Peter Dickerson

Peter Dickerson was born BEF. 9 JUL 1648 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 15 MAR 1722 in Southold, Long Island, Suffolk Co., New York. He was buried in Ancient Burial Ground, Southold, Suffolk, LI, NY. He was the son of Philemon Dickerson and Mary Paine.

Biography

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

"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

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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Family Notes

Some trees suggest Hannah Reeves was his wife. Hannah was the daughter of Mary Purrier and Thomas Reeves. Mary Purrier was the sister of Sarah Purrier, Sarah being the wife of Thomas Mapes and mother of Naomi Mapes, known wife of Peter. Hannah was born 20 years before Naomi. I'm finding no record of a date of death for Hannah. Naomi died in 1724 and Peter died 3 years before her in 1721.

Naomi Mapes was only 15 years old when the first of Peter's children, Philemon was born in 1682. In 1684, 1686 and 1688 there were born the last of the four children speculatively those of his first wife. She may have died during the gap in time before the last two children were born. These two are speculated to be Naomi's children.

Family

PETER3 DICKERSON (PHILEMON2, HENRY1) was born July 9, 1648 in Salem, , Mass, and died March 15, 1721/22 in Southold, Long Island, NY. He married NAOMI MAPES, daughter of THOMAS MAPES and SARAH PURRIER, on BEF. AUG 1686 in Southold, Long Island, Suffolk Co., New York.

Baptism July 9, 1648 first church of Salem, MA

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.

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Children of Naomi Mapes are:

• 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
• 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.

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In the NYGBR

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 29-30 edited by Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Harold Minot Pitman, Louis Effingham De Forest, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard. Page 247. < GoogleBooks >

PHILEMON DICKERSON AND SOME OF HIS RACE. BY THEODORE M. BANTA

(Continued from Vol. XXX., p. 183, of The Record.) 4. Peter2, the second son, appears to have been a more enterprising man than his brother. In the valuation of Sept. 16, 1675, he had twenty acres of land, eight oxen, twenty-three cows and heifers, three yearlings, three horses and colts, forty goats, and fourteen swine, of the value of £250. In the “Estimate" for 1683 it was £121, being about fifty per cent. more than that of his brother. He also carried on the business of a tanner, and had a large amount of real estate in Southold and vicinity.

Peter2 is supposed to have married first a daughter of Thomas Reeve, who was an early settler of Southold, whose name appears in the list of 1675, but not in the succeeding list of 1683. He married again Naomi Mapes, daughter of Thomas Mapes, who was born Jan, 17, 1667/8, and died March 4, 1724/5. In the enumeration of 1686 his family is given as three males and one female ; and as Naomi Mapes was then only eighteen years of age, it is hardly probable that she was already the mother of two children. The will of her father is dated 23 August, 1686, and she is mentioned therein as the wife of Peter Dickerson, and to her was bequeathed “my great brass kettle, to be delivered with what else her mother shall do thereunto.” As this will made liberal provision for all her brothers and sisters, the presumption is that she was recently married and her father had provided for her in her “wedding outfit." …

From the town records we find that 19 Aug., 1707, a Thomas Reeve conveyed to Peter Dickerson for a consideration of five shillings a dozen pieces of land, almost all of which were conveyed 27 May, 1714, by him to his son John. As the conveyance from Reeve was evidently in the nature of a gift, it tends to show close relationship between the Reeve and Dickerson families.

Peter Dickerson d. at Southold 15 Mar., 172/3. No will or administration has been found of record.

Children of Peter Dickerson :

• 4. John”, b. 1675; m. 25 Jan., 1710, Abigail Reeve.
• 5 Thomas”, m. 13 Jan., 1713, Abigail Reeve.
• 6. Philemon, m. 1709, Hannah Case.
• 7. Maryo.
• 8. Naomi", m. 1715, Samuel Terry, who d. Aug., 1762, leaving a widow Naomi, sons Daniel and Richard, daughters Abi and Bethiah, and granddaughters Eloise and Elizabeth Wines.

References

• http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~kenzie/GenDICKERSON.htm
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• https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_England_Marriages_Prior_to...
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LX3B-CZM
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• 1. Source: New York Genealogical & Historical Society "Record," July, 1899, page 181 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862.
• 2. Title: "Southold Branch of The Paine Family" Page: pg. 13 Author: Horace M. Paine, M.D. Publication: Paine Family Records, H.D. Paine, 1880-1883
• 3. Title: Ancestors of American Presidents
• Page: pg. 69 Author: Gary Boyd Roberts Publication: Santa Clarita, CA: Carl Boyer, 3rd, 1995
• 4. Source: New York Genealogical & Historical Society "Record," Oct., 1899, page 248.
• 5. Title: "The Salmon Records" Page: pg. 191 Author: William A. Robbins, compiler Publication: Long Island Source Records on Genealogies of Long Island Families CD, Broderbund #183
• 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.
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