Excerpt from The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 9: Being the History of the United States, as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic Dewey, George, third admiral of the U. S. Navy, was born at Montpelier, Washington co., Vt., Dec. 26, 1837 son of Julius Yemans and Mary (per rin) Dewey. His father (1801 - 77) was a practicing physician in Montpelier; his mother (1799 - 1843) wasa daughter of Zechariah Perrin, of Gilead, Conn. He is eighth in descent from Thomas Dewey, of Sandwich, Kent, England, who, about 1633, emigrated to Massa chusetts, and in 1634 was admitted a freeman at Dor chester. Thomas temoved to Windsor, Conn, prob ably with Rev. Mr. Wareham's company in 1636; was a juror in 1642-44, and died, April 27, 1648. Mrs. Frances Clark, to whom he was married in 1639, bore him a daughter and four sons, the second of whom, Josiah, was the ancestor of the admiral; she was married for the third time to George Phelps, of Windsor, and later, with all her children but one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.