James Dey and Dinah had 9 children:
They had 14 children.
Tom Robertshaw
provided a hand copied probate extract of the Will of Benjamin Dey
Benjamin Dye, Jan 28, 1794. Middlesex Co. Children: John, James, Mary,
Dinah. Jan. 3, 1795, Middlesex Co. Wards, children of Benjamin Dye, of said
county, deceased, make choice of John Dey as gaurdian.
He married Margaret Mount Herbert Rue on November 25, 1760. She was married (1)
to James Herbert of New Brunswick. His will is dated March 1, 1745/6 in which he names his
sons Richard, Daniel and James and his wife Margaret as one of the
executors (NJA 30:232). She Married (2) Michael Rue and (3) James Dey.
A copy of the Marriage Bond
James Dey
was born on July 12, 1706 in Staten Island, New York and died before October 12, 1784 in South Amboy,
Middlesex County, New York. He married (1) Dinah Tiller who was born on December 2, 1703 and died before 1760.
He was the son of James Hans Dey and Margaret Dey.
Sealed & delivered in the presence of
Tom Leonard
James Dey
James Dye's will is dated November 21, 1782 and he names his children, and wife Margaret and her children Richard, Daniel and James Herbert (NJA 35:120). From the pension record James Dey died on September 29, 1784. Margaret Dey died on October 8, 1817.
The Will of James Dey follows (hand copied from the New Jersey Archives, Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, by Tom Robertshaw):
Son, James, 5 (pounds). Son, william, the land he has in possession. To Sarah, widow of son, Peter, use of the land Peter had at his death, till her daughter, Elizabeth, is 21.
To my wife's grandson, James, the son of Richard Harbert, a horse. To my wife, Margart, my sons James, William, and John, and my daughter, Dinah, wife of William Hilyer, and Sarah, wife of Abijah Merrill, and Mary, wife of David Cook, and my granddaughter, Elizabeth, daughter of my son Peter, and all the children of my son, Benjamin, deceased, rest of estate. My wife's sons, Richard, Daniel, and James Harbert, the bonds I hold against them. Wife to have the goods she brought to me when married.
Executors-sons, James and William, and Kenneth Anderson, Jr.
Witnesses-Zebulon Clayton, Jacobus Compton, Ruth Anderson.
Proved Oct. 12, 1784. 1784, Oct. 4 Inventory 664 (pounds), 5 (shillings?) 6 (pence?), made by thomas cook and samuel Longstreet.
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