GENERATION 10

GENERATION 9

THOMAS DEWEY
born:02-16-1640Windsor, CT
marr:06-01-1663Dorchester, MA
died:04-27-1690Westfield, MA
father:THOMAS DEWEY
mother:FRANCES RANDALL
 
CONSTANT HAWES
born:07-17-1642Dorchester, MA
marr:06-01-1663Dorchester, MA
died:04-26-1703Westfield, MA
father:RICHARD HAWES
mother:ANN CLAPP



Biography

THOMAS DEWEY was born Feb. 16, 1640, at Windsor, Hartford, CT, and was known to still be living there in 1660, for on Jan. 18 of that year he had paid six shillings and was seated "in the long seats" in the meeting house.

On Nov. 12, 1662, he was granted a homelot of four acres in Northampton, Hampshire, MA, upon the condition that he make improvements on the land within one year, and possess it for three years. He also received a lot of twelve acres for farming, and was connected with a mill by 1666. He was also mentioned on Jul. 6, 1666, as third on a list of twenty grantees of land, his part being 30 acres, "on condition that they come here to dwell in their own persons by the last of May, 1667; to continue there for five years and endeavor to settle an able Minister." His land was on the south side of the Westfield River, on Main Street, and were referred to as "Dewey's Meadows." Other settlers receiving land included: George Phelps, Isaac Phelps, Capt. Aaron Cook, Mr. James Cornish, Moses Cook, THOMAS NOBLE, David Ashley, Mr. John Holyoke, John Osborn, John Ponder, John Ingersol and Hugh Dudley. THOMAS became the sixth settler on Main in Westfield, and was an influential citizen and was ordered by the settling committee to review the land to be fenced and determine where the fences were to be set and where each man's property shall be. He was also commissioned to determine the boundary line between Westfield and Springfield.

In 1672, a second mill was completed two miles from the center of town on Two-Mile Brook, in the Little River District by Joseph Whiting and three Dewey brothers, THOMAS, Josiah and Jedidiah. Later that year the town council agreed to allow them to keep a toll of 1/12 of the corn they ground. The four men were also granted 10 acres each around the mill to pond water for the mill. In 1676, Thomas Whiting sold his interest in the mill.

The Deweys were sued by five of the settlers for unlawfully keeping a dam on the Two-Mile River. The brothers lost, but appealed the decision. The records mention that it was quite a court battle and some shady dealings by one of the plaintiffs was suspected.

THOMAS was a representative to Boston From 1677 to 1679, a Selectman in 1677 and 1686, and in 1676 was licensed by the Court to keep a "Publique House of Entertainment" and in 1680 he took the Freeman's Oath. He joined the Westfield church in May, 1680, and was appointed Cornet of the Hampshire Troops of the General Court in July, 1685.

Shortly after removing to the Springfield area, THOMAS married CONSTANT HAWES, the marriage taking place Jun. 1, 1663 at her hometown of Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. THOMAS died Apr. 27, 1690, at Westfield. CONSTANT died there on Apr. 26, 1703, according to town records. However her tombstone reads:
 

MRS.
CONSTANT
DEWEY DYEd
ON APR THE
27 1702 AGED
58 YEAR CORT
THO DEWEY
WIFE

 

Children

  born marr died
children born at Northampton, Hampshire, MA
Thomas 03-26-1664                                         
Adijah 03-05-1666         
Mary
  husband David Ashley
01-28-1667/68
03-10-1666/67
 
07-11-1688
12-13-1757
08-07-1744
children born at Westfield, Hampden, MA
Samuel
  wife Sarah Weller
  wife Rebecca Ashley
06-25-1670     
06-06-1677     
05-30-1685     
 
12-19-1695
         -1714
05-11-1734
07-21-1709
 
Hannah
  husband Matthew Noble
02-21-1672/73
         -1668     
 
12-10-1690
 
         -1744
ELIZABETH DEWEY
  husband THOMAS NOBLE
01-10-1677     
01-14-1666     
 
12-19-1695
10-02-1757
07-29-1750
James 07-03-1678        02-27-1681
Abigail
  husband Joseph Ashley
  husband Thomas Dewey
02-14-1680/81
07-31-1671     
                 
 
04-12-1699
11-07-1706
12-20-1747
02-25-1706
 
James 11-12-1683        05-05-1686
Israel
  wife Sarah Root
07-09-1686     
07-27-1683     
 
 
01-26-1728
 


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