Mary (Stetson) Dickinson (1786 - 1856)

Born 2 Aug 1786 in Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Abijah Dickinson — married 8 Sep 1806 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 28 May 1856 at age 69 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mary Stetson was born on 2 August 1786 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. Her parents were Gideon Stetson and Nancy Thayer. Her birth is recorded in vital records of the town of Amherst, Massachusetts. She married Abijah Dickinson in Amherst on 26 October 1806^[1] or September 08, 1806. Together they had 5 children:

1. Charlotte Dickinson
2. William Dickinson
3. Franklin Dickinson
4. Samuel Dickinson
5. Ebenezer Dickinson

She died on May 28, 1856 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCP1-ZZG : 14 January 2020), Births, Marriages, and Deaths Registered in the Town of Amherst Prior to May 1, 1843. Record image at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMQ-LNMW?i=271.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPT-XFM : 14 January 2020), Mary Stetson, 1786.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT4-8BC : 24 January 2020), Polly Stetson in entry for Abijah Dickinson, 1806.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9B-HW6 : 22 December 2020), Mary Dickinson, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQWP-7XC : 11 March 2018), Mary Dickinson in household of Wm E Dickinson, North Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,946.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N75Y-147 : 6 April 2020), Mary Dickinson, 29 May 1856; citing Amherst, Massachusetts, 17, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,172.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13903370/mary-dickinson : accessed 20 May 2022), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Stetson Dickinson (Aug 1786–28 May 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13903370, citing North Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Marsha P (contributor 46781493) .

• Stetson, Oscar Frank, 1875-1948, editor; Stetson, Nelson Mitchell, 1855-1930. The descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts. Providence: Stetson Kindred of America, Inc. 1933. pg-157

• Stetson Kindred Gen Index #: 1-1-2-5-3-1-2