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Peter Dickes

Also Known As: "Dix"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Eccleston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: September 08, 1704 (50)
Birmingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of James Dicks / Diecks / Dix and Phyllis Dicks / Diecks / Dix
Husband of Esther Mendenhall
Father of Hannah Thatcher; Nathan Dicks; Hector Dicks; Hester Swayne; Elizabeth Tranter (Dicks) and 3 others

Managed by: Edward Malcolm King
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About Peter Dickes

brief biography

Peter was born in 1654, in Chester, Cheshire County, England. He died in 1704 in Pennsylvania. He arrived in Birmingham, Pennsylvania in 1660. Peter made a living as a flax dresser.

Born in Cheshire, England. He came to America in 1684 on the "Friendship". He died in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

family

Peter married Esther Maddock.

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Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

  • 1654 at Occleston, Cheshire, England, Kingdom of England and Scotland (later Kingdom of Great Britain, now United Kingdom)
  • 1657 at Chester, Cheshire (now Cheshire West and Chester), England, Kingdom of England and Scotland (later Kingdom of Great Britain, now United Kingdom)
  • 1660 at Chester, Cheshire (now Cheshire West and Chester), England, Kingdom of England and Scotland (later Kingdom of Great Britain, now United Kingdom)
  • circa 1662 at an unspecified location

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Sharpless Family History, Friends Historical Society Library of Swarthmore College

and <http://www.stonesandbones.us/#MAD>



Peter Dicks/Dieks/Dix/Dicke, born 1660 in Frankley, Birmingham,

England; died 1704 in Birmingham, Chester Co. Pennsylvania; married Esther

Maddock September 01, 1681 in Quaker Church, England.



Ashly Leonard Family Tree owner: AshlyStohl

sources (2)
records (1) Nathan Dicks

Birth 1690 Birmingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA DIFFERENT Death 1756DIFFERENT , Guilford, North Carolina, USA Family Info

Father Peter Dicks (1660-1704)NEW

Mother Esther Maddock (1661-1709)NEW Spouse Deborah Clark (1690-1780) Married 1748 Children Esther (1710-1774) Sarah (1712-1777) Mary (1715-1766) Nathan (1727-1765) Sarah (1787-1864)


GEDCOM Source

@R-848899903@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

GEDCOM Source

Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=62029728&pid...


GEDCOM Note

He was a farmer and flaxdresser. He purchased land from James and went to Pennsylvania in 1684.

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Peter Dickes's Timeline

1654
January 18, 1654
Eccleston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
January 18, 1654
Sandbach, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
1682
1682
Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
1684
1684
Age 29
America
1688
June 14, 1688
Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
1689
1689
Bethel Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1689
Birmingham, Lancashire, England
1690
1690
Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania
1691
1691
New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA