Dewey, Benjamin b. 5 Apr 1743 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 Oct 1812 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA: Thurmon King's New Sackett Database

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Name Dewey, Benjamin

Born 5 Apr 1743 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

Gender Male

Died 7 Oct 1812 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

Buried Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

Siblings 7 siblings

	1. Dewey, Beulah, b. 15 Feb 1739, d. 18 Jul 1739 (Age 0 years)
	2. Dewey, Joseph, b. 5 Mar 1741, d. 31 Dec 1815 (Age 74 years)
	3. Dewey, Benjamin, b. 5 Apr 1743, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 7 Oct 1812, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 69 years)
	4. Dewey, Gad, b. 14 Jan 1745, d. 28 Jun 1823 (Age 78 years)
	5. Dewey, Eliab, b. 2 Nov 1746, d. 31 May 1820 (Age 73 years)
	6. Dewey, Beulah, b. 12 Oct 1752, d. 12 Jan 1753 (Age 0 years)
	7. Dewey, Sarah, b. 12 Apr 1750, d. 30 Oct 1799, Unmarried (Age 49 years)
	8. Dewey, Mary, b. 23 Jan 1753, d. 2 Jan 1812 (Age 58 years)

Person ID I2529 Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist

Last Modified 19 Jan 2009

Father Dewey, Deacon Joseph, b. 7 Oct 1714, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 25 Aug 1799, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 84 years)

Mother Sacket, Beulah, b. 30 Jan 1713, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 27 Oct 1769, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 56 years)

Married 26 Jan 1738 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

Weygant has the marriage date as Jan. 26, 1733 while the Dewey genealogy has the marriage date as Jan. 26, 1738.

Noting the birth date for the first child; the 1738 date seems more probable.
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Westfield Town Records:
BEULAH SACKET,m. JOSEPH DEWEY, January 26, 1737/38 [A:228].

Children 8 children

	1. Dewey, Beulah, b. 15 Feb 1739, d. 18 Jul 1739 (Age 0 years)
	2. Dewey, Joseph, b. 5 Mar 1741, d. 31 Dec 1815 (Age 74 years)
	3. Dewey, Benjamin, b. 5 Apr 1743, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 7 Oct 1812, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 69 years)
	4. Dewey, Gad, b. 14 Jan 1745, d. 28 Jun 1823 (Age 78 years)
	5. Dewey, Eliab, b. 2 Nov 1746, d. 31 May 1820 (Age 73 years)
	6. Dewey, Beulah, b. 12 Oct 1752, d. 12 Jan 1753 (Age 0 years)
	7. Dewey, Sarah, b. 12 Apr 1750, d. 30 Oct 1799, Unmarried (Age 49 years)
	8. Dewey, Mary, b. 23 Jan 1753, d. 2 Jan 1812 (Age 58 years)

Family ID F1077 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family Loomis, Rhoda, b. 13 Jan 1749, d. 13 Mar 1821 (Age 72 years)

Married 25 May 1769

Children

	1. Dewey, Rhoda, b. 28 Feb 1770, d. 12 Oct 1771 (Age 1 years)
	2. Dewey, Rhoda, b. 13 Apr 1772, d. Unknown
	3. Dewey, Lydia, b. 20 Sep 1774, d. 20 Jul 1775 (Age 0 years)
	4. Dewey, Benjamin, b. 25 Jul 1776, d. 17 Jul 1802 (Age 25 years)
	5. Dewey, Lydia, b. 18 May 1779, d. 8 Oct 1798 (Age 19 years)
	6. Dewey, Betsey, b. 25 Oct 1781, d. 7 Mar 1807 (Age 25 years)
	7. Dewey, Clarissa, b. 5 Apr 1784, d. Unknown
	8. Dewey, Sophia, b. 22 Dec 1786, d. Unknown
	9. Dewey, Charles, b. 10 Dec 1789, d. 7 Jan 1847 (Age 57 years)

Last Modified 19 Jan 2009

Family ID F1082 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Born - 5 Apr 1743 - Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
	Died - 7 Oct 1812 - Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
	Buried - - Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

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8096. BENJAMIN DEWEY, Lieut., son of Joseph, 2d, b. April 5, 1743, at Westfield, Mass.; there d. Oct. 7, 1812, where he was a farmer and miller on South Maple street, in the house opposite, north, of Cowle's bridge, having bought eight or nine acres with house and barn for œ20, of his father, Jan. 13, 1772; this was several years before South Maple street was opened; the grist mill occupied the site of present Crane's lower paper mill; he was a sergeant in Westfield's company of minutemen, under Lieut. John Shepard, marched on the Lexington Alarm, April 20, 1775, served to May 12, 1775; joined Continental Army for eight months in 1777; after the war was a lieutenant in 2d regt., 1st brigade, 4th division of Massachusetts militia, and discharged at his own request, April 20, 1808; m. May 25, 1769, RHODA LOOMIS, dau. of Noah and Rhoda (Clark), b. Jan. 13, 1749; d. March 13, 1821, ag. 72; with her husband "owned the church covenant," June 30, 1778.
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Location in Cemetery: Section 2-2-15-A