Sixth Generation

164. Lieutenant Moses DEWEY Sr. (*)^4,23 was born on 6 January 1714 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.^4,15,18,39 He died in 1767 at the age of 53 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.⁴ He has Ancestral File Number BTRC-D1.

Lieutenant Moses DEWEY Sr. (*) and Rachel MOSELEY were married on 9 June 1763.⁴⁹ Rachel MOSELEY was born on 11 September 1715 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.⁴⁹ She died on 1 February 1787 at the age of 71.⁴⁹

Lieutenant Moses DEWEY Sr. (*) and Sarah DEWEY (*) were married on 1 January 1736 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.⁴ (They were first cousins, as their fathers were brothers.) Sarah DEWEY (*)^4,23, daughter of Israel DEWEY and Sarah ROOT, was born on 27 May 1714 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.⁴ (This is a map of Westfield, MA.) She died on 7 April 1762 at the age of 47 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.^4,37 She has Ancestral File Number BTRC-F6. Sarah was buried in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.³⁷ in the Mechanic Street Cemetery.

Gravestone Inscription: "In memory of Mrs. Sarah wife of Lieut. Moses Dewey who died April 7, 1762 in her 47 year

Time was like thee
of life Possesd
& Time will be
When thou shalt rest"

Lieutenant Moses DEWEY Sr. (*) and Sarah DEWEY (*) had the following children:

+317	i.	*Captain Moses DEWEY Jr. ().**
318	ii.	Sarah DEWEY^4,23 was born on 13 April 1741 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. She died on 22 January 1829 at the age of 87 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. She has Ancestral File Number 2M0W-S7.
319	iii.	Esther DEWEY^4,23 was born on 9 April 1744 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. She died on 23 August 1794 at the age of 50. She has Ancestral File Number 2M10-CC.
320	iv.	Keziah DEWEY^4,23 was born on 9 November 1749 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. She died on 15 October 1752 at the age of 2 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. She has Ancestral File Number J194-79.
321	v.	Adjutant Russell DEWEY^4,23 was born on 7 August 1754 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. He served in the military about 1776.⁵⁰ At the entrance to the Mechanic Street Cemetery in Westfield, Hampden County, MA, is a plaque "In Honor the the Men Who Served in the American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783." Listed on that plaque is Russell Dewey. He appeared in the census in 1790 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.⁴³ Russell died on 18 February 1827 at the age of 72 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.³⁷ He has Ancestral File Number J19B-CS. He was buried in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.³⁷ in the Mechanic Street Cemetery. Gravestone Inscription: "Sacred To the memory of Adjt. Russell Dewey who died Feb. 18, 1827 Aged 72 years. He was a lover of his Country and fought for her independence."
+322	vi.	Gideon DEWEY.