William Gilbert Dean of Dorchester

Deane/Dean Family Which originated in the vicinity of Dorchester, Dorset, England in the 16th and 17th century, migrated to 'Dorsett' (Dorchester) County, Maryland and then spread to various areas of the United States.

Richard de Dene was the head of the ancient House in London during the reign of Edward III (1327-1377). Among his descendants was the Most Reverand, His Grace, Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord High Chancellor of England during the reign of Henry VIII. It is of record that the Deanes of Somersetshire are a branch of Richard de Dene's line. One of its lines also claims descent (by marriage) from the more ancient Danish line. John and Walter Deane, who settled in Taunton, Massachusetts in 1637, came from the vicinity of Taunton, Somersetshire, England. William Henry Deane, founder of the Maryland Deane (Dean) family, and whose son, William Richard Deane, died in Dorchester County in 1699, was also a descendant of the Deane families of Somersetshire and Dorset, a well known British family of ship builders and mariners. It has long been asserted that the Massachusetts Deanes and those of Maryland were kindred in blood and of the same original stock. B. F. Johnson, Inc., compilers of "Men of Mark in England" and "Makers of America" assert that certain Deanes of Massachusetts and Maryland were of the same Somersetshire family. This is confirmed by a statement in "New England Families" published by the American Historical Society. William Armstrong Crozier, Fellow of the Royal Society, England, states that John and Walter Deane of Massachusetts came from Somersetshire, England, and gives the Coat-of-Arms, Crest, and Motto properly appertaining to them, which proves this branch to be in direct descent from Richard de Dene of London. It follows that the Arms borne by them, recorded by Crozier and verified by independent English records, are those which properly appertain also to the Deane Family of Dorchester County, Maryland. ________________________________________ Note: after much research, and according to other sources and consultation not available at the time this article was written (1938), I have found that both of the above Crests displayed are proper as accorded to the Deane/Dean family bloodline. While the one on the left is the earlier Crest from the time of the Crusades, the right Crest is the more modern and more widely accepted Crest for modern-day Deans. Personally, I use BOTH Crests as both are appropriate, and appertain to my bloodline which descends through William Gilbert Deane, a descendant of Richard de Dene, and father of William Henry Deane, both listed above. My preference over all, however, is the more modern crest, as it is more colorful and it displays the family motto.

Deane/Dean Family

Which originated in the vicinity of Dorchester, Dorset, England in the 16th and 17th century, migrated to 'Dorsett' (Dorchester) County, Maryland and then spread to various areas of the United States.

Generation 1: William Gilbert DEANE d. Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England married Alice TALBOT m. abt 1575/78 Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England d. Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England

Generation 2: William Henry DEANE I d. near Dorchester, Dorset, England married Elizabeth DAMPIER m. abt 1623/25 Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England d. near Dorchester, Dorset, England

Generation 3:

1. William Richard DEANE d. bef 1699 near Crapo, Dorchester/Wicomico County, Maryland married Elizabeth MEREDITH m. abt 1675/88 Dorchester County, Maryland d. Dorchester County, Maryland

Generation 4:

1. William Henry DEANE d. abt 1748 Fox Creek, Dorchester County, Maryland married Elizabeth TODD m. abt 1706 Dorchester County, Maryland d. 1773 Fox Creek, Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland
2. John DEANE d. Deceased Fox Creek, Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland married Jane COX m. 1733 St. Marys County, Maryland
3. Elizabeth DEANE d. bef 1725 Fox Creek, Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland married Robert JOHNSON m. abt 1703 Fox Creek, Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland d. 1720 Dorchester County, Maryland
4. Richard DEANE d. abt 1732
5. Sarah DEANE d. bef 1725 Fox Creek, Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland married George SLACUM m. abt 1707 Fox Creek, Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland d.Fox Creek, Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland
6. Mary DEANE d. Fox Creek, Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland
7. William Henry DEANE d. 1746 Golden Hill, Dorchester County, Maryland married Elizabeth SUMMERS m. abt 1720 Dorchester County, Maryland d. 1763 Dorchester County, Maryland

de Dene, Robert

b: 1030 d: m: father: mother: Robert de Dene was born in Normandy where he had a large estate. He was also given large estates in Sussex and Kent by King Edward the Confessor when he gave fiefs to Norman Lords in an attempt to keep the Saxon barons from becoming too strong. The Denne Family from E. E. Salisbury's Family Memorials 1885 The following information is copied from Edward Elbridge Salisbury, Family Memorials, 1885 privately printed at New Haven, Connecticut pages 381 - 383 (Gookin Family) ________________________________________

... Respecting the Denne family, which became allied with the Gookins in 1566, I will first quote from Hasted: "Dennehill is another seat on the same side of Barham downs [in the parish of Kingston], at the eastern boundary of them, which took its name from the family of Dene or Denne, of eminent note in this county, the possessors of it in very early times. One of these, Ralph de Den, held much land in Romney Marsh, and at Buckhurst in Sussex, in the 20th year of William the Conqueror, as appeared by an old roll in the earl of Dorset’s possession, being written in the record son of Rob’tus Pincerna, a name probably given him from his being butler or sewer to one of our kings before the conquest. Sir Alured de Den was chief steward of the priory of Christ-church in the 29th year of King Henry iii., and was a person so singularly esteemed for his wisdom that, when the laws and ordinances of Romney Marsh were compiled by that venerable judge Henry de Bath, in the 42d year of that reign, this Sir Alured and Nicholas de Handloe were joined with him for that purpose; and what is remarkable he at that early time sealed with three leopards' faces, the antient paternal coat of this family, which afterwards continued owners of this seat, and resided here with much reputation, as justices of the peace and other honourable employments of public concern, down to Michael Denne Esq., who lived here in the reigns of King Edward iv., and Henry vii., being descended by the marriages of his ancestors from the families of Apulderfield, Earde, Arderne and Combe, among others, whose posterity spread in several branches, resident not only in Canterbury and the several neighbouring parishes, but in West Kent likewise. But after this seat had continued in an uninterrupted descent to him from Sir Alured de Denne above mentioned, and from him again down to Thomas Denne Esq. who was recorder of Canterbury, and died possessed of it in 1655, it went by Mary, his youngest daughter and co-heir, in marriage, to Vincent Denne Esq. of Canterbury, sergeant-at-law, descended from the same stock of ancestry, but he bore for his arms: Argent, on two flaunches Sable two leopards' faces Or, being the bearing of this younger branch of this family. The elder branch, of Dennehill, bore: Sable, three leopards' faces Or. He died possessed of it in 1693, leaving four daughters his co-heirs . . .." 1

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1 Hasted’s Kent, Canterbury, 1798, ix. 344 – 46 2 These relationships are proved by a pedigree in Barry’s Kent Genealogies – Notes and Queries . . . 3d Ser. London, 1862, ii. 473 – and by Hasted, ix. 333, 347. 3
Hasted’s Kent, ut Supra, ix 333, 347 4
"A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland" . . . . By John Burke. . . . London, 1838, iii. 19 – 21. Click HERE for an online version.

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Thus, Professor Salisbury gives the lineage as: 1. Robert de Dene, who held large estates . . . butler to Edward the Confessor. 2. Robert de Dene 3. Ralph de Dene 4. Ralph de Dene (We have only one Ralph in our other records) 5. Robert de Dene 6. William de Denn 7. Sir Alured de Denn 8. Walter 9. Walter 10. John 11. William (Shown in our other records as "Sir William or Walter Denne Knight of Denne Hill, sat in Parliament . . . 1326 and . . . 1341.") 12. Sir Richard (Shown as "Richard" in our other records) 13. Thomas 14. John 15. Michael 16. Thomas 17. William, father of Vincent,Thomas, Mary and Catharine Denne. Vincent Denne Esq. Sergeant-at-law, above mentioned as belonging to a younger branch of this family, was a grandson of Vincent Denne, LL.D., who was son of William and brother of Catharine (Denne) Gookin;2and this William was a younger son of Thomas Denne Esq., of Dennehill in the time of Henry viii., who, in that reign [therefore, before 1558], gave to his son William the manor of Bursted or Burghsted, in the parish of Bishopsbourne, co. Kent. Here then, probably, William Denne was living at the date of his daughter Catharine’s marriage in 1566, for his "grandson William, son of Vincent Denne, LL.D., died possessed of it in I640." 3 The name of Vincent Denne, brother of Catharine, is especially interesting to us, for it was undoubtedly from him that Sir Vincent Gookin, his nephew, took that name.

The complete lineage of the Dennes, from the days of Edward the Confessor, is given by Burke, showing that William, father of our Catharine, was son of Thomas, son of Michael, son of John, son of Thomas, son of Richard, son of Sir William, son of John, son of Walter, son of Walter, son of Sir Alured de Denn, son of William de Denn, son of Robert de Dene, son of Ralph de Dene, son of Ralph de Dene, son of Robert de Dene, son of Robert de Dene, "who held large estates in Sussex and Kent, as well as in the duchy [of Normandy], and was Pincerna or butler to Edward the Confessor."4

Children of Robert de Dene: Robert b:1085 Buckhurst, Sussex, England d: Ralph b:1088 Buckhurst, Sussex, England m: ________________________________________

Dean, Hazel Winnifred married Percy Burdette Love

b: 17-Apr-1898 Mexico, Oxford County, ME d: 19-Jan-1975 Philadelphia, PA m: Percy Burdette Love 20-May-1914 father: Walter Dean mother: Alice Scofield Clark

Children of Percy Burdette and Hazel Winnifred Dean: Donald b:Jun-1913 d:Dec-1915 Dorothy Helen b:25-Feb-1916 Mexico, Oxford County, ME m:William Thomas Reese 12-Dec-1936 Philadelphia, PA Rose Ella b: d: m:Charles Weiss Marion Elaine b: d: m:Harold Taylor Elva May b:19-Sep-1921 d: m:Edward Maines Arlene Alice b: d: l:Melvin Hitchner Carol Roy b:Brooklyn, NY d: m:Margaret ________________________________________

Dean, Walter P. married Alice Scofield Clark

b: 23-Feb-1878 Farmingdale, Kennebec, ME d: m: Alice Scofield Clark father: Simeon Pierce Dean mother: Addie B. Peacock

Children of Walter P. Dean and Alice Scofield Dean: Raymond Dorothy Helen b:25-Feb-1916 Mexico, Oxford County, ME m:William Thomas Reese 12-Dec-1936 Philadelphia, PA Rose Ella b: d: m:Charles Weiss Marion Elaine b: d: m:Harold Taylor Elva May b:19-Sep-1921 d: m:Edward Maines Arlene Alice b: d: l:Melvin Hitchner Carol Roy b:Brooklyn, NY d: m:Margaret ________________________________________

Deane, Walter married Eleanor Cogan

bp: 13-May-1612 So. Chard, England d: 1659 Taunton, MA m: Eleanor Cogan 1637 at Taunton, MA father: William Deane mother: (unknown) Walter Deane was baptised 13-May-1612, St. Mary, Chard, Somerset, England. He married Eleanor Cogan around 1637 at Taunton, Massachusetts, daughter of William Cogan of South Chard. She arrived in America on the "MARY & JOHN" Walter came to America with his brother, John, in 1637 aboard the "SPEEDWELL". They settled in Taunton, Massachusetts. On August 20, 1693, Walter and Eleanor sold land to Isaac Deane in Taunton. (Bristol County Deeds, 7:351). Children of Walter and Eleanor Deane: Mary b: m: Shadrack Wilbore -John m: Alice Pitts Lydia m: Bartholomew Tipping James b: 1648 d: 29-May-1725, Plainfield CT m: Sarah Tisdale, dau of Capt. John Tisdale and Sarah Walker. Ezra b: 14-Oct-1650 Taunton, MA d: 1732 Taunton, MA m: Bethia Edson 16-Dec-1678, dau of Deacon Samuel Edson and Susanna Orcutt. Benjamin m: 6-Jan-1680, Taunton, Sarah Williams, dau of Samuel Williams and Mary Gilbert Joseph d: 10-Jan-1728 Dighton, MA m: Mary Tipping ________________________________________

Deane, Walter married Joan Walsele

b: d: 1591, South Chard, Somerset, England m: Joan Walsele 12-Nov-1565 at Buckland St. Mary, Somerset father: Deane mother: Will of Walter Deane is dated July 7, 1585, proved Jul 10, 1591, by Geoffrey Clarke Notary Public, Proctor for William Deane the son and executor. . (PCC Sainberbe 56, Wills vol 62 Somerset Record Office). To be bur. in churchyard in Chard. To poor folks 20 groates. To Eleanor Deane my daughter 30 pounds...to Joan Deane my daughter 30 pounds. Residue of my goods; to Joane my wife one moiety thereof, for her life, and aftr her death to remain to William my son to whom I give all the rest of my goods, and I make him sole executor...THOMAS BONDAGE, THOMAS SMITHE and JOHN LEGG of Southcharde to be overseers, to whom I give 2s apiece. Witnessed by John Willsonn, John Burghe, Thomas Smithe Will of Joane Deane, widow of Chard is dated March 29, 1597, proved May 10, 1597.(Wills, Vol. 62, Somerset Record Office. " ........To 20 poor folk of Chard 4d each... To Joane, daughter of my son, William. To Son William,. To daughter, Elianor, HUMFRIE BALSTON, daughter Joan Deane to be executrix. BARNARD COGAN, ROBERT WARRYE overseers. Witnesses: Robert Warrye, BARNARD COGAN, SILVESTER BALSTON." (Wills, Vol. 62, Somerset Rec. Soc.) Children of Walter and Joan Deane: Eleanor b: bef. 1568 m: @1588 Sylvester Balston, son of John Balston & Edith of Hawkchurch, Dorset bur: 6-Jul-1628 Broadwindsor, Dorset - Humphrey d: bef 1628 William b: So. Chard, England d: @1634, South Chard, Somerset m: by 1598 Joane d: @1625 ________________________________________

Deane, William married ?

b: d: @1634 So. Chard, Somerset, England father: Walter Deane mother: Joan Walsele

1597 May 17 ...William Deane claimed to hold for terme of his life by indenture dated 23 Apr. 1582 7 closes of land and pasture containing 30 Acres called Caprons Downe within the tithing of Leigh in the parish of Wynsham, late in the tenure of Johane Deane, his mother who died since the last court, heriot 6s8d. [DD/TOR 223] 1625 - 1628 Subsidy (DD/HI 465) - William Deane - Chardland. 1634 Oct. 22 Street and Leigh Court Book DD/TOR 224 ...William Deane Senior,who held of the lord by indenture 7 parcels of land called Caprons Downe for his life, died since the last court. Then came William son of William Deane senior and was admitted tenant. Will of William Deanne, dated July 22, 1634 proved October 21, 1634 of S. Chard, Somerset, England (NEHGR 1897, Vol 51 p.432) I William Dean of Southchard within parish of Chard in the county of Somersett sicke of bodie but of sound and perfect memorie thanks bee given to God doe make and decalare this my last wWill and Testament.......I give to the poore of Chardland twenty shillings to bee distributed by the discrecon of my Executor and of MY SONNE THOMAS DEANE ONE OF MY OVERSEERS... Item to JOHN DEANE MY SONNE I give and bequeath a chest standing in the hall, a truckle bedsted and bed furnished, wheat the halfendeale of the hay wich is in COLFIELD the remynder of the terme yet to come in BROADFIELD together with the lease thereof. The residue of the terme yet to come in HAM MEADE and the Lease thereof, yeelding and paying therefore from the Feast date of St. Michaell next after my decease to SUSAN, ELLIANOR, MARGERIE AND ELIZABETH MY DAUGHTERS foure pounds apeece yearelie during the contynuance of his now estate therein and soe rateably for any lesser terme of his estate therein at any other tyme then at the end of a full yeare happen to take end and determyne, Also I give and bequeath to him in money fortie shillings to bee paid him within three moneths after my decease. Item to MY SONNE THOMAS (for that hee is otherwise in comptetent manner provided for) I onely give and and bequeath to him and to his wife as a remembrance of my fatherly love two silver spoons. Item to WALTER DEAN MY SONNE I give a chest standing in the chamber over the Kitchen, a truckle bedsted and bed furnished, and a bible also I give unto him iontlie [jointly] with his BROTHER ISSACK the Lease or Leases of the grounds name WILBEERE and CANTES, and together with his said brother all profitts on the said grounds to bee received and taken during the contynuance of the terme therein yet remayneing. Item to ISSACK DEANE MY SONNE I bequeath and give a Chest and little Fojelett or box standing in the lower chamber, a truckle bed furnished and the halfendeale of the hay in COLEFIELD, and alsoe together with HIS BROTHER WALTER DEANE I give and bequeath the grounds above menconed name WILBEER AND CANTES, by the ioyntly to be occupied during the terme therein remayneing together with the lease or leases thereof, also I give him that little woodvine withouth the utter(outer) kitchen doore, and all tymber felled and all such rafters and boords reede and billies which I have, and also in money tenne pounds to bee paid within and also in money tenne pounds to bee paid within two moneths after my decease. Item to MY DAUGHTER SUSAN DEANE I give that bedstead which is in the inner chamber with its appurtennces, one skellet, a posnett, a great barrell, a side saddle, a coffer in the inner chamber, a third part of all my wooll, the CHAPPELL and YE WRITEINGS for holding thereof and in money seaventy three pounds six shillings an eight pence to bee paid at the endo f six months. Item to MY DAUGHTER ELEANOR DEANE I give and bequeath that Cofer which is in the chamber of the kitching, a bed stead also standing there and my best feathered furnished, a little brasse pott, one of my greater barrells, a piltion and a third part of all my wooll, and seaventie three pounds six shillings and eight pence in money to bee paid at the end of six moneths after my decease. Item to MARGERIE STRONG MY DAUGHTER I give the least brasse pott of the three, my best cauldron and tenne pounds in money to bee paid within one yeare after my decease, and to HER SONNE and MY GRAND CHILD JOHN STRONG. I give five pounds to be paid att the end of two yeares after my decease upon sufficient discharge given to acquite my my executor thereof. Item To MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER ELIZABETH I give and bequeath a bedstead in the Low chamber, a featherbed furnished, a little table boord over the entire, a coffer in the inner chamber, one of the great barrells, the third part of my wooll and seaventie three pounds six shillings and eight pence in money to bee paid at the end of six moneths after my decease. And if any to whom an procon is hereby given chance to dye before his her or their porcon or pocons bee due to bee paid my will therein is that such their porcon or porcons be devyded equallie betweene MY THREE YOUNGER SONNES JOHN, WALTER AND ISAAKE and my FOWER DAUGHTERS, or betweene such of them as then bee livieing. Lastly I hereby ordeine and appoynt WILLIAM DEANE MY ELDEST SONNE to bee Executor of this my las will and testament, and THOMAS LEGG SONNE OF THOMAS LEGG THE ELDER and MY SONNE THOMAS DEANE Overseers hereof, and in consideracon thereof doe give to each of them two shillings. By mee William Deane. And as touching the clause in the latter end of the will that if any Legatee dye before his or her porcon become due, the testator shewed that his meaneing therein is that if any of his daughters chaunce to marry and doe happen being married to dye that such her porcon shall then bee paid to the husband of such daughter. These being Witnesses, WILLIAM COGAN, THOMAS LEGGE, THOMAS DEANE, JOHN GIBBS No. I. Children of William and ? Deane: Joane b: bef. 1597 bur: 14-Dec-1621 Chard, Somerset - Humphrey William d: @1678, South Chard, Somerset Thomas m: 10-Jun-1629 at Chard Somerset to Mary Warry, daughter of John Warry and Mary Dean d: 1672 John b: @1597 m: Alice d: 1660 em: 1637 SPEEDWELL to America Margery d: @1635, Dorchester, MA m: Elder John Strong Isaacke m: 12-Oct-1636, Thornecombe, Devon to Margerie Smith Susan mentioned in 1654 will of Anne Hurt Eleanor living in 1634 Walter bap: 13-May-1612, St. Mary, Chard, Somerset d: 1659, Taunton, MA em: 1637 SPEEDWELL to America m: Eleanor Cogan 1637, Taunton, MA Elizabeth living in 1634