Nathaniel Dickinson

1601 - 1676  (Age 75)



Birth	May 1601 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	16 Jun 1676 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Buried	​ Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Father	William Dickinson b. Abt 1568, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Mother	Sarah Stacy b. Abt 1573, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Married	1594 England

Anne Bincks

1610 - 1678  (Age 73)



Birth	Betw 1605 and 1610 England
Died	23 Feb 1678 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
1	John Gull
Married	Bef 1629 England
Children	1. William Gull b. Bef 1629, England

Family	Nathaniel Dickinson & Anne Bincks
Married	16 Jan 1630 East Bergholst, Suffolk, England
Children	1. John Dickinson b. 22 Aug 1624, Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England 2. Joseph Dickinson b. 10 Oct 1630, Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England 3. Thomas Dickinson b. Oct 1632, England 4. Obadiah Dickinson b. 15 Apr 1641, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA 5. Nehemiah Dickinson, Sr b. 15 Aug 1643, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA 6. Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr b. 16 Aug 1643, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA 7. Hezekiah Dickinson b. 28 Feb 1645/46, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA 8. Azariah Dickinson b. 10 Oct 1648, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Samuel Blakeman

1635 - 1668  (Age 33)



Birth	1635 England
Died	27 Nov 1668 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Buried	​ Old Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Father	Adam Blakeman b. 10 Jun 1596, Gnosall, Staffordshire, England
Mother	Jane ?? b. 24 May 1600, Staffordshire, England
Married	Bef 1628 England

Elizabeth Wheeler

1642 - 1735  (Age 93)



Birth	6 Aug 1642 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Died	4 Dec 1735 Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Father	Moses Wheeler b. 5 Jan 1598, Bow, Middlesex, England
Mother	?? b. 1 Jan 1620, England
1	Hugh Nesbitt
2	Jacob Walker b. 21 Mar 1644, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Married	6 Dec 1670 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Children	1. Samuel Walker b. 7 Nov 1671, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 2. John Walker b. 29 Oct 1674, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 3. Elizabeth Walker b. 22 Jul 1676, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA 4. Mary Walker b. 6 Jan 1678, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 5. Mercy Walker b. 11 Mar 1681, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Family	Samuel Blakeman & Elizabeth Wheeler
Married	Nov 1660 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Children	1. Abigail Blakeman b. 11 Nov 1663, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 2. Adam Blakeman b. 4 Dec 1665, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 3. Johanna Blakeman b. 14 Sep 1667, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

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Name	Adam Dickinson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender	Male
Birth	5 Feb 1701/02 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA [1]
Died	1762 Augusta County, Virginia, USA [3]

Parents

Family ID: F21847 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  

Father	Hezekiah Dickinson (ID:I24743) (Age 61) b. 28 Feb 1645/46, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA d. 14 Jun 1707, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 61)
Mother	Abigail Blakeman (ID:I24744) (Age 55) b. 11 Nov 1663, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA d. 30 Mar 1719, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 55)
Marriage	4 Dec 1679 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Children	1. Joanna Dickinson (ID:I26352) (Age 80) b. 2 Feb 1684, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Oct 1764, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80) 2. Jonathan Dickinson (ID:I26353) (Age 59) b. 22 Apr 1688, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Oct 1747, Elizabethtown, Union County, New Jersey, USA (Age 59) 3. Abigail Dickinson (ID:I26354) (Age 84) b. 8 Dec 1690, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Jun 1775, Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 84) 4. Elizabeth Dickinson (ID:I26355) b. 9 Mar 1693, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA d. unknown 5. Moses Dickinson (ID:I26356) (Age 82) b. 12 Dec 1695, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 May 1778, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA (Age 82) 6. Adam Dickinson (ID:I21744) (current person) (Age 59) b. 5 Feb 1701/02, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1762, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 59)

Family

Family ID: F20776 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified: 5 Feb 2025  

Wife	Catherine Stephenson (ID:I21745)   d. Feb 1790, Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA
Marriage	**EMPTY LEVEL1 RECORD**
Children	1 . Mary Dickinson (ID:I20847) (Age > 73) b. 1725, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1797, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age > 73) 2 . Abigail Dickinson (ID:I24745) (Age 22) b. 1728, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1750, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 22) 3 . John Dickinson (ID:I24746) (Age 66) b. 4 May 1732, Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Mar 1799, Hope, Bath County, Virginia, USA (Age 66)

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Residence	1733 Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA [4]
Civil	1742 Prince George's County, Maryland, USA [4]  –  Entered into a bond in favor of Thomas Lindsay, whereby he was to patent 1,000 acres on Clover Creek, "otherwise ye Cow Pasture"; and place two families on the tract.
Residence	1745 Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA [3]  –  1080 acres were surveyed for Adam Dickenson, in what is now Allegheny County.
Residence	15 Dec 1756 Augusta County, Virginia, USA [3]  –  Adam Dickinson gave bond for the adminisration of the estate of Humphrey Madison. Security given by Wallace Estill and Daniel Harrison
Residence	1757 Bath County, Virginia, USA [5]  –  According to court records. This was probably the land he acquired in 1745. Bath County was split off from Augusta County in 1790.
		Virginia Land Records-AdamDickinson

Documents		Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988 Name: Adam Dickenson
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Histories » Slide Show		Adam Dickinson, 1757, Augusta County, Virginia Adam Dickinson, 1757, Augusta County, Virginia
		Adam Dickenson, Gentleman Justice Adam Dickenson appointed Gentleman Justice of Augusta County, Virginia court.
		Tracking Adam Dickinson from NJ to Virginia From the werelate.com page on Bath County, Virginia
		Connecting Adam Dickinson of Massachusetts with Adam Dickenson of Virginia Explanation of who the two Adam Dick*nsons were and why I think that they are the same person.
		Adam Dickenson in "Annals of Bath County Virginia" Excerts from the book by Oren F. Morton, B.Lit.; The McLure Co, Inc, Staunton, VA, 1917.

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	Birth - 5 Feb 1701/02 - Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Civil - 1742 - Prince George's County, Maryland, USA Residence - 1745 - Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA Residence - 15 Dec 1756 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Residence - 1757 - Bath County, Virginia, USA Died - 1762 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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[S357] Births, Marriages, and Deaths of the Town of Springfield, Mass SCI Details: Name: Springfield, Mass; Location: Springfield, Mass; Date: 1865; Citation: Page: Ledger page 58 Text:  Name: Adam Dickenson Event Type: Birth Birth Date: 5 Feb 1701 Birth Place: Springfield, Massachusetts Father Name: Hesekiah Dickenson Mother Name: Abigail Dickenson Household Members: Name: Age Adam Dickenson: Note: http:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=matownvital&h=7670036&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988 Name: Adam Dickenson [S189] Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800, Vol 2, by Lyman Chalkey SC Details: Name: The Commonwealth Publishing Co; Location: Rosslyn, VA; Date: 1912; Citation: Page: Name: Adam Dickinson. Book: 15-115 Text:  Name: Adam Dickinson Date: 17 Aug 1768 Location: Augusta Co., VA Property: 1 moiety of lands mentioned in Alex. Craighead's will, on Cowpasture, corner tract of Adam Dickinson, 310 acres. Notes: This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley. Remarks: Jean Craighead and John Davis executors of Alex. Craighead, deceased. 200. Acknowledged in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina before Davis Rees and Abraham Alexander, Justices, and Robert Harris, clerk. Description: Neighbor Book: 15-115 Note: http:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=varecords_​ga&h=34687&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S769] Annals of Bath County, Virginia, by Oren Frederic Morton SC Details: Name: McClure Co; Location: Morton, Oren Frederic Staunton, VA; Date: 1917; Citation: Page: Chap 2 "Discovery and Settlement" Text:  September 26, 1745*, the Lewises appeared on the Cowpasture, just above Nimrod Hall, and surveyed 1080 acres for Adam Dickenson. ... During the last week in April the surveyors were busy on Jackson's River. Their largest tract was for William Jackson. Immediately below was a second large tract for Adam Dickenson, who took a third a little lower down. [S769] Annals of Bath County, Virginia, by Oren Frederic Morton SC Details: Name: McClure Co; Location: Morton, Oren Frederic Staunton, VA; Date: 1917; Citation: Page: Chap IV "Areas of Settlement", pp.38-39 Text:  Adam Dickenson, the leading pioneer on the lower Cowpasture, was in 1733 living at Hanover, New Jersey. In 1742 he was an ironworker in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but seems to have moved in the same year to Prince George County, Maryland. It was at this date that he entered into a bond in favor of Thomas Lindsay, whereby he was to patent 1,000 acres on Clover Creek, "otherwise ye Cow Pasture"; and place two families on the tract. Four years later, he brought suit against Roger Hunt, Lindsay's assignee, for a failure to comply with the contract. [S2108] Virginia Land Records, by Gary Parks SC Details: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1982; Citation: Page: pp725 and 728- French and Indian Ward Historical Notes Text:  Two transactions that were not executed because of the danger of "Indians.Both indicate that the lived on the Jackson River in Bath County.