Thomas Dickerson (abt. 1686 - 1725)

Born about 1686 in Southold, Long Island, Suffolk, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Reeve) Wager — married 13 Jan 1715 in Southold LI

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1725 at about age 39 in Southold, Long Island, Suffolk, Province of New York

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Biography

Thomas Dickerson was born about 1686 in Southold in the Province of New York and was the son of Peter Dickerson and Naomi (Mapes) Dickerson. He married Abigail Reeve 13 Jan 1715.^[1]

His son Peter, not named in his will, was born after the date of his will, 27 May 1725.

Thomas died 12 September 1725.^[1]

Will

Will of Thomas Dickerson dated 27 May 1725^[2] names wife Abigail and children Thomas, Daniel, Joshua, Joseph, Abigail and Elizabeth.

In the name of God, Amen. I, Thomas Dickerson, of Southold, being very sick. I leave to my eldest son, Thomas Dickerson, my homestead, housing, and orchards, and meadows ; Also all that parcel of back side land, bounded north and west by the highway, and east by William Halleck's land," And all my meadow at Pegonse neck, and all my husbandry implements. I leave to my son Daniel all that tract of upland at the North Sea lots, being about 50 acres, bounded northwest by the Great Pond, southeast by highway, " northeast by land of Hubbard, bought of John Terry," southwest by William Coleman; Also my meadow at Great Hog Neck, being 2 acres. I leave to my son Joshua, a 25 acre lot at the north side, bounded east by William Salmon, west by Philemon Dickenson, deceased, south by highway, north by swamp. I leave to my son Joseph 7 small parcels of land, that is, the lots in the Little Lot Division, one by Samuel Hortons, and the other by Thomas Moore's ; Also 2 lots in the " Indian land," being by the land formerly of Isaac Overtons, deceased; Also 2 lots of Common Creek Thatch ; Also my loom and weaving tackling. I leave to my son Thomas a yoke of oxen. I leave to my wife Abigail during her widowhood the use of my west room and the use of all my lands until the boys come of age. I leave to my daughters Abigail and Elizabeth all household goods. I make my brother John Dickerson, and Ensign Benjamin Reeve, executors.

Dated May 27, 1725. Witnesses, Samuel Terry, William Reeve, John Pain, Jr. Proved, April 10, 1739. The executors having declined, Letters of Administration are granted to Daniel Dickerson, next of kin.

Born about: 31 DEC 1697 in Southold, Long Island, Suffolk, New York^[3]

Married Abigail Reeve on 13 June 1715 in Southold, Long Island, Suffolk, New York^[4]

Child: Elizabeth Dickerson

Child: Daniel Dickerson.

Child: Peter Dickerson.

Child: Thomas Dickerson.

Child: Joshua Dickerson.

Four of his sons and one daughter moved to Morris Co., New Jersey in 1745.

Died: 12 SEP 1725 in Southold, Long Island, Suffolk, New York^[5]

Buried: Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, New York, USA. ^[6]

Notes

Peter Dickerson - Note N124 - Inscription notes:

"Member of the First Provincial Congress of N. J. in the year 1775, afterwards Captain of the 2nd Co, 3rd Regt. of the Jersey Brigade of the Revolutionary Army. He was born in Southold, Long Island in the year 1724, removed to Morris County, New Jersey with three brothers Thomas, Joshua, and Daniel, and a sister Elizabeth about the year 1745. Died in the 56th year of his age."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Salmon Records - A Private Register of Marriages and Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y. 1696-1811 edited by William A. Robbins, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society 1918 - Marriage 13 Jan. 1715 page 77 https://archive.org/stream/salmonrecordspri00salm#page/77/mode/2up - Death 12 Sept. 1725 page 17 https://archive.org/stream/salmonrecordspri00salm#page/17/mode/2up
2. ↑ Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, NYC, Vol. 3, 1730-1744 - Collections of the New York Historical Society for the year 1894 - (Liber 13 page 356) Source page 289 https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv27newy/page/289/mode/2up
3. ↑ Source: #S195 TMPLT FIELD Name: Source: #S1 Page: 47
4. ↑ Source: #S2 Source: #S1 Page: 47
5. ↑ Source: #S195
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11589146/thomas-dickerson

• 1698 Index of Southold, Long Island, transcribed in O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, The documentary history of the state of New-York, 1850 Vol 1, ; New York (State). Secretary's Office (Albany : Weed, Parsons & Co., public printers, 1850)
• The Early Germans of New Jersey by Rev Chambers, page 202

Philemon Dickerson, of Southold, was the grandfather of Thomas, whose five children, Thomas, Daniel, Joshua, Peter and a sister Elizabeth, came to Roxbury in 1745. Peter was the grandfather of Gov Mahlon Dickerson.

• Dickerson & Dickinson Descendants of Philemon Dickerson of Southold, Long Island, N.Y. Also Long Island descendants of Captain John Dickinson of Oyster Bay. Wesley L. Baker Adams Press Chicago, 1978.

• Source: S2 Abbreviation: Mary Beth Wheeler - GENDEX - 11/98 Title: Mary Beth Wheeler - GENDEX - 11/98 Subsequent Source Citation Format: Mary Beth Wheeler - GENDEX - 11/98 BIBL Mary Beth Wheeler - GENDEX - 11/98. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Mary Beth Wheeler - GENDEX - 11/98 FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Mary Beth Wheeler - GENDEX - 11/98 FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Mary Beth Wheeler - GENDEX - 11/98.

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Dickinson families on 20 January 2011.

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