The times., 1899-10-01
ANCESTRY OF THE ADMIRAL.
The First American Dewey Came
With John winthrop.

Louis Marinus Dewey, of Westheld.
Mass, the genealogist Of the Dewey fam
lily, traces the ancestry of the Admiral back
TO Thomas Dewey, whom he calls THE
Settler" Thomas Dewey was a dissenter
from the Church Of England, and while
young man emigrated to America from
Sandwich, in Kent, England. He came TO
the western world as one of the settlers
under Gov. John Winthrop. In 1890 the
government Of the Colony Of Massachusetts
Bay was transferred from the Company Of
Massachusetts Bay to the Colony. One Of
the results Of this was that a number Of
Puritans OF wealth resolved to remove from
England During the summer OF 1880 thir-
teen ships brought TO New England l,500
Puritan settlers. Salem, which had been
founded the year before by party under
John Endicott, was the main landing place.
The first party under winthrop landed at
Salem from the ship The Mary and John
on July G. 1880. Thomas Dewey was one
Of these.
The Mark of Thomas Dewey.
There is a record Of the presence Of this
man in the colony Of Massachusetts, Bay in
1858. This record is the probate OF the
will OF John Russell, and follows;
Att the Court holden att
NeWe Towne August f. 1875.
John Russell, q merchant, diseased,
att Dorchester, August 18th, 1888, and
before his death, being Of a disposeing
understanding did make his last viii
IN the presence Of John Warham, pas
tor OF the Church OF Dorchester, Tho.
Moore, John Moore and Tho.
Deway, in the words following,
or TO the same effect: Halfe
of my estate / give 10 the church Of
Dorchester and halle TO my brothers
Henry Russell and Thomas Hyatt, ex-
cept my mans tyne Web give TO my
man. and he desired that In the dis
poseing OF his goods 10 Dorchester.
there should be espetial respect had
TO clde Dorchester people, naming
Goodman Gaping.
This was testified upon the oath OF
the said witnesses taken in court Sep
tember 3. 1882.
JOHN WARHAM.
THOMAS MOOR CHS Mark
THOMAS DEWEY o CHS Mark)
JOHN MOORE.
Land Granted TO the Settlers.
The Oldest allotment of land upon the
Dorchester records Is that which was made
OF Salt Marsh, April 3. 1893, among TWEEN
ty-one persons divided into four classes,
according to their interest in the stock.
From the Dorchester records this has
been obtained:
Dorch. Fifth Of July 1886.
1t Is granted that Thomas Duee
shall have Two acres OF moving ground
neere the Fresh Marsh, which he hath
formerly mOBen in satisfaction for an
acre OF ground which he left in COM
mons at his house.
The Oath of n Freeman.
The name OF Thowas Dewey does not
appear among the arst twenty-four free
men OF Dorchester, but be was enrolled on
May "a. 1854, upon taking the oath which
follows:
Thomas Dewey being by Gods
providence, an inhabitant and free
man within the jurisdiction Of this
commonwealth. do fully acknowledge
myself TO be subject 10 the government
thereof and therefore do here swear
by The great and dreadful name Of the
everything God that viii be true and
faithful TO the same, and viii accord
ingly yield assistance and support
thereunto with my person and estate,
as IN equity ] am bound. and viii also,
truly endeavnr TO maintain and pre-
serve all the liberties and privileges
thereof, submitting myself TO the
wholesome Lawes and orders made and
established by the same and further
ths. viii not plot or practice any evil
against Il. or consent TO any that shall
do SO. but VIII truly discover and re-
veal the same 70 lawful authority now
here established for the speedy preven-
tfon thereof. Moreover I do solemnIy
bind myself In the presence of God,
that when ] shall be called to give
my voice touching any matter Of this
state IN which freemen are TO deal
I will give my vote and suffrage as