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1641 - 1732 (~ 90 years)
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Headstones |
| Josiah Dewey Headstone Josiah, the son of Thomas Dewey and Frances (?), is the husband of Hepzibah Lyman. He is buried in the Old Cemetery in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut.
Created by: Forrest Fothergill
Photo Added by: Forrest Fothergill |
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Name |
Josiah DEWEY [2, 3] |
- The son of Thomas "The Settler" Dewey & his wife Frances, later the wife of George Phelps. Dewey married on 6 Nov 1662 at Northampton, MA to Hepzibah Lyman the daughter of Richard & Hepzibah Ford Lyman. The Deweys located at Northampton, MA about 1663 where Josiah learned the carpenter's trade and became a freeman in 1666. During King Philip's War he was a Sargent of the Guard at Westfield, MA.
He was a Quaker and in his religious discovery he says; "When I was entred into a married state I saw myself now under former ingagemnts of attending heart-searching & hearing Mr. Mather on the hearts hardness assert that there was no plague like unto that, I was affrighted there at & soon after hearing Mr. Eliot (now of Gilford) on a lecture sermon was so awakened as to resolve no longer to delay but to fall to search my own heart. But I found it hard & difficult work to keep my mind to it & sometimes I found that my heart would slip from ye work almost as soon as I was at it. So that I could find little rest."
He seems to have found that rest as he became a Deacon in the church at Westfield. In 1696 he moved to Lebanon, CT where he helped found the town, and where his name appears often in the early records.
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- The "Brief Notes of the Early History of the Dewey Family in America" states that Hepzibah had died about 1670/1 and that Josiah married as a 2d wife, Experience. However, the inscription on Hepzibah Lyman Dewey's headstone states she died in 1732. So I will will using that as Hepzibah's death and will removing be removing Josiah's 2d wife, Experience.
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Birth |
Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut [1] |
Christening |
10 Oct 1641 |
Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut [2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
7 Sep 1732 |
Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut [2, 3] |
Burial |
Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut [1] |
Person ID |
I64169 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
20 Mar 2018 |
Father |
Thomas DEWEY, b. England d. 27 Apr 1648, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Frances ?, b. 1611, England d. 27 Sep 1690, Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts (Age 79 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
22 Mar 1638/9 |
Windsor, Connecticut [2] |
Family ID |
F1666 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Hepzibah LYMAN, b. Abt 1644, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut d. 4 Jun 1732, Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 88 years) |
Marriage |
6 Nov 1662 |
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts [2, 3] |
Children |
+ | 1. Josiah Lyman DEWEY, b. 24 Dec 1666, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. 1750, Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 83 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F1663 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
20 Mar 2018 |
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Event Map |
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| Death - 7 Sep 1732 - Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut |
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Sources |
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
- [S7289] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 1875 Vol. 006 No. 2 April.
- [S8841] American Ancestor.org, Early New England Families, 1641 - 1700, Vol. 1.
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