Israel Deane

Don’t confuse with the Israel Deane who married Ruth Jones.

Israel Deane

• aka Dean
• Born 4 Aug 1685 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Died about 4 Jul 1719 at about age 33 in Taunton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Son of John Deane II and Sarah Edson
• Husband of Katherine (Bird) Dean — married 20 Mar 1705 in Taunton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Deane-481

Israel [Israell] Dean [Deane] was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, on August 4, 1685, the son of John Deane and Sarah Edson.[1][2]

He married Katharine Bird of Dorchester, Massachusetts. There are marriage records from both Taunton, March 20, 1704-5, and Roxbury, Massachusetts, March 27, 1704-5.[1][3][4]

Israel Dean died in Taunton on July 4, 1719, "aged 34" (gravestone).[1] He is buried at the Summer Street "Neck O Land" Cemetery in Taunton, where his gravestone reads:[5]

Excerpts From Will

His will oddly appears to have been written "fifth day of July Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & nineteen," or the day after his death as is recorded on his gravestone and in town records. In it he begins, "In the name of God Amen I Israel Dean (Son of John Dean) of Taunton in New England, being seized with a fever, & under some ?apprehension? that it may prove mortal to me, but of sound judgement & memory : Do make this my last will and testment." He names "my beloved wife Kathrine Dean to be sole Executrix." He further states, "God hath given me five children, whomof four are daughters: my will is that my only son Israel should have one hundred pounds of my Estate before his double portion in ye discretion of my estate, & in case that child which my wife is now big with be a son [presumably Abiel], my will is that he shall have one hundred pounds of my estate besides his single portion in the discretion of my estate & the daughters to have single & equal portions."[6]

Children

Children of Israel and Katharine (Bird) Dean, Taunton births:

1. Stephen, born February 15 or 17, 1705-6; died March 3, 1705-6.[7][8]
2. Catherine "Katherine", born February 10, 1706-7; married, December 31, 1730, Ebenezer Hayward [Howard] of Bridgewater, Massachusetts.[9][10]
3. Silence, born July 7 or 17, 1709; died April 2, 1726, in 17th year.[11][12]
4. Mehitabell, born April 10, 1711; married (1) Nehemiah Walker, (2) Stephen Smith; died October 15, 1781.[13][14][15]
5. Israel, born January 28, 1712-13.[16]
6. Joshua, born March 3, 1714-15; died before 1719 (not named in father's will).[17]
7. Susannah, born 1717; married Stephen Wilbor.[18]
8. Abiel, born about 1719; married, November 28, 1741, Anna Tisdale; died March 31, 1781.[19][20]

In his 1719 will, Israel states that he has four daughters but does not specifically name them. We have: Katherine, Silence, Mehitebel and Susannah. Israel also names his "only son Israel" which leads to the conclusion that son Joshua must have died prior to the writing of the will. Israel's reference to "that child which my wife is now big with" must refer to a then unborn Abiel who was born sometime (probably soon) after his father's death.[6]

References

1. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011. Page 235. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29420173?h=953e55
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37359883/israel-dean
3. Dean, Arthur Denorvan. Genealogy of the Dean Family Descended From Ezra Dean, of Plainfield, Conn. and Cranston, R.I. (F. H. Gerlock & Co., Scranton, PA, 1903). Pages 23, 30. Citing: "(20) IX. Israel."
4. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume I. Births. Page 128. Citing: "Dean, Israeli [T.P.R Deane], ch. John, Aug. 4, 1685."
5. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume II. Marriages. Page 145. Citing: "Dean, Israeli [dup. Israel] (Deane) Jr. [dup. of T.] and Catherine Bird of Dorchester, Mar. 20, 1704-5.*(intention not recorded)"
6. Vital Records of Roxbury: Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. Page 32. Citing: "Bird, Katharine, and Israel Dean, Mar. 27, 1704-5."
7. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume III. Deaths Page 66. Citing: "Dean, Israel, July 4, 1719, a. 34. [In lot with Israel (1794), G.R.9.]"
8. Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org($). New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case#8075: Israel Dean 1719.
9. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume I. Births. Page 133. Citing: "Dean, Stephen (Deane), ch. Israel [dup. and T.P.R. Israell] Jr. and Catherine, Feb. 15 [T.P.R. Feb. 17], 1705-6."
10. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume III. Deaths. Page 71. Citing: "Dean, Stephen, Ch. Israel [T.P.R. Israell] Jr. and Catherine, Mar. 3, 1705-6."
11. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume I. Births. Page 123. Citing: "Dean, Catherine (Deane), ch. Israel [dup. and T.P.R. Israell] Jr. and Catherine, Feb. 10, 1706-7."
12. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume II. Marriages. Page 146. Citing: "Dean, Katherine of T. and Ebenezer Hayward of Bridgewater, Dec. 31, 1730. [Kathrine of T., P.R.27.]"
13. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume I. Births. Page 133. Citing: "Dean, Silence (Deane), ch. Israel [dup. and T.P.R. Israell] Jr. and Catherine, July 7 [dup. July 17, T.P.R. July 7]. 1709."
14. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume III. Deaths. Page 71. Citing: "Dean, Silence, d. Israel and Catharine [Catherine, G.R.9.], Apr. 2, 1726, in 17th y."
15. Walker, J. B. R. Walkers of Old Plymouth colony (Metcalf & Co., 1861). Page 27. Citing: "17. VIII. Nehemiah..."
16. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume I. Births. Page 131. Citing: "Dean, Mehitabell [T.P.R. Mehetabell] (Deane), ch. Israel [dup. and T.P.R. Israell] Jr. and Catherine, Apr. 10, 1711."
17. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume III. Deaths. Page 185. Citing: “Smith, Mahetable, wid. Capt. [dup. omits Capt.] Stephen, Oct. 15, 1781, in 71 st y. [wid. Capt. Stephen, G.R.33.]”
18. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume I. Births. Page 128. Citing: "Dean, Israell (Deane), ch. Israel [dup. and T.P.R. Israell] Jr. and Catherine, Jan. 28, 1712-13."
19. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume I. Births. Page 129. Citing: "Dean, Joshua (Deane), ch. Israel [dup. and T.P.R. Israell] Jr. and Catherine, Mar. 3, 1714-15."
20. Wilbor, John. The Wildbores in America (Saint Paul, Minn., 1933). Second Edition. Page 57. Citing: "D-252 Stephen Wilbor."
21. Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org($), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. Rogers, Thomas, Volume 19, Page 368.
22. Vital Records of Taunton: Volume II. Marriages. Citing: ""Dean, Abiel 2d and Anna Tisdale, both of T., Nov. 28, 1741, in T.*"
23. Deane, William Reed. The Deane Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1849). Volume III. Pages 375-387.
24. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1925-1926).
25. Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1928-1978).
26. Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 9 February 2020), memorial page for Israel Dean (4 Aug 1685–4 Jul 1719), Find A Grave: Memorial #37359883, citing Neck O Land Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mary Sowles (contributor 46841025).