Tenth Generation

704. Captain Adijah Hawes DEWEY Sr. (*)^310,399 was born on 5 March 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{265,399,624,971} He was christened on 6 March 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.³⁹⁹ He served in the military about 1688.⁹²⁸ He was a Captain in the Massachusetts Militia. Adijah signed a will on 1 March 1732/3 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.⁹⁷¹ "In the Name of God. Amen, the twenty third day of March one Thousand Seven Hundred & thirty three I Adijah Dewey of Westfield in the County of Hampshire Husbandman being Sensible of my own Mortality knowing that its Appointed for all men once to dye & now at this time of Perfect Mind & Memory & in Some Good measure of Health, thanks be given to God for the same I do therefore make & ordain this my last Will & Testament (Viz.) Principally & first of All I Give & recommend my Soul into the hands of God that Gave it & my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Decent Christian Manner at the Discretion of my Christian friends & relations Nothing Doubting but at the resurection I shall receive the Same again by the Mighty Power of God & as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life I Give demise & Dispose of the Same in the following Manner & form.

Imprimus, I Give and Bequeath to Sarah my Dearly beloved Wife I Give the one third part that is the Improvement of one third Part of all my Estate both real & Personal excepting what is disposed of off the personal estate & she is to have it during the Term of her Natural life &c.

Item. I have given to my three sons Thomas & Adijah & Moses by Deed of Gift all my lands belonging to me together with my buildings
Item I Give to my Six daughters, Sarah, Esther, Mary, Abigail, Bethiah & Ann Equally to Share alike and to have all my personal or Movable Estate in Equal Shares excepting what is disposed of by Deed of Gift & it is further my Will & Pleasure that my Son Moses Shall Pay to each of my Daughters five Pounds Apiece which will make thirty Pounds & he shall have Six Years time to Pay the Same in After my Decease. I likewise Constitute & Appoint my well beloved Sons Adijah & Moses to by my Executors of this my last Will & Testament & I do hereby Utterly disallow revoke & Disanul All & Every Other former Testaments Wills & Legacies bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named & Bequeath ratifying & Confirming this & no Other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this day & Year above Written. Signed Sealed, Published pronounced & Declared by the Sd. Adijah Dewey as his last Will & Testament in the Presence of the Subscriber.

Stephen Nash Benjn Ashley John Gunn. Adijah Dewey & a Seal."
His estate was valued at œ205 15 sh.
He died on 24 March 1741 at the age of 75 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{265,399,624,671,971,973} He has Ancestral File Number 8VJF-7P. Adijah was buried in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^21,928,973 in the Mechanic Street Cemetery (The Old Burial Ground). Gravestone Inscription: "Cap Adijah Dewey died March 24 1741 Aged 78."
Sarah ROOT (*) and Captain Adijah Hawes DEWEY Sr. (*) were married on 18 March 1686 in Of Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{193,399,624,971} Adijah and his brother Israel married first cousins, both named Sarah Root.

705. Sarah ROOT (*)^310,399 was born on 27 September 1670 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{254,399,671,971,979} She was christened on 5 October 1680 in Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁹³ She died on 19 July 1762 at the age of 91 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^193,265,928 Life Sketch: "Sarah, dau. of John Root Jr of Farmington came from a long line of Roots in Northamptonshire in England and back to the Rootes of County Sussex. Others in her ancestry include Lord Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, K.G, Sir John de St. John, a Knight of the Bath, who wife came from Wales. Her Kilbourne antecedents were in the US in 1635." Sarah was buried in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^265,928 in the Old Burying Ground. She has Ancestral File Number 8VJC-BX.

Children were:

	i.	(Unknown Son I) DEWEY^310,399 was born on 13 November 1689 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^671,971,972 He died on 17 November 1689 at the age of 0 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^971,972 He has Ancestral File Number J18Z-0F.
	ii.	Thomas DEWEY^310,399 was born on 9 January 1691 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{265,671,971,972} He died on 12 April 1742 at the age of 51 in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He has Ancestral File Number J194-BS.
	iii.	Adijah DEWEY Jr.^310,399,401 was born on 30 September 1693 in Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.⁴⁰¹ He died on 31 January 1753 at the age of 59 in Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.⁴⁰¹ He has Ancestral File Number BTL2-NM. Adijah was buried in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.⁹⁷³ in the Mechanic Street Cemetery. Gravestone Inscription: "In memory of Mr. Adijah Dewey who Died January 31, 1753 Ae 57.)
	iv.	(Unknown Son II) DEWEY^310,399 was born about 1695 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He has Ancestral File Number K6XN-N3.
	v.	Sarah DEWEY^310,399 was born on 17 March 1696 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{265,624,671,971,972} She died on 30 April 1778 at the age of 82 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.⁶²⁴ She has Ancestral File Number 931D-FH. Sarah was buried in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, MA.²⁶⁵ in the Old Burying Ground.
	vi.	Hester "Esther" DEWEY^310,399 was born on 20 January 1698 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^671,971,972 She died on 6 January 1744 at the age of 45 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She has Ancestral File Number J196-1J.
	vii.	Mary DEWEY^310,399 was born on 18 September 1701 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^671,971,972 She died in 1774 at the age of 73. She has Ancestral File Number C6Z6-2X.
	viii.	Abigail DEWEY^310,399 was born on 28 January 1703 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{265,671,971,972} She died on 4 March 1786 at the age of 83. She has Ancestral File Number J18Z-6G.
	ix.	Bethiah DEWEY^310,399 was born on 11 August 1706 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^671,971,972 She died in 1736 at the age of 30 in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She has Ancestral File Number 9M8R-P7.
	x.	Ann DEWEY^310,399 was born on 22 March 1709 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^671,971,972 She died on 15 July 1791 at the age of 82 in Sunderland, Franklin County, MA. She has Ancestral File Number 9M8R-RK.
352	xi.	*Lieutenant Moses DEWEY Sr. ().**