Ens. Thomas Dimmock, Jr.

Thomas4 Dimick (Dimmock, Dimmuck) (Ensign) (Thomas3, Shubael2, Thomasl), son of (3-1) Thomas Dimick and Desire Sturgis, b.-25 Dec 1694, Barnstable, MA, d.-26 July 1741 of Yellow fever in Cuba at age 47 yrs., m.-9 Nov 1720, Mansfield, CT, Anna Mason(she b.1704, Barnstable, MA). Thomas was a Selectman in the town of Mansfield in 1733. A force of 3,000 volunteers from South Carolina to NH and a force of regulars from England attacked Cuba. Yellow fever attacked the troops and barely 1300 returned home. He was Ensign in the King's Service.

Children of Thomas Dimick and Anna Mason, all b. Mansfield, CT:

• 1) Silas: b.-19 Nov 1721, d.-31 Dec 1721 at 6 wks of age
• 2) Silas: b.-3 Oct 1722, d.-6 Oct 1722, at 3 days of age.
• 3) Thomas: b.-25 Oct 1723, d.-25 Nov 1726, age 3 yrs.
• 4) Jesse: b.-6 Feb 1726, Mansfield, CT
• 5) Anne (Anna): b.-22 Feb 1728
• 6) Thomas: b.-27 Mar 1730 Mansfield, CT, d.-10 Jan 1771, Mansfield, CT, m.1-? Lane, m.2- Sybil Payne
• 7) Desire: b.-23 Jan 1733, d.-9 May 1809, m.-11 Mar 1749, Coventry, CT, (5-11) Timothy Dimick
• 8) Lot: b.-14 Feb 1734, d.-24 Apr 1792, m.-Hannah Gurley
• 9) Seth: b.-1 June 1736, d.-4 July 1748, age 12 yrs.
• 10) Hezekiah: b.-3 Dec 1739, m.-Alice Ripley

Source: [http://www.dimmicks.com/generation4.htm]

FAM. 10. Ens THOMAS, (Capt. Thomas, Shubael, Eld & Lieut Thomas), 1694; rem. to Mansfield, Conn., d. in Cuba, in the King's Service, 1741; m. 9 Nov 1720, Anna (dau. Hezekiah) Mason, a gd-s of Maj. John Mason, of Norwich, Ct.

Children (b. in Mansfield):

• 1. Silas, d. Dec 1721
• 2. Son d. 1722
• 3. Thomas b. 25 Oct 1723; d. Nov 1726
• 4. Jesse b 6 Feb 1725-6 m. 8 Feb 1750, Rachel Kidder of Dudley; had family
• 5. Anna b. 27 Feb 1727-8
• 6 Desire b 23 Jan 1732-8 m. Timothy Dimock of Coventry; John s of "Deziah" Dimock bp 20 Mch 1757
• 7 Lot b. 14 Feb 1733-4; m. 8 May 1760, Hannah Gurley; had Roger b. 27 Dec 1761
• 8 Seth b. 5 June 1736; d. 4 July 1748
• 9. Hezekiah, b. 3 Dec 1739; m. Alice Ripley 12 Jan 1750.

Source: Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Withersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families, by Henry R. Stiles, Heritage Books (2009)

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 463

"Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7L7-G6P : 12 May 2016), Thomas Dimmuck and Anna Mason, Marriage 09 Nov 1720, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,376,017.