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Ancestors of Margaret May Harvey

      1122. Robert~ Dewey, born 1540 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died Unknown in England. He married 1123. Margaret~ Stasye.

      1123. Margaret~ Stasye, born Abt. 1550 in Hingham or Wymondham, Norfolk, England; died Unknown.

Notes for Robert~ Dewey:
THOMAS DEWEY

ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Dorchester
REMOVES: Windsor 1635
OCCUPATION: Inventory indicates only agricultural activity at a subsistence level.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Membership in Dorchester church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [ MBCR 1:369].
EDUCATION: Signed will of John Russell by mark, 3 September 1633 [ MBCR 1:153]; signed deed of 12 August 1635 by mark [ DTR 12].
OFFICES: Jury member for Particular Court of Connecticut on six occasions between 2 March 1642/3 and 22 November 1647 [ RPCC 18, 23, 29, 36, 39, 48].
(Most sources say that Thomas Dewey was cornet of the troop, but the evidence for this has not been found.)
ESTATE: Granted 8 acre lot in Dorchester, 1 December 1634 [ DTR 9]. Granted 2 acres of mowing ground, 5 July 1635 [ DTR 11]. Granted 4 acres, Lot #64, in Meadow beyond Naponset [ DTR 321]. On 12 August 1635 "Thomas Duee" sold to Richard Jones five parcels in Dorchester: "4 acres of ground with my house and all thereto belonging, also 8 acres of ground of my great lot, also ten acres of meadow on the side Naponset, and 4 acres of meadow on the other side, and 2 acres of meadow in the fresh marsh" [ DTR 12].
In the Windsor land inventory Thomas Dewey held on 28 February 1640 five parcels which he had received by grant: seven acre homelot; four acres and a quarter in Great Meadow; a planting lot over the Great River, eighteen rods wide; thirteen acres and a half in the Northwest Field; and a parcel of sixteen acres (the last two parcels annotated in the margin "sold to Thomas Stouton") [ WiLR 1:89]. The same inventory (including additions after 28 February 1640) showed that Thomas Dewey had purchased several pieces of land: from Eltweed Pomeroy, a parcel of meadow; from William Hosford, an acre and eighteen rods in Norwest Field, and six rods in the Great Meadow; from Thomas Stayres, three acres and a quarter, and a parcel in Norwest Field; from John Mason, a lot over the Great River (in exchange for five acres in the Great Meadow); of Nicholas Denslow, half an acre in Norwest Field; and of Michael Try, three-quarters of an acre in the Great Meadow [ WiLR 1:89].
The inventory of the estate of Thomas Dewey, taken 19 May 1648, totalled Ł213, of which Ł118 was real estate: "one house and barn with the homelot, in quantity about one acre & quarter," Ł40; seven acres of meadow adjoining the houselot, Ł20; four acres and a quarter in the Great Meadow, Ł13; three acres and a quarter in the Great Meadow, Ł10; five acres, eight rods and a half in the Great Meadow, Ł15; and "two parcels of upland about 29 acres & half," Ł20 [ Manwaring 1:6; Dewey Gen 225].
The distribution of the estate was made on 17 October 1648: to the relict, Ł60; to "his eldest son by name Thomas Dewy," Ł30; and to the other five children Ł20 apiece [ Manwaring 1:7; Dewey Gen 226]. The children were listed as follows: "Six children, 4 boys, 2 girls: one girl Mary Clark 12 years old; one son Thomas Dewye 8 years [old]; Josiah Dewey 7 years old; Annah Dewey 5 years old; Isreall Dewey 3 years old; Jydidiah Dewey 3 quarters of a year old."
At Hartford Court on 4 June 1663 three men judged "the difference of the land of Thomas Dewey deceased for an equal division amongst the children of the said Dewey," and they agreed that "Thomas Dewey the eld~est son" should have five acres and a quarter in the Great Meadow (accompanied by the marginal notation that this was sold to Samuel Marshall), one acre and fifty-three rods of meadow (accompanied by the marginal notation that this was sold to John Strong), and "a quarter part or four acres and half in a parcel of swamp land as it is to be divided betwixt him and his three brothers Josia, Isrell, Jededia" [ WiLR 1:89; Dewey Gen 226].
BIRTH: By 1613 based on freemanship (and consistent with date of marriage).
DEATH: Windsor 27 April 1648 [ Grant 30].
MARRIAGE: Windsor 22 March 1638/9 Frances (_____) Clark [ Grant 30]. She was a widow, but the name of her first husband is unknown, and she had one daughter with him, the Mary Clark in Dewey's estate distribution [ NYGBR 59:214-15]. She married (3) Windsor [2] November 1648 GEORGE PHELPS [ Grant 56], and had three children with him.
CHILDREN:
i THOMAS, b. 16 February 1639/40 [ Grant 30]; m. Dorchester 1 June 1663 Constant Hawes [ DVR 21].

ii JOSIAH, bp. 10 October 1641 [ Grant 30]; m. Northampton 6 November 1662 Hepzibah Lyman [ Pynchon VR 141].

iii ANNA, bp. 15 October 1643 [ Grant 30]; m. Northampton 18 May 1671 John Woodward [ Pynchon VR 142].

iv ISRAEL, bp. 25 September 1645 [ Grant 30]; m. Northampton 20 August 1668 Abigail Drake, daughter of Job of Windsor [ Pynchon VR 142].

v JEDEDIAH, b. 15 December 1647 [ Grant 30]; m. by 1672 Sarah Orton (eldest child b. Westfield 28 March 1672 [ Pynchon VR 23]; in the 1688 testamentary deed of Thomas Orton of Farmington is a gift to "my three daughters Mary Root, Sarah Duee and Elisabath Lewis" [ Farmington LR 1:106]).

COMMENTS: The statement has been made [e.g., NYGBR 6:63] that Thomas Dewey was from Sandwich, Kent, but this has no documentary foundation. Dewey was more likely from the West Country, as were so many of the other early settlers of Dorchester. Since Thomas Dewey first appears in Dorchester in 1633, he may have arrived on the unnamed ship from Weymouth, Dorsetshire, that landed in New England in July of 1633 [ GMN 3:9].
Many secondary sources identify Thomas Dewey's wife as the widow of Joseph Clark of Windsor, but Clarence Almon Torrey demolished this claim in 1928, and demonstrated that the identity of the first husband of Frances (_____) (Clark) (Dewey) Phelps remains unknown [ NYGBR 59:214-15; TAG 35:151].
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The Dewey family was treated extensively by Louis Marinus Dewey, et al., in Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History (Westfield, Mass., 1898), cited herein as Dewey Gen. This volume includes extensive transcripts from probate and land records of the immigrant Thomas Dewey.


Child of Robert~ Dewey and Margaret~ Stasye is:

561

Margaret* Dewey, born 1574 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died 1641 in Charlestown, Middlesex County, MA; married Edmund Hobart, Sr* 07 Sep 1600 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

1136. Thomas Newcomb, born in England; died Unknown. He was the son of 2272. Richard Newcomb.

Child of Thomas Newcomb is:

568

Samuel Newcomb, born 1579 in England; died Unknown.

      1140. Richard Brackett, born Bet. 1550 - 1554 in Sudbury, Suffolk ²⁵⁶; died 26 May 1626 in Sudbury, Suffolk. He was the son of 2280. William Brackett, Jr and 2281. Alice~. He married 1141. Alice~ Harper 25 Sep 1589 in All Saint's, Sudbury, Suffolk.

      1141. Alice~ Harper, born Abt. 1559 in Sudbury, Suffolk; died 1595 in Sudbury, Suffolk.

More About Richard Brackett and Alice~ Harper:
Marriage: 25 Sep 1589, All Saint's, Sudbury, Suffolk

Child of Richard Brackett and Alice~ Harper is:

570

Peter Brackett, Sr, born 1585 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England; died 25 Aug 1616 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England; married Rachel*~ 1607 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.

      1146. Richard Stone, Sr, born 1545 in Great Bromley, Essex, England; died Unknown. He was the son of 2292. Symond Stone and 2293. Agnes~. He married 1147. Joane~ 1575.

      1147. Joane~, born in England; died Unknown.

More About Richard Stone and Joane~:
Marriage: 1575

Children of Richard Stone and Joane~ are:

	i.	Frances Stone, born Abt. 14 Sep 1578 in Great Bromley, Essex, England; died Unknown; married John Upshore; died Unknown.
	ii.	Mercy Stone, born Abt. 21 Aug 1580; died Unknown.
	iii.	Agnes Stone, born Abt. 16 Mar 1583/84 in Great Bromley, Essex, England; died Unknown; married Thomas Rawlins; died Unknown.
	iv.	Mary Stone, born Abt. 09 Apr 1588; died Unknown.
573	v.	Susan* Stone, born Abt. 04 Oct 1590 in Mistley, Essex, England; died 19 Aug 1684 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA; married (1) Richard Cutting, Sr~ 03 Aug 1620 in Great Bromley, Essex, England; married (2) Henry Kemball 27 Nov 1628 in Mistley, Essex; married (3) Unknown Low Aft. 1658.
	vi.	Richard Stone, Jr, born Abt. 10 Oct 1591; died Unknown.

More About Richard Stone, Jr:
Individual Note: Died young

		vii.		William Stone, born Abt. 13 Mar 1592/93; died Unknown.
		viii.		Mary Stone, born Abt. 25 Feb 1594/95; died Unknown; married William Tawler; died Unknown.
		ix.		Margery Stone, born Abt. 05 Feb 1597/98; died Unknown.
		x.		Richard Stone, Jr, born Abt. 10 Aug 1600 in Great Bromley, Essex, England; died Unknown; married (1) Susan Nicholl 31 Jan 1627/28; died Unknown; married (2) Helena 24 Jan 1631/32; died Unknown.

More About Richard Stone and Susan Nicholl:
Marriage: 31 Jan 1627/28

1148. John~ Stone, born Bef. 1562 in Tonbridge, Kent, England ²⁵⁷; died Unknown.

Child of John~ Stone is:

574

Timothy Stone, born 1588; died Unknown; married Jane*~ Wickenham 20 Jun 1615 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England.

      1152. John Field II, born Abt. 1568 in Ardsley, England ²⁵⁸; died Unknown in Ardsley, England. He was the son of 2304. Sir John Field I and 2305. Jane Amyas. He married 1153. Jane~ Stowell 02 May 1587 in Ardsley, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

      1153. Jane~ Stowell, born 1570 in East Ardsley, Bradford, Yorkshire, England; died Unknown.

Notes for John Field II:
"FIELD GENEALOGY"
Frederick Clifton Pierce
Vol I

JOHN FIELD (John, Richard, William, William, Thomas, Thomas, John, Thomas, Roger), b. Ardsley, England, about 1568; m. ___. He was born in Ardsley, but evidently moved away before reaching his majority, for he was not mentioned in his father's will. Osgood Field is of the opinion that he died young, as he was not mentioned in the wills of his father or mother. Res. Ardsley, England.
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More About John Field II:
Will Administrator: 28 Dec 1586, John Field is co-executor of his father's will ²⁵⁹

More About Jane~ Stowell:
Surname Variant: Stotwell?

More About John Field and Jane~ Stowell:
Marriage: 02 May 1587, Ardsley, Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Children of John Field and Jane~ Stowell are:

576	i.	Zechariah Field, Sr*, born Abt. 1596 in East Ardsley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England; died 30 Jun 1666 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA; married Mary~ Abt. 1641 in Hartford, CT.
	ii.	John Field III, born Abt. 1590 in East Ardsley, England; died Unknown in Cockernhoe, England.
	iii.	Richard Field, born Abt. 1592 in Cockernhoe, Yorkshire, England; died Unknown.
	iv.	William Field, born Abt. 1594 in Cockernhoe, Yorkshire, England; died Unknown.
	v.	Martin Field, born Abt. 1598; died Unknown.
	vi.	Matthew Field, born Abt. 1600; died Unknown.

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