FOWARDING from the GenMass mailing list (and submitted by Janice).......see if any are yours. Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Farns10th@aol.com> To: <GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 4:53 PM Subject: [GM-L] DEAN, Aaron Dedham, MA to Charlestown, NH > Subject: DEAN > Source: History of Charlestown, NH by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson 1876 > p. 323 > Jeremiah Dean of Dedham, MA by his 2nd wife Rebekah Scott (who was born in > Glasgow, Scotland and came with her father to Boston, MA as a child and lived > there until her marriage to Jeremiah Dean) Their children: > 1. Roland Dean d. unm > 2. Moses Dean d. unm > 3. Aaron Dean (biography below) > 4. Rebekah Dean m. Ebenezer Winslow of Springfield, MA > 5. Deborah Dean m. Josiah Peekham of Sheldon, VT > 6. Lucy Dean m. Jonh Doolittle of Westmoreland > 7. Nancy Dean m. Willard Butterfield of Westmoreland > 8. Sally Dean m. Clark Conant of Windsor, VT > > The first wife of Jeremiah Dean was Mary Ames of Dedham, MA by whom he had > two sons, Jeremiah Dean, Jr. who married and lived to an old age. Also David > Dean > who died in childhood. Jeremiah Dean was b. at Dedham, MA May 13, 1713 > and was the son of Jeremiah Dean and Mary (Fisher) Dean who was born at > Dedham, MA May 24, 1685 and had settled at Dedham as early as April 1677. > There is a tradition among the descendants that he came from England but > there is > no other evidence of the fact and if there was any relationship between him > and others of the name who settled in Taunton, MA and elsewhere in New > England, it > hasnt been traced. > > Aaron Dean youngest son of Jeremiah and Rebekah (Scott) Dean, was born > at Dedham, MA May 1765. He served his apprenticeship in the store of > Nathaniel Macarty of Petersham MA > where, at an early hour on Sunday morning, Feb. 4, 1787 he witnessed the > hasty and disorderly flight of Shays and his rebel army; leaving behind them > their > stacked arms and what was exceedingly opportune, a warm breakfast to comfort > and refresh the jaded and half frozen troops of General Lincoln, after their > famous > night march from Hadley, MA. Soon after that, he came to Charlestown, NH > and under the patronage of Mr. Maccarty, whose confidence and friendship he > enjoyed throughout his life, on his own account, the business of merchandising > which he pursued with great industry, good judgement and success for nearly 40 > years, when he retired from active business, giving up his store and the good > will > of his trade to his nephew, the late Dean Conant. Soon after coming to > Charlestown, NH he married Phyla Walker dau of Colonel Abel Walker, one of the > most prominent and esteemed citizens of Charlestown, NH. > The children of Aaron Dean and his wife, Phyla (Walker) Dean: > > 1. Nathaniel Dean b. Apr 2, 1791, d. unm Apr 21, 1811. > 2. Sally Walker Dean b. July 6, 1795 m. Henry Hubbard of Charlestown, NH > d. Apr 10, 1876 at Boston. > 3. Catherine Dean b. Mar 21, 1802 m. Waldo Flint of Boston; d. Apr 12, 1869 > without issue. > 4. Rebekah Scott Dean b. Dec 21, 1812 m. Stephen Salisbury Jr.. > > Aaron Dean died suddenly of heart disease, July 22, 1829. His wife survived > her > husband twenty years and died Nov. 15, 1849. > > Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >