Josiah Dewey

1641 - 1732  (90 years)

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• Name	Josiah Dewey  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	10 Oct 1641	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	4357
  Died	7 Sep 1732	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Siblings	4 Siblings
  1. Thomas Dewey,   b. 16 Feb 1639/40, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA ▻ Constant Hawes,  m. 1 Jun 1663 + 2. Josiah Dewey,   b. 10 Oct 1641, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 7 Sep 1732, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA  (Age 90 years) ▻ Hepzibah Lyman,  m. 6 Nov 1662   3. Anna Dewey,   b. 15 Oct 1643 ▻ John Woodward,  m. 18 May 1671   4. Israel Dewey,   b. 25 Jun 1645 ▻ Abigail Drake,  m. 20 Aug 1668   5. Jedediah Dewey,   b. 15 Dec 1647, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ▻ Sarah Orton,  m. Bef 1672
  Person ID	I4357	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Dewey,   b. 20 Dec 1606, Hinton Martell, Dorset, England ,   d. 27 Apr 1648, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Frances Unknown,   b. Between 1610 and 1615, England
  Relationship	natural
  Married	22 Mar 1638/39	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hepzibah Lyman,   b. 1644, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 4 Jun 1732, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	6 Nov 1662	Northampton, New London, Connecticut, USA   [3, 5]
  Children	1. Hepzibah Dewey,   b. 9 Oct 1663, Northampton, New London, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 1750, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA  (Age 86 years)  [natural]   2. Mary Dewey,   b. 16 Oct 1665, Northampton, New London, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 11 Jan 1666/67, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 1 years)  [natural] + 3. Josiah Dewey,   b. 24 Dec 1666, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1750, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA  (Age 83 years)  [natural]   4. John Dewey,   b. 9 Feb 1669, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1718, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA  (Age 48 years)  [natural]   5. Ebenezer Dewey,   b. 20 Feb 1672/73, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 3 Dec 1711, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA  (Age 38 years)  [natural] + 6. Nathaniel Dewey,   b. 20 Feb 1672/73, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. New London, New London, Connecticut, USA  [natural]   7. Elizabeth Dewey,   b. 10 Jul 1677, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 2 Oct 1757, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 80 years)  [natural] + 8. Experience Dewey,   b. 9 Apr 1682, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1755, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   9. Joseph Dewey,   b. 9 Apr 1682, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 9 Jul 1682, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   10. Benjamin Dewey,   b. 8 Jul 1685, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1685, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   11. Mindwell Dewey,   b. 19 Oct 1686, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F1150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Oct 1641 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Died - 7 Sep 1732 - Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Here lies the body of Dn Josiah Dewey. He was born in Windsor 1640.........Slept in Jesus Sept7, 1732 In ye 92 year of his Age. Connecticut cemetery inscription. NEHGS 1920 Vol74 P57 transcriptions of Westfield Vital Records show wife of this Josiah as Experience Dewey--but that appears to be a mistake, as children born later are listed to Hepzibah. Also, Ebenezer listed as son of Josiah and Experience in Westfield Vital Records shows as son of Josiah and Hepzibah on his gravestone. Also Hepzibahs gravestone in Lebanon's Old Cemtery is inscribed as husband of Josiah. 6 Jun 1650; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 26. It is Agreed and Concluded betwixt this Courte in the behalfe of the Children of Thomas Dewey and Geo: Phelps of Wyndsor that the whole of the land both meadow and vpland mentioned in the said Deweys Invento: amounting to the Sum of 75£ Shall bee sequestred for the Childre[ns] seuerall porcons so farr as it goes, and the remainder be[ing] 52£, he Ingages himselfe to gi7e int to the Courte sufficie[nt] security for the payment thereof according to the will of the Courte. The howse and peece of land belonging to it valued at 40£, the said Phelps Accepts vppon his wiues parte of the Estate.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000;). Online publication - Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. [S3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Record for Josiah Dewey [S13] Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, Robert Charles Anderson, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Date: 1995;), Dewey, Thomas biography. [S12] New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Records of Windsor, Ct 1851 Vol 5 p63-66, 225-230, 359-365. [S172] Northhampton, Massachusetts Vital Records.