Sergeant John Dickinson

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Name John Dickinson Title Sergeant Birth 22 Aug 1624 Billingborough, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England Gender Male Military Service 1675 Massachusetts, USA King Philip's War
Turner Falls Fight - killedDeath 19 May 1676 Turner Falls, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA Burial Falls Fight Gravesite, Greenfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA 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 Co., Massachusetts, USA
(Age ~ 75 years)
Mother Anna Bincks, b. Abt 1605, England d. 23 Feb 1678, Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA
(Age ~ 73 years)
Marriage 16 Jan 1630 East Bergholst, Suffolk, England Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Frances Foote, b. 1629, Ipswich, Suffolk Co., England d. 3 Feb 1679, Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA
(Age 50 years)
Marriage 1647 Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Children + 1. Hannah Dickinson, b. 06 Dec 1648, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1687, Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA
(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, Tolland Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 71 years)
10. Mehitable Dickinson, b. 1666 Family ID F674 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 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:
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