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This is a small tribute to the contribution which we have inherited from our
The journey lasted for many months amid hardships as no one is able to describe their misery. The people were packed like herring in the large sea vessels. One person received about 2’ wide by 6’ long bedstead for one ship would carry four to six hundred people plus all their implements and supplies. They had to endure terrible misery, odor from the seasickness, fever, dysentery and illnesses caused by old and heavily salted food, meat and foul water, many died.
Think what the first sight of land would have been like for these immigrants. With this it seems our ancestors endured a great hardship and a traumatic experience to come to America the New Land for a better life.
It’s been said that aboard the ships only men over the age of eighteen were allowed to sign the passenger book, which could explain why through our research names could not be found.
When the dream of life is fled
When those wasting lamps are dead
When in cold oblivias shade
Beauty, fame and weather are laid
Where immortal spirits reign
May they all meet there again.
Our ancestors lived but simple lives, held together by mutual beliefs and helpfulness. First, their greatest aim was building shelters, cabins, clear the land and provide their food. The improvements gauged predominately by the indefinite means of necessity. This necessity drove them with the passion of hunting and rambling discoveries, many times leaving their families to shift for themselves for long periods of time. Finally returning home with their bounties of meat, fur, hides, all means for survival.
The senses of these frontier settlers were as acute and keen as the native Indian and the wilderness became an open book to them all.
The child at very early age joined his father in hunt and in the fields, learning to use and respect the fire arm referred to as "flintlock". In the hands of the true woodsman the gun was a weapon of defense and protection.
The early settlers lived in a stage of independent economy, producing everything from bread to their clothing. The grubbing of earth to plant corn in early spring done by the men, found little time for clearing of more forest during growing season. The women married and not married spent their time quilting a bed cover or seperating sheep’s wool for weaving yarn.
Oftimes, there was mutual trade off of neighbors helping first one settler then another. He who rolled logs for another would then have help in rolling his logs. Giving the true, true meaning of a neighbor.
It would be hard to imagine what the feeling and
sensation of our Ancestors were, born and raised in a country in Europe;
the trials of what must have felt like an endless journey to this NEW
LAND
_________ going into a wilderness surrounded
by mountains, hills and thick forests with ravines and narrow deep valleys.
_________ but, this forest produced the finest
of timber and the purest of water, a virgin soil, when cleared and properly
cultivated yielded bountiful crops.
_________ they selected their locations and then
went to work using their instincts and inbred common sense. They soon built
a shelter for family and animals.
_________ as soon as things were put into shape
and crops planted, they would start to look for work in order to supply
provisions they couldn’t make . Working for a wealthy farmer who had such
things as wheat for flour, working for perhaps a bushel of wheat for a
days pay. Often contracting to clear ground for 50 cents a day or in exchange
for a cow, brood sow or sheep.
They were emigrants our ancestors, unlike the
emigrants of today. Coming to this country the New Land intending
to make a permanent home and becoming citizens.
_________ they become Americans, calling it home,
raising their children and giving them benefits.
_________ without doubt successful far beyond
their expectations. They could see in the future there could be a change
for the better for their souls and their spirits and learned to possess
their selves in patience.
_________ I can not help but feel that somehow
this part of our heritage has been lost over time but, that is progress.
They Came, Saw and Conquered
They went into the wilderness not as Caesar
intered
the city with all the appliances of war and conquered and wrote home "I
came, I saw, I conquered".
_________ layed seige on the wilderness and after
years of sacrifice, perseverence and privation they can say as Caesar,
"we came, we saw, we conquered".
_________
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and went silently into the night.
This is our legacy these are our ancestors we are lucky to inherit this kinship. From the other side of the Atlantic to the shores of the New Land they came, they saw, and conquered; We reap the rewards.
Rennie R. (Singleton) Johnson
Since the future is built on the past we need to know as much of our past as we can. The health, longevity, cause of death, physical traits, physical features, and personalities of our ancestors are in part reflected in us, be that good or be that bad. It is up to us to know this so that we can profit from it or cope with it for our betterment and avoid our downfall.
The information in this volume was gleaned over many years. It is not compiled for it's literary worth or for monetary compensation. It is compiled so that those who come after these may know part of "From Whence They Came". To date the earliest related DEAN the authors have found is RICHARD R. DEAN of Washington County, Maryland who married Catherine _____ and Priscilla _____ . Richard R. Dean died in 1788 at Sharpsburg in Washington County, Maryland. His will was dated 2-14-1788, Washington County, Maryland. and recorded on 4-7-1788. Richard bequeathed 2 shillings to each of his sons, William, John and Samuel and his daughters, Mary, Margaret, Rachel, Lyddie and Lucy and to the legal representations of his son Thomas deceased. (No married names were given for daughters) He bequeathed "to his beloved wife, Priscilla Dean all my lands, house goods and chattels". Priscilla was the sole executrix. Witnesses: John Ritchie, Griffith James, Hannah _____, and William Gregory.
There is a deed dated 16 June, 1764 Sharpsburg, Frederick County, (now Washington County) Maryland, whereby Richard R. Dean deeded land to Griffith James. In this deed Catherine, the wife of Richard R. Dean relinquished her dower's rights to this property. However, Priscilla _____ was mentioned as his wife in Richard R. Dean's will. The first three children would be Catherine's. The other children might? be Priscilla's.
Priscilla Dean's will was dated 7 August 1795, Washington County, Maryland, recorded 5 August 1797. It stated "to my daughter Lucy John all my real and personal estate, namely all my lands and movables....I will that each of my seven children, namely William Dean, John Dean, Samuel Dean, Peggy Shepherd, Polly Moore, Rachel Stockwell and Lydda Smith shall have five shillings each....to Lucy 118 acres and three quarters of land". Executors: Peter Light and John Park.
Richard Dean is listed on an exact muster roll or list of a part of the militia served with Joseph Chapline (he was involved in the land deal between Richard R. Dean and Griffith James) in June and July 1757 in Frederick County, MS. This was a muster roll of the French-Indian War.
This Richard Dean had land transactions in Washington County, Maryland and Frederick County, Maryland. Griffith James whose daughter married Richard R. Dean's son SAMUEL DEAN lived in the same area and witnessed one of these transactions.
RICHARD DEAN and Catherine ___?__ and Priscilla __?___ are descended as follows.
1. William Dean.
William Dean was in the 1790 Washington County,
MD. census.
2. John Dean
John Dean was on the payroll of John C. Smith
in 1779.
"Maryland Marriages, 1778-1800".
John Dean married 22 August 1787, Frederick County,
MD, Maria Behmer. John Dean was in the 1790 Washington County, Maryland,
census. There was one male under 16;, one male over 16 and one female.
There was an inquiry in the library of Hagerstown, Maryland, from Larry
L. Sampson, Birmingham, ALA, about James Dean, born 15 January 1797, Rockingham,
Va, the son of John Dean.
3 SAMUEL DEAN
Samuel was born ca 1751 in Maryland. Family tradition
says he was born in Maryland and it is backed by his fathers' presence
there when he was a child. He died on 5-22-1826 at Dean, SC (now Starr,
SC) in Anderson District, S.C. He married, in 1773, GWENDOLYN "Jenny" JAMES
who was born in 1754 in Washington County, Maryland and died in August/September
1835 at Starr, SC. Gwendolyn James's will is dated 12-6-1834 and proved
on 9-7-1835.
The history of Anderson County, SC has an account given by Mrs. Samuel Dean of their move from Maryland to Anderson District, SC. This leads me to believe they married in Maryland. This is further supported by the fact that their first 5 children were born in Washington County, Maryland. Gwendolyn "Gwenny" James was the daughter of Griffith James who died on 10-3-1795 at the age of 67 and Mary, (some say her surname was Gyger, but others dispute it), Griffith James was said by several researchers to be the son of Evans James and Margaret Jones [this seems in error] Griffith James recorded died in 1760, Sharpsburg, Frederick County, Md. He appeared in 1777, 1778 and 1780 Maryland censuses. Samuel Dean and Gwendolyn James and others are buried in unmarked graves on what was then their property near Fairview School on Highway 116 between Belton, SC and Williamston, SC. Starr, SC was first called Dean, SC for Samuel Dean who was the first settler at Starr, SC.
4 Thomas Dean.
Thomas Dean was deceased when his father wrote
his will February 14,1788. Evidently he married as his father bequeathed
two shillings to his legal representations. The first military camp organized
for the Revolutionary War in Hagerstown, Maryland, mustered in 1776 Thomas
Dean. Thomas is listed in AIS as a petitioner in Frederick County MD, in
1766.
Samuel and Harmon Cummin, his brother-in-law, built two houses near Mountain Creek Baptist Church, Anderson County, then drew straws to see which one got which house.
From "A GENERAL HISTORY OF ANDERSON, SC" we
have the following account credited to
Gwendolyn James Dean.
Among the pioneer settlers in this section of upper South Carolina were two brother-in-laws, Samuel Dean and Harmon Cummin. They had married sisters, Misses James, and the two families came to Anderson, SC from Maryland some years after the war. Harmon Cummin had served as a revolutionary soldier but Samuel Dean had been rejected upon the grounds that he was needed to keep the Indians in subjection. His home at that time was on the borders of civilization and it was subject to terrible Indian ravages. These Indian ravages were so dreadful that the horror of them reconciled Mrs. Dean to leave her mother (so far away) and remove to the new section of South Carolina.
In her old age, Gwendolyn James Dean used to tell her grandchildren about that long and trying trip. The family came to South Carolina in a cart whose wheels were made from sections of a big tree. The wheels were thicker in the center than on the edge and a hole was bored through the center for the axle. After many days and nights of slow moving through pathless forests with the bitter consciousness of having left loved ones forever [ not even letters passed in those days between South Carolina and Maryland ] the family was disappointed when they first reached Pendleton District, SC. However, they settled on what is known as the DEAN PLACE somewhere near Mountain Creek at Starr, SC and, being free from Indian raids, reconciled themselves to their new home. At the Dean Place, they raised eight CHILDREN: six boys and two girls. Most of the family in later years went west but one son, Moses Dean, remained and became one of the best known and respected of Anderson's early citizens. Aaron Augustus DEAN, a confederate veteran of the county, was a son of Moses Dean. There is in Anderson County, SC a large Dean connection and they have all been useful and respected citizens.
Harmon Cummin, the other immigrant from Maryland, also settled near Mountain Creek in Anderson County, SC. He was captured once by the British and was held on a prison ship. While there, he was struck on the head with a great iron key and knocked senseless. He told many tales of the cruelty of the British to their prisoners. Harmon Cummin and his wife are buried at Mountain Creek Baptist Church in Anderson County, SC.
There is some confusion as to Samuel Dean's service in the military. In the History of Anderson County, it states that he was needed at home to defend it from the Indians. This was in Maryland and the danger from the Indians made it easier for his wife to leave her family for SC. The roll of the Continental Line of the first Pennsylvania Regiment for the company of Captain Craig in 1776 gives the name of Samuel Dean, private soldier. A return of a class roll of the 5th company of the 5th battalion of Cumberland County Militia, Company of Captain John Buchanan shows first class, Samuel Dean for July 31, 1780 and also 1782. There is no record of Samuel Dean receiving a land grant based on the Revolutionary War in South Carolina. Many descendants have assumed that this PA Samuel Dean was the Samuel Dean who moved to S.C. and have joined the DAR based on the PA Samuel Dean's military record. There was a Samuel Dean living in Cumberland County, PA, during the Revolutionary War. Many have joined the DAR based on him. He married Martha Camp and lived in Cumberland County. He was living in Cumberland County, PA 1790-1810, long after our Samuel Dean moved to S.C. But his military record is not the same as the S.C. Samuel Dean. According to his DAR application he was born in 1760. His first military service started in 1779. The index of Revolutionary soldiers in the Federal Records Center shows that only one Samuel Dean served in the Revolutionary War from PA.
Samuel Dean's will is a floating will, see box 15, # 173, dated September 25, 1826, Anderson S. C. He willed his wife, Gwenny Dean one third part of his real and personal estate during her lifetime. To sons, Aaron Dean and Moses Dean all of his tract of land containing 130 acres, whereon Moses Dean now lives. "The rest of my estate to be divided between my heirs as follows: Thomas Dean, Miriam McGregor, Joseph Dean, Samuel Dean, Mary Hillhouse, and the heirs of my son John Dean dec'd as follows Obediah Dean, Elizabeth, Matason, Samuel, Rhoda and Joseph, these six chn. to receive their father's legacy, and my sons Richard, Griffith and Moses whereas I sold property to Joseph Dean and now hold note of $600 payable to the heirs of my son John. I will that said note stand." Thomas and Griffith Dean were executors. Witness: W. McGregor, Aaron Dean, Elizabeth T. Dean.
Sept 25, 1826 Samuel Dean, son, protested the will because the witnesses were legatees and interested. The will was disallowed. Consequently the estate took a long time to be settled. Thomas Dean and Aaron Dean were Administrators of the final settlement. Settlement date was 3-27-1843 by William Magee, Ordinary, Anderson, SC. The will mentions slaves by name.
She willed five shillings to her following children: Thomas, Joseph, Richard, Aaron, Samuel, Griffith, Moses, the heirs of John, deceased, and the heirs of Polly Hillhouse, deceased. Executors: son Thomas Dean and James Burrough, Sr. Witnesses: James Burress, Benjamin Dickson, John W. McGregor.
3. Samuel Dean and Gwendolyn "Jenny" James.
CHILDREN:
3.1. Thomas Dean b. 9-13-1774, Washington
Co., MD, d. 7-7-1854, Dean, SC (Starr, SC). He married, 1st, ca 1810, Mary
Welleford. He married, 2nd, ca 1821, Elizabeth T. Seawright who was born
on 4-8-1795 in SC and died on 10-10-1855 in SC. I believe that Thomas Dean
is buried at Starr Baptist Church in Starr, SC.
Thomas Dean's will was dated 4-11-1848, Anderson District, S.C., p. 387-389. and proved on 7-31-1854. He bequeathed his wife, Elizabeth "all my household and kitchen furniture, ...one road wagon..." and two slaves. After the death of his wife Elizabeth her legacy should be divided between his five children: Sally Stevenson, the wife of George Stevenson, Jr., Mary Hall, wife of Jackson Hall, Elizabeth Jones, wife of William Jones, Samuel Dean and Thomas Dean. Negro man Berry to son Samuel Dean for that tract of land "I conveyed to him known as the Elrod tract on Wilson's Creek containing 460 acres". To son Thomas Dean one Negro and land where "I now reside containing 1184 acres to be his at death of wife Elizabeth: A slave to each of his daughters. The rest of his estate to be sold and divided equally between his wife, Elizabeth and his five children. Executors: Samuel and Thomas Dean. Witnesses: K. Sullivan, Wm. Hatton, and John C. Tucker. 1810 Pendleton County, S.C. census showed Thomas Dean as unmarried.
The 1820 census showed him living alone. From the 1850 Census of Anderson County, SC, Roll #848, Western Division, Page 210, household 770/774.
From "MEMBERSHIP ROSTER AND SOLDIERS", The Tennessee Society DAR 1960/1970 on pages 306/307:
Miriam Dean born on June 12, 1776 and married Captain William McGregor. Reference: "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, by Norman E. Gillis.
3.3. Joseph Dean was born in April 1779 in Maryland on the Potomac River and died in 1871 on his plantation "Cuffawa," southeast of Chulahoma, Marshall County, MS. His house was a two-story log house west of the cemetery.
Will filed 5-21-1871 and written 1854, Marshall
County, MS. He left his wife, Elizabeth east half section of land on which
he now dwelled and the house, furniture and slaves along with $500 to dispose
of as she saw fit among her children and grandchildren. Daughter Isabel
Jackson $50.00. Son Russell, half section of land where he dwelled and
slaves. That was all he was to get from the estate. Sons Aaron and Hardy
and daughter Minerva $50.00 each. Daughter Elizabeth a half section of
land. Son Joseph was to receive half section of land where Joseph now dwelled
and
the complete section on his mother's death. Grandson
Joseph Meeks, $10.00. Granddaughter Minerva Meeks, $200.00. Grandsons,
Samuel and Jackson Harris Five ??? hundred dollars each.
The rest of Joseph's property was to be divided equally among his heirs with the exception of Russell who was to get no more than mentioned above. Sons Russell, Hardy, Joseph were appointed executors. Son Joseph administered the estate. [though a record of a 1st marriage to Elizabeth CHASE was given by one descendant, we find no proof nor do we find the name CHASE in any area where Joseph was known to have lived. He married Elizabeth Edmondson, born ca 1785 in Pickens County, SC (one census says that she was born in NC) and died in July 1874 in Marshall County, Mississippi. Elizabeth Edmondson was the daughter of Caleb Edmondson. Both are buried at a DEAN Family Cemetery in Marshall County, Mississippi.
Joseph Dean moved from SC to Lincoln County, TN. ca 1813. According to "First County Court Minutes of Lincoln Co., TN, 1810- 1819" by Marsh, Joseph was permitted to keep a tavern at his own house on the road to Huntsville, Alabama, for 12 months from this date and entered into bond with Burrell Lee and Thomas Whitford, 2 May 1814. The main old Huntsville or Meridianville road left by Camp Blount.....on south to Todds where John Todd was postmaster in 1833. It was once known as Dean's and was a stage stop on the Nashville-Huntsville Stage Route. He was frequently mentioned in Lincoln County, TN court record (serving on juries, supervising roads, etc.) About 1837 Joseph Dean moved to Marshall County, MS. He was age 71 in the 1850 census. Mrs. Louise Rourke has the Edmondson line to the 1500's.
Also buried with Joseph and Elizabeth in the Dean Family Cemetery, are son Aaron and wife, Elizabeth Howell ( Aaron's second wife was buried in Holly Springs) Joseph H. Dean, N.R. Dean, A. Dean, Dolly Dean, James Dean, Victoria Dean, and infant daughter of Joseph E. Dean.
3.4. Samuel Dean was born in Washington County, Maryland.
3.5. Mary Dean was born ca 1782 in Maryland and died in 1831 in Lawrence County, Arkansas. She married, ca 1808, Eli Hillhouse who died in 1820 in Lawrence County, Arkansas. Eli Hillhouse was the son of Captain John Hillhouse who was born on 5-5-1744 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Margaret Chambers. John Hillhouse was the son of William Hillhouse who was born in County Londenderry, Ireland in 1716. William and his family moved to Old Anson County, N.C. about 1751 to a section that is now York County. It is not known whether Mary Dean and Eli Hillhouse married in S.C. or in Arkansas. Per Probate Bonds, Lawrence County Arkansas, Eli's executers were wife and son Elijah. Polly's administrators were Atlantic Davis and Thomas McCarroll. They left SC and moved to the frontiers of Arkansas about 1812. Arkansas was then called the Missouri Territory. They settled in Lawrence County, Arkansas then moved on to Batesville, which is today in Independence County, Arkansas. A grandson, Judge Jasper Newton Hillhouse was born in Batesville, Arkansas on what is known as the Brown/White Place. Mary Dean and Eli Hillhouse had 5 children.
3.6. John Dean was born ca 1784 in Maryland and died in 1824 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. He married, ca 1812, Mary "Polly" Herrin who was born in SC. Mary "Polly" Herrin was the daughter of Jacob Herrin. Per Anderson County Court records, John Dean Sold 227 acres on Generestto 7-15-1809, was this when he left SC?
This information is per Emily Parks of Texas, a descendant.Janet Bonner, 4920 Richmond Road, Tyler, Texas 75703 is also a descendant per a 1989 letter.
3.7. RICHARD DEAN was born in 1791 in Anderson District, SC and died on 6-1-1864 per stone at Black Jack Cove in Oconee County, SC (his stone says age 73).
His Will was dated 4-22-1864 and it was proved
on 6-10-1864. He married, ca 1822, CYNTHIA ELIZABETH JENKINS who was born
6-19-1801 in Oconee County, SC and died on 7-5-1858 in Oconee County, SC.
Cynthia Elizabeth Jenkins was the daughter of Francis Jenkins and Dorothea
Henrietta Marie Edmondson Orme. Francis Jenkins was the son of Francis
Jenkins Sr. and Cassandra Grafton of Maryland. Dorothea Henrietta Marie
Edmondson Orme was the
daughter of Robert Orme of Maryland. Both Richard
Dean and Cynthia Elizabeth Jenkins are buried in a fenced family plot in
Blackjack Cove in Oconee County, SC. Their property was located on Chestoe
Creek ??? in Oconee County, SC.
I will add here some excerpts from appraisement Bill of the Estate of Richard Dean deceased. For division among his heirs. June 18, 1864.It was QUITE AN ESTATE for the time
They had 6 children. He was in Tishomingo, Mississippi at 1830 census. He married, 2nd about 1837 as their first child was born in 1838, Mary "Polly" Harris. Mary "Polly" Harris Woodley was a widow with 4 children. Griffith Dean and Mary "Polly" Harris had 3 children. Griffith Dean was living in Pendleton District at the time of the 1820 census.
3.9. Aaron Dean [ TWIN ] was born on 9-6-1799 at Dean, SC and died in October 1849 near Iuka, Mississippi. He married, ca 1820/21, Meekness "Meekey" Day who was born in 1805 [ 1804 ??? ] in Pendleton District, SC and died about 1889 of fever. She was the daughter of Ballard Day who was born in 1760 and died in 1818 (his will is dated 1-13-1815) in Pendleton District, SC and Sylvia Mayfield. Sylvia Mayfield is believed to have gone to Tishomingo County, Mississippi with her daughter, Meekness Day, when part of the Dean family migrated there in 1839. Aaron Dean and his family moved to Tishomingo County, Mississippi in 1839, settling near the town of Iuka. There he and his wife lived out their lives. Aaron Dean and Meekness Day had 10 children who grew to maturity but there may have been others who died in infancy. Both are buried in the DEAN Cemetery in Iuka, Mississippi in an unmarked grave.
3.10 Moses Dean [ TWIN ] was born on 9-6-1799 in Pendleton District at Dean (Starr) SC (1798 per one descendant) and died on 3-12-1878 in Anderson County, SC. He was married, Thursday 9-13-1822 by Reverend Sandford, to Lousia Narcissa Lewis who was born on 5-30-1804 and died on 10-21-1883 in Anderson County, SC. Lousia Narcissa Lewis was the daughter of Major Lewis and Elizabeth _____ whose will was probated on 7-2-1863. Both Moses Dean and Lousia Narcissa Lewis died testate, or with will and are buried Starr Baptist Church at Starr, SC ?
Moses Dean owned a considerable amount of land
in Anderson County, SC. Some of this land was on Mountain Creek and some
at Devil's Fork Creek. He owned other land as well.
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Once there were two brothers Their names were JOHN and WILL They left their home in ENGLAND And to the New World sailed They were but boys, not yet grown All gangley legs and arms But strong of will and not to proud To till the soil of farms They grew and thrived they loved and wed And fought a nations war And through their lives they left a prize They prayed would long endure So come along with me and meet The gifts they left behind We’ll walk their steps and see The DEAN’S and their family tree "Remember the men from whom you are sprung" |
BALTIMORE,
MD MARRIAGES
ANNE DEAN TO BEAL DUVALL 21 AUG
1794
BARNEY DEAN TO CATHERINE RATLIFFE
21 NOV 1790
CLOE DEAN TO GARRETT PATTERSON
4 JUL 1773
HANNAH DEAN TO THOMAS DAY 27 AUG
1778
HENRY DEAN TO SARAH MILVIN 21 AUG
1791
JOSHUA DEAN TO NANNY JONES 18 SEPT
1790
NANCY DEAN TO JAMES ENSOR 23 JAN
1798
RICHARD DEAN TO ELIZABETH MARSH
3 JAN 1739
ROBERT DEAN TO MARGARET YOUNG 10
DEC 1791
SARAH DEAN TO WILLIAM ALLEN 7 MAR
1791
SUSANNAH DEAN TO MOSES GERMAN 10
NOV 1791
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DORCHESTER
CO, MD MARRIAGES
DAVID DEAN TO NANCY GRIFFITH 7
APR 1795
FRANCES DEAN TO JAMES HARPER 18
JAN 1796
GEORGE DEAN TO ELIZABETH WHEATLEY
18 NOV 1781
HAGAR DEAN TO ABRAHAM FOXWELL 21
MAR 1788
HENRY DEAN TO POLLY KEENE 21 SEPT
1786
HENRY DEAN TO SARAH MELVILL 20
AUG 1791
HENRY DEAN TO REBECCA STOKES 18
DEC 1798
JOHN DEAN TO MARY ANN ABBOTT 8
JAN 1791
LABEN DEAN TO FRANKY GRIFFITH 18
OCT 1784
LEVI DEAN TO MARY WHITELEY 7 FEB
1788
MARY DEAN TO WILLIAM BRAMBLE 15
FEB
1784 NATHANIEL DEAN TO DOLLY DEAN
12 FEB 1784
RICHARD DEAN TO SARAH BOOTBE 9
MAR 1796
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Virginia,
Unknown, VA
CREW, Elisha DEAN, Charlotte 23
Dec 1830
DEAN, John PARRISH, Susanna 13
Apr 1816
DUNSCOMBE, Cyrus DEAN, Susanna
02 Dec 1814
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Virginia,
Albemarle, VA
DEAN, Eddie B GIANNINI, M M 11
Feb 1897
GIANNINI, M M DEAN, Eddie B 11
Feb 1897
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Virginia,
Augusta, VA
DEAN, John , 26 Dec 1758
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Virginia,
Bedford, VA
DEAN, Ann HEARD, George 17 Dec
1782
HEARD, George DEAN, Ann 17 Dec
1782
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Virginia,
Botetourt, VA
DEAN, Mary DEPEW, Samuel 07 Mar
1787
DEPEW, Samuel DEAN, Mary 07 Mar
1787
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Virginia,
Brunswick, VA
CLEMENTS, Patty DEAN, Robert 24
Nov 1800
DEAN, Jane PARISH, William 31 Dec
1810
DEAN, Robert CLEMENTS, Patty 24
Nov 1800
DEAN, Susanna PARISH, William 31
Dec 1810
PARISH, William DEAN, Jane 31 Dec
1810
PARISH, William DEAN, Susanna 31
Dec 1810
PARISH, William DEAN, Jane 31 Dec
1810
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Virginia,
Clarke, VA
BRISON, John R DEAN, Sarah A 18
Dec 1844
HANSUCKER, George DEAN, Jane 10
Feb 1847
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Virginia,
Fauquier, VA
DEAN, John PRAGH, Elizabeth 06
May 1780
PRAGH, Elizabeth DEAN, John 06
May 1780
PRAYE, Elizabeth DEAN, John 06
May 1780
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Virginia,
Frederick, VA
BONHAM, Nathan DEAN, Elizabeth
08 Jun 1790
DEAN, Ely MURPHY, Mary 08 Jun 1820
DEAN, Peggy HOW, James 01 Jan 1803
DEAN, Peggy HOWE, James 06 Jan
1803
DEAN, Polly HOWE, George 27 May
1817
DEAN, William DIXON, Martha 10
Jan 1802
DIXON, Martha DEAN, William 10
Jan 1802
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Virginia,
Grayson, VA
BEAMER, Mary DEAN, Howell 17 Sep
1800
DEAN, Abner JOHNSON, Susanna 18
Apr 1833
DEAN, John JOHNSTON, Matilda 14
Jan 1824
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Virginia,
Greene, VA (or Greensville)
JARRELL, Hinkle DEAN, Sarah 08
Apr 1841
LONG, Elizabeth DEAN, Sandy K 18
Apr 1838
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Virginia,
Greensville, VA (or Greene)
DEAN, Mary RIDDLE, Thomas 17 Jan
1792
DEAN, Nancy JONES, William 27 Dec
1791
DEAN, Sarah WATKINS, Robert 12
Mar 1787
JONES, William DEAN, Nancy 27 Dec
1791
RIDDLE, Thomas DEAN, Mary 17 Jan
1792
WATKINS, Robin DEAN, Sarah 12 Mar
1787
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Virginia,
Loudoun, VA
DEAN, John W SKINNER, Sarah 14
Feb 1851
SKINNER, Sarah DEAN, John W 14
Feb 1851
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Virginia,
Lunenburg, VA
TISDALE, Daniel W YATES, Susan
Dean 31 Oct 1849
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Virginia,
Middlesex, VA
DEAN, Elizabeth MICKELBURROUGH,
Robert 22 Nov 1791
DEAN, John SMITH, Frances 16 Sep
1773
DEAN, Sarah WILLS, Thomas 24 Sep
1773
SMITH, Frances DEAN, John 16 Sep
1773
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Virginia,
Norfolk, VA
DEAN, Elizabeth TAYLOR, John 25
Nov 1796
DEAN, Josiah EASTWOOD, Elizabeth
03 Mar 1795
DEAN, Joseph GRAHAM, Sarah 13 Aug
1799
DEAN, Samuel RICHARDSON, Mary 14
Mar 1801
GRAHAM, Sarah DEAN, Joseph 13 Aug
1799
RICHARDSON, Mary DEAN, Samuel 14
Mar 1801
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Virginia,
Orange, VA
DEAN, Lucy LANCESTER, Robert 02
Nov 1780
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Virginia,
Orange, VA
LANCESTER, Robert DEAN, Lucy 02
Nov 1780
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Virginia,
Page, VA
-BREEDEN, Louisa DEAN, James 29
Aug 1853
DEAN, Harriett SHIPLET, Wighten
07 May 1832
DEAN, James MINIC, Nancy 29 Apr
1847
DEAN, Mary Jane MOUBERRY, Walter
10 Dec 1847
DEAN, William MEADOWS, Frances
20 May 1850
MINIC, Nancy DEAN, James 29 Apr
1847
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DEAN, Henry AYRES, Rlurey 17 Mar
1816
DEAN, Hirem JONSON, Nancy 18 Jun
1816
DEAN, James HIATT, Easter 21 Oct
1839
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Virginia,
Pittsylvania, VA
DEAN, Margaret CUNNINGHAM, William
28 Sep 1789
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Virginia,
Prince Edward, VA
DEAN, Richard WILLIAMS, Mica Mrs
28 Oct 1779
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Virginia,
Richmond, VA
DEAN, Charlotte CREW, Elisha 23
Dec 1830
DEAN, John PARRISH, Susanna 13
Apr 1816
DEAN, Susanna DUNSCOMBE, Cyrus
02 Dec 1814
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Virginia,
Rockingham, VA
DEAN, Catharine TATE, Rody 02 Feb
1809
DEAN, Thomas LASH, Polly 11 Nov
1813
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Virginia,
Washington, VA
DEAN, Amos WHEELER, Abigail 13
Sep 1804
DEAN, Anthony ROUCH, Rebecca 20
Jul 1797
DEAN, Elizabeth ROACH, William
08 Jun 1797
DEAN, Johnathan COLE, Mary 15 Sep
1791
DEAN, Jonathan COLE, Mary
DEAN, Reuben MOUNTAIN, Caty 13
Feb 1812
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VA MARRIAGES,
AMHERST, VA MARRIAGES From 1703 to 1850
DEAN, John MAYS, Lucy 19/07/1802
DEAN, Samuel MAYS, Polly 27/10/1812
HOWARD, William DEAN, Betsey 21/01/1806
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VA MARRIAGES,
AUGUSTA, VA MARRIAGES From 1785 to 1850
BORLAND, William DEAN, Sarah 15/02/1786
ERVIN, Alexander DEAN, Harriet
19/11/1835
ERVIN, Benjamin DEAN, Ferlisha
16/07/1835
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VA MARRIAGES,
BARBOUR, VA MARRIAGES From 1840 to 1847
DEAN, James BLACK, Eliza 22/04/1847
DEAN, Lair LANHAM, Sarah 17/08/1844
DEAN, Marshall KESLING, Louisa
21/02/1844
SMITH, John O. PHILLIPS, Dean 15/07/1844
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VA MARRIAGES,
BATH, VA MARRIAGES From 1790 to 1850
ANDERSON, Robert DEAN, Nancy 18/10/1825
DEAN, John BODKIN, Mary 03/02/1841
DEAN, William M. C. BODKIN, Nancy
R. 23/11/1843
McCLUNG, Andw. DEAN, Jane 02/12/1802
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VA MARRIAGES,
BERKELEY SPRINGS, VA MARRIAGES From 1780 to 1850
DEAN, Henry JOHNSON, Mary 13/01/1785
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VA MARRIAGES,
BRAXTON, VA MARRIAGES From 1836 to 1850
DEAN, Silas TINNEY, Antinet 22/05/1838
IRWIN, Marshall DEAN, Martha 31/12/1846
WILLIAMS, Josiah K. DEAN, Phebe
24/02/1849
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VA MARRIAGES,
BRUNSWICK, VA MARRIAGES From 1751 to 1850
DEAN, Robert CLEMENTS, Patty 24/11/1800
DEAN, Robert WILLIAMS, Eliza 11/11/1826
DEAN, Robert Sr. HOLLOWAY, Mary
25/10/1843
PARISH, Peter DEAN, Sally 20/12/1820
PARISH, William DEAN, Susanna 03/12/1810
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VA MARRIAGES,
CABELL, VA MARRIAGES From 1809 to 1850
BARTRAM, Charles DEAN, Cynthia
28/05/1840
DEAN, Jacob BURKS, Elizabeth 21/12/1827
DEAN, John SPURLOCK, Julia 09/10/1828
DEAN, Joseph FERGUSON, Elizabeth
06/09/1821
DEAN, Joseph RUSSELL, Nancy 05/09/1816
LYCAN, Morris DEAN, Mary Ann 05/05/1838
RUSSELL, Mark DEAN, Ester 21/11/1811
SPURLOCK, John DEAN, Polly 19/04/1819
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VA MARRIAGES,
CAROLINE, VA MARRIAGES From 1786 to 1850
DEAN, Aylett JONES, Ann 11/10/1819
DEAN, John VAWTER, Jenny 25/02/1792
DEAN, Reuben ROYSTON, Hety W. 14/04/1823
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VA MARRIAGES,
CLARKE, VA MARRIAGES From 1836 to 1850
BRISON, John R. DEAN, Sarah A.
18/12/1844
HANSUCKER, George DEAN, Jane 10/02/1847
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VA MARRIAGES,
CULPEPER, VA MARRIAGES From 1780 to 1850
DEAN, James F. LEE, Mary J. E.
12/08/1845
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VA MARRIAGES,
FAUQUIER, VA MARRIAGES From 1759 to 1850
DEAN, John PRAYL, Elizabeth 06/05/1780
DEAN, William CHRISTIE, Elizabeth
17/01/1835
DEAN, William HUNTON, Mary Ann
19/12/1832
JOHNSON, Willis DEAN, Nancy 17/05/1797
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Often through lack of contact, relatives become mere acquaintances or even strangers. Perhaps the information here in will help present and future generations to be more closely bound together in family pride, admiration, esteem and love for each other.
We have tried to include both names and dates according to information obtained from different family members and public records. Hopefully the future generations will search for more information and supplement it to this documentation.
This family, the Dean’s, represented all the elements of American Civilization. They had common sense and vision in the unfolding future of this section of the country. They choose this land among the solitude of the hills and valleys.
We can see how God has blessed these fore fathers in this wild section of the Virginia Colony. The Dean’s were born with a principle of honor, honesty and courage, with love for home, liberty and happiness. They went down to honorable graves and up to a home of endless bliss.
The pioneer settlers with the Deane, Dean family name led in the work of clearing the valleys and hillsides and making fruitful fields and orchards. It took toil and hardships to tame this wilderness under the dominion of the plow. They have now ceased from their labors and heard the resurrection trumpet, rest in unmarked graves and others found resting in well kept grave sites.
Every mountain peak that stands up along the mountain ranges is a monument to the struggles and achievements of our fore fathers. The sleeping hillsides transformed into beautiful farm land, forests cleared by hands of honest toil. They not only moved the timber out of these hills they gave them names as well as giving names to the streams. As like an open page in history, the story is of pioneer achievements. They believed in every person attending to their own business, a rugged race of people and no paupers, they earned their bread by the sweat of the browl.
The Deans of Dorchester, by The Rev. John William J. W. Dean, D Se, D D was submitted to the Dorchester County Historical Society. The manuscript is in the Maryland Room of the Dorchester County Public Library.
An article written by Leonard Wilson, London, England in 1938; he was a noted authority on ancient coats of arms and the history of the Deane family in Great Britian. These articles were encluded in Rev. Dean’s manuscript and gives credence to the origin of the Dean/Deane name and lineage.
These articles introduced a lot of insight into the history of the Dean/Deane nameline. They will help anyone who is interested in the history of our family connections where we originated.
[Note:] Mr. Wilson in his article, concludes that the Deanes of Maryland are of the same lineage as the Deanes of Massachusetts and documented into Pennsylvania, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, West Virginia and west ward into Texas in the 1800’s.
"Authenic History"
Deane/Dean
Sir Bathurst Deane, an ancient authority of the Deane,Dene, Deen, Dean family has asserted there were only four distinct Dene (Deane) families in Britian and all others are branches of those four roots. One branch came to England with the Danish invaders in the ninth century, another branch from Normandy at the time of the reign of Edward the Confesor.
It is recorded the family of Deane’s is one of ancient lineage and can be traced to 1039 A.D. authenically.
The best documented of these four families is the one descended from Roberto de Dena, a Norman noble holding an official appointment at the court of Edward the Confessor. The origin of the name "Dena" is unknown. It is high improbable that it was a British territorial surname as such were not in use at that early date. Proof of its Norman origin is that the names de dena, de Den, de la Dene, Dentatus and Dentatum are all found in Norman records prior to the Conquest. Further proof of their Norman origin is that persons bearing these names who were living in England at the time of the Conquest were not deprived of their estates as were the Saxon families.
From the tenth to the thirteenth century, the Norman prefix "de" or "de la" was used in conjunction with the name Dene or Dena, but as the Saxon element became more prominent in English society, the Saxon prefix "ate" "at"or "a" is frequently found . After the abolition of feudalities by Henry VIII, the Norman prefix was abonded and the saxon prefix was absorbed into the name as "Adene", a name now borne by a number of English families. About the time of Elizabeth I, the name Dene gradually became Deane. In later years many individuals dropped the final "e". Michael Dene of Dene Hill in Dorset, changed the spelling of his name to "Denne" and his descendents have continued with that spelling. The Denes of Horwood in Devon are the only branch of the family that retain the old and correct spelling.
The Deanes were of the landed gentry and a number of them held large estates, not only in Kent and Sussex, Hampshire, Northampton, Gloucester, Wilts and Devon prior to 1300 A.D.
Early Coats-of-Arms were usually very simple with colors limited to the color of the metal of which they were made, iron (sable), silver (argent), and gold (or). Two of the earlier Dene coats-of-arms were: Black with a fesse silver, and silver with a fesse dancette gold. Later, other colors such as red, purple and green were also used. The ancient shields gradually disappeared through additions and assumptions but can be traced from one form to another. The crescents of the Crusader were the first change, such as: black, a fesse silver, in three crescents gold. The next change came with the Lion of Lincoln taking the place of the fesse. The arms granted to Richard de Dene were: red, a lion sejent graurdant gold, on a chief silver three crescents red. A variant of these arms show the lion rampant.
Richard de Dene was the head of the ancient House in London during the reign of Edward III (1327-1377). Among his descendants was the Most Reverand, His Grace, henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord High Chancellor of England during the reign of Henry VIII. It is recorded that the Deanes of Somersetshire are a branch of Richard de Dene’s line. One of it’s lines also claim descent (by marriage) from the more ancient Danish line. John Walter Deane, who settled in Taunton, Massachusetts in 1637, came from the vicinity of Taunton, Somersetshire, England. William Henry Deane, founder of the Maryland Deane (Dean) family and whose son, William Richard Deane, died in Dorchester County in 1699, was also a descendant of the Deane families of Somersetshire and Dorset, a well known British family of ship builders and mariners.
It has been asserted that the
MassachusettsDeanes
and those of Maryland were blood kin and of the same stock. B.F.
Johnson, Inc, compiliers of "Men of mark in England" and Makers of America"
assert that certain Deanes of Massachusetts and Maryland were of
the same Somersetshire family. This is confirmed by a statement
in "New England Families" published by the American Historical Society.
William Armstrong Crozier, Fellow of the Royal Society England, states
that John and Walter Deane of Massachusetts and William Henry of Maryland
came from Somersetshire, England, and gives the Coat-of-Arms, Crest and
Motto properly appertaining to them, which proves this branch to be in
direct descent from Richard de Dene of London.It follows that the Arms
borne by them, recorded by Crozier and verified by independent English
records, are those which properly appertain also to the Deane Family of
Dorchester County, Maryland.
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