Amos Dickinson (abt. 1765 - aft. 1816)

Born about 1765 in Queens, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Hallock) Dickinson — married 17 Oct 1800 in Oyster Bay NY

Descendants

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Biography

Amos was likely born between 1755 & 1765. His parents were Townsend Dickinson and Anne Underhill. 1790 and 1800 U.S. Census records show Amos living in Oyster Bay, New York, United States. Both Underhill Genealogy and Dickerson/Dickinson Genealogy books give Amos' spouse as Margaret _____. Amos died after 1816.

Research Notes

• Amos was given a bequest in his maternal uncle, Isaac Underhill's will in 1816; therefore Amos was alive at that time.
• It is postulated in ”Dickerson & Dickinson Descendants of Philemon Dickerson of Southold, Long Island, N.Y. Also Long Island Descendants of Captain John Dickinson of Oyster Bay” by Wesley L. Baker, Chicago, 1978. pp 224, 225: “It is more logical that the Amos who lived in Oyster Bay at & after the time of Townsend's death was his son. Furthermore said Amos had two great grandsons named Townsend Dickerson who may well have been named after Amos' father.”
• There is a transcript (dated 18 Jan 1994) of a will (dated 3 May 1838) that's been posted on another genealogical website that is for an Amos Dickinson of Beekman, Dutchess County, New York, United States. Jane (Tingley) Hunter has a digital copy of the transcript. In this will, the wife is listed as Sarah, and children are listed as James, Sarah Ann Flagler (wife of George Flagler), and Samuel B. as well as Gr. Son Preston A Dickinson. More evidence is needed that this is the same Amos Dickinson that lived in Oyster Bay in 1880.
• Need a source for the marriage date for Sarah Hallock and Amos Dickinson. Did the Amos Dickinson who lived in Oyster Bay in 1880 marry 2nd Sarah Hallock and move to Beekman, New York after 1880?

Sources

• Name Birth Spouse (Margaret _____), Children, Death: Underhill Genealogy, The Underhill Society of America, Vol. V, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1980, p 154; “AMOS DICKINSON, b 1755/65 d Feb. 1808 by drowning m Margaret _____. Resided in the Town of Oyster Bay, LINY. Issue (Dickinson – order uncertain): +A JOANNA, b 1786 d 1870 m 1808 Thomas Merrit b 1779 d 1852. B MARGARET, b 1787 d 1862 unmarried. C AMOS, m Eleanor _____. D PETER, b 1791 d 1868 m 1815 Jemima Baldwin. E SARAH, m a Hawxhurst. F DANIEL, b 1794 d 1869 m 1813 Deborah Russell. G ELIZABETH, m a Hall. H PHEBE, b 1797 d 1883 m 1826 Daniel Banks d 1864.” Jane (Tingley) Hunter has this book and can scan and send upon request.
• Name, Parentage, Estimated Birth Year Range, Spouse, Children, Death Year and Cause: ”Dickerson & Dickinson Descendants of Philemon Dickerson of Southold, Long Island, N.Y. Also Long Island Descendants of Captain John Dickinson of Oyster Bay” by Wesley L. Baker, Chicago, 1978. pp 222, 224, 225; “Amos, son of Townsend & Ann (Underhill) Dickinson...It is more logical that the Amos who lived in Oyster Bay at & after the time of Townsend's death was his son. Furthermore said Amos had two great grandsons named Townsend Dickerson who may well have been named after Amos' father.” Jane (Tingley) Hunter has this book and can scan and send upon request.
• Residence in Oyster Bay: in New York, United States in 1776; New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. II - Extracts; Publication Place: Albany, New York; Publisher: J. B. Lyon Co.; Publication Year: 1904; Page Number: 132; Ancestry.com. New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 [database on-line]; Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004 [1]
• Residence: 1790 U.S. Census, Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, United States [2]
• Residence in Oyster Bay: 1800 U.S. Census, Oysterbay, Queens, New York, United States [3]
• Residence in Oyster Bay: "New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920"
  Reel 25, 1800 Federal Census of New York, Microfilm Series M32; Publisher: National Archives, Washington, DC.; Page Number: 80
  Ancestry Record 7831 #191118 (accessed 5 November 2023)
  Name: Amos Dickenson; Residence Date: 1800; Residence Place: Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States.
• Bequest in maternal uncle, Isaac Underhill's will in 1816: White, Elizabeth Pearson, “John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 4: The First Five Generations of Documented Descendants Through His Fourth Child, Elizabeth(2) Howland, Wife of Ephraim Hicks and Capt. John Dickinson”, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 2008, Page 126; “Amos, given bequest in uncle Isaac Underhill's will in 1816.” See https://archive.org/details/johnhowlandofmay04whit/page/126/mode/1up and
• Bequest in maternal uncle, Isaac Underhill's will in 1816: Frost, Josephine C., “Underhill genealogy, Volume 2”, Published privately by M.C. Taylor in the interests of the Underhill Society of America, 1932, Page 140; “ISAAC UNDERHILL...mad his will in Flushing, L. I., 6, 17, 1816, which was proven June 19, 1817...nephews, Benjamin, Amos and David Dickinson” See https://archive.org/details/underhillgenealo02fros/page/n245/mode/1up?view=theater

Additional Sources

• https://mayflowerdna.org/wiki/index.php/Dickinson_(Y-DNA)
• Descendants of Captain John Dickinson and Elizabeth Howland of Oyster Bay. see page 67.
• https://longislandsurnames.com/search.php?mylastname=Dickinson&lnqualify=&mybool=AND&nr=100&showspouse=&showdeath=&offset=0&tree=&test_type=&test_group=&tngpage=1