This third great grandfather was born in North Stonington, Connecticut on the 26th of December in 1748. He married his first wife, Mary, when he was age 22 in Greenwich, Washington County, New York c. 1770. In 1775, Samuel moved his family to the East Bank of the Hudson River to be further from the danger of Indians.
On the sixth of June in 1776, he enlisted in the Revolutionary War at Cambridge, New York. He was a private in Captain Theodore Woodbridge's Company. He received an honorable discharge at Fort Hanyx, New York on the 15th of April in 1777.
In November of 1778, Hannah Crandall became Samuel's second wife. In 1779, Samuel served as a protector of his neighborhood for a half a month, while living near Saratoga Falls, Washington County, New York. In 1781, he was involved in three tours, each lasting one month under Captain Perrigo. At age 33, he enlisted in Captain Charles Miller's Company of Colonel Sam Canfield's Connecticut Regiment, in April 1782. He was honorably discharged on the 4th of April 1783.
In 1790, the Dickinson family was living in New Castle Twp., West Chester, New York when Samuel is age 42. In the later census of 1810, Samuel is living in Washington County, New York. On Samuel's application for pension on the 23rd of March in 1819, he says he has no real estate or income. His personal property is as follows: a small 3 year old cow, a hand made shovel, a tobacco box, a jack knife, 2 pint bowls, an old carving knife, 3 small tubs, 2 pails and a pair of old spectacles. He and his wife, age 64, are living with their children for support. In 1820, in Chester Twp., Warren, NY Samuel is age 71, 9 months and 22 days old and is in open court to obtain his pension. He died at age 75.
SAMUEL DICKINSON
BORN: 26 Dec 1748 in North Stonington, New London, CT
MARRIED: 1) abt 1770 in Greenwich, Washington, NY to Mary (unknown surname); 2) 3 Nov 1778 in ,Washington, NY to Hannah Crandall
DIED: 22 Jan 1824 in Warrensburg, Washington, NY
SOURCES: Elda Esch Dickinson, "Benoni Dickinson and his Descendants" Repository: Marj Shepard residence; Death Date of Samuel Dickinson Bibliography: CD 16 Pedigree Resource File, Copyright 2000, Intellectual Reserve, Inc.;Marriage Information-Samuel DickinsonTITLE Benoni Book, and Leon Stiles, historian for Stiles and Affiliated Families Assn.; Military-Samuel Dickinson TITLE: Benoni Book--At age 27 in the Revolutionary War; Tidwell,Eugene D. #328798-06211001337333484 E.Tidwell,Eugene D. E. Summer Hill Dr.Salt Lake City, UT edtidwell@netzero.net; Reproduced from Pedigree Resource File CD 16, Copyright 2000, Intellectual reserve, Inc.; Copy of Samuel Dickinson's Pension Record sent by way of researcher, Allen Kratzer.
