal.; a farmer; m. Maria Cowles, of Willimansett, Mass., who d. Aug. 13, 1894, ag. 81, at Old Ladies' Home in San Francisco, Cal.; no children.
6936. Mary, b. May 26, 1819; m.
6937. Frederic, b. July 1, 1823; was a farmer in Poysippi, Wis.; m. —, Lucy Foote; m. 2d, —, Lucy Bond, of Wisconsin, and had Dwight and Ellis.
6938. Thomas James, b. May 10, 1827; m.
[—.] Solomon, b. June 1, 1829; d. —, ag. 1 1-2 years.
6939. Gay, b. March 2, 1832; was a soldier in Civil War; d. at Charles J. Dewey's house, unm.; had been a prisoner; was so far gone with starvation when exchanged that he never recognized any one and soon died.

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6665. Timothy Dewey, 2d, son of Timothy [& Aseneth Sexton], b. June 29, 1786, at Westfield, Mass.; there d. Feb. 14, 1840, ag. 53, where he was a farmer on South street; lived where George W. Andrews did in 1898; m. Sept. 6, 1809, at Westfield, Betsey Phelps, dau. of George and Anna, b. —, 1788, at Westfield; there d. Jan. 27, 1810, ag. 22, and buried with an infant; he m. 2d, —, Clarissa Sackett, dau. of Ezra and Lydia (Lovering), b. —, 1790; d. Feb. 19, 1840, ag. 49, at Westfield.
[Children] — born at Westfield.
6941. Schuyler, b. —, 1813; d. Oct. 17, 1831, ag. 18.
6942. Enoch, b. —, 1815; d. unm. in Pennsylvania.
6943. Elizabeth, b. —, 1817; m. —, 1839, Benjamin Barrett, and d. childless.
6944. Ralph, b. —, 1818; m.
[—.] Caroline, b. April —, 1820; d. Dec. 23, ag. 8 months.
6946. Catherine, b. —, 1822; m. April 8, 1844, at Suffield, Conn., William H. Barrett.
6947. Clarissa, b. —, 1824; m. —, 1843, Josiah R. Brady, and moved to New York State.
[—.] Harriet, b. Dec. —, 1827; d. Jan. 18, 1828.
6949. Henry, b. —, 1828; m.
6950. Elbridge Gerry, b. Oct. 21, 1830; m.
6951. Sarah S., b. —, 1832; m. —, Samuel Barret, of Montgomery, Mass., who d. and she m. Spencer Dayton.
6952. Jane, b. —, 1834; m. Henry Loomis.
6953. Harriet A., b. about 1830; was adopted by her relative, Winthrop P. Weller, of Westfield; there m. May 16, 1858, Justin Ashley, son of Noah Pease and Clarissa Bagg (Sackett), b. April 8, 1832, at Springfield, Mass.; was a carpenter at Stratford, Conn., and had Gilbert Dewey, b. May 17, 1860; who was unm. and employed in New Haven, Conn., in 1898.

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6932. Charles C. Dewey, 2d, son of Charles C. [& Electa Sackett], b. June 14, 1810, at Westfield, Mass.; d. Sept. 21, 1887, ag. 77, at Wautosa, Wis.; was a saddler and hotel keeper at Milwaukee, and had a farm at Wautosa, Wis.; moved west about 1840; m. Sept. 4, 1830, at Norwich, Conn., Olive Sackett, dau. of Ezra (2d), of Westfield, Mass., b. Nov. 15, 1805; d. Sept. 7, 1868, ag. 62, at Wautosa, Wis.
[Children]
7421. Charles J., b. Nov. 23, 1831, at Norwich, Conn.; m.
7422. Andrew J., b. June 9, 1833, at Pitfeld (?) [sic], Conn.; d. Jan. 5, 1851, ag. 18, at Chicago, Ill.
[—.] Mary O., b. July 13, 1835; d. Dec. 2, 1840, at Milwaukee, Wis.
[—.] Orlando J., b. Nov. 13, 1836; d. Dec. 2, 1840, at Milwaukee.
7425. Helen M., b. Jan. 30, 1840; m.; d. childless, Sept. 16, 1862, at Wautosa.
7426. John J., b. July 10, 1845; d. May 27, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn., in the army.

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6971. Aaron Weller Dewey, son of Daniel [& Elizabeth Weller], b. Sept. 29, 1825, at Westfield, Mass.; d. April 2, 1891, ag. 65, at Southwick, where he was a farmer and wheelwright at "Kellogg Plantation," near Westfield town line; m. April 16, 1850, at Westfield, Clarissa Sackett, dau. of John and Rachel (Morse), b. July 24, 1826, at Westfield.
[Children] — born at Southwick.
[—.] Irving D., b. Feb. 9, 1851; d. July 31, 1851.
7479. Elbridge Franklin, b. July 6, 1853; is a farmer and lumber dealer at Southwick, Mass.; m. March 29, 1883, Clara J. Granger, dau. of Jared Sidney and Phebe S. (Van Dusen), b. Sept. 20, 1865, at Granville, Mass.; he divorced her and m. Sept. 30, 1891, Kitty Olive West, of Southwick, dau. of Samuel and Lydia (Prentice), b. Sept. 25, 1867, at Southwick; they have Gladys Clara, b. Nov. 18, 1892; and Marshall Aaron, b. Oct. 17, 1895.

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8015. Sarah Dewey, dau. of Jedediah, 2d, [& Rebecca Williams], b. March 3, 1710, at Westfield, Mass.; there d. May 13, 1785, ag. 75; joined the church; dismissed to Pittsfield in 1762; returned to Westfield later; m. Dec. 22, 1743, Jesse Sackett, son of Joseph and Abigail, b. March 9, 1716, at Westfield; was a veterinary surgeon at Pittsfield and Westfield, Mass.
[Children] — born at Westfield.
1. Sarah, b. Nov. 2, 1744; d. Feb. 21, 1746.
2. Rebecca, b. June 10, 1746; m. —, S. Clarrenton.
3. Sarah, b. April 17, 1750.

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8029. Joseph Dewey, 2d, Deacon, son of Joseph [& Sarah (Warner) Root], b. Oct. 7, 1714, at Westfield, Mass.; there d. Aug. 25, 1799, ag. 84, where he was a farmer on West Silver st.; Dudley ave. now passes over the site of his house, which was a large two-story building; a large red sandstone slab in Mechanic street old burying ground reads thus: "In memory of | Dean Joseph Dewey, | who died 25th Augt | 1799. Aged 85 years. | Also Mrs. Beaulah | his wife died 27th | Octr 1769. Æt. 55 | Our glass has run, | Our work is done, | Our bodies mouldering | lie. | When time shall end | we hope to Assend; | and live with God | on high." M. Jan. 26, 1738, Beulah Sackett, dau. of Joseph and Abigail, b. Jan. 30, 1714, at Westfield; there d. Oct. 27, 1769, ag. 55; and he m. 2d, Nov. 25, 1773, Hannah Phelps, dau. of Aaron and Rachel (Bagg), niece of Daniel Bagg, 2d, No. 8024, and sister to Joseph Dewey, 3d's, wife Ruth, b. May 12, 1734; d. Nov. 2, 1815, ag. 81.
[Children] — born at Westfield.
[—.] Beulah, b. Feb. 5; d. July 18, 1739.
8095. Joseph, 3d, b. March 5, 1741; m.
8069. [sic: 8096] Benjamin, b. April 5, 1743; m.
8097. Gad, b. Jan. 14, 1745; m.
8098. Eliab, b. Nov. 2, 1746; m.
[—.] Beulah, b. Oct. 12, 1748; d. Jan. 12, 1752.
8099. Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1750; d. unm. Oct. 30, 1799, ag. 49, of consumption.
8100. Mary, b. June 23, 1753; m.

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8093. Hannah Dewey, dau. of Thomas, 2d, [& Sarah Martindale], b. Nov. 22, 1767, at Westfield, Mass.; d. July 15, 1853, ag. 85, at Fort Ann, N.Y.; m. May 15, 1788, at Fort Ann, N.Y., Roger Ashley, son of Joseph and Rhoda (Sackett), b. Feb. 6, 1765, at Westfield, Mass.; d. April 14, 1830, at Fort Ann, N.Y., where he had located before his marriage; was a farmer, aand whip stock manufacturer; the town was first called Westfield, N.Y., but being on the site of old Fort Ann the name was changed to that in 1808.
[Children's details not transcribed]

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Jason Kellogg, … m. 2d, Sept. 4, 1790, Mrs. Martha (Benedict) Sackett, widow of Richard Sackett, dau. of Jonathan Benedict, b. May 21, 1756; d. Nov. 25, 1812; she had five Sackett children and four Kellogg children; ….

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8557. Electa [Dewey, d. Caleb Dewey & Lucretia Phelps], b. about 1815; m. Abner Sackett.

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Edward [Bancroft, s. John Bancroft & Clarissa Dewey], b. Oct. 20, 1814; was a brick-mason; lived on Franklin street, about one-half mile from Elm street; d. March 27, 1880; m. March 30, 1870, Lucy Jane Smith, of Tatham, West Springfield, dau. of Algernon S. and Abigail (Sackett), b. Oct. 1, 1841, and had at Westfield: 1, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 3, 1871, d. March 4, 1872; 2, Elizabeth Hastings, b. Oct. 4, 1872, m. Sept. 25, 1894, Frank Edgar Campbell, of Greenfield; 3, Mary Smith, b. May 25, 1876; 4, Edward, b. Aug. 31, 1879, living at Westfield, Mass., in 1898.

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8349. Seth Dewey, son of Josiah [& Mehitable Kilbourn], b. Feb. 2, 1799, at Berlin, Conn.; d. Oct. 25, 1889, ag. 90, of old age, at Westfield, Mass.; was a dancing master in early life and gave instruction in the terpsichorean art for a radius of fifty miles; it was nothing for him to walk from Westfield to Hartford, leaving in the morning, teaching that evening, and then returning, by way of Windsor Locks and Springfield, by the same mode of locomotion. Up to his seventieth year, he was accustomed to take a daily bath in the river or brook at five o'clock in the morning, summer and winter, breaking the ice whenever necessary; was one of the oldest residents of the town, and had lived there fully seventy-five years, moving from New Britain when a lad of fifteen or sixteen. Perhaps no Westfield man was better known to the traveling public than "Dr" Dewey, as for many years he had been a feature at the local hotels and railroad depots, expressing his peculiar views on religion, morality and everything else celestial and terrestrial; and whenever opportunity occurred pursuing his once famous calling of phrenologist. He was always sure of attentive listeners, who though they might scoff at his singular ideas and mode of expressing them, yet usually found themselves worsted if they tried to dispute them. In the days of the "California fever" he crossed the plains, and while others digged for gold he examined heads, and came home with a goodly amount of money. As a phrenologist he at one time ranked with the best in the country, and fifty years ago, in company with Phineas L. Buell and Nelson Sizer, gave lectures and tests of the science in various parts of New England; m. March 7, 1821, at Westfield, Harriet S. Sackett, dau. of Wareham and Eunice (Foot), b. Jan. 16, 1801, at Chester, Mass.; d. Dec, 1890; height, 5 ft., weight, 120 lbs., blue eyes, black hair.
[Children] — born at Westfield.
8710. Franklin Seth, b. April 16, 1824; m.
[—.] Henry W., b. —, 1825; drowned in the old canal, 1836.
8710. [sic] Dwight J., b. —, 1829; m.

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8561. Caleb Dewey, 2d, son of Caleb [& Lucretia Phelps], b. July 26, 1825, at Westfield, Mass.; there d. Nov. 5, 1873, ag. 48; was a blacksmith, and lived on Thomas street; m. May 9, 1854, Julietta Noble, dau. of George and Hannah (Sackett), b. Jan. 18, 1834, at Westfield; there d. Nov. 18, 1870, and he m. 2d, Jan. 31, 1872, at Huntington, Mass., Mrs. Martha Phelps Bartlett, …. [Children's details not transcribed]

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8582. Eliab Dewey, son of James [& Lydia Hisscock], b. Nov. 28, 1806, at Westfield, Mass.; there d. Aug. 9, 1849, where he was a farmer on South Maple street; m. Oct. 11, 1827, Rebecca Sackett, dau. of Shubael, b. April 26, 1807; d. Dec. 30, 1878, ag. 71, at Chicago, Ill.; buried at Westfield.
[Children] — born at Westfield.
9001. Mary E., b. May 31, 1829; m.
9002. James Richard, b. Aug 16, 1830; m.
9003. Wells, b. Oct. 28, 1836; m.
9004. Ida Rebecca, b. Sept. 22, 1838; d. Oct. 8, 1873, at Chicago, Ill.; m. Oct. 29, 1866, George J. Brine, of Chicago, Ill., and had: Jessie, b. Feb. —; d. Aug. —, 1868; Ida Winter, b. Sept. 10, 1873.

Source:
Adelbert M Dewey, Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History, Dewey Publishing Company, Westfield, MA (1898), digital image, Ancestry.com.