"The Dick Family was evidently among the early Scotch immigrants to North Ireland where they became known as Scotch-Irish. The clan was large and because they used the first names in common use among all the Scotch-Irish, in each family generation, the task of tracing them is tremendous. They were a hardy, industrious farming people and were God-fearing and righteous - were members of the United Presbyterian Church." (introduction to The Dick Family by Paul Goewey Dick)

Generation 1:

1. James Dick I, b. Ireland 1765, d. West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania on March 10, 1838; m. Mary Dinsmore. Arrived Baltimore in 1812.
2. John, b. Ireland circa 1770, d. Feb. 4, 1835 apparently also in West Wheatfield Township; m. Barbara

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   b. 1777 in Ireiand, d. March 7, 1859 in West Wheatfield.
3. William, b. circa 1775, d. April 12, 1834 also apparently in West Wheatfield Township.

All three brothers are buried in the cemetery of the United Presbyterian Church in current day Clyde, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, as are James' wife, Mary, and John's wife, Barbara.

Children of James Dick I and Mary Dinsmore:

Notable Members of the Dick Family

• Philip K. Dick, the great great great grandson of James Dick I. Son of J. Edgar Dick, son of William Mabon Dick, son of Smith Dick, son of John Dick, son of James Dick I.

Sources

• The Dick Family by Paul Goewey Dick, Chicago, Illinois. Undated mimeograph courtesy of Randy McCrory, great grandson of Sarah (Sadie) Esther Dick McCrory, daughter of Smith Dick.
• The Dick Family of Indiana County, PA, a website created by Rosemary Miller, a descendant