Sergeant John Dickinson

1624 - 1676  (51 years)

• Name	John Dickinson
  Title	Sergeant
  Birth	22 Aug 1624	Billingborough, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1675	Massachusetts
  	King Philip's War Turner Falls Fight - killed
  Death	19 May 1676	Turner Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  Burial	Falls Fight Gravesite, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  Notes	John Dickinson was the son of Nathaniel Dickinson and Anna _____ Gull Dickinson and the husband of Frances Foote. About 1637 John emigrated with his family from England to Wethersfield, Connecticut. In 1648 in Wethersfield he married Frances Foote. He served as surveyor of highways in 1651. In 1659 John Dickinson moved to Hadley, Massachusetts in the Connecticut river valley. With the beginning of King Philip's war John most certainly manned the Hadley palisades against numerous attacks by King Philip's forces. As a volunteer he very briefly served under Capt. William Turner in one famous battle that ended in John's death. John Dickinson was killed by Indians during the retreat in Turner's Falls Fight (Battle of Peskeompskut). A memorial plaque near Nash's Mill, Greenfield Twp, Franklin Co, MA, commemorates the event as follows: "Captain William Turner of Boston a soldier in King Philip's War was mortally wounded while crossing the Pukcommeacon (Green) River and fell on the west bank May 19, 1676 on the retreat after the 'Falls Fight' at Peskeompskut (Turner's Falls) Forty men of his command fell that day Captain Samuel Holyoke with the survivors fought their way back to Hatfield." For more detailed information about the battle see William Turner's memorial. John Dickinson does not have an individual grave marker.
  Person ID	I1087	OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Deacon Nathaniel Dickinson,   c. 03 May 1601, Billingsborough, Lincolnshire, England d. 16 Jun 1676, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Anna Bincks,   b. Abt 1605, England d. 23 Feb 1678, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1630	East Bergholst, Suffolk, England
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Foote,   b. 1629, Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England d. 3 Feb 1679, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	1647	Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Children	+ 1. Hannah Dickinson,   b. 06 Dec 1648, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut d. Aft 1687, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age > 39 years)   2. Mary Dickinson,   b. 1650   d. 16 Mar 1706/1707 (Age 57 years)   3. John Dickinson,   b. 1652   d. 1694 (Age 42 years)   4. Jonathan Dickinson,   b. 1654   d. Bef 1678 (Age < 24 years)   5. Sarah Dickinson,   b. 1656   d. 11 Feb 1730/1731 (Age 75 years)   6. Rebecca Dickinson,   b. 1658   d. 16 Feb 1730/1731 (Age 73 years)   7. Elizabeth Dickinson,   b. 1660   d. Bef 1678 (Age < 18 years)   8. Abigail Dickinson,   b. 1662   d. 1714 (Age 52 years) + 9. Mercy Dickinson,   b. 1664   d. 30 Jun 1735, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut (Age 71 years)   10. Mehitable Dickinson,   b. 1666
  Family ID	F674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 1647 - Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Military Service - King Philip's War Turner Falls Fight - killed - 1675 - Massachusetts Death - 19 May 1676 - Turner Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts Burial - - Falls Fight Gravesite, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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