Eighth Generation


176. Captain Moses DEWEY Jr. (*) was born on 31 March 1739 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. (The attached map is of the Westfield, Hampden County, MA, area. Westfield is located just west of Springfield and Chicopee, MA.) He appeared in the census in 1790 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. He was listed as "Captain Moses Dewey" and his household consisted of 3 "white males of 16 years and upward" (Moses, 51, and his sons Oliver, 27, and Roswell, 23); 2 "free white males, under 16 years" (son Adijah, 14, and and unknown son); and 4 "free white females" (Hannah, 45, and their daughters Hannah, 18, Sarah, 12, and Charlotte, 6). Their oldest daughter, Dolly, 20, had probably already married.

(At the time of the 1790 Census, Hampden County was part of Hampshire County.) He died on 11 October 1820 at the age of 81 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.
Moses has Ancestral File Number J19B-13. Hannah NOBLE (*+) and Captain Moses DEWEY Jr. (*) were married on 22 December 1762 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. (Moses and Hannah were second cousins.)

177. Hannah NOBLE (*+) was born on 5 February 1745 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 9 May 1813 at the age of 68 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA.
She has Ancestral File Number J19J-7X.

Children were:

88

i.

Oliver DEWEY Sr. (*+).

ii.

Roswell DEWEY was born on 15 August 1767 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He appeared in the census in 1810 in Westfield, Hampden County, MA. His household consisted of 3 males, age under 10; 2 males, age 11-16; 1 male, age 16-26; 1 males, age 26-45; 2 females, age under 10; 1 female, age 11-16; and 1 female, age 26-45. He died on 18 February 1824 at the age of 56 in Northampton Township, Summit County, OH. Roswell has Ancestral File Number J19J-BG.

iii.

Dolly DEWEY was born on 8 September 1770 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died about 1786 at the age of 16 in Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She has Ancestral File Number J19B-5R.

iv.

Hannah DEWEY was born on 11 October 1772 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died in 1806 at the age of 34. She has Ancestral File Number J19J-F0.

v.

Adijah DEWEY was born on 6 March 1776 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died in 1825 at the age of 49. He has Ancestral File Number J19J-G5.

vi.

Sarah DEWEY was born on 5 November 1778 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She has Ancestral File Number J19J-KN.

vii.

Charlotte DEWEY was born on 5 September 1784 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died in 1808 at the age of 24. She has Ancestral File Number J19J-M1.