Abigail ASHLEY

Abigail married Thomas DEWEY on 7 Nov 1706. Thomas (son of Jedediah DEWEY and Sarah ORTON) was born on 29 Jun 1682; died on 15 Mar 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a farmer and miller, and "a man of consequence in the town" of Sheffield, Mass., where he died.

He was authorized by vote of the town, about 176, to build a grist-mill and saw-mill on the falls of the Housatonic (in the present village of Gr. Barrington) and land and water-power were granted to him for the purpose, "so long as he should maintain his mills for the accommodation of the public." He built the mills and kept them running for many years He is said to have had quite a spirited and ably conducted correspondence with the Rev. Dr. Samuel Hopkins, at that time of Gr. Barrington, and afterwards of Newport, H.I., on some doctrinal points of difference between them. The originals of their extended and voluminous correspondence were preserved until within a recent period, but are now lost or destroyed. From Israel Dewey the Gr. Barrington and Lenox Deweys are descended.

Israel married Lydia MOSELY on 19 Sep 1734. Lydia was born on 19 Feb 1715/16; died on 19 Jun 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]