Charles DICKINSON

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Son of Thomas Dickinson and Anne (Farrington) Dickinson of Chester, Cheshire Co, England.

NOTE: The parents of Charles Dickinson were unknown until recent (2017) research (see below) uncovered his English ancestry. His parents were not John Dickinson and Elizabeth Howland, daughter of John Howland of the Mayflower, as is posted on many trees and is noted in the Updike book (see below) and in "The Greenes of Rhode Island with Historical Records of English Ancestry"...by Louise Brownell Clarke, 1903. There has been a significant amount of research regarding the descendants of the Mayflower passengers, and no one has found any proof that John Dickinson and Elizabeth Howland had a son named Charles.

Charles married, first, on Dec 9,1681 at St John the Baptist Church in Chester, England, Rebecca Meacocke. She was baptized at St Michael's Church in Chester on Dec 17,1661, a daughter of Richard Meacocke and Deborah (Wilson) Meacocke. Charles and Rebecca had two children, Charles (bp 1682 at St John the Baptist in Chester) and Margaret (bp 1684 in Dublin, Ireland).

Charles Dickinson married, secondly, in Connecticut, Esther Gilbert. She was born at Hartford,CT on Apr 27,1662, a daughter of Jonathan Gilbert and Mary (Welles) Gilbert. Charles and Esther had a son Thomas, who was baptized in Hartford First Church on 12 Dec 1687/8.

Charles married, third, Phillip Greene, daughter of John Greene Jr. and Ann Almy, about 1690. They had four children born between 1692 and 1698: Charles Jr. who married Mary Winterton, Richard who married Mary Goldsmith, Capt. John who married Mary Phillips in 1718, and Jonathan who married Mary Cole.

He married, fourth, Sarah. Her maiden name is unknown. Sarah was the mother of three children born after 1704: Samuel who married Mary (Cole) Dickinson after his half-brother Jonathan died, Philippa who married John Case , and Christopher who married Ann Coggeshall.

From "A History of the Episcopal Church in Narrangansett, Rhode Island...," by Wilkins Updike, 1907 edition, volume 2, page 524:

"Docter MacSparran administered ye Eucharist to Mr Charles Dickinson on his Death Bed September 12th 1740. he died at 2 of the Clock in the morning of Sunday the 14th and on ye 15th was buried in ye Cch-yard of St Pauls Cch in Narranganset, a Sermon on ye occasion being then preached by ye said Docter MacSparran."

OBITUARY: Boston Post-Boy, 22 Sep 1740:

"We are also informed, that Mr. Charles Dickinson of South Kingston departed this Life on Saturday last, aged 82, and was decently interr'd on Monday last; he was a Gentleman of a good Conversation, and unblameable Character, and is much lamented by all his Acquaintance; he has left behind him a sorrowful Widow, five Sons and two Daughters."

For further information about Charles Dickinson read "Who was Charles Dickinson?" by Ralph D. Phillips, The American Genealogist, 42:188-190, and "Dickinson Problems: The Oyster Bay and Narragansett Families" by Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist, 21:256-259. Both articles can be found on the NEHGS website AmericanAncestors.org. More recently, in 2017, an article was published in Volume 89 of The American Genealogist that provides evidence of his English ancestry (TAG 89:137ff).

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Charles married Rebecca MEACOCKE on 9 Dec 1681 in St. john the Baptist Church in Chester, England. Rebecca was christened on 17 Dec 1661 in St. Michael\'s Church, Chester, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Esther GILBERT. Esther (daughter of Jonathan GILBERT and Mary WELLS) was born on 27 Apr 1662 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Philppa GREENE after 1690. Philppa (daughter of Maj. John GREENE and Annis ALMY) was born on 07 Oct 1658 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island; died in 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Capt. Jonathan DICKINSON was born in 1700 in Narragansett, Rhode Island; died in 1727/8 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
2. Samuel DICKINSON was born in 1703 in Narragansett, Rhode Island; died on 6 Dec 1753 in New York.