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About Henry Dickinson
GEDCOM Note
Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower, volume 4: The First Five Generations Documented Descendants Through his fourth child Elizabeth Howland, Wife of Ephraim Hicks and Captain John Dickinson; Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 2008, pp. 126-128.
39. Henry Dickinson (Zebulon (4), Joseph (3), Elizabeth (2) [Howland] [Hicks] Dickinson, John (1) Howland) was born in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, 13 January 1735 (1), the son of Zebulon and Rose (Townsend) Dickinson. Henry probably died in Oyster Bay after 17 March 1784, the date he acknowledged that he had seen his son-in-law, Gideon Wright, sign his will, 12 December 1783. (2)
Henry Dickinson married in Oyster Bay 30 June 1752 Ruth Townsend, who was born in Oyster Bay about 1735 (4), the daughter of Silvanus and Letitia (Hedge) Townsend. Ruth probably died in Oyster Bay after 5 August 1785, the date she and her sister, Laticia, gave their slave, Suke, her freedom. (5)
Henry Dickinson's father, Zebulon Dickinson, gave Henry half of his estate, to take effect after the death of his third wife, Mary Doughty. (6) On 11 February 1756, Henry joined his brother, Townsend, in selling property in Oyster Bay which they had inherited from their father, Zebulon. His wife, Ruth, signed away her dower rights. (7)
Ruth Townsend's father, Silvanus Townsend, in his will, is said to have mentioned her. (8)
Ruth's parentage is proven by a deed in which Ruth joined her sister, Laticia (Townsend) Underhill in selling land in Oyster Bay which they had received from their father Silvanus Townsend. (9) It is also proven by manumission papers which Ruth Dickinson and Laticia Underhill signed 5 August 1785, when they gave their Negro woman slave, Suke, her freedom. (10) Henry Dickinson was named for his uncle, Henry Dickinson, who, in his will dated 31 March 1733, probated 2 May 1733, called Henry Dickinson "cousin," meaning "nephew," and gave him half of his lands lying in the Old Purchase of Oyster Bay, to take effect after the death of his wife, Phebe. (11)
On 11 February 1756, Henry Dickinson, with his brother, Townsend Dickinson, both of Oyster Bay, yeomen, sons of Zebulon Dickinson, late of Oyster Bay, deceased, for £356-10, sold to Daniel Parish of Oyster Bay, joiner, all of the houses, barns and lot which had belonged to their father, with half of the salt meadow adjoining Quaque Lane, being 2 acres more or less, along with the equal half of 39 acres of woodland. Ann Dickinson, the wife of Townsend Dickinson, and Ruth Dickinson, the wife of Henry Dickinson, surrendered their rights of dower. Witnesses were Absolam Townsend, Isaac Underhill and Penn Townsend. Henry Dickinson and Townsend Dickinson acknowledged the deed the same day. (12)
On 17 April 1760, Henry Dickinson of Oyster Bay, yeoman, for £320 paid by Joseph Hagerman of the same place, sold him a certain tract of land in Cedar Swamp, Township of Oyster Bay, beginning at the southeasterly corner of Joseph Dickinson's land on the west of the highway, towards Musqueticove, etc., containing 45 acres and 113 sq. rods of land, together with all of the fences, fields, pastures, orchards, timber, trees, woods, underwoods, water courses, rivulets, rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances appertaining . . . reserving and excepting the privilege of a gateway for me and my heirs and assigns to pass and repass to and across the said land here conveyed from my house to the Main Road. Henry's wife, Ruth Dickinson, surrendered her right of dower. Witnesses were Charity Hagerman and Samuel Willis. On 29 December 1761, Ruth and Henry Dickinson acknowledged their deed. (13)
On 11 May 1760, Henry Dickinson, his brother, Townsend Dickinson, and Epenetus Townsend witnessed the will of their second cousin, Joseph Dickinson of Oyster Bay, yeoman, husband of Sarah Hallock. (14)
On 21 October 1760, Henry Dickinson and his brother, Townsend Dickinson, and Cornelius Smith, signed as bondsmen when Townsend Dickinson was appointed as the administrator of the estate of John Townsend of Queens County, shoemaker. (15)
On 3 May 1762, Henry Dickinson of Oyster Bay, yeoman, for £1649-1-7 paid by Timothy Townsend of the same place, sold several parcels of land including the homestead with the dwelling house and improvements, lying at Cedar Swamp, bounded by the land of William Latten, Joseph Hagerman and the land lately belonging to Solomon Doty, deceased, excepting a Burying Place for the family of Zebulon Dickinson, deceased, and his friends forever. Also included was a piece of woodland lying in the New General Purchase of Oyster Bay contained in lots 29 and 30; also the equal half part of the Lott Plains lying within Williams' Purchase and Patent, "and all my right in Frost's Creek of Marsh or Creek of Thach, so-called. Ruth Dickinson, his wife, yielded her dower rights. (16)
On 24 April 1766, Henry Dickinson sold his Negro girl, Phillis, to Thomas Alsop. (17)
On 12 December 1783, Henry Dickinson witnessed the will of Gilbert Wright of Oyster Bay, along with William Seaman. This was proved 17 March 1784. (18) Gilbert Wright had married their daughter, Mary Townsend, who had been christened "Rose" but preferred to be called "Mary." (19)
See also Henry Dickinson's will. (20)
Children (Dickinson), born in Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.: (21)
i. Mary, born 12 March 1754; named "Rose" but changed it to "Mary." ii. Silvanus, born 19 November 1755; crossed over Long Island Sound to Connecticut and served as a Lieutenant in the American Revolution. (22)
FOOTNOTES
(1). Townsend, Townsend Mem., 208; NYHSC, Abstracts of Wills 4:372. Liber 18:52 (Zebulon Dickinson) [FHL #845297].
(2). NYHSC, Abstracts of Wills 12:269 (Gideon Wright) [FHL #845300].
(3). Townsend, Townsend Mem., 228.
(4). Townsend, Townsend Mem., 208, 228.
(5). OBTR 7:79 [FHL #844551]; Townsend Mem., 208.
(6). NYHSC, Abstracts of Wills 4:372, Liber 18:52 (Zebulon Dickinson) [FHL #845297].
(7). OBTR 6:220-24.
(8). Probate recs. Sylvanus Townsend.
(9). OBTR.
(10). OBTR 7:79 [FHL #844551]; Townsend Mem., 228-29.
(11). NYHSC, Abstracts of Wills 3:110 (Henry Dickinson) [FHL #845296].
(12). OBTR 6:220-22.
(13). OBTR 6:340-42 [FHL #844551].
(14). NY County Wills 22:133-35 (Joseph Dickinson) [FHL #875153].
(15). Kenneth Scott, Genealogical Data from New York Administration Bonds, 1753-1799, 136.
(16). OBTR 6:392-3 [FHL #844551]. Note that G.W. Cocks, in his index (OBTR 6:726) identifies this Henry Dickinson as "Henry (Hen., Zeb., Jos., Jno.)" because of a clerical error on line 3, p. 393, which states, "my Father Henry Dickinson, Deceased," instead of Henry's father's correct name, Zebulon. This Henry could not have been a son of Henry Dickinson (5) because Henry (5) did not marry until 1652 and could not have had a son named Henry old enough to have married a woman named Ruth, the same name as his mother, and to have deeded land in 1762.
(17). MS Collection, New York Historical Society, as stated in Baker, Desc. of Captain John Dickinson, 214.
(18). NYHSC, Abstracts of Wills 12:269 (Gideon Wright) [FHL #845300.]
(19). Perrine, Wright Family of Oyster Bay, 96.
(20). Queens Co. Prob. (Henry Dickinson).
(21). Townsend, Townsend Mem., 208; Perrine, Wright Family of Oyster Bay, 96; Marguerite S. Dickinson, Desc. of Captain John and Elizabeth Howland Dickinson, 32.
(22). DAR Patriot Index 1:193; Mather, Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut, 332. ___________________________________
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Henry Dickinson's Timeline
| 1735 |
January 13, 1735
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Oyster Bay, Nassau Co. NY
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| 1754 |
March 12, 1754
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Norwich, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America
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| 1755 |
November 19, 1755
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Queens, New York City, New York, British Colonial America
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