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Sergeant John Dean and the Dean Family.

Sergt. John Dean, -- the subject of the accompanyingsketeh, was born in Philipsburg, 1755. His grandfather* Isaac, (b. 1698, d. 1784,) of the family of the Deans of Stoniug'ton, Conn., had come to Philipsburg about 1740. He was one ohthe large lease-holders of the Planer, was Justice of the Peace, and appears to have been under Sheriff of the County about 1750. His wife died about 1752. She was Mary Gardiner and at the time of her marriage she appears to have been living at Coliasset on Dong Island. His Will, dated 1782, mentions sons Samuel, Isaac, John, Thomas and Gilbert. The male line of the descent of his son Gilbert is supposed to be extinct. Descendants of Thomas, Jr., are residing in Oneida Co. , X. Y. Descendants of Isaac Dean are residing in New York City. Among these was the late General Abraham Duryea. Under Gilbert Dean, Captain in Hammond's Regiment during the Revolution, his nephew, John, served for over two years as Sergeant. Thomas Dean, (b. 1722, d. 1810), was a private soldier in both French and Indian Wars and the Revolution. He held on the Manor a farm on the east side of Buttermilk Hill, bordering the Neperhan ; his name often occurs during Revolutionary times as Justice of the Peace. By his first wife, Mary Yerks, he had three sons, William, Stephen and John. Wiliam died in Canada in the Cafnpaign of 1775. He was buried on the Plains of Abraham in a deep drift of snow. His watch, fob, and quaintly cut silver sleeve-buttons, were brought home by bis brother John, -- sad mementoes which are still preserved in the family. John had accompanied William on this most disastrous march upon Quebec, and had returned ill and suffering, distressed beyond measure