Thomas Dew was the son of Andrew and Anne Dew. Sam Sparacio <[email protected]> post to VA-ROOTS 4 Jun 1998: "[Old Rappahannock County Deed Book, 1663-1668, pp. 1-2. 12 July 1663. I ANN DEW as Administratrix upon the Estate of my Husband ANDREW DEW, deceased, do give and make over to my Children ANDREW and THOMAS." She probably subsequently married James Toone/Tune, who names "my two Sonnes in Law Andrew & Thomas Dew" and "wife Anne Toone" in his will wr 19 Aug 1676. "Son-in-law" meant stepson in that era. Robert K. Headley Jr., _Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), p. 17, citing Wills and Inventories 1699-1709: "Thomas Dew was the son of Andrew and Anne Dew; he married (1) Elizabeth Barber and (2) Jean Baker. Marriages of Richmond County, pp. 200, 201." Jean Baker was Jane (Billington) Bayliss Baker, twice widowed sister of Elizabeth (Billington) McCarty. W&MQ, series 1, vol. 17, no. 2 (Oct 1908), p. 74: "Richmond County Order Book 3. June, 1699. Thomas Dew, guardian and father of Elizabeth and Ann Dew, complains of Charles and Lucy Barber, executors of William Barber, gent., deceased, who, in his will proved June 2, 1699, gave Elizabeth Dew 1,000 pounds of tobacco--there was a granddaughter--Elizabeth Dew." Charles and Lucy Barber were Elizabeth Dew's uncle and aunt (it has been speculated that William Barber's widow was named Lucy, but I suspect that he was married only once). Robert K. Headley, _Married Well and Often_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 2003), p. 107: "DEW, Thomas & BARBER, Elizabeth; bef. 1694; groom was a son of Andrew DEW (d. 1686); bride was born 11 Jan 16[75], a dau. of Capt. Wm. BARBER (d. RC 1697; Thos DEW mar. (2) Jean BAKER; (NFPR:9; Chinn: 122, 146, 149; MRC: 200-201; HSF 4:45). "DEW, Thomas & BAKER, Jane (or Jean) (wid.); bef. 23 Dec 1708; bride was the wid. of Jn. BAKER (d. RC c. 1702) and mother of Wm. & Eliz. BAKER and Thos. DEW's 2nd wife; 9RC OB 6:179; WI 169901709:f48v, f123r; MRC:201)." Why does Headley think Thomas was the son of Andrew d. 1686 instead of Andrew d 1663? I disagree. I don't know exactly where John Baker lived in Richmond Co. Robert K. Headley Jr., _Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), p. 7: "Wills & Inventories, 1699-1709, f48v. John BAKER, inv. pres. by Mrs. Jane BAKER, adm; [mentions some property in West. Co.]; 26 May 1702." It might be worth hunting up the documents referred to here to see if there is a better land description in the originals. I haven't seen anything to show that Anne (--) Dew's maiden name was Duncan or Duncombe. Thomas Dew and Elizabeth Barber had 4 children: Elizabeth b. 1694, Ann b. bef. June 1699, Thomas, and Mary. Mary may be a child of Thomas Dew's second wife Jane (Billington) Baylis Baker, but if she m. 1715 she was probably a child of Elizabeth Barber, as Thomas and Jane m. between 1702 and 1708. Elizabeth m. Anthony Sydnor. Mary m. John Lawson. Thomas was possibly married to Anne McLAUGHLIN, daughter of Elizabeth WOODBRIDGE and Manus McLAUGHLIN (who was called Anne Dew in her mother's will 1741); or Anne may have married another Thomas d 1750. Robert K. Headley Jr., _Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), p. 71, citing Will Book 5, p. 221: "Thomas Dew, NFP, will; 8 Jan 1733, 4 Mar 1733/34. Hugh Williams (son of John Williams); godson Thomas Williams; sisters Mary Lawson and Elizabeth Sydnor; ex: Anthony Sydnor, John Lawson; wits: Henry Miskell, William Lyell, Thomas Tune." Kathleen On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 Fred Duncan wrote: > > Kathleen, interested in this Jane McCarty (d.1717) m. Robert Bayliss, John > Baker, and Thomas Dew. > > Is this the same John Baker living beside John Duncan, Thomas Beale, & > Nicholas Rochester in circa 1698, near Nomini Creek. > > And is this Thomas Dew the same as Thomas Dew, son of Andrew Dew, who's > wife > is said to have to have been Ann "Duncombe" (English version of Duncan > surname). If so, this might be something I need to look at further ! > >