Twelfth Generation

2836. Cornet Thomas "Tom" DEWEY II "Duee the Settler" (*) was born in June 1605 in Sandwich, Kent County, England. (Cornet was originally the lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, the modern equivalent being a Second Lieutenant.) He emigrated in 1633 from England, United Kingdom. He became a "Freeman" on 14 May 1634. He was one of the original "grantees" of Dorchester, Mass. in 1633. He moved to Windsor in 1635. He died on 21 April 1648 at the age of 42 in Windsor Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Tom was buried on 27 April 1648 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. in the Mechanic Street Cemetery, also known as "The Old Burial Ground." Gary and Barbara Griggs visited the cemetery in 2004.

His is the earliest known burial in the cemetery. His gravestone contains the names of Thomas (died 1648), Jedediah (a son) (1647-1718), Joseph (a grandson) (1684-1757), Joseph (1714-1799), Eliab. (1746-1819) and Jason (1789-1840).

Next to that gravestone is a smaller stone for Eliab. that is marked "Mass. Mil. Rev. War." It is not known what relationship Eliab. was to Thomas.
Frances Clark RANDALL (*) and Cornet Thomas "Tom" DEWEY II "Duee the Settler" (*) were married on 22 March 1638 in Windsor Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

2837. Frances Clark RANDALL (*) was born in 1610 in Allington, Dorset County, England. This plaque is located in the Mechanic Street Cemetery in Westfield, MA, commemorating "the First Westfield Settlers." The cemetery contains 1,127 gravestones, covering 897 surnames. Frances is probably buried in the cemetery with her husband, but her grave has not been located with his. She died on 27 September 1690 at the age of 80 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Children were:

	i.	John DEWEY was born about 1639 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. (This is a map of Windsor, CT.) He died on 23 June 1640 at the age of 1 in Windsor Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
1418	ii.	Cornet Thomas DEWEY III (*).
	iii.	Deacon Josiah DEWEY Sr. was christened on 10 October 1641. He was born on 10 October 1641 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 7 September 1732 at the age of 90 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Josiah was buried in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
	iv.	Anna DEWEY was born on 15 October 1643 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 14 January 1707 at the age of 63 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
	v.	Israel DEWEY Sr. was born on 25 September 1645 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 23 October 1678 at the age of 33 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He was buried in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
	vi.	Jedediah DEWEY Sr. was born on 15 December 1647 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He died in May 1718 at the age of 70 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He was buried in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. in the Mechanic Street Cemetery. He is listed on the headstone of his father, Thomas: "Jedediah, 1647-1718"