Mehitable Deane and son Jesse

Mehitable Nott Webb Deane (1732-1767) – Deane’s first wife and mother of his only child, Jesse; also mother of Deane’s six stepchildren. Some believe Deane’s financial gain from his marriages enabled him to enter politics.

Jesse Deane (1764-1828) – Deane’s only child. He studied in France with Adams’ son. Jesse’s daughter (Silas’s granddaughter) Philura Alden and her husband Horatio prepared the “Memorial” presented to Congress in 1835 which was successful in obtaining the funds that Deane tried so hard and unsuccessfully to procure as reimbursement for the supplies he obtained from France.

(Portrait: The Kent-Delord Museum)