Captain
William
Tew
Born in Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of James Tew
and Ann (Arnold) Tew
Brother of
Ann (Tew) Topham
Husband of
Sarah (Wilson) Tew
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ruth Nichols (Tew) Tilley
Died
at age 63
in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Aug 2018
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Biography
Captain William Tew was born in 1745 in Rhode Island to James Tew and Ann Arnold.
He married Sarah Wilson, daughter of Jonathan Wilson.[1]
A summary of his service in the Revolutionary War (and names of two of his children) are described by him in a letter to George Washington in 1790.[2]
He died in 1808.[3]
- Fact: Residence (1777) Washington County, RI
- Fact: Residence (1790) Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Notes
A modern group of Revolutionary War reenactors has done a historical recreation of "Captain Tew's Company." Their web site gives some history of the company and a short biography of William Tew.[4][5] A much more detailed accounting of his military activities can be found in a recent book: [6]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=6138108&fcfToken=744c6d497068593830553537304647446a57746870542f56703873714a77786a55655a4e456977436572575745777735624a5148732b6f333046715769724274
- ↑ “To George Washington from William Tew, 18 January 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0013. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 5, 16 January 1790 – 30 June 1790, ed. Dorothy Twohig, Mark A. Mastromarino, and Jack D. Warren. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996, pp. 19–21.]
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19197941
- ↑ http://www.tewscompany.org/
- ↑ http://fredricks.info/Tew.html
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=HMnyCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1802&lpg=PA1802&dq=colonel+william+tew+newport&source=bl&ots=1tl6NJpQ7f&sig=hPchKoVHk7YBq_jLn0Zea3QQl74&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC0ve1pozfAhXudN8KHfMtB-cQ6AEwBnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=colonel%20william%20tew%20newport&f=false
- "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/22709069/person/1509266334/facts : accessed 6 August 2018), profile for Capt. William Tew.
- Arnold, James Newell. Providence Gazette - Deaths K to Z, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, R.I., 1905) Vol. 14, Page 332.
- 5 Nov 1808: Tew: "Col. William, at Newport, aged about 64 years ; was an officer in the Revolution."
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