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  1. William Dey: Birth: 1768 in Middlesex, New Jersey, USA. Death: 1863 in Birdsall, Allegany, New York, USA


Notes
a. Note:   http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/gean/jamesjdey.html
  James J Dey, son of James Dey
  James J Dey was born on September 15, 1728 in Matchaponix (red dot on the map to the right), Middlesex County, New Jersey and died before May 2, 1802 in South Amboy, New Jersey. He was the son of James Dey and Dianah Tiller.
  He married Margaret Perrine on January 17, 1749/50 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was born on June 20, 1733 in Matchaponix, Middlesex County, New Jersey and died sometime after 1806.
  The following descendant's chart illustrates the family relationship between James J. Dey and Margaret Perrine. The Perrine's intermarried with the families of both James Hance Dey and John Laurens Dey. Peter Perrine (1706-1780) married Margaret Dey, daughter of James Hance Dey. Their daughter Margaret is the Margaret Perrine who married James J. Dey. Peter Perrine's farm was next door to the farm of John Laurens Dey in Cranbury, New Jersey.
  [Regina Barry provided the text of the Marriage Bond between James Dey and Margaret Perrine
  All of these marriage bonds may be seen on FHC film 0802937. NJ Marriage Bonds. Vol. C & D are on the film. It is individual marriage bonds (not clerks copies), signed and/or marked by the parties so named. The numbers correspond to a stamped number in the upper right corner of each bond. The bonds are either completely hand-writen (or in the case of Amos Dye) pre-printed, with names and amounts filled in by hand. (Note: date of bond generally does not indicate date of marriage)]
  59 Know all men by these presents that We James Dye juner yeo & Henry Perrine Junr Cordwainer both of the County of Monmouth & Province of New Jersey --- are held & firmly bound unto his Excellency Johnathan Belcher Esqr Captain General & Governour in Chief in & over his Majesties Province of New Jersey &c. in the sum of Five Hundred Pounds money according to the Proclamation of the late Queen Anne to be paid to his said Excellency his successors or assigns. So the which payment well & trully to be made & done We bind ourselves our Heirs, Executors Administrators & Every of Us & them jointly & severally firmly by these presents sealed with our Seal Dated the seventeenth day of Janry anno Domini 1749/50
  The condition of this obligation is such that whereas the above bounded James Dye Junr . . . hath obtained license of marriage for himself of the one partie and for Margaret Perrine of same county Spinster . . .of the other Part. Now if it shall not hereafter appear that they or either of them the said James Dye Junr and Margaret Perreine --- have any lawfull Lett or Impediment of pre-Contract, affinity or consanguinity to hinder their being joined in the holy bond of matrimony & afterwards their living together as Man and Wife then this obligation to be void & of no effect or else to stand & remain in full force and virtue.
  Sealed & delivered in the presence of>
  Mary Madock
 Wm Madock
 James Dey juner
 Henry perrine Junir
  They had 14 children:
  I.Peter Dey
 II.Dinah Dey was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in 1751 and died before 1757
 III.Catherine Dey was born in 1760 and married Daniel Craig
 IV.Angelina Dey was baptised on Aprl 12, 1755
 V.Mary Dey
 VI.Elizabeth Dey married Henry Higbeedied after May 1, 1795
 VII.Margaret Dey was born on August 19, 1753 in Monmouth County, New Jersey and married Henry Jensen
 VIII.Dinah Dey was born in 1757 in Middlesex County, New Jersey and died before 1795
 IX.Lewis Dey was born in 1758 in Monmouth County, New Jersey and he died on October 25, 1816. [Lewis Dey served in Captain Nixon's Troop of Light Hourse, New Jersey Militia, during the Revolutionary War]. After the War he migrated to Princess Anne County, Virginia. [Any information on the descendants of this Lewis Dey will be appreciated!]
 He married (1) Agnes Bates and they had 5 children: 1.Sally Dey; 2.Fanny Dey; 3.John H. Dey; 4.James Dey; 5.Catherine Dey
  He married (2) Fanny Williamson and they had 3 children: 1.Mary Dey was born in 1788 and died in 1845 in Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey; 2.William Bates Dey was botn in 1780 and died in 1833. He married Susan Spratley; 3.Diana Dey
  Following is an:
  abstract of the Will of Lewis Dey
 from a secondary source
 Will of Lewis Dey, dated 10 June 1815, probated 6 January 1817, Princess Anne County Deed Book 3, p. 231
  to son William B., land bought of Moses Bonney of Kentucky called Watermans Old Field;
 to son John H., half of my land and cypress swamp;
 to son James, rest of land;
 to daughter Catharine Bonney, unspecified;
 to daughter Mary in New Jersey, money due me from my father's estate;
 to daughter Sally, unspecified;
 to daughter Dianna, $20;
 to daughter Fanney, $50 for her shcooling;
 to wife Fanney, use of all my property until youngest son becomes 21;
 Remainder of estate to be sold and divided between four daughters.
 Executors: David Water and Williwm B. Dey
  Witnesses: John Woodhouse Sr., James D. Moseley, John Ansell, Emperor James
  X.Joseph James Dey was born on October 2, 1763 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey
  XI.Lydia Dey was born in 1767 and died after May 1, 1795. She married Lawrence Hessinger
  XII.William Dey was born in 1768 in Middlesex County, New Jersey and he died in 1863 in Birdsall, Allegheny County, New York.(X in western New York state).Birdsall, New York is approximately 230 miles from Matchaponix, New Jersey. He married Lucina Groom on December 21, December 1797 in New Jersey. All of the children were born in Middlesex County, New Jersey. He migrated to Birdsall after 1809: 1.Stacey Dey; 2.Lemuel Dey; 3.Jacob Smith Dey; 4.Mary Ann Dey; 5.William Dey; 6. Anna Dey; 7.Edith Groom Dey was born in 1809
  XIII. John I Dey was born on November 25, 1772 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey and he died on May 10, 1834 in Almond, Allegheny County, New York. He married Catherine Ann Dey who was the daughter of Lawrence Dey and Mary Cheesman in 1792 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Lawrence was the son of Lawrence Dey and Anne Dey - first cousins in the second generation of the Hans Laurens Duyts family. They moved to Birdsall, New York, in 1823. (Children): 1.Joseph Dey was born in April 1793 in Monmouth County, New Jersey and he died about 1834; 2.Lawrence I Larnee Dey was born on December 16, 1796 in Middlesex County, New Jersey and he died on April 24, 1876 in Angelica, Allegheny, New York. He married Margaret Rous on December 31, 1819 in Height, Middlesex County, New Jersey As Birdsell, Angelica and Almond, are within about 8 miles of each other, John, William and Lawrence lived close to one another in western New York.; 3.James Issac Dey was born on January 15, 1800 in Middlesex County, New Jersey and he died on March 27, 1882 in Cooperstown, Venango County (western most X on the map to the right), Pennsylvania, approximately 300 miles from Matchaponix, New Jersey. He married (1) Mary Elma Perrine and (2) Elizabeth Ann Phillips; 4.Mary Cheeseman Dey was born on November 25, 1802 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; 5.Margaret Perrine Dey was born on July 8, 1805 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; 6.Sarah Sally Dey was born on December 11, 1807 in Monmouth County, New Jersey and died on March 31, 1874 in Madison, Nebraska; 7.John Embly Dey was born on August 17, 1810 in Monmouth County, New Jersey and he died on May 31, 1817 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; 8.Catherine Ann Dey was born on September 23, 1816 in Monmouth County, New Jersey Cooperstown is approximately 120 southwest of Birdsall, Almond, and Angelica, New York.
  XIV.Sarah Dey was born about 1778
  The Migration of Willam and John I. Dey
  Tom Robertshaw provided the following resources which help to put the migration of William and John I. Dey into perspective.
 From "Beers History of Alleghney County, New York":
  The Town of Birdsall, named in honor of Judge John Birdsall, was organized first from Allen and Almond May 4, 1829. The first settlement was made by Josiah Whitman on lot (section) number 24. Not long afterwards William P. Schaack and a man named Vance came in from New Jersey and Jeremiah Van Wormer came from Cayuga county, New York. In 1818 James Matthews, also from New Jersey, settled on lot 21. In 1822 William dey and his son Lemuel C. Dey, from Cayuga county, settled on lot 5, and John I., James I., and Lawrence Dey and Meserall, all from Middlesex county, New Jersey settled there the next year."
  Cayauga County (western most X on the map to the right (actually Auburn, Cayauga County, New York) is approximately 210 miles from Matchaponix, New Jersey. Syracuse, New York is within 20 miles of Auburn, Cayauga County, New York -- a true snow belt location.
  From Delores Fleming, a geneologist in Angelica, NY, ca. 1988:
  "The neighborhood where the Dey brothers lived had a chemical wood factory (for the making of lye ashes) and this family was actively engaged in this trade, along with the clearing their lands for farming.The area where the Deys settled has reverted back to state lands, as once the lands were cleared of their primevil forests, nothing would grow. also, there is a very short growing season with severe winters and late Springs. it has been known to have an early freeze in August. Better to have the area re-forested than to have farmers starve to death on the land."
  http://family-forest.net/DyeFamilyRegister.html
  12. James J Dey-5(James-4, James Hans-3, Hans Laurens-2, Laurens Jans-1) was born on 15 Sep 1728 in Matchaponix, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States. He died on 19 May 1802 in South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States. He married Margaret Perrine on 17 Jan 1750 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, daughter of Peter Perrine and Margaret Dey. She was born on 20 Jun 1733 in Matchaponix, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States. She died in 1806 in South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
  Children of James J Dey and Margaret Perrine are:
  i. Peter Dey, B: 1751 in Middlesex, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, D: 1782.
  ii. Dinah Dey, B: 28 Jun 1751 in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, D: 1757 in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
  iii. Margaret Dey, B: 19 Aug 1753 in Middlesex, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
  iv. Angelina Dey, B: Apr 1756 in Matchaponix, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
  v. Dinah Dey, B: 28 Jul 1757 in Middlesex, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, D: 1795.
  25. vi. Lewis Dey, B: 21 Mar 1758 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, D: 25 Oct 1816 in Prince William, Virginia, United States.
  vii. Catherine Dey, B: 20 Aug 1760 in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, D: 1801 in Adair, Kentucky, United States.
  viii. Mary Dey, B: 14 Sep 1761 in Cranbury, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, D: 16 Oct 1838 in Cranbury, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
  ix. Lydia Dey, B: 1767 in Middlesex, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, D: May 1795 in Venango, Pennsylvania, United States.
  26. x. William Dey, B: 1768 in Englishtown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, D: 29 Mar 1863 in Allegany, New York, United States, M: Lucena Groom, 21 Dec 1797 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
  27. xi. John I Dey, B: 25 Nov 1772 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, D: 28 Apr 1834 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, M: Catherine Ann Dey, 1792 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
  xii. Sarah Dey, B: 1775 in Middlesex, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
  xiii. Joseph Dey, B: 02 Oct 1783 in Shewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, D: May 1795.
  xiv. Elizabeth Dey.
  https://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&frbg=&tab=default_tab&dstmp=1378167905576&srt=rank&ct=search&mode=Basic&dum=true&indx=1&vl(freeText0)=FIVE%20COLONIAL%20FAMILIES%20WITH%20A%20LAUREN%20DEY&fn=search&vid=FHD_PUBLIC
  Dey family history, 1610-1962
 Beers, Flora Virginia Dey, 1922-; Robinson, Maybell Vivian Dey, 1908-
  http://interactive.ancestry.com/2793/32669_236603-00125/30101?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-c%26gsfn%3dWilliam%26gsln%3dDey%26gsln_x%3dNS_NP_NN%26msbdy%3d1768%26msbpn__ftp%3dMiddlesex%252c%2bNew%2bJersey%252c%2bUSA%26msbpn%3d2012%26msddy%3d1863%26msdpn__ftp%3dBirdsall%252c%2bAllegany%252c%2bNew%2bYork%252c%2bUSA%26msdpn%3d10082%26msfng0%3dJames%2bJ.%26msfns0%3dDey%26msmng0%3dMargaret%26msmns0%3dPerrine%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3dprh%26msbdp%3d5%26msddp%3d2%26_83004003-n_xcl%3df%26cp%3d12%26mssng0%3dLucina%26mssns0%3dGroom%26pcat%3d36%26h%3d30101%26recoff%3d11%2b12%26db%3dNJWillsAbstracts%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
  Possible Will (attached).
  http://archive.org/stream/historyoflowerti02whic/historyoflowerti02whic_djvu.txt
  "History of Lower Tidewater Virginia", VOLUME II LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK 1959
  The late Judge Benjamin Dey White of the County Circuit Court, whose valuable writings on local history have been frequently quoted in these pages, was descended through his mother from the Dey family......Lewis Dey was born in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, and was descended from Laurens Duyts (i.e. "the Dutchman") of New Harlem in 1639, who died in Bergen, New Jersey, in 1668. The intervening generations were Hans Laurens (b. 1644), James Hance or James Dey (1671-1745), James Dey (1706-1784), and James Dey (b. 1728); the latter was married to his first cousin Margaret Perrine of an old Jersey Huguenot family. A distant connection of Lewis Dey was Col. Theunis Dey whose mansion at Preakness was Washington's headquarters for a time during the New Jersey Campaign. An earlier Theunis Dey (b. 1656) owned the land in New York City through which present Dey Street was laid out in 1750.
  http://books.google.com/books?id=Cy88CpankH8C&pg=PA149&dq=%22james+dey%22+%22Margaret+Perrine%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JzwqUu6uHfPCyAH0vYHgBA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22james%20dey%22%20%22Margaret%20Perrine%22&f=false
  This Old Monmouth of Ours
 By William S. Hornor
  James Dey (31), son of James (13), is supposed to have married, 1-18-1749, Margaret Perrine, and to have been the father of Lewis (68).
  https://www.google.com/search?q=%22james+dey%22+Margaret+Perrine&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1
  Wisconsin Families: Quarterly Magazine of the Wisconsin ...
 books.google.com/books?id=W9wqAQAAMAAJ
 1940 - ?Snippet view
  _ Sixth Generation James Dey, son of James and Dinah (Tillyer) Dey, was born September 15, 1728, and married January 18, 1750, his first cousin, Margaret Perrine, born June 20, 1733, daughter of Peter and Margaret (Dey) Perrine.
  Revolutionary War period: Bible, family & marriage records ...
 books.google.com/books?id=19pmAAAAMAAJ
 2006 - ?Snippet view - ?More editions
  MARGARET PERRINE/PRRINE, 9 Aug. 1778 ... DEY, son of JOSEPTH DEY and MARTHA DEY, was married to MARGARET PRRINE, daughter of PETER and SARAH PRRINE, 9 Aug. ... 1ll THOMAS DEY; JAMES DEY; and DAVID BAIRD DEY.
  http://books.google.com/books?id=PThZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA835&dq=%22james+dey%22+and+dianah+Tillyer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=N8IrUomvBonlyQGb8YHQDA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22james%20dey%22%20and%20dianah%20Tillyer&f=false
  The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America ..., Volume 1
 By Ebenezer Mack Treman
  Fifth Generation
  85800. JAMES Dey. (James4, James3, Jan2, Laurense1.) 85453. He was born Sept. 15, 1728. He married, Jan. 18, 1750, Margaret Perrine (daughter of Peter Perrine, born 1706, who married, July 22, 1730, Margaret Dey, born 1712, Daniel Perrine who came on ship "Philip" in 1665, and Maria Thorel from France). She was born June 20, 1733. Residence, Staten Island, N. Y.
  Children:
 85801. Angelina. Bap. in April, 1756.
 85802. Dinah. Bap. July 28, 1757, in Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N. J.
 85803. Lewis. Born March it, 1758. Bap. May 7, 1758. 90000.
 85804. Catharine. Bap. Aug. 20, 1760.
 85805. Mary. Bap. Nov. 1, 1761.
 85806. James. Bap. Oct. 2, 1763. 90150.



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