Ancestry of
John Dewey

Philosopher and Education Reformer

James Dewey

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of John Dewey — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 18 
  • Father:
  • Jedediah Dewey 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Orton   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Apr 1692 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Jun 1756 
  • Death Location:
  • Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Ashley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 May 1718 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Elizabeth Dewey

  Anna Dewey (Ahnentafel No:9 )

  Keziah Dewey

• Additional marriages for James Dewey

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  • Spouse:
  • Joanna Kellogg
  • Marriage Date:
  • 30 Dec 1738

• Sources for James Dewey

  • ¹ Dewey, Adelbert M., et. al., Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History, Westfield, Massachusetts: Dewey Publishing Company (1898), 243, 846, 852, 860.
  • ² Hopkins, Timothy, The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, Vol. 1, San Francisco, California: Sunset Press and Photo Engraving Co. (1903), 123.
  • ³ Hopkins, Timothy, The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, Vol. 1, San Francisco, California: Sunset Press and Photo Engraving Co. (1903), 35.