Ninth Generation

30. Captain Adijah Hawes DEWEY Sr. (*)^5,17 was born on 5 March 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^5,20,21 He was christened on 6 March 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.⁵ He served in the military about 1688.²⁸ He was a Captain in the Massachusetts Militia. Adijah signed a will on 1 March 1732/3 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.²¹ "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, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{5,13,18,20,21} He has Ancestral File Number 8VJF-7P. Adijah was buried in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^13,14,28 in the Mechanic Street Cemetery (The Old Burial Ground). Gravestone Inscription: "Cap Adijah Dewey died March 24 1741 Aged 78."

Captain Adijah Hawes DEWEY Sr. (*) and Sarah ROOT (*) were married on 18 March 1687 in Of Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^5,20,21 Adijah and his brother Israel married first cousins, both named Sarah Root. Sarah ROOT (*)^5,17, daughter of John ROOT and Mary ASHLEY, was born on 24 September 1670 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^5,18,21,29 She died on 19 July 1760 at the age of 89 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.²⁸
She has Ancestral File Number 8VJC-BX. Sarah was buried in Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.²⁸ in the Old Burying Ground.

Captain Adijah Hawes DEWEY Sr. (*) and Sarah ROOT (*) had the following children:

77	i.	(Unknown Son I) DEWEY^5,17 was born on 13 November 1689 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^18,21,30 He died on 17 November 1689 at the age of 0 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^21,30 He has Ancestral File Number J18Z-0F.
78	ii.	Thomas DEWEY^5,17 was born on 9 January 1690/1 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^18,21,30 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.
79	iii.	Adijah DEWEY Jr.^5,17 was born on 30 September 1693 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^18,21,30 He died on 31 January 1753 at the age of 59 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹³ He has Ancestral File Number BTL2-NM. Adijah was buried in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹³ in the Mechanic Street Cemetery. Gravestone Inscription: "In memory of Mr. Adijah Dewey who Died January 31, 1753 Ae 57.)
+80	iv.	Sarah DEWEY.
81	v.	(Unknown Son II) DEWEY^5,17 was born about 1695 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He has Ancestral File Number K6XN-N3.
82	vi.	Hester DEWEY^5,17 was born on 20 January 1697/8 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^18,21,30 She died on 6 January 1744 at the age of 45 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She has Ancestral File Number J196-1J.
83	vii.	Mary DEWEY^5,17 was born on 18 September 1701 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^18,21,30 She died in 1774 at the age of 73. She has Ancestral File Number C6Z6-2X.
84	viii.	Abigail DEWEY^5,17 was born on 28 January 1702/3 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^18,21,30 She died on 4 March 1786 at the age of 83. She has Ancestral File Number J18Z-6G.
85	ix.	Bethiah DEWEY^5,17 was born on 11 August 1706 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^18,21,30 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.
86	x.	Ann DEWEY^5,17 was born on 22 March 1708/9 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^18,21,30 She died on 15 July 1791 at the age of 82 in Sunderland, Franklin County, MA. She has Ancestral File Number 9M8R-RK.
+87	xi.	*Lieutenant Moses DEWEY Sr. ().**