Barnabas Dickinson (1783 - 1832)

Born 5 May 1783 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Davenport) Dickinson — married 24 Jan 1811 in Denmark, Lewis, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1832 at age 49 in Cornwall, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Upper Canada

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Biography

Barnabas Dickinson, born in 1783, was the son of Lemuel Dickinson.^[1]

"An American by the name of Barnabus Dickinson came north from Massachusetts, and, in Montreal, won the contract for the delivery of mail from Montreal and west. It wasn’t until after the war, of course, that he set up his system of public conveyances to carry both mail and passengers with a series of boats and coaches from Montreal. " From a Dickinson's Landing article.

Barnabus Dickinson was a descendent of the Nathaniel Dickinson family who had been settled in the United States for generations. His family moved to Cornwall, Ontario in 1827. He was married to Lydia Davenport.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-21W1 : 13 July 2016), Barnabas Dickinson, 05 May 1783; citing Birth, , Hatfield, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 760,648.

• This person was created through the import of Dickinson families b.ged on 20 January 2011.

• http://lostvillages.ca/history/the-lost-villages/dickinsons-landing/

• http://watsonsmill.com/home/history/moss-dickinson/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Kent_Dickinson

• http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dickinson_moss_kent_12E.html

• Baptism: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LXQL

• Land grants to Barnabus Dickinson in 1830 from Billa Davenport and Anna Davenport in Delaware New York: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WC-G7W8?i=116&cc=2078654

Steamboat Connections: Montreal to Upper Canada 1816 to 1843 by Frank Mackey. Details the life of Dickinsons and their connections to the mail service in Upper Canada.