Genealogy Report: Descendants of Philemon Dickerson
Descendants of Philemon Dickerson
1.PHILEMON2 DICKERSON(HENRY1) was born Bet. 1598 - 1613 in Great Yarmouth, England, and died 27 Mar 1672 in Southold, Long Island.He married MARY PAINE 02 Jun 1641 in First Church, Salem, Massachusetts.She was born 12 Oct 1611 in England, and died Abt. 01 Mar 1697/98 in Southold, Long Island.
Notes for PHILEMON DICKERSON:
Philemon Dickerson was amongst the earliest settlers of Southold, Long Island. A monument bearing the Dickerson's name was erected to commemorate their family in Southold.
Philemon Dickerson sailed from Great Yarmouth, England May 10, 1637 on the ship "Mary Anne" to Salem, MA. He was one of 2 servants to Mr. Benjamin Cooper of Brampton, Suffolk Co., England. Philemon married Mary Paine, also of Suffolk Co., England and whose father was examined the same day as Benjamin Cooper, at Salem, where 4 of their children were baptized. About 1650 he came to Southold, Long Island, New York were he had several additional children and died in 1672 at about 74 years of age, according to a monument in the Southold churchyard erected in 1851. "American Families with British Ancestry," included in the 2nd volume of "Burke's Landed Gentry," 1939, page 2658 gives a date of 17 March 1613 as Philemon's birth date, but no proof of an actual birth date has even been located.
Philemon's permission to depart from England is recorded in the Public Record Office in England and copied in Hotten's "Early American Emigrants," page 293. In it he is listed as "Feleaman Dickerson," desirous "to go for Salam, in New England, and there to inhabitt..." He was an indentured servant to Benjamin Cooper who was from Brampton or Hampton in the eastern part of So. Suffolk, England (per Savage) and who settled in Salem, MA, having sailed from Yarmouth, England in the "Mary Ann." Cooper was accompanied by his wife, 5 children, a son-in-law, his sister and two servants, the other being John Filin. The examination of 10 May 1637 is printed in the "Register," Vol 14, pg. 327.
Philemon's period of indenture was not likely long as he was granted 20 acres of land on 11 Feb 1639 from the town of Salem and admitted as a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 2 June 1641. Philemon was admitted to the First Church of Salem on 7 Feb. 1640 and married in 1641, likely after his period of indenture was ended. His master, Benjamin Cooper, died by 27 Sept. 1637, not long after the arrival in New England.
On 25 July 1639 the town of Salem granted Philemon 4 pole of land near Richard Hutchinson's house "this land is granted to him to make tan pits and to dress goats skins & hides," indicating that he was likely a currier/tanner by trade. The site of this tannery was probably on Beaver brook, near Whipple's bridge, on Maple Street in Danvers, as Richard Hutchinson's house stood in the middle of Maple Street about 200 feet west of the bridge near the junction of Vineyard & Maple Streets ("History of Salem," Vol. II). He received several other land grants in Salem in 1639 and 1649, but sold land by 1651 indicating that he'd left Salem by this time.
Page 10 of Liber A, Southold Town Records dated 15 Feb. 1654 listed property belonging to Philemon Dickerson including 11 parcels at various location in the town and totaling more than 105 acres. Maps indicate that Philemon's home lot was at the west end and south side of Town Street (present State Highway 25) adjoining Jockey Creek (earlier called Dickerson's Creek until about 1756). The largest parcel of land included in the list were 224 acres of woodland at Cutchogue.
Philemon died in 1672 leaving two sons, Peter and Thomas. Peter was also a tanner and, after his mother's death, bought Philemon's home lot and lived there until his death. Philemon's will, dated 20 June 1665, was entered on Southold Town Record 8 May 1672; Suffolk Court Sessions Book No. 1, page 35, now in possession of the Suffolk Co. Clerk at Riverhead, contains a copy of the will. The inventory values the estate at 93 pounds. His wife was named administrator 28 Oct. 1672, per Savage.
[SOURCE] New York Genealogical & Historical Society "Record," July, 1899, page 180 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, James Savage, 1860-1862.
New York Genealogical & Historical Society "Record," July, 1899, page 180 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, James Savage, 1860-1862.
"Southold Branch of The Paine Family"
* AUTHOR: Horace M. Paine, M.D.
* PUBLICATION: in Paine Family Records, H.D. Paine, 1880-1883
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* PAGE: pg. 12
[SOURCE] New York Genealogical & Historical Society "Record," July, 1899, page 180 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, James Savage, 1860-1862.
New York Genealogical & Historical Society "Record," July, 1899, page 180 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, James Savage, 1860-1862.
"Ancient Burial-Grounds of Long Island, NY"
* AUTHOR: Edward Doubleday Harris
* PUBLICATION: NEHGS Register, Vol. 53, 1899
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* PAGE: pg. 81
"Southold Branch of The Paine Family"
* AUTHOR: Horace M. Paine, M.D.
* PUBLICATION: in Paine Family Records, H.D. Paine, 1880-1883
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* PAGE: pg. 12
[SOURCE] "Dickerson & Dickinson Descendants of Philemon Dickerson of Southold, Long Island, New York, 1978, Wayne L. Baker, Adams Press.
"Dickerson & Dickinson Descendants of Philemon Dickerson of Southold, Long Island, New York, 1978, Wayne L. Baker, Adams Press.
Southold Connections, Historical & Biographical Sketches of Northeastern Long Island
* AUTHOR: Judy Jacobson
* PUBLICATION: Clearfield Co., Inc.: 1991; repr. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1997
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Many date contradictions within the same text; name spellings differ as well, e.g. Gardner vs Gardiner.
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Average, at best.
* PAGE: pg. 52 (1639)
"Southold Branch of The Paine Family"
* AUTHOR: Horace M. Paine, M.D.
* PUBLICATION: in Paine Family Records, H.D. Paine, 1880-1883
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* PAGE: pg. 12 (abt. 1638)
Children of PHILEMON DICKERSON and MARY PAINE are:
| i. | MARY3 DICKERSON, b. Abt. 1642. | ||
| ii. | THOMAS DICKERSON, b. Abt. 1644. | ||
| iii. | ELIZABETH DICKERSON, b. Abt. 1646. | ||
| 2. | iv. | PETER DICKERSON, b. 1648; d. 15 Mar 1721/22, Southold, Long Island. | |
| v. | MARY DICKERSON, b. Abt. 1650. |