Dewey, Abigail

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BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:10 (FHL #185474).
CHR: Westfield 1st Congregational Church recs (FHL #185468).
MAR #1: Westfield Vital Records, A:59.
MAR #2: Ibid, A:62.
DEATH: Ibid. Tight binding prevents reading of year on m/film copy. Complete date is found in Adelbert M. Dewey, LIFE OF GEORGE DEWEY (Westfield, MA, 1898), 246 (FHL #824302).

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Abigail married Ashley, Joseph on 12 Apr 1699 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Dewey, Thomas on 7 Nov 1706 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 70 (FHL #002983).
CHR: Ibid.
MAR: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 21 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r). Dorchester is now part of Boston.
DEATH: Westfield Vital Records, A:10 (FHL #185474). Aged 50 yrs. Also see the inv of estate of Thomas Dewey of Westfield, 30 Sep 1690, Hampshire Co. Probate, 2:62 (FHL #879184), and the guardianship of son Israel, 14 Sep 1703 (Ibid, 3:105).
BUR: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 24 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d). "In the 52 year of his age."
OCC: Called "Cornet" on probate recs.

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Thomas married Hawes, Constant on 1 Jun 1663 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA. Constant (daughter of Hawes, Richard and Anne) was born on 17 Jul 1642 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA; was christened on 22 Nov 1642 in 1st Church,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA; died on 26 Apr 1703 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 2 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r). Dorchester is now part of Boston.
CHR: RECORDS OF THE FIRST CHURCH AT DORCHESTER IN NEW ENGLAND (Boston, 1891), 155 (FHL #974.461 K2r).
MAR: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 21.
DEATH: Westfield Vital Records, A:10 (FHL #185474).
BUR: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 20 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d). The inscription gives death date as "27" Apr 1702.
NOTE: She is called "Constance" on some recs.

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Thomas is said to have come from Sandwich, Kent, but evidence is lacking. See Adelbert M. Dewey, LIFE OF GEORGE DEWEY (Westfield, MA, 1898), 216 (FHL #824302).
MAR: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 70 (FHL #002983). Wife was Frances Clark, apparently the widow of an unknown Clark. A dau Mary Clark, age 12, is mentioned in the estate recs of Thomas Dewey, below.
DEATH: Ibid.
BUR: Ibid. Also see the inv of estate of Thomas Dewey of Windsor, 19 May 1648, distribution 17 Oct 1648, agreement of heirs 6 Jun 1650, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:6-7(FHL #974.6 P2m).

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Thomas married Frances on 22 Mar 1638 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. Frances was born about 1614 in England; died on 27 Sep 1690 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR #1: No mar rec found. The wife is called "Frances Clark" on mar to Thomas Dewey, below. The inv of estate of Thomas Dewey of Windsor, 19 May 1648, lists among his children Mary Clarke, age 12, suggesting his wife was previously married to a Clark. See abstract from Hartford District Probate in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:6-7 (FHL #974.6 P2m). It has been stated that she was the widow of Joseph Clark, whose children, Joseph and Mary, were baptized at Windsor 30 Sep 1638. However, Windsor church recs show that Joseph Clark died in 1641, his wife (not named) died on 3 Apr 1639. Joseph Clark, presumably their son, died 2 May 1659, yet the latter was not mentioned with his sister Mary among the heirs of Thomas Dewey. See SOME EARLY RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS OF AND RELATING TO THE TOWN OF WINDSOR, 1639-1703, "The Matthew Grant Record, usually called the Old Church Record" (Hartford, 1930), 77, 79 (FHL #974.62/W1 N2c). Also see "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850, "Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 56 (FHL #002983). For statement of Frances's earlier mar to Joseph Clark, see Adelbert M. Dewey, THE LIFE OF GEORGE DEWEY (Westfield, MA, 1898), 228 (FHL #824302).
MAR #2: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths," Barbour Collection, 70.
MAR #3: Ibid.
DEATH: "Hampshire Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths" (private ms of John Pynchon), entries for Westfield, p. 35 (FHL #014766). "Old Widow Phelps."

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CHR: W. G. Cruft, ed, "The Bishops' Transcripts of Great Missenden" (typescript, 1923-24), 15 (FHL #088593).
MAR: Children of Richard Hawes and wife Anne were recorded at Gt. Missenden, Bucks and Dorchester, Mass.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the adm of estate of Richard Hawes of Dorchester, 22 Jan 1656, Suffolk Co. Probate, #301, (o.s.) 3:63 (FHL #584127), inv 2 Jan 1656/7 (Ibid, 4:83), further adm 29 Apr 1662 (Ibid, 4:85).

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Richard married Anne. Anne was born about 1610 in of Great Missenden,Bucks,Eng; died after 1646 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA(?). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Children of Richard Hawes and his wife Anne were baptized at Gt. Missenden.
DEATH: No death rec found. Anne was living in 1646 when her son Eleazer was born.

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BIRTH: Richard is identified in the will of his grandfather Richard Hawes, of Princes Risborough, 14 Jun 1590, proved 17 Feb 1594/5, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham, orig wills (FHL #1042503). He was apparently of age when the will was made in 1590; therefore, he was born before 1569. As his own will was made in 1665, Richard must have lived to a great age, or his grandfather failed to mention that Richard was a minor.
MAR #1: No mar rec found. Richard's wife Maudlin was bur on 18 Jan 1632/3 (W. G. Cruft, ed, "The Bishops' Transcripts of Great Missenden" [typescript, 1923-24], 18 [FHL #088593]).
MAR #2: Ibid, 4.
DEATH: No death/bur rec found. See the will of Richard Hawes of Gt. Missenden, 9 Sep 1665, proved 11 Jan 1665/6, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham, orig wills (FHL #088571). The will mentions grandchildren Obadiah and Hannah in New England, cousin Elizabeth Hatch in Aldenham, Herts, "my sisters dagter [sic]," cousin Bennett Hawes, son of Bennet Hawes, of Princes Rishborough, and other relatives.
OCC: Husbandman

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BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1267502-R).
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Richard married Maudlin. Maudlin was buried on 18 Jan 1632/1633 in Great Missenden,Bucks,Eng. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BUR: W. G. Cruft, ed, "The Bishops' Transcripts of Great Missenden" (typescript, 1923-24), 18 (FHL #088593).
NOTE: It is not proved that Maudlin is the mother of the children.

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