William Henry Deane

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A Journey Through Time: The Dean Family From Sixteenth Century England to Modern Day Dorchester County Maryland
By Milton W. Dean, Jr.

William Henry never actually settled in Maryland. He was a well known shipsmaster and shipbuilder. He commanded a privateer, 'The Betty', which was his own ship. He investigated the possibility of building ships somewhere on the Chesapeake Bay where timber was cheap, but the cost of transporting metals and ship's fittings, together with a scarcity of skilled craftsmen caused him to discard the idea. He also investigated the possibility of establishing trading posts at settlements on both sides of the bay with Indian tribes, but after several voyages to and from England, he decided that the risks involved were too great for the profits derived. He was at St. Mary's off and on for several years and then at Fox Creek in Dorchester Co. for a short time but returned to Dorset, England. His wife Elizabeth never came to America. He and his wife are buried near Dorchester, Dorset, England.

William married Elizabeth Dampier. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Name: William Henry Dean
Gender: Male
Birth Place: En
Birth Year: 1600
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Dampier
Spouse Birth Place: En

1. William Richard Deane was born 1627, Dorchester, Dorset, England; died 08 Feb 1699, Dorchester Co. MD.

Notes:

A Journey Through Time: The Dean Family From Sixteenth Century England to Modern Day Dorchester County Maryland
By Milton W. Dean, Jr.

William Gilbert Deane lived in Dorset, England, and was a noted shipbuilder and shipmaster, and it is with him that we will begin our journey across time. He was married to Alice Talbot, and their son, William Henry Deane followed in his father's footsteps and became a noted shipbuilder and shipmaster also.

There is still is an estate called "Dene's Hill" just outside Horwood (which is a suburb of Dorchester). Actually, DENE is the correct spelling of the Dean name, but it was corrupted by prefixes to Norman names by the Anglo-Saxons, and then by deletion of these same prefixes by predecessors of the Norman-Angloes. The name actually went through the following changes: DENE, ADENE, ADENNE, ADEANE, DEANE, and finally DEAN.

William married Alice Talbot. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Name: William Gilbert Deane
Gender: Male
Birth Place: En
Spouse Name: Alice Talbot
Spouse Birth Place: En