Tenth Generation

706. Israel DEWEY (*) was born on 9 July 1686 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. After 1720 he was in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He was elected to serve as a "Selectman"--a member of a board of town officials in New England communities. They are elected to serve as the town's chief administrative authority, and they manage local affairs including: (1) leading the development of capital improvement programs; (2) developing risk management policies, such as insurance; (3) monitoring the town's financial performance; and (4) organizing elections for local, state and federal offices.

In colonial times, Selectmen oversaw ten or twelve families, removed children from "unfit" parents, and ensured that fathers exercised proper family government. In 1722 he was in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He was named to a Seat in the Meeting House. Israel died on 26 January 1728 at the age of 41 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He has Ancestral File Number 9LX0-B5. He has Ancestral File Number BWPV-VF. Israel was buried in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. in the Mechanic Street Cemetery (referred to as the Old Burying Ground).

Gravestone Inscription: "Israel Dewey died January 26 1728 Aged 42" Sarah ROOT (*) and Israel DEWEY (*) were married in 1713 in Of Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Israel and his brother Adijah married first cousins, both named Sarah Root.

707. Sarah ROOT (*) was born on 27 July 1683 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. (One source--"The Descendants of John Root"--lists her parents as Thomas Root, Sr., and Mary Gridley, his second wife.) She died on 4 April 1739 at the age of 55 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She has Ancestral File Number 2RB5-HX. Sarah was buried in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. in the Old Burying Ground.

Children were:

353	i.	*Sarah DEWEY ().**
	ii.	Constance DEWEY was born on 20 March 1716 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 16 December 1799 at the age of 83 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA. She has Ancestral File Number J199-1X.
	iii.	(Unknown Son) DEWEY was born on 2 February 1717 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 11 February 1717 at the age of 0 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He has Ancestral File Number J194-2F.
	iv.	Israel DEWEY Jr. was born on 27 January 1719 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He appeared in the census in 1790 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. His household consisted of 1 male, age 16 and over; and 2 females. He died on 24 June 1806 at the age of 87 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. Israel has Ancestral File Number 9LWZ-ZB.
	v.	Aaron DEWEY was born on 28 April 1721 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 11 June 1768 at the age of 47 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He has Ancestral File Number BXDV-79. Aaron was buried in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. in the Mechanic Street Cemetery. Gravestone Inscription: "In Memory of Mr. Aaron Dewey who died June 11th 1768 in the 48th Year of his Age."