Waitstill
Dickinson
Born in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of John Dickinson
and Esther Dickinson
Brother of
Nathaniel Dickinson and Israel Dickinson
Husband of
Lucretia (Montague) Nelson
— married
before Jul 1780 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 41
[location unknown]
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Biography
Waitstill Dickinson
Waitstill Dickinson, Minuteman[1]
Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775
- Waitstill Dickinson was born, April 17, 1750, the son of Israel Dickinson and Sarah Boltwood. He was one of the Minutemen[2] of Amherst present during the The Lexington Alarm and was under the command of his 1st cousin Captain Reuben Dickinson and served 15 days in this campaign.[3]
Waitstill Dickinson served with Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Lexington, April 19, 1775
- Waitstill served 2 month during the winter of early 1776 in Captain Selah H(e)art's 3rd Company of Colonel Erastus Wolcott's Connecticut Regiment and participated in the siege of Boston, by March 17, 1776 all British major military activities in the New England colonies ceased.[4]
British Evacuation of Boston, Completed by March 17, 1776
- The record shows that Waitstill again served as a Corporal in a Company Commanded by Captain Reuben Dickinson of Colonel Elisha Porter's 4th Hampshire County Regiment which participated in the battle of Monmouth New Jersey, and was fought on June 28, 1778.[5] It is not known if Waitstill was in the Expedition to Saragota with this Regiment prior to the action at Monmouth New Jersey.
- Waitstill was a Constable 1779 and was active in Shay's Rebellion,[6] he took the Oath of Allegiance February 1787.[7]
Children
- Chester DICKINSON b: 1 JUL 1780 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
- David DICKINSON b: 14 AUG 1785 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
- Oliver DICKINSON b: 27 JUN 1789
Death
- Date: ABT 1792
Sources
- ↑ State library of Massachusetts Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War; ocm12601336-1898-Volume 4.pdf; Page #754
- ↑ Minutemen, UShistory.org A small hand-picked elite force which were required to be highly mobile and able to assemble quickly and were 25 years of age or younger, chosen for their enthusiasm, reliability, and physical strength.
- ↑ The History of the Town of Amherst Massachusetts; Publishers~ Capernter and Moorehouse, Amherst Massachusetts, 1896; Page #79.
- ↑ Massachusetts Historical Society The siege of Boston 19 April 1775 to 17 March 1776
- ↑ Wikapedia Battle of Monmouth New Jersey, June 28, 1778
- ↑ Wikapedia Shays' Rebellion, August 1786
- ↑ Oath of Allegiance Oath of Allegiance Taken Before Ebenezer Matoon, February 1787
- Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 FamilySearch index, Waitstil Dickinson, 17 Apr 1750; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363889.
- Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 FamilySearch index, Waitstill Dickinson; citing AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS; FHL microfilm 186128.
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