Ancestry of
Melvil Dewey

Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System

Aaron Dewey

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Melvil Dewey — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Jonathan Dewey 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Collier   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Aug 1734 
  • Birth Location:
  • Lebanon, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Maria Porter
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Jan 1758 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Lebanon, New London, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Eleazer Dewey (Ahnentafel No:8 )

• Sources for Aaron Dewey

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Lebanon, p. 52, Birth record for son Eleazer Dewey.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Lebanon, p. 135, Marriage record for Aaron Dewey and Mary Porter.
  • ³ Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784, Bourne, Nathaniel (Manchester), p. 4.
  • ⁴ Dewey, Adelbert M., et. al., Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History, Westfield, Massachusetts: Dewey Publishing Company (1898), 399, 413-414.
  • ⁵ Jordan, John W. and James Hadden, Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Volume 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1912), 410.