Dewey Main

Brief Life History of Dewey

When Dewey Main was born on 14 September 1770, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonas Maine, was 35 and his mother, Content Brumbley, was 34. He married Lucinda Colegrove on 18 August 1793, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1800 and Lincklaen, Chenango, New York, United States in 1840. He died on 30 January 1847, in Chenango, New York, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Lincklaen Center Cemetery, Lincklaen Center, Chenango, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dewey Main
1770–1847
Lucinda Colegrove
1775–1865
Marriage: 18 August 1793
Sebeas Main
1794–1887
Lucinda Main
1795–1841
Sheffield Barber Main
1798–1878
Susan Main
1800–1882
Milton Maxson Main
1802–1878
Nancy Arvilla Main
1804–1895
Deacon Prentice C. Maine
1806–1890
Philura L. Main
1809–1847
Julia A. Main
1811–1869
Phebe S. Main
1814–1814
Silas Colegrove Maine
1816–1906
Lucy Lavantia Main
1818–1880

Sources (21)

  • Dewey Maine, "United States, Census, 1800"
  • Dewey Main, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Dewey Maine, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

Name Meaning

Scottish: from a shortened form of the Scandinavian personal name Magnus , which in Older Scots became Manus and Mane.

English (of Norman origin) and French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Ma(g)ino, Meino, from magan ‘strength, might’.

English (of Norman origin): nickname for a large man, from Old French magne, maine ‘great, big’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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