Tenth Generation


88. Lieutenant Moses DEWEY Sr. (*)6,20 was born on 6 January 1715 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.4,6,10,21,24,34 He died on 16 March 1767 at the age of 52 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.6,33
He has Ancestral File Number BTRC-D1. Moses was buried in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.33 in the Mechanic Street Cemetery (the Old Burying Ground).

Lieutenant Moses DEWEY Sr. (*) and Sarah DEWEY (*) were married on 13 December 1735 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.6,33 (They were first and second cousins.) Sarah DEWEY (*)6,20, daughter of Israel DEWEY and Sarah ROOT, was born on 27 May 1714 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.6 She died on 7 April 1762 at the age of 47 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.6,16 She has Ancestral File Number BTRC-F6. Sarah was buried in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.16 in the Mechanic Street Cemetery (the Old Burying Ground). Gravestone Inscription: "In memory of Mrs. Sarah wife of Lieut. Moses Dewey who died April 7, 1762 in her 47 year

Time was like thee
of life Possesd
& Time will be
When thou shalt rest"

Lieutenant Moses DEWEY Sr. (*) and Sarah DEWEY (*) had the following children:

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i.

Captain Moses DEWEY Jr. (*) .

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ii.

Sarah DEWEY.

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iii.

Esther DEWEY6,20 was born on 9 April 1744 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.44 She died on 23 August 1794 at the age of 50. She has Ancestral File Number 2M10-CC.

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Keziah DEWEY6,20 was born on 9 November 1749 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 15 October 1752 at the age of 2 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She has Ancestral File Number J194-79.

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Adjutant Russell DEWEY.

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vi.

Gideon DEWEY I.

Lieutenant Moses DEWEY Sr. (*) and Rachel MOSELEY were married on 9 June 1763 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.31,45 Rachel MOSELEY, daughter of Joseph MOSELEY and Abigail ROOT, was born on 11 September 1715 in Westfield, Westfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.45 She died on 1 February 1787 at the age of 71.45