Naomi Dickerson

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mapes-48

Naomi Mapes was christened in 1667 in Southold, Suffolk, New York.[citation needed]. She was the daughter of Thomas Mapes and Hannah Purrier.

Marriage and Family

Naomi was the first or second wife of Peter Dickerson, but when were they married?

She is too young to be the mother of all Peter's children; she was only fifteen when the eldest, Philemon, was born. Currently his four eldest have the birth dates of 1682, 1684, 1686, and 1688. The two youngest have dates of birth 1700 and 1702.

Given there is a twelve year gap in the birth order, it would seem they were married circa 1688-1700, and that she was the mother of only the two youngest children, Elizabeth and Nathaniel.

"Peter lived at Southold and carried on his father's trade of tanner. He had considerable property both real and personal. He md. first, a d. of Thomas Reeve and second, Naomi Mapes, d. of Thomas Mapes, who was b. Jan 17, 1667-8, and d. March 4, 1724-5, aged 58. Peter Dickerson d. at Southold, March 15, 1723.

Children were: John, Thomas, Philemon, Mary and Naomi, who md. in 1715, Samuel Terry, who d. Aug. 1762, leaving his widow and children, Daniel, Richard, Abigail and Bethiah."[1]

Disputed wives

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dickerson-100

Biographical sketch per Charles Werner[14] and Theodore Banta[15]:

Peter was baptized 9 July 1648 at Salem, Massachusettsand was the second son of Philemon and Mary (Paine) Dickerson. [14] He lived at Southold and was a tanner, like his father before him. [14] He was able to amass considerable property and personal wealth. [14] His first wife was an unnamed dauther of Thomas Reeve and his second wife was Naomi Mapes, daughter of Thomas Mapes. [14] [15] In the enumeration of 1686 his family consisted of three males and one female. That female was most likely Naomi since her father passed away the same year and made a small bequest to her in his will, calling her "wife of Peter Dickerson." [15] It is very unlikely that she was the mother of the first two children because of her young age, but she could very well be the mother of the others. [15] Peter Dickerson died at Southold 15 March 1722/23. [15]

Spouse(s)?

Several histories tell of an earlier wife of Peter prior to Naomi Mapes, and also attribute Peter's oldest children to this first wife. Wesley Baker[16] however reveals several early date transcription errors that would have led others to this conclusion, and makes a case that all of Peter's children are Naomi's, and that there is no real evidence of any first wife.

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Children of PETER DICKERSON and unknown 1st wife, or NAOMI MAPES, are:

• i. PHILEMON4 DICKERSON, b. September 10, 1682, Southold, Long Island, NY; d. 1718; m. HANNAH CASE, 1709, Southold, Long Island, NY.
• ii. JOHN DICKERSON, b. 1684; d. 1758, Southold, Long Island, NY; m. ABIGAIL REEVE, 1710, Southold, Long Island, NY.
• iii. MARY DICKERSON, b. 1686; d. 1699.
• 4. iv. THOMAS DICKERSON, b. 1686, Southold, Long Island, NY; d. September 12, 1725, Southold, Long Island, NY.
• v. NAOMI DICKERSON, b. 1688, Southold, Long Island, NY; d. November 11, 1769, Southold, Long Island, NY; m. SAMUEL TERRY, June 1715, Southold, Long Island, NY.

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Children of Naomi Mapes are:

• vi. ELIZABETH DICKERSON, b. 1700, Southold, Long Island, NY; d. January 13, 1738/39, Southold, Long Island, NY; m. WILLIAM REEVE, October 18, 1722, Southold, Long Island, NY.
• vii. NATHANIEL DICKERSON, b. 1702; d. January 14, 1706/07, Southold, Long Island, NY.

Death and Legacy

According to the Salmon Records "Wid Neomy Dickerson" aged 58; died Mar 4, 1724/5 in Southold. 1725-58=1667 calculated birth date.[2]

Sources

1. Werner, Charles J, and Benjamin F. Thompson. Genealogies of Long Island Families: A Collection of Genealogies Relating to the Following Long Island Families: Dickerson, Mitchill, Wickham, Carman, Raynor, Rushmore, Satterly, Hawkins, Arthur Smith, Mills, Howard, Lush, Greene. (New York, C.J. Werner, 1919)
2. Salmon, William. The Salmon records (N.Y., 1918), page 15
3. Find A Grave: Memorial #135031935
4. Long Island source records by Henry Hoff, page 193
5. http:/wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mbwheeler&id=I019867
6. 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)
7. See also: Baker, Wesley L. "Dickerson and Dickinson Descendants of Philemon Dickerson of Southold, Long Island, N.Y.: Also Long Island Descendants of Captain John Dickinson of Oyster Bay": Published Chicago, IL: Adams Press, 1979.

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/185996/I019913/naomi-mapes/individual cites
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• 2. Title: New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, First Series, Vol. 1 Page: pg. 906 Author: William Richard Cutter Publication: NY: 1913; repr. Baltimore: 1996, 1997 for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
• 3. Source: "Dickerson & Dickinson Descendants of Philemon Dickerson of Southold, Long Island, New York, 1978, Wayne L. Baker, Adams Press.
• 4. Title: "The Salmon Records" Page: pg. 193bAuthor: William A. Robbins, compiler Publication: Long Island Source Records on Genealogies of Long Island Families CD, Broderbund #183
• 5. Title: "Southold Branch of The Paine Family" Page: pg. 14 Author: Horace M. Paine, M.D. Publication: Paine Family Records, H.D. Paine, 1880-1883
• 6. Title: The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches and Genealogies Page: pg. 328 Author: Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers Publication: Dover, NJ: Dover Printing Co., 1895
• 7. Source: New York Genealogical & Historical Society "Record," Oct. 1899, page 248.