Generation 1 

Generation 2 

Generation 3 

Richard (1670-1720) first married Margaret RULE on 25 Dec 1698 in Balsham. Margaret Rule was buried on 13 Apr 1700 in Balsham (poss after childbirth?) and their child was John (1700-1706). Richard next married Elizabeth PURKISS on 29 Apr 1701 in Withersfield, Suffolk, and their children were: Richard (1) (1702-1702), Richard (2) (1703-1709), Lazarus (1706-1772), Thomas (1707-?), William, Samuel, James, Robert, Abraham & Charles. Again those traced lived in Balsham. Lazarus married Elizabeth HEYLOCK and they had a son, Richard (1726 - ?) who had a relationship" with 2^nd cousin Sarah Dean (b1723 - see 3.3.1 below)

3.3

John (1674-1729) married Elizabeth NORDEN in Balsham on 31/10/1696 and they had 9 children:

John (1697-1757) John firstly married Ann RICHMOND (? - 1726) on 24 Dec 1722 in Horseheath by whom he had a daughter Sarah (1723-1755). John at the age of 58 then married Ann BOWYER on 21 Jul 1755 in Balsham and they produced two children in the little more than 18 months before his death: John (bap 14/01/1756) and Thomas (bap 06/02/1757 - just 12 days before his father John died). see also Strays para 2.1 as there could have been another marriage between these two: to Sarah Shott in 1731, she dying in 1751.

Daughter Sarah (b1723) first had "a relationship" with 2^nd cousin Richard Dean (b1726), son of Lazarus Dean and Elizabeth HEYLOCK (see 3.1) and they produced a daughter, also called Sarah (Dean) baptised on 21/08/1750 in Balsham. Sarah (snr) then married a William HANCOCK (presumably 1751-3 time) by whom she had a son, also called William (HANCOCK) who was baptised on 13/08/1754 in Linton, Cambs, and buried a fortnight later on 29/08/1754 back in Balsham. Sarah herself died the following year, aged 32, and was buried 04/12/1755 in Balsham.

Elizabeth (1699- ?)

Alice (1700-1770)

Mary 1702 - ?)

Samuel (1705-1774)

Ellen (1707-1707)

Richard (1708-1711)

Mercy (1713 - ?)

Mary(2) (1715-1715) - buried 3 days after baptism

Generation 4

Offspring of Thomas Dean (1671/2-1726) & Elizabeth

Thomas - bap. 24 Mar 1709/10, Balsham, buried: 21 Mar 1783, Balsham. Marriage: Mary WOOLLAND on 22 Aug 1728 in Balsham.

Children were: Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, Martha, Thomas, Isaac, William & Priscilla. Further details not researched. Source A.L. White, Dean Family Descendant Chart (May 1995).

William - bap. 23 May 1714, Balsham, buried 21/12/1714 in Balsham

Richard - b. Abt 1725. Married a Mary RAWLING

Source - Dean Family Descendant Chart, A.L. White, (compiled May 1995)

Generation 5

5

Offspring of Henry Dean (1715 - ) & Anne Petchy (1729 -)

Children were William (bap 14/3/1781), Thomas (bap 04/05/1783, bur 12/10/1798), Henry (bap 27/05/1787, bur 12/07/1866) & Mary (bap 08/09/1793, bur 25/07/1868) - all listed events were in Weston Colville.

George Petchey (sic) Dean was baptised: 19 Jun 1755, West Wratting, Cambs, buried Jan 28,1821 aged 65 in Quy. As George DANE, he married Susannah BELL on 14 Nov (Oct#) 1789 in Quy - neither could sign their names (Susannah Bell was buried on 29 Jan 1826 in Quy but had been living in Gt Wilbraham just before death.). Sources - A L White confirmed by Quy Registers from Peggy Day except # above.

The mention of Quy in 1789 seems to be the earliest of a connection with the village. It is possible that George moved there on or after the time of his marriage.

For children, see para 6.

Generation 6 

6

Offspring of George Petchey Dean (1755-1821) & Susannah Bell (?-1826)

James Bell Dean - Baptised: 7 May 1797, Stow cum Quy, buried on 02/03/1881 in Stow cum Quy, widower aged 84. He married Mary NOBLE on 10 Sep 1819 in West Wratting. Mary Noble was baptised 08/04/1798 in West Wratting and died aged 30 (poss in childbirth - see 7.5) being buried on 20/11/1828 in Stow cum Quy. The Allpress-Fulton tree also traced back the Noble family lineage to the mid 1600's - for an extract, see Tree 4.

James then married Mary CHAPMAN on 26/07/1829 in Quy (he could sign his name but she couldn’t). She was buried at Quy on June 28 1877 aged 80 as Mary Ann Dean so was b1797 and this is substantiated by her age being shown as the same as James’s in 1841/51/61 censuses. 

For all children, see para 7 (offspring of James & Mary Chapman not shown on tree for simplicity).

The 1841 census for Quy shows the family complete with all the children who survived infancy of both mothers except eldest son John who had married by then and lived elsewhere in Quy. Two transcripts of the census have been found: in one (ref 61) from Peggy Day, the head of the house is recorded as ‘Francis’ (labourer) rather than James but CFHS ref HO107/72/3-8B does record him as James. More importantly though, both also show a mystery boy called Thomas (Dean) aged 19. Although there is just about room for a birth between 2^nd son John in late 1821 and 3^rd son George in May 1823 to give a 19yr old, a ‘proper’ first name of Thomas is unlikely as this was used in 1828 for the 5^th son who died shortly after birth. Moreover, whilst all the other siblings were baptised in Quy, there is no baptism record for such a child.

However, the 1841 census unfortunately does not record place of birth or relationships so this Thomas could just as easily have been a nephew staying with the family rather than a son. One possibility is that he is one and the same as the Thomas born in nearby Fulbourn who appears in 1851 as a servant at Quy Hall aged 27 and again in 1861 aged 36 as a horse broker and publican of the Prince Albert pub on Newmarket Road (with 22yr old wife, Sarah Eliza); apparently he ran this pub from 1857-1869 - Source PD. There were several Dean families in Fulbourn in 1840 but their exact relationship with ‘our’ branch has not been traced.

Generation 7 

7 

Offspring of James Bell Dean + Mary Noble (7.1-7.5) & Mary Chapman (7.6-7.10)

John (2) Baptised: 11 Nov 1821, Stow cum Quy. Died: 29 Nov 1904 about age 83

Marriage: (1): Sophia PARKER on 10 Sep 1840 in Stow cum Quy. Sophia, bc 1817 was buried on 27 Mar 1844 in Stow cum Quy, aged 27. Interestingly, in 1881 an Edmund Parker, aged 50 (so b1831) is listed as a labourer & lodger in John’s son George’s pub in Quy - George’s step-mother’s younger brother?

Marriage: (2): Hannah BIDWELL on 5 Dec 1844 in Stow cum Quy. Hannah was born c1820 in Stow cum Quy, died on 14 May 1895 aged 75 and buried on 17 May. (source PD). Although not shown as living at home in 1841, she would appear to be the daughter of John & Elizabeth BIDWELL of Quy and her younger brother Charles was Quy parish clerk in 1881. (Source- MGS deduction from 1841/81 censuses)

For details of all children, see para 8.

John initially worked as an agricultural labourer in Stow cum Quy and appeared on the 1851 census at:

Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely.(2002), HO 107/1759 f.511B. Back Lane, Stow-cum-Quy

John Dean, H, M, 29, Ag Lab, CAM Quy
Hannah Dean, W, M, 30, At Home, CAM Quy
Mary Ann Dean, D, 9, Scholar, CAM Quy
Eliza Dean, D, 5, Scholar, CAM Quy
James Dean, S, 4, Scholar, CAM Quy
John Dean, S, 2, CAM Quy
George Dean, S, 4mo, CAM Quy.

In 1871 he is shown as a ‘farm bailiff’, plain ‘labourer’ in 1881, ‘estate bailiff’ in 1891 and (at the age of 79) back to ‘Estate labourer’ in 1901. Peggy Day writes "John, the estate bailiff, worked at Quy Hall. One of the plantations is named Dean Plantation after him". RW adds "Granddad had a couple of interesting stories about him, one involving regularly encountering the ghost of a 'Lady Gaynes' at Quy Hall: 'I've passed my stick through her many a night, boy' !"

George - Bap: 25 May 1823, Quy, died 10 Nov 1881, Quy at age 58. buried: 13 Nov 1881, Quy. Married Elizabeth NORTHFIELD on 8 Nov 1842 in Quy. She was baptised on 23 Nov 1823 in Quy, died on 13 Feb 1902 aged 78 and was buried on 17 Feb 1902 in Quy. Elizabeth must have been a matter of months younger than George as both are shown as same age - 27 in 1851 and 47 in 1871 - but as 37 and 38 in 1861, George being shown in all three as an ‘Ag lab’. Although the 1881 census shows only George (as ‘Gorge’, 58, and as ‘sick’) plus two children, she has been found listed as a 57yr old servant "Nurse (SMS)" at Blands Farm, Cambridge Rd, Trumpington (Cambs) in the household of George & Tabitha Stevens plus very young family. She was back in Quy in 1891 at 4 Stow Road as a ‘swans down worker’ and is listed in 1901 as ‘living on own means’. Peggy Day comments "I have not been able to find out exactly what a ‘swans down’ worker was. It appears to be work done at home by the elderly, most of whom seemed to have a connection with Quy Chapel.

Their children over a 22 year span were:

Jane - b 1843/4 bap 21/01/1844. Not in 1861 census in Quy but she married Joseph ISON there on 11/11/1864. He is shown as a shepherd in Quy in 1881 with Jane and 5 children.

William - b 1846, bap 24/05/1846. Labourer in 1861. Married Jemima EVERETT in Quy on 28/03/1867. Not in Anglia in 1881 census but they are both back in 1901 - both aged 55 in Teversham, he a gardener.

John - bap 26/02/1861 In 1871 but not 1881 census (but a 20yr old John Deene from Cambridgeshire appears as an apprentice bricklayer lodging in Northampton).

James - Baptised: 4 Sep 1825, Stow cum Quy. d 1904 Woolongong, NSW

He married Ann WRIGHT 26/11/1847 in Quy (neither could sign). In 1841, Ann appears, aged 12, in Quy with parents & siblings so was born 1828/9. They had two girls - Emily (bap Jan 7 1849) and Mary Anne (buried as infant, June 9 1851). The 1851 census for No 68 shows James (ag lab aged 25), Anna (sic) (at home, aged 22) and Emily (age 2). Assuming the 1851 census to have been in the Spring, Mary Anne must have died very young. Camdex lists the death of an Ann Dean in 1851 so it is possible that she died in or soon after childbirth. cf 7.5 below

James then married Philadelphia Ann HART in Newmarket in June qtr 1853 (marriage record has now been traced - it was indexed as James Deane & Ann Hart). She was born on March 16^th 1828 and was the daughter of John Hart ( b. March 7, 1773 in Swaffham Bulbeck though the family had origins in Bottisham as well as Quy) and Sarah Butler (b1789). Philadelphia died in 1897 in Woolongong, NSW.

John & Philadelphia then had seven children, the first of whom, Hephzabah was born in Chesterton, Cambs in Mar qtr 1855 (confirmed by Camdex & BM&D), the second, Josiah, was born at sea aboard ss Herald in 1856 as the family emigrated to Australia, and the final five (John, James, George, Sarah Ann and Mary Elizabeth) between 1859 and 1870 when the family had settled in Wollongong, NSW. It is from these children that both the Australian and Canadian Deans are descended - for more details, see Tree 5

Philadelphia Hart had a slightly younger brother, Josiah, who emigrated to Geelong, Victoria, Australia four years before she & James did (source, Hart family web query) so the naming of the child born en route to Australia also as Josiah is interesting. What became of Emily - whether she had died pre 1856 or accompanied her father and step-mother to Australia - is not known.

Thomas - Baptised: 30 Nov 1828, Buried: 5 Dec 1828, both in Stow cum Quy. Noted that his mother, Mary nee Noble died on 20^th Nov 1828 so it is guessed that she died in childbirth and Thomas was baptised as soon as it was realised that he may not survive either.

In Dec qtr 1860 in Newmarket she married Charles Ison, birth registered in Newmarket Sep qtr1837 (correction - it was not to Edward Ison as previously thought). All attempts to locate Mary Elizabeth & Charles in the 181 to 1881 census have failed , so perhaps they emigrated very soon after they married.

Anne - bap 29/10/1837. Shown as Ann in 1841 (aged 3), Anna in 1851 (Sunday Scholar, aged 13), Ann in 1861 (only child left at parental home, age 23) and Ann again in 1871 (as ‘servant’ & ‘housekeeper’ aged 32). (It does appear that the census enumerator for 1851 had a thing about calling Ann’s ‘Anna’ - see 7.4)

She married William WRIGHT in Quy on 09/10/1874 (source, Quy registers via Peggy Day) when she was 37 and he approx 34 (so he born c1840). The first of their two children, Charlotte, was born 1876 when Anne was 39 and Alice followed a year later (both baptised at Quy). William Wright is shown in 1881 as a 39yr old ‘ag lab’, Ann as 42yr old wife and a 10 year old niece, Mary Ann BRAND is listed as living with them and their two young daughters in Quy.

(Note: the surname Wright also appears in 7.4 above - was William Ann’s nephew, poss via her older brother Robert? Wright also appears two generations and 35 years later - see Rosa - 9.7)).

Generation 8 

8.0

 Offspring of John (1821-1904) and Sarah Parker (8.1) then Hannah Bidwell (8.2 -8.5) :

Eliza (aka Elizer) - Born: end 1845, bap 08/02/1846 Stow cum Quy and buried 30/04/1904 aged 58 again in Quy. She appeared on the census in 1851 in Back Lane, Stow cum Quy. She married James GOLDING in Quy on Nov 12 (or 21) 1877 (Golding is another surname found frequently in Quy - see generation 9) and they are both listed in 1881 as labourers in Quy, he 28 and she 35. Issue unknown.

John - born late 1848 in Quy and bap 07/01/1849 (is age 2 on 1851 census). Buried in Quy Sep 19, 1888. He married Emily MUGGLETON on 28/10/1875. Emily was shown as age 27 in 1881 and 37 in 1891 so was born 1853/4 and was some 5 years his junior. (Annie wrote down Emily's surname as ISON - another big Quy family - but it is thought that this was probably Emily's mother's maiden name as Rosemary Wighton's mother remembers uncles/cousins of this surname.) 

John is shown in 1881 as Blacksmith in Quy and he was buried there in 1888. Rosemary Wighton (RW) says "he died, my mother thinks of pneumonia, when my granddad, the youngest child, was 18 months old." Peggy Day adds "John the blacksmith had his forge behind the row of cottages next to the Swan". 

RW continues "After John Dean died, Emily took in laundry to support the family. I believe times were very hard, but Mum recalls her as a strong, good-natured woman, full of humour." This is confirmed by the 1891 census where the family is shown ("in 4 rooms at 18 Stow End") with Emily now as head of the household as a laundress. The family moved to Cambridge around 1900 (hence their not being in the Quy 1901 census) when Alfred, the youngest boy, was 13. RW adds "The story goes that, because of his small size, the local squire wanted him to train as one of his jockeys, but Great-Grandma wasn’t having it. Whether this had anything to do with the move to Cambridge, I don’t know".

Thanks to Rosemary Wighton (RW) and her mother, the original queries about their children have been resolved so Annie's inclusion of an Eliza as another sibling now looks almost certainly to be a mistake. 

John James ('Jack') - aged 4 in 1881 so b1876/7. No spouse details but Annie said that he had 2 sons & lived in Cambridge. Peggy Day confirms that he lived in Cambridge but says he was buried back in Quy on 15/04/1918 aged 41. Shown in 1891 (age 14) as a bricklayer’s apprentice and in 1901 as a bricklayer.

RW adds "Both Jack and my granddad, were keen cricketers. My brother has a photo of Jack as part of Cambridge 1^st Eleven (Town, not University) on the same team as a youngish Jack Hobbs. Apparently Jack's wife developed TB during the First World War, which he then took from her and they both died. Gran Dean (Emily) then brought up both of their sons, Ken and Hubert, in Cambridge:

-  Ken Dean lived in Cambridge until he died in 2005.  His son Peter emigrated to Canada, where he died, leaving three daughters. Further details unknown.

- Hubert, served in North Africa during the war, where he contracted polio and died, leaving no children."

Jessie - 1882-1965.  The 1901 census reveals an 18yr old Jessie Dean born Quy (so b1882/3) working as a clerk in a factory in Oxford and Camdex has a birth entry for a Jessie M Dean in 1882. Why she was not listed in the 1891 census with her other young siblings is explained by RW: "Jessie Dean is the skeleton in the family closet and it’s a very moving story. I didn’t even hear of her until she died in 1965. Apparently, after her father died, a brother of Emily’s, Josiah Muggleton, and his wife offered to bring her up as their own. They were living in Duxford, where I gather he was a factory manager, comfortably off and childless. Jessie went to them, presumably from the age of 6 or 7 (= c1890), which must have felt pretty much like a rejection by the family, and explains why she is not shown on the 1891 census with them. She remained single, became an office worker, was known to be smart and capable, possibly, so the story goes, with a liking for the men. Unfortunately, she also developed a liking for drink and ended her days in the alcoholic unit at Fulbourn Hospital near Cambridge."

The 1881 census confirms a Joseph and Catherine Muggleton in Duxford (both born 1850, he in Ditton, she in Teversham) and at that time he was an "engineer in a manure factory". The same vocation could be ascribed to certain current Whitehall political 'advisers'.

They had one daughter, Mollie, (b 1928 Camdex) who lived in Cambridge. She married Ronald BARNES in 1949 (Camdex). RW adds "Ron, who died recently, worked all his life, though not happily, in Barclays Bank in Cambridge. A lovely man who sacrificed the career he’d always wanted, in forestry, due to family pressures. Their son Philip BARNES works as an architect and has two sons, but we’ve lost touch since we were children."

No more info could be found as Camdex only goes to 2002 - 22/12/06

Alfred E - aged 4 in 1891 (= b 1887) so this looks like Annie’s Edward but just shown as Alfred (a 14yr old milkman) in 1901. That she did not mention him initially and when she did later made no mention of any spouse or offspring would suggest that he probably died young. Cambridge CRO has recorded deaths for an Alfred Dean in 1902 and another in 1914 plus a marriage in 1912 but without obtaining the actual certificates, it is impossible to say if any of these are relevant.

Eliza -  Stayed single according to Annie. Camdex records an Elizabeth Dean born 1891 but no death record found or 1901 census entry. An alternative explanation is that this is none other than the ‘stray’ Ruth of the 1901 census who, according to Camdex, was born 1880 as Ruth E. See strays 2.1

George - Born prob late 1850 in Quay (no entry for him in Quy baptismal register). Died 28/12/1916 at age 66, buried Jan 1, 1917. Arthur Surl agreed with age 66 at death but had this as 28/12/1915 so born 1849 but this does not reconcile with burial record or age 4 months in 1851 census & 10/20/30/40/50 in 1861-1901. George is listed in 1871 census as a labourer, a publican in 1881, publican & farmer in 1891 as ‘Farmer and Publican own a/c’ in 1901.

He married Sarah PLEDGER in Chesterton on Xmas Day, 1877 when he was 27 and she about 19. In the 1881 census for Quy, Sarah is shown as age 25, 5 years younger than George, but in 1891-1901 there is a consistent 8 year age gap so she was probably born 1859 so was really only 22 in 1881.

For details of their children, please see Dean Tree Notes-2.

Sarah was born in Wickambrook, Suffolk and in 1881 there are the following Pledgers also in Quy :

Thomas PLEDGER M 39 M Wickhambrook, Suffolk (so b1842) Rel: Head Occ: (Corn) Miller
Hannah Susan PLEDGER M 37 F Wickhambrook, Suffolk Rel: Wife
Thomas Chester PLEDGER 11 M Woodditten, Suffolk Rel: Son Occ: Scholar
Florence Mable PLEDGER 9 F Woodditten, Suffolk Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
Alice Louisa PLEDGER 7 F Cambridge Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
Edith Mary PLEDGER 4 F Quy, Cambridge Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar

Unless this was a second marriage and the first was to someone a little older, these are unlikely to be Sarah’s parents - Thomas was more likely to be her elder brother. Listed for Shop Hill, Wickhambrook are:

Jemima PLEDGER W 59 F Wickhambrook, Suffolk so b1822 Rel: Head Occ: Laundress
Betsy PLEDGER U 33 F Wickhambrook, Suffolk so b1848 Rel: Dau Occ: Needlewoman

Jemima could possibly be Sarah’s mother, the only Pledger of suitable age found in Cambs who was born in Wickambrook, and this theory is reinforced by Sarah & George naming one of their daughters Jemima.

Peggy Day writes "George Dean kept the Swan (now often called the White Swan) from 1875 to 1904 when his widow took over until 1921. Mum always used to refer to her as "Sally Dean from Wickambrook" so probably she had a different accent to our Fen accent. They farmed using farm buildings at 30 Station Road, now always referred to as Swan Farm (though I never remember the name being used when I was young). Walter & May used the house at Swan Farm before moving to 58 Station Road after Sally went to live at Fen Ditton where she died in 1929."

George did not die until 1916 so the (official ?) transfer of the pub to Sarah as early as 1904 probably reflects a gradual shift towards farming as his main source of income and this view is reinforced by Peggy who observes that in the baptismal records for his children "George was a publican .. until 1890 then a farmer". The WW1 Roll of Honour in Quy Village Hall for son Sidney quotes Sarah as being of 5, Ditton Lane, Cambridge (a few doors down from where Aunt Annie spent at least her later life) but it is not known when the original memorial was inscribed & erected.