John Depew
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John W. Depew (abt. 1726 - abt. 1811)

John W. [uncertain] Depew aka Depue, Depugh
Born about in London, England or near Ludlow Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , and
Died about at about age 85 in Botetourt, Virginia or Roanoke, Virginia, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Cross of St George
John Depew was born in England.
John Depew has French origins.

John Depew: (1726-1811)

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Revolutionary War Soldier

1776 Project
Private John Depew served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Depew is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A032042.
John Depew: (1726-1811)

SAR Data

John Depew in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970:[1]
Adjudant General's Office: Verification Letter, 11 Jun 1908:[2]
"The records show that one John Depew served as the artificer in Captain Neth's Independent Company, Virginia Troops, stationed at Fort Pitt, Revolutionary war. The dates of the beginning and ending of his service are not of record; but his name first appears on a roll dated December 28, 1777, and last appears on roll dated April 5, 1778, with remark showing that he was sick in the hospital."
Service begun Dec 1778 concluded aft 05 Apr 1778 with Virginia Militia, his rank was a an Artificer, Private under Capt Hethe's Ind Co, stationed at Fort Pitt PA
John Depue: Ancestor #: A032042: [3]
Service: Virginia
Rank(s): Artificer, Private
Birth: 1728 Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Death: 4-21-1811 Roanoke, Virginia
Service Description: 1) Captain Henry Heath
State: Virginia
Spouse Catherine Shepherd

Biographical Data (Ancestry.com)

Name: Found multiple versions of name. Using John W Depew.
Born: Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 1726
  • abt 1725. Ludlow, Salop County, Shropshire, England.
  • 1726. Near Ludlow Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire, United Kingdom of England and Scotland.[5][6]
  • Conflict: No sourced records
Residence:
  • 1769-1800, Virginia.[11]
  • 1810, Botetourt, Virginia, United States.[7]
Military Service:
  • 5 Apr 1778. Virginia, USA.[4]
  • 18 Dec 1776. New York, USA. [sic][8][9]
Died: 21 April 1811. Botetourt County, Virginia, USA.[5][6][10]
  • Conflict: A DAR researcher indicated died Roanoke,VA
  • Conflict: No sourced records or citations for will or burial.
Probate: 27 Jun 1809. Botetourt, Virginia, USA.[10]
  • Conflict: A will cannot be probated before death.

Research Notes

Identity: First found in a 1939 publication as "John Depew," the writer asserts John Depew was born in LONDON c1726 to 'Gauthier' Depew, a [Protestant] Huguenot who emigrated from France to London c1690. He goes on to say John emigrated to Middlesex, New Jersey c1748. No sources are provided for this material. [12][13]
  • No records for father appear to exist in France or Great Britain.
BP: 'near Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England' appears in online trees at other genealogy sites across the web, unsourced.[14]
  • No birth records in England (incl London, Shropshire, and surrounds).
John Depew reportedly married Catherine Shepard (unsourced).[14]
Their children: (inferred by avail records, loc, other[14])
  1. Abraham 1753–1754
  2. Mary 1753–unk
  3. Elijah Depew 1757–1824
  4. Isaac Depew Sr. 1758–1854
  5. Samuel DePew1760–1791
  6. John Depew 1762–1842
  7. James Depew 1764–1820
  8. Jacob Depew 1765–1847[15]
  9. Lucretia Depew 1766–1859
  10. Abraham Depew 1768–1820
Middle initial 'W': unconfirmed. In REV War records, earliest published accounting (1939) and DAR applications, he is referred to by first and last name only.

Military Records

1777: Revolutionary War Records: [16][17]

Civil Records

Does not appear in Ship passenger lists, New York and New Jersey, 1600-1825[18]
For Botetourt County: Created 1770 from Augusta County, VA
  • Lost censuses: 1790, 1800
  • Does not appear on transcribed Botetourt County Personal Property Tax Lists c1783-c1822. [19]
Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, V.1 PT.1.:[15] wherein several Depew family members are named: Records pertaining specifically to John Depew:
  • 1778(Aug): John Depew apptd. Surveyor of the Road from the Big Lick to the County line... p360
  • 1778(08Sep): John Depew ...Surveyor of the Road from John Howard's to the Big Lick, and that the tithables within three miles of the said road do attend the said Surveyor when reqd. to keep the same in repair as the law directs. p274
  • 1784: Succeeded as Surveyor. p395
  • 1789(22Aug): John Depew Sr, Obtained 370acres, Glade Creek (nr same, both sides of the Great Road).
  • 1791: John Depew, selling of liquors (probably lic. appl.). p446

Sources

  1. ↑ Source Citation Volume: 24 Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  2. ↑ Source: The Adjutant General's Office June 11, 1908. Respectfully returned by Grace D. Merrill, 39 Chaplain Lane, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 27, 2016), "Record of John Depue", Ancestor # A032042.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Source: #S276758889 Ancestry Record 4282 #903038
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Source: #S276759782 Volume: 4634 Ancestry Record 2204 #50281
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Source: #S276759782 Volume: 24 Ancestry Record 2204 #48237
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Source: #S277199786 Year: 1810; Census Place: Botetourt, Virginia; Roll: 66; Page: 617; Image: 00606; Family History Library Film: 0181426 Ancestry Record 7613 #651987
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Source: #S277199791 National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; Record Group Title: War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records; Record Group Number: 93; Series Number: M881 Ancestry Record 1309 #168335
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Source: #S277199791 National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; Record Group Title: War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records; Record Group Number: 93; Series Number: M881 Ancestry Record 1309 #607681
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Source: #S277227949 Will Books, 1770-1869; General Indexes to Wills, 1770-1972; Author: Virginia. County Court (Botetourt County); Probate Place: Botetourt, Virginia Ancestry Record 9085 #1785866
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Source: #S277601015 Ancestry Record 10533 #470
  12. ↑ Boyd, J. M. "Family History of East Tennessee", c1939. Johnson City Press and Staff-News. Johnson City, Tennessee. Sunday, March 19, 1939. p4. Newspaper.com. Database. https://www.newspapers.com/image/585287962/?terms=Depew&match=1.
  13. ↑ Boyd, J. M. "Family History of East Tennessee", c1939. Qtd in Depew, Ollie. Family records, Depew, Jones, Boyd, Vaughan, Hope, McFarland, Jack, Helm, Everhart, Belk, Tackett. TN: private, 1959. Archive.org. p3
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 :See also: Family Search: Tree
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Summers, Lewis Preston, 1868-1943, Charles B Coale, and George W. L. Bickley. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Abingdon, Va.: L. P. Summers, 1929. Hathi Trust, 2021. Database. hathitrust.org. Booklinks
  16. ↑ Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C. Regiment: Western Battalion, 1781-1782 (Folder 341) - Various Organizations (Folder 364). Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Record ($memb req'd)
  17. ↑ U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 5 card images ($memb req'd).
  18. ↑ Boyer, Carl. Ship Passenger Lists: National and New England (1600-1825). CA: Boyer, 1977. Family Search Int. Digital Library. Link
  19. ↑ Botetourt County Personal Property Tax Lists c1783-c1822. See transcriptions http://freeafricanamericans.com/botetax.htm. (top entries are full surviving transcripts, lwr entries are extracted freedmen
See Also: Ancestry.com Data
  • Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
  • Source: S276489432 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree: #152249047
  • Source: S276758889 U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 4282
  • Source: S276759782 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 2204
  • Source: S277199786 1810 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 7613
  • Source: S277199791 U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 1309
  • Source: S277227949 Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1983 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 9085
  • Source: S277601015 Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 10533
  • Source: S277624271 Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. IV. Neville-Terrill Note: Record Collection 48644Note: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-VAFamiliesIV&h=435118&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry Record 48644 #435118
  • Source: S-1422747770 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree: #36141749




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C-213 K C
Updated profile. If there are concerns, pm me, happy to amend. Cheers!
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McChesney-105 Grace McChesney
Depew-178 and Depew-164 appear to represent the same person because: John W. Depew have the same approx. birth, same locality, etc. I believe they are the same person.
posted by Grace McChesney
Depew-101 Matt Depew
Kenneth,

I appreciate you helping out with the Depew line on here! If you are at alllll on Facebook, we (a bunch of us other Depew-related folks, haha) could use the help to find missing links!

I have a group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/289645541197719/ that I've managed to form over the last two years, and it's doing well, but needs help!

Thank you, and I hope you're well over there.

Matt Depew

posted by Matt Depew

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