Inscription: "In Memory of Mrs Deborah Wheaton relect of Captain Isaac Wheaton who died April 6 A.D. 1777 aged 77 years"

1. 2. Mary WHEATON   b. 1721, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; d. 26 Jan 1778, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; bur. Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island (Old Commons Cemetery).
2. 3. John WHEATON   b. 19 Feb 1724, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
3. 4. William WHEATON   b. 22 Dec 1730, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
4. 5. Tabitha WHEATON   b. 21 Feb 1732, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; d. 21 Jan 1786, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; bur. North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut (Hewitt Cemetery).
5. 6. Ann WHEATON   b. 21 Apr 1734, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

She was born about two a Clock in ye after noon.

In memory of Mary the wife of Mr. John Bailey who died January ye 26 1778 in the 56th year of her age.

1. 7. Isaac BAILEY   b. 15 Jun 1742, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; d. 11 Sep 1813, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; bur. Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island (Old Commons Cemetery).
2. 8. Deborah BAILEY   b. 28 Jul 1751, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.
3. 9. John BAILEY   b. 12 Oct 1758, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; d. 19 Jan 1839, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; bur. Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island (Old Commons Cemetery).

On 20 DEC 1785, Tabitha wrote her will naming sons, Dudley, Russell and Darius Hewitt, executors of her estate (Stonington Probate Records, docket #1645). Her will mentioned her five sons: Israel, Dudley, Gurdon and Darius; and her 4 daughters: Mary, wife of Josiah Grant; Cynthia, wife of Stephen Billings; Nancy, Wife of George Williams; and Diadama hewitt. The court appointed Tabitha's son-in-law, George Williams, guardian for the four youngest children on 7 MAR 1786.

1. 10. Mary HEWITT   b. 25 Feb 1752, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
2. 11. Israel HEWITT   b. 15 Sep 1753, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
3. 12. Mary HEWITT   b. 28 Mar 1755, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 16 Apr 1834, Freetown, Suffolk County, New York.
4. 13. Cynthia HEWITT   b. 18 May 1757, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 13 May 1786, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
5. 14. Israel HEWITT   b. 10 Oct 1758, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 19 Jul 1834, Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
6. 15. Nancy HEWITT   b. 5 Jan 1760, Stonington , New London , Connecticut; d. 28 Aug 1844, Waterford, New London County, Connecticut; bur. Waterford, New London County, Connecticut (Old Church Cemetery).
7. 16. Wheaton HEWITT   b. 4 Jan 1763, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. Bef 1783.
8. 17. Dudley HEWITT   b. 29 Apr 1765, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1849, Gaines Twp., Tioga County, New York.
9. 18. Gurdon HEWITT   b. 10 Mar 1767, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1815, Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
10. 19. Russell HEWITT   b. 1 Feb 1769, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
11. 20. Darius HEWITT   b. 28 Oct 1771, Stonington , New London , Connecticut; d. Abt 1802, Stonington , New London , Connecticut.
12. 21. Diadama HEWITT   b. 28 Oct 1771, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 13 Jun 1829.

His will, made 25 AUG 1813 and proved 6 OCT 1813, recorded book 4 page 437: "....To wife Sarah Bailey all chambers and rooms above stairs at the head of kitchen and privilege in garret and cellar wash house and improve as long as she is my widow. To my daughter Mary Richmond to live with her if she outlives my widow, then she to have the use of the foregoing. I give her use and improvement of that part of homestead my son Peleg improves. To three sons Abraham, Tillinghast and Peleg Bailey. To son Abraham all my homestead farm with all the buildings, salt marsh, and I give him three acres west end of pasture on White farm and 8 acres on White farm in pond meadow near Manchester pasture. To son Tillinghast Bailey all farm called White farm with buildings with the above exceptions and the right for his brother to pass over it for seaweed. To son Peleg land I bought of my brother John Bailey, with all buildings and also pasture to westward and northward of the highway on my homestead farm. And all the land I bought of the Widow Head and also salt meadow of my homestead farm. To my three sons the land I bought of Mase Shepard. To three daughters, Albigail Almy, Deborah Bartlett and Sarah Coe, 500 dollars. To grandson Isaac Bailey Richmond 50 dollars. To son Tillinghast my silver headed cane. To wife the improvement of my books ...."

John was a captain in the Revolutionary War. He inherited the Peleg Bailey place, and sold it to his brother Isaac.

She died young.

He died young.

1. 22. Stephen BILLINGS, III   b. 25 Sep 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut.

Israel served as a private under Col. Swift of the Connecticut Line during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted from Stonington, 10 JAN 1777, for 3 years. On 14 APR 1818, Israel applied for a pension for his military service. He was then a resident of Springville, PA and stated that he was a farmer living with his wife Sarah, who was in poor health, his son Israel, who was too poor to give help and a daughter Sookey, who was retarded. The pension was granted 22 JUL 1819 (Rev. War Pension #3577).

Israel inherited the northern part of the Stonington homestead from his father in 1784. He and Sarah lived there for a while and later moved to Montville, CT. About 1814, the family resettled in Susquehanna Co., PA.

1. 23. Nancy WILLIAMS   b. 13 Sep 1779, New London , New London , Connecticut; d. 31 Mar 1849, Waterford , New London , Connecticut; bur. Waterford , New London , Connecticut.

Dudley was only eighteen years old when his father died and left him the southern part of the homestead farm in Stonington. He and his wife lived there until 1796, when Dudley and his brother Gurdon moved their families to Chenango Co., NY. Dudley first bought property in Norwich, Chenango Co., NY on 29 DEC 1797 (Deed Book A, p. 95). The family remained there for many years. Dudly sold his land in Norwich in 1814 (Deed Book R, p. 422), and resettled in Tioga Co., PA. He purchased property in Delmar Township and latter in Shippen and Gaines Townships. By 1820, he was operating a sawmill on Mill Run near the town of Gaines, PA. Later, Dudley built the first sawmill on Pine Creek in Shippen Township, an area now encompassed by Gaines Township. With the help of his sons, Dudley, Wheaton and Russell, he carred on an extensive lumbering for many years.

Dudley served as a Lt. Colonel in the 67th Regiment of the New York militia during the War of 1812. He was referred to as Col. Dudley Hewitt in the histories of both Chenango Co., NY and Tioga Co., PA.

The 1790, 1800 and 1810 census indicate that Dudley and his wife had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters.

Gurdon was fifteen when his father died. Gurdon and Eunice were living in New London, CT in 1790 with two young sons. In 1796, they left Connecticut, accompanying his brother Dudley and family for Chenango Co., NY. They first settled in the town of Norwich and later moved to a farm in Oxford, NY. Gurdon purchased and sold a number of parcels of property from 1797 to 1811, and became prosperous. He was on the board of trustees of the Oxford Academy in 1809. At one time, he owned a tavern at Fort Hill near Oxford. When a friend defaulted on a note which Gurdon had co-signed, he was obliged to make good. This ruined him financially. He moved his family to Monroe, PA, where he became a lumberman in 1811. For a while, before his early death, he operated a saw mill near Towanda. Eunice died a few years after her husband in Towanda, PA.

George Williams was appointed his guardian in 1786. (Stonington Probate Records, docket #1643)

Mary Rogness's - Spouse of second cousin 7 times removed
Mary Rogness's - Second cousin 8 times removed

1. 24. Wealthy Avery HEWITT   b. 29 Dec 1794, Stonington , New London , Connecticut; d. 24 Sep 1869, Stonington , New London , Connecticut.

Mary Rogness's - Spouse of third cousin 6 times removed

1. 25. Cynthia BILLINGS   b. 11 Jan 1810, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
2. 26. Hannah Adelia BILLINGS   b. 12 Jun 1812.
3. 27. Anna Stanton BILLINGS   b. 1 Sep 1814, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 30 Aug 1874, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota.
4. 28. Polly BILLINGS   b. 18 Apr 1817, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
5. 29. Stephen BILLINGS, IV   b. 23 Nov 1818; d. 25 Dec 1840.
6. 30. James Allyn BILLINGS   b. 24 Feb 1821, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
7. 31. Henrietta BILLINGS   b. 25 Oct 1824, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Aug 1881.

1. 32. Paris HEWITT, Jr.   b. 24 Feb 1798, Stonington , New London , Connecticut.
2. 33. Nancy HEWITT   b. 30 May 1800, Stonington , New London , Connecticut; d. 11 Apr 1858, Waterford , New London , Connecticut.
3. 34. Mary E. HEWITT   b. 16 Oct 1808, Stonington , New London , Connecticut; d. 28 May 1878, Montville , New London , Connecticut.
4. 35. Hannah HEWITT   b. 30 May 1800, Stonington , New London , Connecticut; d. 18 Aug 1836, Stonington , New London , Connecticut.
5. 36. Henry HEWITT   b. 7 Sep 1802, Stonington , New London , Connecticut.
6. 37. Cynthia HEWITT   b. 10 Jun 1804, Stonington , New London , Connecticut; d. 20 Apr 1836, Stonington , New London , Connecticut.
7. 38. Eunice A. HEWITT   b. 5 Aug 1806, Stonington , New London , Connecticut; d. 1881, Waterford, New London, Connecticut.
8. 39. Mary E. HEWITT   b. 16 Oct 1808; d. 28 May 1878, Montville, New London, Connecticut.
9. 40. George Williams HEWITT   b. 26 May 1811, Stonington , New London , Connecticut.
10. 41. Charles HEWITT   b. 27 Sep 1813, Stonington , New London , Connecticut; d. 16 Mar 1830, Stonington , New London , Connecticut.

Mary Rogness's - Third cousin 6 times removed
Mary Rogness's - Spouse of fifth cousin 5 times removed

1. 42. Hannah Mary RANDALL   b. 31 Aug 1816.