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fordshre, where he married Rachael
Hinge. Their son, Richard. married
Eliza Bagnall. who became the mother
of Symon Dickinson, OF Bradley.
4 About 1876 Symon Dickinson mar
1 ried Catheryne only daughter of Hon.
! Godfrey Dudley. second son of Ed
ward. fifth Lord Dudley. Through her
mother, Elenor Talbot. daughter OF Sir
Gilbert Talbot, *. c. b., Catherine
! Dudley was n descendant OF Edward
Ill. Symon and Catherine Dickinson
had three sons-Edward. William and
Charles From these three were de
scended many of the Dickensons OF
America.
The third son. Charles. who died in
1853, was a London merchant. BY his
wife. Rachael Carter. he had three sons
Walter Henry and John. who came to
Virginia in 1854, and Walter who mar
ried Jane Garrett, moved into Mary
land, and became the founder OF the
Talbot Dickinsons, many OF whom
were prominent In the affairs of the
nation. Henry married n Miss Jen-
nings and settled in Louisa or Caro-
line County. becoming the patriarch
OF the Virginia Dickcnsons. and the
progenitor OF some OF the families
which arc found in Alabama and other
Southern States" Here 7 quote exact
ly: His more distinguished descend
ants have been Major Dickinson. who
fell at Monmouth General Samuel
Dickinson. Of Kentucky; Hon. David
w. Dickinson. NJ G., rom Pennsylva-
MIA Hon Jamcs s. Dickinson, of Ma
bama and Henry Dickinson. OF Mis-
sissippi President electors" CThe lat
ter is the father OF Hon. j. NJ. Dick
inson former Secretary OF War In
Taft's CabineD: Hon. Asa ID. Dickin-
son, member of Virginia Assembly and
Senate, and Judge OF Common Pleas
]
Member OF Congress from MissourD;
Hiram Dickinson, Amos Dickinson
and Matthew Dickinson. all members
of Assembly, and the latter a Judge
of common pleas: and S. w Dickin-
son. NJ d, a distinguished physician
of his native State and a medical
writer OF note"
John. the third of che emsgranu
brothers, is given as the progenitor
OF line OF Delaware and Pennsyl-
wanna families.
The Dickinson book fails TO give au-
thority for most oi its statements. I
have not been able to find any record
Of this Henry Dickinson, who is re-
puted to he the ancestor OF the Nir-
ginia DiclSinsons Evidence is quite
to the contrary have seen pickin-
son pedigrees prepared by n profess
sional gcncalogist. giving q complete
lineage from said Henry. But shall
be glad for any one to prove that there
is foundation for such a lineage.
The first Dickinson emiBrant of which
find record was Jeremiah. from Cley-
pole. Lincolnshire. England. vino came
over in the "Margett and John" in 1890.
aged twenty eigh5. Jeremiah and Eliza
beth Dickinson we're living in Eliza
beth city in 1924. Two land grants
were made TO Jeremiah Dickinson in
James City County in 1886, and another
in 1858.
Virginia in 1885, but apparently left no
trace Of their lifo in Virginia
In 1856 Griffith Dickinson patented
land in James City County and sew
eral references 10 him in onclal rec
ords indicate that he was a man OF
considerable property. do not vet
know the issue OF this Griffith Dickin-
son, but this name was quite common
IN later generations, An old family
record that I possess shows that my
earliest ancestor. of which now have
definite knowledge, was named Griffith
Dickinson, who was horn about 1890
and lived in what is now Caroline or
Louisa County He was the fa ther OF
John Dickinson and the grandfather
of Captain James Dickinson tborn las,
died 1890. OF Louisa. who married
Mary Cole, Il descendant OF Colonel
William Cole. one time, secretary of
State
The Virginia Land ONCE records
show that a Grihlth Dickinson and q
Thomas Dickinson patented land In
King William County Nater Caroline
County, in III. Thomas Dickinson,
apparently brother, patented land in