Individual Details

David Dewey

(January 3, 1720 - 1790)

David Dewey was born in Stonington, Connecticut and became a member of the church there, First Congregational Church. He married Deborah Tracy in the same church. They had 11 kids and stayed in Stonington, CT.

Events

BirthJanuary 3, 1720Stonington, British America
BaptismJuly 5, 1741Stonington, British America
MarriageSeptember 28, 1741Stonington, British America - Deborah Tracy
Civil1753Guardian for brother - Stonington, British America
Death1790Connecticut, United States

Families

SpouseDeborah Tracy (1722 - 1810)
ChildDavid Dewey (1746 - 1839)
ChildJabez Dewey (1755 - 1776)
ChildDeborah Dewey (1748 - 1830)
FatherJabez Dewey (1695 - 1753)
MotherDeborah York (1696 - 1743)
SiblingIsrael Dewey (1738 - 1806)

Notes

Baptism

First Congregational Church, known as The Road, 1st church in Stonington, organized in 1674, it still stands in the same location with a newer building after a fire in 1829. The plain Puritan design, beams and box style pews were built in to the new church building. The church doors open to the front of the church so walking in to the nave the congregation is facing the doors.

Civil

David's brother, Israel age 15, petitioned for David to be his guardian at their dad's death.

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Provo, UT, USA; 2006, Stonington Vital Records 1658-1854 page 131.

2. Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013, Volume 111 Stonington page 139 image 43 of 473.

3. Wheeler, Richard. History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674-1874, Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1997, Page 241 Statistics of the church Dabid and Jabez Dewey baptized .

4. FamilySearch.org. Connecticut marriages 1640-1939, FamilySearch.org, 1 May 2018., FHL 0077300055 image 177 of 1161 not indexed. Item 4: Certificates of marriage, birth and death, 1811-1844.

5. Wheeler, Richard. History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674-1874, Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1997, Page 252 Statistics of the church David Dewey and Deborah Tracy.

6. Dewey, Adelbert M. Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N.; And Dewey Family History. Westfield, Mass.: Dewey publishing company, 1898, Page 727.