Israel DEWEY

1713 - 1773  (60 years)

• Name	Israel DEWEY  [1]
  	He was a farmer and miller, and "a man of consequence in the town" of Sheffield, Mass., where he died. He was authorized by vote of the town, about 176, to build a grist-mill and saw-mill on the falls of the Housatonic (in the present village of Gr. Barrington) and land and water-power were granted to him for the purpose, "so long as he should maintain his mills for the accommodation of the public." He built the mills and kept them running for many years He is said to have had quite a spirited and ably conducted correspondence with the Rev. Dr. Samuel Hopkins, at that time of Gr. Barrington, and afterwards of Newport, H.I., on some doctrinal points of difference between them. The originals of their extended and voluminous correspondence were preserved until within a recent period, but are now lost or destroyed. From Israel Dewey the Gr. Barrington and Lenox Deweys are descended. [1]
  Birth	3 Mar 1712/13  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 May 1773	Sheffield, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I63380	Main Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Thomas DEWEY,   b. 29 Jun 1682   d. 15 Mar 1758 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Abigail ASHLEY   d. 20 Dec 1747
  Marriage	7 Nov 1706  [2]
  Family ID	F1640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia MOSELY,   b. 19 Feb 1715/16   d. 19 Jun 1787 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1734  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Israel DEWEY, Jr.,   b. 21 Jun 1735   d. 20 Aug 1796, Castleton, Vermont (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F1607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S7283] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 1875 Vol. 006 No. 3 July. [S7289] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 1875 Vol. 006 No. 2 April.