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Nathaniel Dickerson/Dickinson/Dickenson[1, 2, 3]

Male Est 1678 - 1753  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel Dickerson/Dickinson/Dickenson 
    Born Est 1678  King William Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Sep 1753  Louisa Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Will Date:
    Person ID I6537  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2016 

    Father William Dickenson/Dickerson/Dickinson,   b. 1652, Charles City Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1734, King William, Virginia Colony [now Caroline Co.] Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Phoebe Garland,   b. Est 1652,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Bef 1675 
    Family ID F4108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Garland,   b. Est 1685, New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1740, New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Married
    • Children of NATHANIEL DICKENSON and ELISABETH GARLAND are:

      6. i. GRIFFITH6 DICKENSON, b.1713, VA; d. December 12, 1785.
      ii. WILLIAM DICKENSON.
      iii. NATHANIEL DICKENSON JR.
      iv. ELIZABETH DICKENSON.
      v. MARY DICKENSON.
      vi. JOHN DICKENSON SR.
      vii. JAMES DICKENSON.
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Dickerson/Dickinson/Dickenson,   b. Abt 1704, New Kent Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 17 Sep 1771, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
    +2. Corp. Griffith Dickerson/Dickenson,   b. 1715, North Anna Hawkins Creek, Caroline, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1786, Washington, Russelll Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +3. Mary 'Polly' Dickerson/Dickenson,   b. Abt 1725, Hanover, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2016 
    Family ID F3423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Family History The Dickersons
    Family History The Dickersons
    rethedickersons.pdf

    Histories
    Dickersons-Dickensons
    Dickersons-Dickensons
    Dickerson-Dickenson.pdf

  • Notes 

  • Sources 
    1. [S48] Ancestry Link, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6020081/person/6076999032.
      Nathaniel Dickenson
      Birth 1678 in Stokes, North Carolina
      Death 1742 in Caroline, Virginia

      Elizabeth Garland
      Birth 1684 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia
      Death 1740 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia

    2. [S40] Will, Nathaniel Dickenson.
      Will of Nathaniel Dickenson

      Louisa County, Virginia Will Book 1, pages 30-31

      WILL OF NATHANIEL DICKENSON SENR.
      IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Nathaniel Dickenson Senr. of the county of Louisa & Parish of St. Martins being thro the abundant mercy & goodness of God, tho weak of body yet of a Sound & perfect understanding & memory for which thanks be to Almighty God for it, First calling to mind that it is Apointed for all Men once to Die I do Recommend my Soul into hands of the Almighty who first gave it me & my body to the earth from whence it was taken, where the Worms Destroy it, but in my Sight I shall See God, whom I shall for my Self behold & not for another. I do make & Constitute this my Last Will & Testament & it is my Desire that what estate it hath pleased the Almighty to bless me with in this world I do give & dispose of in the manner & form as followeth Viz: Imprimis I give to my Loving Wife Mary the Plantation whereon I now Live During Natural Life with her Due part of the Rest of my Estate. Item I give & bequeath unto my son Nathaniel Dickenson one third part of the Tract of Land whereon I now Live Beginning on the River at the First Little branch above his Plantation Running thence to the back line so as to leave one third of the sd Tract of Land above him & he taking of the sd Tract of Land above him & he taking of ye Back Line & the River the sd Land I Give to him his heirs & assigns for ever, he not taking the Orchard & Dwelling House. Item I give unto my son Griffith Dickenson the manner Plantation with the 1/3 of my Land adjoining thereto, after the Decease of my Wife Mary to his heirs and assigns for ever. Item I give unto my son William the upper 1/3 of my land with the Mill to him his heirs and assigns forever. Item I give my daughter Elizabeth three negros to Wit, James, Gregory & & her heirs for ever. It is my Will & desire after all my debts and funeral charges are complyd with, that the Remainder of my estate what so ever to be found, be Equally Divided Between my nine children to wit Nathaniel Dickenson, Griffith Dickenson, William Dickenson, John Dickenson, Sarah Snelson, Elizabeth Dickenson, Rachell Dickenson, [Mourning] Barksdale, and Agness Dickenson to them I give the sd. estate to their heirs & assigns lor ever If it should please God, that any of my above named children should die without heirs, that their or theirs part Divided amoungst the Surviving ones. I do hereby acknowledge this my last Will & Testament, disallowing all former Wills & Do if ever to appear. I Do appoint & it is my Will & Desire that Nathaniel Dickenson & William Dickenson be my Executors of this my Last Will & Testament In Witness where of I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 23rd Day of August 1753.
      Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of:
      John Moss his Richmond Terrell Nathaniel N. Dickenson James Sims mark AT A COURT held for Louisa County on Tuesday the DCDCVth day of September MDCCLIII. This Will was this day proved in open Court the oaths of all the parties thereto; and by the Court admitted to Record and is Recorded.
      Teste Thos Perkins Depty. ce

      Louisa County, Virginia Will Book 1 - Pages 30 & 31
      [His sons Nathaniel and William were probably named as executors in the will because his son Griffith was living in Halifax Co.]


    3. [S84] Rootsweb, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dickerson/.
      WILLIAM4 DICKENSON (GRIFFITH3 DICKINSON, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born 1652
      in Charles City Co. Virginia, and died 1734 in King William Co..
      He married PHOEBE GARLAND.


      Children of WILLIAM DICKENSON and PHOEBE GARLAND are:

      5. i. NATHANIEL5 DICKENSON, b. Abt. 1678, Virginia; d. 1738,
      New Kent Co, Virginia.
      ii. GRIFFITH DICKENSON, b. Abt. 1675.
      iii. THOMAS DICKENSON, b. Abt. 1683.
      iv. WILLIAM DICKENSON, b. Abt. 1685.


      Generation No. 5


      5. NATHANIEL5 DICKENSON (WILLIAM4, GRIFFITH3 DICKINSON, JOHN2, RICHARD1)
      was born Abt. 1678 in Virginia, and died 1738 in New Kent Co, Virginia.
      He married ELISABETH GARLAND.


      Children of NATHANIEL DICKENSON and ELISABETH GARLAND are:

      6. i. GRIFFITH6 DICKENSON, b. 1713, Virginia; d. December 12, 1785.
      ii. WILLIAM DICKENSON.
      iii. NATHANIEL DICKENSON JR.
      iv. ELIZABETH DICKENSON.
      v. MARY DICKENSON.
      vi. JOHN DICKENSON SR.
      vii. JAMES DICKENSON.