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John C. Dawson 759 Hazelwood Street Vermilion, Ohio 44089 A-United States (440) 967-4428 backjudge1@centuryinter.net |
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| I have worked on the West Virginia DEWEES' for many years, often submitting my data to the Dewees/Deweese Research Team. Our Dewees descendants came from Amsterdam, Holland. The first, Adriaen Hendricks Dewees was born ca. 1595, and owned a book store, as well as brokered paintings for artists including Rembrandt. Many researchers have followed his grandson, Gerrit Hendricks Dewees through the immigration of his family. From New Amsterdam (New York), Old Germantown, Philadelphia, and into Delaware, I have followed our descendants to western Virginia, now West Virginia. The children of John Dewees (Delaware Revolutionary)and his wife, Mary Updegrove, became the emphasis of my research. John removed from Delaware with his family and his brother's (Rev. Joshua Dewees) family and settled in the Fayette County/Monongahela County area. John lived in Redstone, Fayette County and was also said to have lived in the Springhill/Wharton Township. The Reverend Joshua's family in Monongahela County, now West Virginia. John and Mary's children were sons Joshua (moved to Mason County, VA), John Jr. (Darke County, Ohio/Indiana) Samuel (Jackson County, William (Jackson County) and, Isaac Updegrove Dewees, the youngest son settled in Gilmer/Calhoun County area. Of their daughters, Sarah Dewees (b.1781), had a child with a Peter Johnson and both were living in Ohio/Indiana after her parents deaths. Mary Dewees was born 1779 and died before 1814. One other daughter, unnamed was born ca.1783 and died young. The sons of Samuel and William Dewees fought in the civil war in the 11th West Virginia Infantry, all being wounded at one time or more, and were present at Lee's surrender in Appomattox. [I will soon have a web site @WVcivilwar site on this unit] The following is great news from the Head Archivist for the Dewees/Deweese Family. We may soon be able to document without a doubt Lewis Dewees' lineage to Adriaen de Wees as he wrote me the following: Hi John, Good to hear from you. Thanks for sending the new Dewees information. It is of course always gratifying to see that the research we do can be verified in this way. Hope that you are doing well. I’m still doing my real life job here at the University.... teaching and lab research. Have recently become involved in an exciting new Dewees genealogy approach in which a company can analyze DNA from a male Deweese’s Y-chromosome and learn the relationship of that person to others of the same surname. Since only males receive a Y-chromosome, and it is only from the father, a living Deweese male’s Y-chromosome DNA will be similar to the first male Deweese in America. I am excited that this approach may answer a long unanswered question, which is whether or not Lewis Deweese of Kent Co., DE descends from the original Garrett Hendricks Dewees, as do descendants of his proven sons William and Cornelius. Already some answers are coming in with this ongoing new project. Interesting stuff! Best wishes, Jack Allied families of this family are the UPDEGROVES, CASTOS, PARSONS, GATENS and many others I have researched. I have also researched the HUNTERS/LUGARS families that married into this family in the modern era. I am a direct descendant of Thomas Henry DAWSON from England. He married into the families of George Jacob BLETSCHER, and John William Gay ANDRAS (Direct ancestor of John Gay the famous English poet and writer of the Beggar's Opera). Other families include Fredrick LINCKS (veteran of Company L, 21st Pa. Cavalry, buried in the Dayton National Cemetery), and Phillip OYLER (also EULER) of Maryland/Chambersburg, PA.) I possess an extensive knowledge on the Dayton's Old Soldiers Home (for Civil War Veterans and others). I welcome all inquiries.................. |
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