Ancestry of
Melvil Dewey

Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System

Jonathan Dewey

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Melvil Dewey — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 32 
  • Father:
  • John Dewey 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Thomas   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Mar 1709/1710 
  • Birth Location:
  • Lebanon, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 23 Dec 1759 
  • Death Location:
  • Lebanon, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Collier
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Nov 1733 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Lebanon, New London, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Aaron Dewey (Ahnentafel No:16 )

• Sources for Jonathan Dewey

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Lebanon, p. 53, Marriage record for Jonathan Dewey and Mary Collier.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Lebanon, p. 53, Birth record for Jonathan Dewey.
  • 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, 399, gives Jonathan's birth date as 06 MAR 1710.