Ancestry of
Melvil Dewey

Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System

Benjamin Cole

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• • Great-grandfather of Melvil Dewey — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Cole 
  • Mother:
  • Squcie Fones   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 Nov 1751 
  • Birth Location:
  • North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Oct 1839 
  • Death Location:
  • Adams Center, Jefferson, New York 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Smith Cemetery, Washington County, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Wightman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Nov 1783 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Susannah Cole

  Polly Cole (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Sources for Benjamin Cole

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A024113.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/13/2023).
  • 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), 516.
  • ⁴ Throop, Louise Walsh, et. al., Mayflower Families in Progress: George Soule of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, 6th ed., Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2011), 176.