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Jedidiah Jorsey Dean

Male 1715 - 1781


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  • Born  1715  New Paltz, Ulster, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  17 Nov 1781  New Paltz, Ulster, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I69  My Genealogy
    Last Modified  11 May 2013 

    Father  Jonathan Dean,   b. Abt 1685, Jamaica, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1729, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth Unknown,   b. 1688, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1730, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F34  Group Sheet

    Family  Ariontyea Van Winkle,   b. 1720, Essex County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1790, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jonathan Dean, Sr.,   b. 24 Mar 1740, Second River (Bellville), Essex, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 21 Mar 1820, Seven Mile Ford, Washington, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  9 May 2012 
    Family ID  F33  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • JEDEDIAH DEAN Abstracts of Wills Vol IX 1777-1783 Page 288
      "In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Three distinct persons, but one God. I, JEDEDIAH DEAN, of the Precinct of New Paltz, Ulster County. I leave to my three sons, Gideon, Jedediah, and Isaac, all my real estate, houses, and lands. I leave to my wife Ariontyea the use of all so long as she remains my widow, and if it should so happen that she shall marry another husband, then she shall only have the sum of ?14 yearly out of my estate. My estate is to be appraised by two men, one chosen by my three sons aforesaid and the other by my three daughters, and for every hundred pounds the estate shall be valued at my sons are to pay ?10. And I leave the same and all my household furniture to my son Abraham and my daughters, Jenny Ellsworth, Elizabeth Woolsey, and Mary Laroe. I leave to my two sons, Jonathan and Daniel, ten shillings, but no legacies are to be paid until three years after my wife's decease. It is also agreed by my wife that all the debts and legacies due me in this state or in the Jerseys are to be applied to pay my just debts. I make my sons, Gideon, Jedediah, and Isaac, executors."
      Dated July 20, 1781. Witnesses, Dr. Benjamin Ely, Simon Doian, Andreas Dubois, Jr. Proved, November 17, 1781.

      Information came from the ancestral file - The Church of Latter-day Saints and also
      from the Main Library in Kingston, New York, and the Elting Library in New Paltz, New York.

      Jedediah Dean was on the tax rolls of New Paltz in 1765.

      Gideon Dean was still on the Ulster County census in 1790 and 1800.

      Geneology information on Essex County, New Jersey is at the Newark City public Library at
      5 Washington Street ( Phone 733-7776 ) and at the New Jersey Historical Society at 230 Broadway.
      ( Phone 483-3939 ) Both locations are in Newark, New Jersey.

      A " William Dean" was a schoolmaster in Ulster County ( New Paltz) in 1783.

      A book " Ulster County in the Revolution" lists those, from Ulster County, who served in the
      revolution. Jonathan, a Quaker, was listed as being imprisoned at Esopus on 11/7/1777. His
      brothers; Abraham, Gideon, Isaac and Jedediah all served in the revolution. The information on the Dean family is on page # 54. The book is in the Kingston, NY library.


      The family information came from the ancestral file of the Church of Latter-Day Saints.

      On April 20, 1740 Jonathan Dean was christened in the Second River Dutch Reformed Church in Belleville, New Jersey.
      The church is now designated a historical building.

      The Jedediah Dean family moved to New Paltz, New York sometime prior to 1765.



      In 1752, Jedediah and his family were in Collarack (Croton on Hudson), Westchester Co., NY. In 1765, Jedediah appears on a taxpayer list in Ulster Co., NY, along with Thomas Woolsey, Isaac and Joseph Cole, all of whom were living in Washington/Smyth Co., VA, by the 1790's.

      SOURCE: Norma Grace, Tulsa, OK
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      Jedediah Dean and his family were members of the Dutch Reformed Church. The baptisms of several of Jedediah and Ariontyea's children were recorded at the Second River Dutch Reformed Church.

      SOURCE: Homepage of Carol Foss Swinehart; www.greenapple.com/~cshart; cshart@greenapple.com
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      In August of 1765, the property of all the inhabitants of Ulster Co., New York, was appraised. The purpose of the appraisal was to assess taxes to raise money for several military operations, including "paying 1,715 men to be employed in an expedition againist the French fort at Crown Point and against the Indians," and "for paying the expenses of 2,600 men for the invasion of Canada." In the appraisal, the property of "Jadediah" Dean, located in New Paltz, Ulster Co., was valued at 18 pounds.

      SOURCE: History of New Paltz, New York, by Ralph LeFevre, pub 1903, Fort Orange Press, Brandow Printing Company, Albany, NY
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      More About Jedediah Dean:
      Burial: November 20, 1781, New Platz, Ulster, NY.

      More About Jedediah Dean and Ariontyea Van Winkle:
      Marriage: Abt. 1739, Prob. Belleville, Essex Co., NJ,.

      Includes NotesMarriage Notes for Jedediah Dean and Ariontyea Van Winkle:
      Children of JEDEDIAH DEAN and ARIONTYEA VAN WINKLE are:
      2. i. JONATHAN2 DEAN, b. March 24, 1739/40, 2Ndrv Belleville, Essex, New Jersey; d. March 21, 1820, Prob. Washington, Virginia.
      ii. DANIEL DEAN, b. Abt. 1743; d. 17972; m. SARAH, WFT Est. 1760-1787; b. WFT Est. 1739-1758; d. WFT Est. 1760-1843.
      iii. JANE JANNETTE JENNY DEAN, b. Abt. 1746; d. WFT Est. 1772-1840; m. WILLIAM ELLSWORTH, Bef. 1766; b. WFT Est. 1721-1747; d. WFT Est. 1771-1834.
      iv. MARY DEAN, b. Abt. 1749; d. WFT Est. 1786-1844; m. LAROE, Bef. 1781; b. WFT Est. 1731-1761; d. WFT Est. 1786-1846.
      v. ABRAHAM DEAN, b. 1752, Collabarack, Westchestire, New York; d. Aft. 1832; m. ZILPHIA, WFT Est. 1769-1802; b. WFT Est. 1748-1768; d. WFT Est. 1769-1852.
      vi. GIDEON DEAN, b. 1753, New Platz, Ulster, New York; d. WFT Est. 1784-1844; m. ABIGAIL, Abt. 1778, New Paltz, Ulster, New York; b. WFT Est. 1740-1762; d. WFT Est. 1783-1851.
      vii. ISAAC DEAN, b. 1755; d. WFT Est. 1756-1845.
      viii. JEDEDIAH DEAN, b. Abt. 1756; d. WFT Est. 1757-1846.
      ix. ELIZABETH DEAN, b. Abt. 1759; d. April 30, 1848, New York; m. STEPHEN WOLSEY, Bef. 1781; b. WFT Est. 1735-1761; d. WFT Est. 1786-1848.

      Children of Jedediah Dean and Ariontyea Van Winkle are:

      +Jonathan Dean, b. March 24, 1739/40, in 2Ndrv Belleville, Essex, New Jersey, d. March 02, 1820, Washington, Virginia. He married Mary Woolsey in 1765.
      Daniel Dean, b. Abt. 1743, d. date unknown.
      Jannette Dean, b. Abt. 1746, d. date unknown.
      Mary Dean, b. Abt. 1749, Collarack, Westchester Co., NY, d. date unknown.
      Abraham Dean, b. Abt. 1752, Collabarack, Westchestire, NY, d. Aft. 1832. He married Zilphia Townes.
      Gideon Dean, b. 1753, New Platz, Ulster, NY, d. date unknown.
      Issac Dean, b. 1755, New Platz, Ulster Co., NY, d. date unknown.
      Jedediah Dean, Jr, b. 1756, New Platz, Ulster Co., NY, d. date unknown.
      Elizabeth Dean, b. Abt. 1759, New Platz, Ulster Co., NY, d. April 30, 1848, New York. She married Stephen Wolsey.