The times., 1899-10-01
GEORGE DEEEF'S LIFE WORK.
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the year 1929, the motto being Corona
Veniet delectis crown will come TO
those who deserve it.
Another authority asserts that the name
Dewey was originally De Ewes. and this
family went from French Flanders into
England in the reign Of Henry VIII, when
one branch OF the family had the name
Dexie. another branch Dewey, and another
branch Davie.
Manor Of the DeIa-Weys.
The following is extracted from Kim
ball and Johnson's Peerage.
In the parish Of stanwood. in the county Of
Devon, England, there ancient mansion
house and demense lands known by the name OF
the NeF The inhabitants Of this seat and the
2ncest of this family were first Of all known
ly the rame of Dela-Mey, and the FIRST OF them
mentioned in their pedigree had coat armor,
which hath ever since continued the same 10 tbs
family, although their names have been dIyerseiy
written De-la-Mey then Dewey. De Vie. and
sottoned into Davis into which variation it was
the more subject. for that many hundred years
since one Walter Pollard, matching with the
daughter and heiT-reneral Of this house. became
Owner Of the said ancient habitation called Wev,
which gave name 10 the family
Dewey Descended From Thor.
c. II. Browning. Of Ardmore, Pa, a gen
ealogist, who has given considerable study
to the Dewey family. has said that the an
cestry Of Admiral Dewey begins in the
borderland OF mythology with Thor the
Saxon god This cult-herO was, according
10 the ancient Saxon chronicles and SnorTo
Edda of the saxoHs. the ancestor in The
nineteenth or twentieth generation Of an
other cult-heTo who is almost myth. and
who has been variDusly called Ncthinn,
Othinn, Odin. Bodo, and Wooden. the King
of the West Saxons. who with his spouse
ka M.r nd nf
mythology. This King Wooden. the God of
War. is described as the great-great-
grandfather OF Horsa and Hengst- 1t was
Hengst who about the year 495 became
the first King Of Kent
GeneaIogIst's story.
Genealogist Browning says that leaving
me progenitor Of the Saxon rulers in Brit
ain. Admiral Deweys royal lineage passes
along the royal Saxon line on the Cont
nent OF Europe through King Hengst's
son. Prince Hartwaker. TO the historic
King Dieteric and his famous wife, Dobro-
gera. daughter of BeIlung. King Of the
Worder. Their grandson. Whitekind the
Great, was the last king OF the Saxons, 4.
ID. 76s-SG7. The line then dwindled 10
dukes and finally to counts. until the COM
ing OF Robert-fortis, who by the power of
his sword made himself Count Of Anjon
and Orleans. Duke and Marquis Of France,
and who took as his wife Lady Alisa. sis
ter-in-law TO Lothaire J. King of the
Franks From him. through a line Of
Dukes OF France and Burgundy and Counts
OF Paris. was descended Hugh Capet, who
usurped the throne of France and sup
planted Charles. Duke Of Lorraine. the
hei- cf Louis d'Outremere, or King Louis
Nv. the last Carlovingian to sit upon the
French throne These remote ancestors OF
Dewey became related to Robert the Plus
and Anne OF Russia, who was descended
from Alexander the Great. A daughter OF
Hugh the Great was married TO Robert
de BeIlomont a Norman. and Earl OF Mil
lent. who went with William the Con-
queror into England. He was created Earl
OF Leicester In 1103, dying in Ills, leaving
q son. Robert Rassu de Bellomont, seco2d
Earl OF Leicester, who was q justiciary OF
England. His son, Robert Blanche Mains,
was third Earl Of Leicester, and his mar
rage TO Lady Amelia produced a daughter
Lady Margaret de B5llsnout. This daugh-
ter was married 10 Saher de Quincy, one
OF the rebsIlious barons under King John.
A granddaughter, Elizabeth de Quincy,
became the wife of Alexander de Corayn.
second Earl OF Burton, descended from
Donalbcne, King Of Scots
A daughter Of Alexander de Conya was
married to Gilbert. Baron d'UmfrOville, a
descendant from whom, Lady Joan
d'Urnfroville. was married 10 Sir William
Lambert, Lord CT ONlton Manor. in Dur
ham. great-granddaughter became the
wife TO Thomas Lyman. Gentleman, OF
Navistock ia Essex, who died in 1903.
Henry Lyman's son was the father OF
Richard Lyman who emigrated 70 Massa-
sachusetts Colony in 1854, and who died
at Hartford in 1910. His son, Richard
Lyman OF Windsor. had a daughter, Hepzi-
bah. who on November 6, 1922, was mar
ried TO Josiah Dewey. son Of Thomas
Dewey, the first American Dewey.
Dewey COas-of-Arms.
The Dewey coat-of-arms. grey with the
dust OF centuries that are dead, are trink-
cts though they are, relics Of wondrous in
terest Edward Dewey wilkins, Of New
York city. while searching through the
British Museum many years ago, came upon
an ancient parchment book on heraldry. He
found what follows;
Dewe- Bucks-sa on q fess between
three dragons heads erased or; Ian
gued gu, as many cinquefoils of the
field.
Crest-a dragons head between two
wings expanded sa. Oh each q cinque-
foil or.
The Interpretation Of this foIlows-The
Deweys OF Bucks county. The srms-The
shield Is sable {black) with a gold fess
(band) running across il horizontally OF
which are three black cinquefoils five
leaved clovers) above the fess with three
dragons heads erased iforcibly torn OF
leaving the separated parts Jagged and IN
even and one under. also erased. All
three OF gold langned gu; with red
tonguesD
In Burke's Heraldry there is later de-
scription OF the arms of the Dewey family
in Norfolk. The description follows:
Dewey-Sa, on a fess argent between
three dragons heads erased or; as
many cinquefoiis OF the field.
The arms OF the Dewey family in Kent
is described as follows.
Or. fess rair between three quatre-
foIs qu.;.
Another coat-of-arms OF the Dewey fam
ily In Kent Is given as:
Dewey-or.; Pile gu
The AdmiraI's Father.
Julius Yemans Dewey, the father Of Ad-
miraI Dewey, was born at Berlin, Yer
mont. August %. 1891, and died at Mont
pelier, May 2s 1877 What is mortal o'
him lies in the Green Mount Cemetery
in the hills above the city Of Montpelier
He was the last survivor Of eight children
He was graduated from the medical de-
par1ment OF the University OF Vermont il
1924 and practised medicine successful.
until 1856. when he was appointed agent an
medical examiner Of life insurance com
pany Of which later he became the presi-
dent. He was an Episcopalian and was fol
many years warden, vestryman. and treas
urer OF Christ Church al Montpelier. Ii