John Dew, III

Owned hundreds of acres of land in Bertie County North Carolina. Moved to Edgecombe County before 1758. Widely known and influential. Operated a mill on the road from Tar River. His last will made in Northampton County on 2 Sep 1749 and probated there in 1760.

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John Dew, III. is the son of Susannah Shearer and John Dew, Jr. He married Elizabeth Bryant b. after 1700. Children: Abraham Sr., John IV., Arthur Sr., Sarah (Barnes) and Pricilla "Drewsilla" (Bryant). John III. owned hundreds of acres of land in Bertie Co., NC. He moved to Edgecombe Co. after 1758. Widely known and influential. Operated a mill on the road from Tar River. Last will made in Northampton Co. on Sept. 2, 1749 and probated there in 1760. Elizabeth is the daughter of sarah Braswell and James Bryant, Sr.[1]

Birth Date: ABT 1686 [2] Marriage John and Elizabeth had children;

• 1. Arthur DEW b: ABT 1725
• 2. Elizabeth DEW b: ABT 1730 married a Tynor.[3]
• 3. John DEW b: ABT 1732
• 4. Sarah DEW b: ABT 1734 (may have married Dempsey Barnes, Sr.,)
• 5. Priscilla DEW b: ABT 1736 (Priscilla "Drewsilla" Dew married a Bryant in Edgecombe County)
• 6. Abraham DEW b: ABT 1738
• 7. Mary mentioned in will.

Death Date: 1760 Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina Will made in Northampton Co Sept 2, 1749 and probated there in 1760.

Will 1749 - September 2, In the Name of God Amen, I John Dew of No Carolina in the County of North Hampton Gent being weake of body but of sound perfect mind & memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God... first and principally I command my soul unto the hands of Almighty God... my body to be buried at the discretion of my executor hereafter named... touching the disposition of all such Temporal Estates as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose of as follows, to wit that my debts & Funeral expenses shall be paid & discharged... item, I give to my son Abraham 200 acres of land on (Potahersy) with all my Joyners Carpenters & Coopers Tools; item, I give to my son John the plantation whereon I now live bounded by Coopers Branch and the Reidy Branch and one Negro fellow named (Nerrow); item, I give unto my son Arthur 200 acres on the creek between Jacob Ricks and John (Piece of page missing, land is on Coopers Creek); item, I give to my daughter, (Elizabeth ? ) one cow and calf; item, I give to each of my sons one feather bed and furniture; item, all the rest of my estate to be divided between my loving children, Abraham, Arthur, John, Sarah, Priscilla and Marry and I appoint my loving son, Abraham full & sole executor of my Last Will and Testament and (Benjm Mill) as my (blank) to advise and direct my son; wit Benjm Mill (proved), John Word, Jr (W), William Tyner, Jr. (proved). Edgecombe Co. Will Book A, page 1. Abstracted 2-1-06, NCA film C.037.80001, CTC. Recorded June Ct 1760

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↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #9535332

↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sneese/Bryant/D1.htm

↑ Genealogy of Some of the descendants of Thomas Dew, Colonial Virginia Pioneer Immigrant, by Ernestine Dew White, Greeneville S. C., 1937. p. 173

Dew Genealogy Pages

http://apdew.com/dew-book.htm

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Birth year: 1702; Birth city: Isle Wight; Birth state: VA 1,4725::3997069

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Birth year: 1702; Birth city: Isle Wight; Birth state: VA 1,4725::3997069

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@R-2144575259@ Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. 1,4725::0

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Birth year: 1702; Birth city: Isle Wight; Birth state: VA 1,4725::3997069

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