He joined the Connecticut Militia and rose to the rank of Captain. His company - called Captain Daniel Dewey's Company - was active in Lexington and Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. [1]
He married Temperance Bailey
He passed away in 1816.
Sources
↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Feb 6, 2022), "Record of Capt Daniel Dewey", Ancestor # A032226.
Birth Record - "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W1-KRP : 3 December 2014), Daniel Deweey, 19 Jan 1731; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown
"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-THD3 : 24 January 2018), Daniel Dewey, 1778.
"United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-K8JZ : 21 December 2016), Daniel Dewey, 16 Feb 1778; citing 16 Feb 1778, Connecticut, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,306.
"United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-K8LD : 21 December 2016), Daniel Dewey, 16 Feb 1778; citing 16 Feb 1778, Connecticut, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,306.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed February 6, 2018), "Record of Daniel Dewey", Ancestor # A032226.
Death Record - "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7N9-M2X : 3 December 2014), Daniel Dewey, 14 Mar 1816; citing Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,249.
Burial Record - "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV21-3SC2 : 13 December 2015), Daniel Dewey, 1816; Burial, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States of America, Old Cemetery; citing record ID 82325726, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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