James J Dey, son of James Dey

They had 14 children:

1. Peter Dey
2. Dinah Dey was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in 1751 and died before 1757
3. Catherine Dey was born in 1760 and married Daniel Craig
4. Angelina Dey was baptised on Aprl 12, 1755
5. Mary Dey
6. Elizabeth Dey married Henry Higbeedied after May 1, 1795
7. Margaret Dey was born on August 19, 1753 in Monmouth County, New Jersey and married Henry Jensen
8. Dinah Dey was born in 1757 in Middlesex County, New Jersey and died before 1795

9. 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

10. Joseph James Dey was born on October 2, 1763 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey

11. Lydia Dey was born in 1767 and died after May 1, 1795. She married Lawrence Hessinger

12. 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

13. 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.

    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.

14. Sarah Dey was born about 1778

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."

Birdsall, New York, is approximately 80 miles southwest of Cayauga County, New York.

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