Tenth Generation

844. Thomas DEWEY¹¹⁷ was born about 1603 in Sandwich, Kent, England. He died on 27 April 1648 at the age of 45 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. "Thomas Dewey, "the Settler" (pp. 216-229, Dewey Genealogy). The emigrant ancestor of a large and influential family, in early manhood seems to have become a dissenter and emigrated to America from Sandwich, Kent, England, as one of the early settlers under Governor Winthrop and Rev. John Warham. (According to The Great Migration Begins..., there is no documentary evidence that Thomas came from Sandwich and was more likely from the West Country). There were twelve other vessels which arrived after the the "Mary and John" up to as late as July 6, 1630. Some think Thomas came on the "Lyon" which arrived at Salem from Bristol, England; others that he came on the "Griffin" under Capt. John Haynes, which arrived September 4, 1633, but this could not be, as we have positive evidence he was here in August 1633..." (from Deb Dewey. The Great Migration Begins has him arriving from Weymouth, Dorsetshire, in July 1633.

According to The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, he was granted an 8 acre lot in Dorchester December 1, 1634, 2 acres of mowing ground July 5, 1635, and 4 acres, lot #64, in meadow beyond Neponset. On August 12, 1635, he sold 5 parcels in Dorchester to Richard Jones. He became a freeman May 14, 1634. He removed to Windsor in 1635. He was in Windsor in 1639 with Rev. Ephraim Huit.

Thomas married Frances, relict of fnu Clark, March 22, 1638/9, at Windsor, CT. Thomas died intestate at Windsor.

See Dewey Family History (Westfield, MA, 1898). Also Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Windsor, p. 589.

ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Dorchester
REMOVES: Windsor 1635
OCCUPATION: Inventory indicates only agricultural activity at a subsistence level.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Membership in Dorchester church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [ MBCR 1:369].
EDUCATION: Signed will of John Russell by mark, 3 September 1633 [MBCR 1:153]; signed deed of 12 August 1635 by mark [ DTR 12].
OFFICES: Jury member for Particular Court of Connecticut on six occasions between 2 March 1642/3 and 22 November 1647 [ RPCC 18, 23, 29, 36, 39, 48].
(Most sources say that Thomas Dewey was cornet of the troop, but the evidence for this has not been found.)
ESTATE: Granted 8 acre lot in Dorchester, 1 December 1634 [DTR 9]. Granted 2 acres of mowing ground, 5 July 1635 [DTR 11]. Granted 4 acres, Lot #64, in Meadow beyond Naponset [DTR 321]. On 12 August 1635 "Thomas Duee" sold to Richard Jones five parcels in Dorchester: "4 acres of ground with my house and all thereto belonging, also 8 acres of ground of my great lot, also ten acres of meadow on the side Naponset, and 4 acres of meadow on the other side, and 2 acres of meadow in the fresh marsh" [DTR 12].
In the Windsor land inventory Thomas Dewey held on 28 February 1640 five parcels which he had received by grant: seven acre homelot; four acres and a quarter in Great Meadow; a planting lot over the Great River, eighteen rods wide; thirteen acres and a half in the Northwest Field; and a parcel of sixteen acres (the last two parcels annotated in the margin "sold to Thomas Stouton") [ WiLR 1:89]. The same inventory (including additions after 28 February 1640) showed that Thomas Dewey had purchased several pieces of land: from Eltweed Pomeroy, a parcel of meadow; from William Hosford, an acre and eighteen rods in Norwest Field, and six rods in the Great Meadow; from Thomas Stayres, three acres and a quarter, and a parcel in Norwest Field; from John Mason, a lot over the Great River (in exchange for five acres in the Great Meadow); of Nicholas Denslow, half an acre in Norwest Field; and of Michael Try, three-quarters of an acre in the Great Meadow [WiLR 1:89].
The inventory of the estate of Thomas Dewey, taken 19 May 1648, totalled £213, of which £118 was real estate: "one house and barn with the homelot, in quantity about one acre & quarter," £40; seven acres of meadow adjoining the houselot, £20; four acres and a quarter in the Great Meadow, £13; three acres and a quarter in the Great Meadow, £10; five acres, eight rods and a half in the Great Meadow, £15; and "two parcels of upland about 29 acres & half," £20 [ Manwaring 1:6; Dewey Gen 225].
The distribution of the estate was made on 17 October 1648: to the relict, £60; to "his eldest son by name Thomas Dewy," £30; and to the other five children £20 apiece [Manwaring 1:7; Dewey Gen 226]. The children were listed as follows: "Six children, 4 boys, 2 girls: one girl Mary Clark 12 years old; one son Thomas Dewye 8 years [old]; Josiah Dewey 7 years old; Annah Dewey 5 years old; Isreall Dewey 3 years old; Jydidiah Dewey 3 quarters of a year old."
At Hartford Court on 4 June 1663 three men judged "the difference of the land of Thomas Dewey deceased for an equal division amongst the children of the said Dewey," and they agreed that "Thomas Dewey the eld~est son" should have five acres and a quarter in the Great Meadow (accompanied by the marginal notation that this was sold to Samuel Marshall), one acre and fifty-three rods of meadow (accompanied by the marginal notation that this was sold to John Strong), and "a quarter part or four acres and half in a parcel of swamp land as it is to be divided betwixt him and his three brothers Josia, Isrell, Jededia" [WiLR 1:89; Dewey Gen 226].
BIRTH: By 1613 based on freemanship (and consistent with date of marriage).
DEATH: Windsor 27 April 1648 [ Grant 30].
MARRIAGE: Windsor 22 March 1638/9 Frances (_____) Clark [Grant 30]. She was a widow, but the name of her first husband is unknown, and she had one daughter with him, the Mary Clark in Dewey's estate distribution [ NYGBR 59:214-15]. She married (3) Windsor [2] November 1648 GEORGE PHELPS [Grant 56], and had three children with him.
CHILDREN:
i THOMAS, b. 16 February 1639/40 [Grant 30]; m. Dorchester 1 June 1663 Constant Hawes [ DVR 21].
ii JOSIAH, bp. 10 October 1641 [Grant 30]; m. Northampton 6 November 1662 Hepzibah Lyman [ Pynchon VR 141].
iii ANNA, bp. 15 October 1643 [Grant 30]; m. Northampton 18 May 1671 John Woodward [Pynchon VR 142].
iv ISRAEL, bp. 25 September 1645 [Grant 30]; m. Northampton 20 August 1668 Abigail Drake, daughter of Job of Windsor [Pynchon VR 142].
v JEDEDIAH, b. 15 December 1647 [Grant 30]; m. by 1672 Sarah Orton (eldest child b. Westfield 28 March 1672 [Pynchon VR 23]; in the 1688 testamentary deed of Thomas Orton of Farmington is a gift to "my three daughters Mary Root, Sarah Duee and Elisabath Lewis" [ Farmington LR 1:106]).

COMMENTS: The statement has been made [e.g., NYGBR 6:63] that Thomas Dewey was from Sandwich, Kent, but this has no documentary foundation. Dewey was more likely from the West Country, as were so many of the other early settlers of Dorchester. Since Thomas Dewey first appears in Dorchester in 1633, he may have arrived on the unnamed ship from Weymouth, Dorsetshire, that landed in New England in July of 1633 [ GMN 3:9].
Many secondary sources identify Thomas Dewey's wife as the widow of Joseph Clark of Windsor, but Clarence Almon Torrey demolished this claim in 1928, and demonstrated that the identity of the first husband of Frances (_____) (Clark) (Dewey) Phelps remains unknown [NYGBR 59:214-15; TAG 35:151].
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The Dewey family was treated extensively by Louis Marinus Dewey, et al., in Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History (Westfield, Mass., 1898), cited herein as Dewey Gen. This volume includes extensive transcripts from probate and land records of the immigrant Thomas Dewey.
The Great Migration Begins
Frances RANDALL and Thomas DEWEY were married on 22 March 1639 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

845. Frances RANDALL was born about 1613 in England. She died on 27 September 1690 at the age of 77 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the widow of Thomas Dewey.She had three children by George Phelps. She had one daughter by fnu Clark, Mary Clark, who was four years older than Thomas Dewey (b. 1636?).

Philip Riley Randall born 1574 at Allington,Dorset,England, and died6 MAY 1662 atWindsor,Hartford,CT. He married Joane Fush, born 1578 at DorsetEngland. Joane died24 AUG 1665 atWindsor, Hartford,CT, at age 87.
Philip emigrated to New England with his father Goodman Randall in Dorchester in 1630 andWindsor in 1635. He had two daughters, Phillury and Frances, and a son Philip, and another son Abraham (adopted by George Phelps, see below.)
!1. 1. Hartford Times Newspaper14 Jan 1961, Query Section25 Dec 1940, 14May 1960, 2 July 1962 -----gave name of wife of Philip 2. Savage Genealogical Dictionary of New England . Philip Randall was born
Allington, Dorset, Engl., killed 5-6- 1662,Windsor,CT 3. American Genealogy Vol.17 by Jacobus Vol.2 p.224 4. Phelps Family ofAmerica and Their English Ancestors 2 Vol. by Judge OliverSeymour Phelps and

Andrew Servin brief history, name of Philip's father as Goodman Randall Vol.2 p.1259: Philip Randall, born in England; Emigrated toNew England in ship "Mary and John" with his father Goodman Randall, in Dorchester in 1630 andWindsor in 1635. His two daughters were Phillury md. George Phelps (see Phelps notes) 2. Frances md (1) Joseph Clark, (2) ThomasDewey, (3) George Phelps. p.1270. His son was Abraham, who adopted a son of George Phelps namely Captain Abraham Phelps. This Abraham Phelps inherited the property of Abraham Randall(value about L140)Stiles says: " In 1640 Philip Randall had lot 12 rods wide, south of Holcombe he built on west side of the street, whereon the homestead had previously been built opposite his father's.This in 1678, he gave to his kinsman Abram Phelps (son of George) "that which was my dwelling house east side of the street," breadth 12 rods. Here Captain Phelps resided. (a map on p.86 showed location). 5.Central New York by Cutter Vol.1 p.144-5 sheet of Jacob Phelps=Dorothy Ingersoll. Philip Randall was born inEngland and emigrated to New Englandin the ship "Mary and John" with father, Goodman Randall who was in Dorchester in 1630, and in Windsor in 1635

Children were: