Ancestry of
William Dewey

(1692–1759)

William Dewey

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Josiah Dewey Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Mehitable Miller   
  • Birth Date:
  • Jan 1692 
  • Birth Location:
  • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Nov 1759 
  • Death Location:
  • Lebanon, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Notes: 

  • William Dewey is said to have died from smallpox caught at Albany.

• Marriages for William Dewey

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  • Spouse:
  • Mercy Saxton
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Jul 1713

• Sources for William Dewey

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Lebanon, p. 54, Marriage record for William Dewey and Mercy Bayley.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 314.
  • ³ Dewey, Adelbert M., et. al., Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History, Westfield, Massachusetts: Dewey Publishing Company (1898), 394, 396.
  • ⁴ Goodwin, John Samuel, comp., The Goodwins of Kittery, York County, Maine, Chicago: Orrin Sheller Goodwin, Printer and Publisher (1898), 41.