Born in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Ashley II
and Mary (Dewey) Ashley
Sister of
Thomas Ashley, David Ashley, Elizabeth (Ashley) Dewey, Abigail (Ashley) Dewey, Moses Ashley, Hannah (Ashley) Porter, Sarah Ashley and Israel Ashley
Wife of
Adijah Dewey
— married
11 Jan 1732 in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Died
at about age 68
in Westfield, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
The Mary Dewey born to David Ashley and Mary Dewey was not the wife of Samuel Kellogg, nor did she have a sister named Rachel. She is very clearly listed as the wife of Abijah Dewey.[1]
Birth
Mary was christened 27 Mar 1695. She was the daughter of David Ashley and Mary Dewey. [1][2]
Marriage
She married Abijah Dewey 12 Jan 1733 in Westfield.[1]
Children:
- Ashbel, b. 1734
- Medad, b. 1736
- Bethia, b. 1739
- Mercy, b. 1745
Death
Mercy Dewey died about 1764, her estate was probated in 1765.[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dewey, Adelbert Milton,. Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N. and Dewey family history : being an authentic historical and genealogical record of more than fifteen thousand persons in the United States by the name of Dewey, and their descendants : life of Rear Admiral George Dewey .... Westfield, Mass.: Dewey Pub. Co., 1898.$
- ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch [1] : 14 January 2020), Mary Ashly, 1695.
- ↑ Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1889. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives and the Hampshire County Court. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org. $
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mercy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mercy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mercy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mercy:
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~0.39%
Judy (Coon) Stubleski
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Donald W Smith :
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Rejected matches › Mary (Ashley) Kellogg (1694-aft.1728)
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Mary died in 1728, and Samuel married sister Rachel within a couple months. The two women were also 1st cousins to Samuel. Also, I have nor previously seen the "Mercy" first name for Mary.
edited by Walt Joslin