Thomas Dewees 
Thomas was born on December 25th, 1767 in Mispellin 100,Kent County,Delaware. Thomas' father was Joshua Dewees and his mother was Elizabeth Bowman. His paternal grandparents were Samuel Dewees and Mary Coburn; his maternal grandparents were Thomas Bowman and Sarah Clark. He had two brothers and a sister, named Lewis, Samuel and Anna. He was the second oldest of the four children. He had four half-brothers and two half-sisters, named William, James, Jethro, Joshua, Elizabeth and Mary. He died at the age of 69 on March 6th, 1837 in Madison Twp,Licking County,Ohio.General Notes
Moved to Wharton Twp, Fayette Co. PA--May 1791 with father & Uncle.
Moved to Monogahilia Co W WV 1792
Moved to Licking County Ohio 1804. Owned Land in Madison Twp, Licking Co., Ohio
Buried in Kirkersville Cem. Licking Co., Ohio
Marriage licence Bond----New Castle Co., Delaware
After the settling of his father's estate, in Oct 1802 Thomas and his wife Catherine, sold their plantation in Monogehlia Co. and in company with his brother Jethro and family and others set out overland for a settlementat what is now Columbus, Ohio.
By the time they got as far as Fairfield Co. (the section now called Licking Co.) they were all so ill with malaria that they had to remain there for many weeks.
Barely able to wait on one anothe, they were so impreswith the kindness of the Licking Co. settlers that they became so attached to the place they dedided to stay on there permanently. So on 2 Dec 1804, Thomas Deweese purchased twoo hundred acres in twp 2, Sec 3, range 11 of Fairfield Co. (now Licking Co.) and Jethro Deweese purchased an adjoining one hundred acres the same day.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.12 Jun 1615 in Beverwijk,Holland/Netherlands d.1661 in East Indies
- b.1641 in Amsterdam,Noord,Holland--Netherlands d.30 Jun 1694 in Philadelphia (Germantown),Pennsylvania
- b.1673 in Leeuwarden,Friesland,Netherlands d.MAR 1742/1743 in Kent County,Delaware
- b.1713 in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania d.Oct 1753 in Kent County,Delaware
- b.~ 1658 in Delaware d.30 Dec 1708 in Sussex County,Delaware
- b.~ 1685 in Kent County,Delaware d.Sep 1753
- b.~ 1655 in of Sussex County,Delaware
- b.5 MAR 1741/1742 in Kent County,Delaware d.Dec 1791 in will recorded Fayette County,PA
- b.25 Dec 1767 in Mispellin 100,Kent County,Delaware d.06 Mar 1837 in Madison Twp,Licking County,Ohio
- d.03 Oct 1685 in Sussex County,Delaware
- b. in Kent County,Delaware d.1716
- b.~ 1714 d.~ 1789 in will pro 11-3-1789 Kent County,Delaware
- b.~ 1690 in Kent County,Delaware
- b.1749 in Kent County,Delaware d.~ 1794
- d. in will 29-11-1727 Mispellion 100
- b.~ 1716
- d. in Will 21-12-1732
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‌Thomas and Catherine were married in a religious ceremony on March 18th, 1790 in New Castle County,Delaware.1 They had two sons and four daughters, and also a child of unknown gender, named Samuel, William, Catherine, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hester Letitia and ?.
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Children
Samuel Dewees
Samuel was born on July 5th, 1793 in Monongahelia County,West Virginia. He died at the age of 62 on January 25th, 1856 in Licking County,Ohio.
Sarah Dewees
Sarah was born on March 28th, 1795 in Monongahelia County,West Virginia. She died at the age of 82 on December 1st, 1877 in Licking County,Ohio.
Elizabeth Dewees
Elizabeth was born on January 12th, 1797 in Monongahilia County,West Virginia. She died at the age of 75 on February 14th, 1872 in Story County,Iowa.
William Dewees
William was born on January 21st, 1799 in Monongalia County,West Virginia. He died at the age of 62 on July 4th, 1861 in Licking County,Ohio.
Hester Letitia Dewees
Hester Letitia was born on June 3rd, 1804 in Monongalia County,West Virginia. She died at the age of 41 on May 25th, 1846. She was buried in Sanford Cemetary,Noble,Indiana.
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