John & Lavinia Higby (later Fisk) Dean
Looking for ancestry of John Dean(e). He married Lavina Higby and had the following children:
Silas - b 9-20-1767
Stephen - b 5-5-1769
Electa - b 4-26-1771
Lavinia - bap 5-9-1773
Lydia - bap 9-25-1995
He was a Lt in the Rev. War and supposedly died between Dec, 1775 & Jan 1776 during an invasion of Canada by the Continental Army.He and Lavinia lived in Berkshire, NY. Soon after John's death she married John Fiskeand had 5 children. She lost her Dean children to the courts as a result of officials of the church petitioning that John Fisk was an unfit husband.
Seeking specifics on John Dean's birth and ancestors.
Richard Dean
NOTE: This is a reposting of a previous msg in 2001 and later on 10/06/02.