Peter Dickerson (bef. 1648 - 1722)

Born before 9 Jul 1648 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Naomi (Mapes) Dickerson — married before Aug 1686 (to 15 Mar 1722) in Southold, Long Island

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1722 after age 73 in Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony

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Biography

Peter, son of Philemon Dickerson was born in 1648 ^[1][2] and baptized 9 July 1648 at Salem, Massachusetts^[3][4]

He is mentioned in his father Philemon's will in 1665 ^[5][6]

His occupation was tanner as mentioned in several town records^[7]

He married Naomi Mapes sometime before August 1686^[8]

Peter is listed in the 1686 Southold Census in a household with "3 males, 1 female"^[9][10], and again in the 1698 Southold Census with his wife Naomi and his five eldest children listed below.^[11][10]

Besides those referenced above, Peter was also mentioned in several other Southold town records from 1675 to 1720.^[12]

Peter Dickerson died at Southold 15 March 1721/2 aged 74.^[2]

Children

1. Philemon Dickerson
2. John Dickerson^[13]
3. Mary Dickerson
4. Thomas Dickerson
5. Naomi Dickerson
6. Elizabeth Dickerson
7. Nathaniel Dickerson

Research Notes

Biographical sketch per Charles Werner^[14] and Theodore Banta^[15]:
Peter was baptized 9 July 1648 at Salem, Massachusettsand was the second son of Philemon and Mary (Paine) Dickerson. ^[14] He lived at Southold and was a tanner, like his father before him. ^[14] He was able to amass considerable property and personal wealth. ^[14] His first wife was an unnamed dauther of Thomas Reeve and his second wife was Naomi Mapes, daughter of Thomas Mapes. ^{[14] [15]} In the enumeration of 1686 his family consisted of three males and one female. That female was most likely Naomi since her father passed away the same year and made a small bequest to her in his will, calling her "wife of Peter Dickerson." ^[15] It is very unlikely that she was the mother of the first two children because of her young age, but she could very well be the mother of the others. ^[15] Peter Dickerson died at Southold 15 March 1722/23. ^[15]

Spouse(s)?
Several histories tell of an earlier wife of Peter prior to Naomi Mapesand also attribute Peter's oldest children to this first wife. Wesley Baker^[16] however reveals several early date transcription errors that would have led others to this conclusion, and makes a case that all of Peter's children are Naomi's, and that there is no real evidence of any first wife.

• Fact: Christening (9 July 1648) Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• Fact: adult-christening ( 9 JUL 1648) Salem, Essex, Ma
• Fact: Other
• Fact: His name is Peter Dickerson per Salmon Records . Records written by the Salmon family in Southhold, Suffolk, NY when the events happened from 1696 - mid 1700's.

Sources

1. ↑ Case: Vol. 2, Page 194
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Robbins, William A., editor. The Salmon Records, A Private Register of Marriages and Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N. Y. and of Persons More or Less closely Associated with that Place, 1696-1811, Long Island, New York : New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1918 (commenced by William Salmon and continued by members of the Salmon family); Page 13
3. ↑ The Records of The First Church in Salem Massachusetts 1629-1736 (Publ. Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1974), page 22
4. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project
5. ↑ Case: Vol. 1, Page 308
6. ↑ WIll, Probate, and Inventory of the Estate of Philemon Dickerson as recorded in Copy of Sessions No. 1 in Suffolk Co. Clerk's office, 1669-1684; Copied by O.B.Ackerly as contracted by WIlliam R. Duvall - Suffolk County Clerk's Office. 1900; Page 31-32 (cited as Page 35-36 of original Sessions Book.; Page 135-136 of microfilm at FamilySearch.org)
7. ↑ Case: Vol. 2, Page 317
8. ↑ Will of Thomas Mapes dated 23 August 1686, Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York; as recorded in Suffolk County Deed Records Liber A, Page 1.
9. ↑ 1686 Census of Southold, New York, published in The New York genealogical and biographical record, Vol 30; (The New York, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, April 1899), pages 120-122.[Archive.org]
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Moore: P. 76
11. ↑ 1698 Index of Southold, Long Island, transcribed in O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, The documentary history of the state of New-York, 1850 Vol 1, ; New York (State). Secretary's Office; Pages 449. (Archive.org)
12. ↑ Case: Vol. 2
13. ↑ Case: Vol. 2, Page 494
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4} Werner
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4} Banta
16. ↑ Baker: Pages 19-32

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 February 2022, 17:26), entry for Peter Dickerson (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L8SN-Q9Y ); contributed by various users.
• Case, Joseph. Southold Town Records Copied and Explanatory Notes Added (N.Y., 1882)

See Also:

• Werner, Charles Jolly, compiler. Genealogies of Long Island Families: A Collection of Genealogies Relating to the Following Long Island Families: Dickerson, Mitchill, Wickham, Carman, Raynor, Rushmore, Satterly, Hawkins, Arthur Smith, Mills, Howard, Lush, Greene., New York : C.J. Werner, 1919, pg. 12-13. (mainly from records left by Benjamin Franklin Thompson, 1784-1849).
• Banta, Theodore M. "Philemon Dickerson and Some of his Race," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York : published Quarterly, 1899 (https://archive.org/details/newyorkgenealog02mayngoog/page/n294 : accessed 10 September 2020); Vol. 30, p. 247.
• Baker, Wesley L. Dickerson and Dickinson Descendants of Philemon Dickerson of Southold, Long Island, N.Y.: Also Long Island Descendants of Captain John Dickinson of Oyster Bay: Published Chicago, IL: Adams Press, 1979.
• Moore, Charles Benjamin (1808-1893). Town of Southold, Long Island. Personal index prior to 1698, and index of 1698 ; Publ. .J. Medole, New York, 1868. (Archive.org)