Eleventh Generation


121. Captain Moses DEWEY Jr. (*)6,20 was born on 31 March 1739 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.6,44,51 (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, Westfield Township, Hampden County, MA.41 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, Westfield Township, Hampden County, MA.6,44,51
Moses has Ancestral File Number J19B-13.

Captain Moses DEWEY Jr. (*) and Hannah NOBLE (*) (*+) were married on 22 December 1762 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.6,51 (Moses and Hannah were second cousins.) Hannah NOBLE (*) (*+)6,20, daughter of Israel NOBLE and Elizabeth MILLER, was born on 5 February 1745 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.51 She died on 9 May 1813 at the age of 68 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, MA.51
She has Ancestral File Number J19J-7X.

Captain Moses DEWEY Jr. (*) and Hannah NOBLE (*) (*+) had the following children:

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Oliver DEWEY Sr. (*) (*+).

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ii.

Roswell DEWEY.

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Dolly DEWEY6,20 was born on 8 September 1770 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.37 She died about 1786 at the age of 16 in Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.37 She has Ancestral File Number J19B-5R.

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iv.

Hannah DEWEY.

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v.

Adijah DEWEY.

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Sarah DEWEY.

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vii.

Charlotte DEWEY.