The times., 1899-10-01


TO the foot OF the hill it keeps the
same breadth but after il comes to the
street il is but 10 rodds in breadth; the
length of the street down to the Mead
ow on the north side 5S rodd and
halle, bounded north by Aaron Cook
and south by the way that goes into
the Meadow.
Death of the Pioneer.
Thomas Dewey died intestate in the
spring of 1913 and on May 10 of that year
the following inventory Of his real and
personal estate was filed in the Windsor
court:
One howse barne With the homelott in quan-
tity about quarter to the tost of the hill;
One Prcen of meadow adioynstng thereunto
about acres;
Another Prcel in the Great Meadow of acres
& quarter;
Another Prcen in the Great Meadow about 5
acres Rode & Halle;
Two Preells of Upland about % acres & halle;
Two yo2kes Of oxen;
Two mares & colt;
Two cowes & ok, young beast;
One soue & piggs;
Two stocks OF bees;
II acres OF corne vpon the ground:
One bedstead, bedding and lynfng;
His wearing cloathes;
A chest, a box, a cubberd;
One fowling peece, suord. poudeF & bullits;
Wedges, bette rings and other tools;
Pots, kettles iron & brass;
Hemp and fax;
A saddle q pillion:
Meal, trow, tables, payles & small things
The distribution of this estate was made
at the instance of the court by David Will
ton and Robert WincheI, on October II,
1GzS. Their return TO the court follows:
syxe children, 4 boyes, gerlls. one gerl Mary
nrlr , old
yeare, Josiah Dewey, yeare, Annah Dewey, 5
ye2re old, israeli Dewey, 8 yeare old, Jyddiah
Dewey 3-quarters Of a yeare old. To the Relict
60 l.; To his eldest some by name Thomas
Dewey 80 L & TO the other children 100 L.
List of the Dewey Line.
It is claimed by the family genealogist
that from Jedaiah and his brother Josiah
all the Deweys of the fand are descended
The Dewey family has become allied with
others Of the old families of New England,
notably the Elder Strong family, the
Richard Howes family the Ashleys, Kel-
lers. Lymans, brakes. -Bissells. ortons, and
Bancrofts.
The Dewey line for nine generations
follows:
Thomas Dewey, landed at Salem, 1890;
married March % 1888, to Mrs Frances
Clarke.
2-Josiah Dewey. baptized October 10.
1871; married November 6, 1862, to Hep
sibah Lyman.
s-Josiah Dewey, jr., born December "a,
1866; married January Is, 1880; to Mehi-
table Miller.
William Dewey, born January 6. 1881;
married July 2 17I3 10 Mercy Bailey.
5-Simeon Dewey. born May l, 171s;
married March %, 1879. to Anna Phelps.
6-William Dewey second, born January
?, 1915; married 17es TO Rebecca Carrier.
7-Simeon Dewey second, born August
20. 1770; married February 81, 1894, 10
Prudence Yemans.
s-JuIius Yemans Dewey, born August
%, 1901; married first June 9, 1926, 10
Mary Pettin; married second August 8,
lS45, TO Susan Edison Tarbox; married
third March 9, 1855, to Susan E. G. Lilley.
George Dewey, born December &c,
1897: married October q, 1867, to Susan B.
Goodwin.
Origin of the Name.
The genealogist of the Deweys has said,
that 10 determine the origin of family so
old as that of the Dewey, is a task beset
with difficulty, as the farther lack one
goes the less complete and more unsatis-
factory the records become. The Dewey
was an old feudal family in French Elan
ders, from which the town of Douia in
France is said TO take its name; some Of
the family came to England with William
the Conqueror and settled in Lincolnshire,
northeast OF London. One authority has
said that a nobleman named De Wey came
with William the Conqueror, after whom
Weymouth, in Dorset, England, was
named.
story About st. David.
Devices in Dutch means Orphan a.
Dewey or Devil in Welsh is a corruption
of David, and there is a tradition in some
Dewey families that the origin of the race
was in Wales where the patronymic was
originally derived from Archbishop Devil,
chosen Patron Saint OF Wales; canonized
by Pope Calixtus in 1920 as ST. David, and
founder OF the Monasteries at Meneria,
| West Britain. now ST. Dayid's Head.
Wales, and where ST. David's remains rest
In a vast cathedral. DR.. 0ryiIle Dewey.
the celebrated Unitarian divine of Boston.
memorialized this bit of family history by
calling his ancestral home at Sheffield.
Mass, st. Davids.'
Motto of the. Dewey Arms.
| In Burks Heraldry 1t is claimed that the
name Dewey was originally de la Wey.
| The ancestors came over with William the
Conqueror and took this name. branch
Of the family was called Dewes. and Simon
| Dewes was created baronet of Stow Hall
and had coat-of-arms given TO him about
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