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II 1, Jedediah Dewey (born 1670), a sergeant. II 3 (F F F F F F), Josiah Dewey (born 

 1666), a farmer. II 4 (F F F F F M), Mehitable Miller. II 5 (F F F F M F), Captain Joseph 

 Saxton. II 6 (F F F F M M), Hannah Denison. 



III 1, Jedediah Dewey (1714-1778), was a man of independent views who separated from 

 the church and became a preacher, settling in Bennington, Vermont. He was one of the 

 leaders in the efforts of the Vermont settlers to maintain their land titles. He preached to his 

 people to take arms and go out to fight. Tradition has it that he adjourned church service to 

 go to fight the British at the battle of Bennington, whence his name of "fighting parson." Ill 

 2, Mindwell Hayden. III3(FFFFF), William Dewey (born 1692). Ill 4 (FFFFM), 

 Mercy Saxton. Ill 5 (M M F M F), Captain John Moseley. 



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IV 1, Elijah Dewey (1744-1818), was a private in the first military company formed in 

 Bennington, Vermont, in 1764. He was captain of a company in the early days of the Revolution 

 and was at Ticonderoga, at the battle of Bennington, and at Saratoga. IV 2 (F F F F), Simeon 

 Dewey (1770-1863), a farmer. IV 3 (F F F M), Anna Phelps. Fraternity of M M F F: IV 4, 

 Elizur Talcott (born 1709), from whom are descended George Talcott (born 1786), a brigadier 

 general in the United States army, and other men of military and engineering fame. IV 5 (M M F 

 F), Captain Samuel Talcott (born Glastonbury, Connecticut), 1708. IV 6 (M M F M), Hannah 

 Moseley. 



Fraternity of F F F: V 1, Simeon Dewey (1745-1830), a blacksmith and gunsmith, was 

 with Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga. V 2 (F F F), William Dewey (1746-1813), in 1776 moved 

 to New Hampshire, where he farmed and did the work of a mechanic. He served as a corporal 

 upon the Lexington alarm of 1775. V 3 (F F M), Rebecca Carrier (1746-1837). V 4 (M M F), 

 Samuel Talcott (born 1733). V 5 (M M M), Mary Smith. 



VI 1 (F F), Simeon Dewey (1770-1863), was a farmer who filled various town offices. 

 VI 2 (F M), Prudence Yeomans, of Norwich, Vermont (1772-1844). VI 3 (M F), Zachariah 

 Perrin (1748-1838). VI 4 (MM), Mary Talcott (1758-1828). Fraternity of MM: VIS, 



