Deacon James Dike

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Deacon James Dike

Baptized October 18, 1719, in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Died June 18, 1792, in Thompson, Connecticut. Married May 21, 1741, Mary Narremore, of Thompson Parish, Connecticut, daughter of Samuel Narremore, of Maiden, Massachusetts. Born 1715, died February 17, 1761, in Thompson, Connecticut.

Children: 1. Thomas Dike, born July 19, 1744, in Killingly, Connecticut. 2. Nathaniel Dike, born May 28, 1747, in Killingly, Connecticut. 3. Rachel Dike, born December 30, 1749, married (second wife) December 29, 1777, George Brown, born February 20, 1745, son of Benjamin Brown, of Attleboro, now1 Cumberland, Rhode Island. 4. Mary Dike, born May 15, 1751, in Killingly, Connecticut, married Elijah Robinson, and moved to Vermont. 5. Lydia Dike, born July 30, 1753, in Killingly, Connecticut. 6. Samuel Dike, born February 17, 1757, in Killingly, Connecticut, died February 19, 1777, in a hospital of the Army of the Revolu- tion. Samuel Dike served with his brothers on Long Island and in New York. Thomas says of him, "The last account I had of him" (Samuel) "he was sick and in the hospital came that day up to the regiment, but, being weak, could not travel any further." Dated Westchester, September 20, 1776. James Dike went to Thompson, Connecticut, in 1740, which was also called Kjllingly. He served in the Revolutionary War, together with his three sons, in Colonel Wadsworth's Regiment. His name is found on many committees of church and town. He was in charge of the poor of the town in 1786 and was on the committee of highways. He was selectman in 1760. Shortly after that, smallpox broke out in the village of Thompson, and his house was selected as a hospital, he having had the smallpox, and the kitchen floor was covered with patients. His wife caught the infection and died February 17, 1761. Isolated as he was, he made the coffin and buried her alone. A number of his patients died and were similarly buried on the premises. He continued to serve in a public capacity and was one of a com- mittee to view the districts, replacing the older divisions by ten new or smaller ones. In 1770 he provided a work-house for the parish of Thompson and was master of it. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Society, opening his house for religious services. He was chosen deacon and set apart December 9, 1773, for that service to be held with appropriate solemnities. The fol- lowing year he received a license to preach and often supplied the pulpit to the public satisfaction.