Thomas Dickson [547]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1785 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 418,859
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Death: 11 Feb 1832 - Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA 418,859
Burial: Feb 1832 - Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA 859
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AFN #: 1BB5-X59
Events
1. Obituary 1724, of Thomas Dickson, 11 Feb 1832 in Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA
Died--On Saturday (Feb 11) Thomas Dickson, for many years a merchant and ship chandler in Norfolk, age 47 years. He leaves his wife, 3 sons and one daughter2. Occupation 418, merchant & ship chandler, 1832 in Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA
Parents
Father: Henry Dickson [431] (1743-1810) 650,1654 [MRIN:173]
Mother: Hannah Longstaff [432] (1751-1790) 288,360,363,650,664,804,859,860,861,862
Spouses and Children
1. *Unknown [558] ( - After 1832) [MRIN:268]
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1. Catherine Dickson [648] ( -After 1832) 421 (Father: 421 )
2. Elizabeth Ann Dickson [687] (1826-1830) 419
3. Son Dickson [1341] ( -After 1832) 418
4. Son Dickson [1342] ( -After 1832) 418
5. Son Dickson [1343] ( -After 1832) 418
Notes
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Southern religious telegraph (Richmond, Va.) Married- In Norfolk on April 6, Henry S. Haynes, of Halifax, N.C. to Miss Catharine Dickson, daughter of Thomas Dickson. (p. 3, c. 4) Saturday, April 10, 1830.
*reference under daughter, Catherine DicksonSouthern religious telegraph (Richmond, Va.) Died- In Norfolk, on May 5, Elizabeth Ann Dickson, daughter of Thomas Dickson, age 4 years. (p. 3, c. 5) Saturday, May 8, 1830.
*referenced under daughter, Elizabeth Ann Dickson
Thomas Dickson [935]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1837 - Virginia 83
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1. Census 83, 1860 U.S., Aug 1860 in Elizabeth River Parish, Norfolk Co., Virginia
2. Occupation 83, farm laborer, Aug 1860 in Elizabeth River Parish, Norfolk Co., Virginia
3. Residence 83, Aug 1860 in Elizabeth River Parish, Norfolk Co., Virginia
Parents
Father: Ralph Dickson [933] (Abt 1820- ) 83 [MRIN:341]
Mother: Dorcas [934] (Abt 1820- ) 83
W. C. Dickson [2473]
Sex: M
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Father: Richard Dickson [730] (1804-1893) 288,1561 [MRIN:837]
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William Dickson [550]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jun 1771 - Great Ayton, , Yorkshire, England 288,859,1650
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Death: 2 Nov 1822 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 859,1650,1725
Burial: 4 Nov 1822 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 859
Cause of Death: pulmonary disease 1726
AFN #: 55G8-NH
Events
1. Bio 1676, of William Dickson in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
In 1811 he was executor of his father Henry's will and he joined in a petition to open a bank in the town. In 1817 there is an advertisement for the sale of ships at "Dickson's Wharf" in Gosport. In 1821 he was on the committee to raise money for relief of those whose houses were lost in the disastrous fire in Portsmouth which burned 60 houses. He died at his residence in Gosport after "a long pulmonary illness." In the year of his death he paid $30 for the rent of pew number 5 in the church.2. Occupation 1693, owned warehouses in Gosport, Norfolk Co., Virginia
William owned a whole block in Gosport with four brick warehouses, his residence and a wharf from which: " I have seen more rum, sugar and molasses landed in one day...than you can see in the port now in six months. The whole river was lined with vessels trading to and from foreign ports."3. Town meeting 1727, for the purpose of petitioning for a bank, 8 May 1811 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
Herald--10 May 18114. Religion 1693, member of the vestry, 1821 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
A meeting of the citizens of the Town of Portsmouth, on Wednesday the 8th day of May, 1811, for the purpose of petitioning for a bank in said town; Jesse Nicholson being called to the chair, and Mordecai Cooke being appointed secretary, the following resolutions were submitted and uninimously adopted:
Resolved: That much public good and individual benefit would result from the establishment of a bank in the town of Portsmouth, which this meeting have the strongest assurances will go into immediate operation if permitted by law.
Resolved: That this meeting entertains entire confidence in the justice and impartiality of the Legislature in granting and encouraging institutions of this nature, the general benefits whereof in a Republican Government, like ours, should be extensively diffused, and not limited to a few towns only.
Resolved: That a petition be presented the next General Assembly, praying that a bank may be established in said town with a capital of $250,000, and that Jesse Nicholson, James S. Mathews, George W. Maupin, James Young, Mordecai Cooke, Lawrence Mansfield, John Foster, William Wilson Jun., William Dickson, Swepson Whitehead, Tapley Webb and Holt Wilson, be requested to prepare the same.
Resolved: That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the president and secretary, and published in the Norfolk Gazettes.
Jesse Nicholson, chairman
M. Cooke, secretary
John Dickson and William Dickson were both members of the Vestry of Trinity Church in 1821 and among those renting pews in 1822, one for $20 and one for $30 a year.5. Religion 1728, meeting of the vestry & renting of pews, 4 Jul 1822 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
Trinity Vestry6. Will 1729, of William Dickson, 1 Nov 1822 in Norfolk Co., Virginia
At a meeting of the Minister and Vestry of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Portsmouth Parish at their house of worship on Thursday the 4th day of July 1832
Present: The Revd. John H. Wingfield, Arthur Emmerson, George Webb, John Dickson, Robert Barclay, Mordecai Cooke, Richard Baugh, Robert B. Butt, John Cocke, Wm. Langhorne
The Vestry proceeded, agreeable to appointment, to rent out the pews which have been repaired, when the following persons being the highest bidders became the renters of the said pews agreeable to the numbers, and at the prices annexed to their names respectively, vz
Mr. John Cock--No. 1 at $21.00
Mssrs R. Barclay & D---No. 2 at $20.00
Mr. John Dickson--No. 3 at $20.00
Mr. Richard Blow--No. 4 at $20.00
Mr. Wm. Dickson--No. 5 at $30.00.......
I, William Dickson of Gosport do hereby declare my last will and testament, intending thereby to despose of all my estate real & personal & revoke & annul all prior testimentary dispositions I desire and bequeath to my wife Angelina Mallory Dickson one third of all my real estate situate in the town of Norfolk and in Gosport in the County of Norfolk, to be held by her for life, & I give to her in fee simple, the slaves, Billy, Betty, Titus & big Jacob all my household and kitchen furniture plaste, linen, liquors, provisions and every thing laid in for the use of my family which slaves & personal property, are to be at her absolute & incumbrance dispose without amount to any person, but I give it under the belief that at her death, she will dispose of such as may remain of it among the issue of her marriage by me, this provision together with that to be hereafter made for her, out of the residue of my personal estate is intended as lien, and full satisfaction of her legal claims as my widow in my real and personal estate I give to my daughter Elizabeth my piano forte, I bequeath to my children by my first marriage, three plated urns & a french clock to be found amongst my household furniture I direct that interest be paid to my sister Gibson on the debt I owe her, I give one hundred & fifty dollars to my nephew Adias Dickson, son of Henry, to be paid out by my exectors for schooling, maintenance or clothing, I give and devise in fee simple to my daughter Mary Wilson who is now of full age, one fourth of my real estate lands and tenements in Gosport and of the profits thereof subject to the devise, to my wife, that is to say of the remaining two thirds and given to her & of the revision in that third after her death, all the rest of my estate real personal & mixed wheresoever lying and in whatever it may consist, I give devise and bequeath to my said wife, to my brother Thomas Dickson, & to my friend John Southgate of Norfolk during their joint life & to the survivors & the heirs exectors & administrators of such servivor upon the following trusts, as to the personal estate in trust, & to satisfy and pay all my just debts 2 ? to pay over and ? to said wife in absolute fee simple, one third of all my personal & mixed estate remaining after the payment of my debts, and to divide the remaining two third of my said personal equally among all my children to wit, my daughter Mary Wilson wife of Mark Wilson & Elizabeth Dickson, Richard Dicskon & William Dickson the offspring of my first marriage and my children Mallory Todd Dickson, Annie Robinson Dickson, Louisa ? Dickson, Todd Dickson, and Angelina Evantt Dickson, the issue of my second marriage and of my said children who are now minors or married should ???? (can't read next 2 lines) as to the real estate 1st her ? to convey in fee simple to my daughter Elizabeth Dickson & to each of my sons, Richard Dickson & William Dickson on their respectively all arising twenty one years of age each one fourth part of my said real estatein Gosport & the profits thereof subject to there wise to my wife but if other of my said children Elizabeth, Richard & William should die under the age of twenty one years without issue & encumances , the share of the child is dying is to be equally divided among the remaining brothers & sisters of the whole blood it being my intention that the real estatedevised to the offspring of my two marriages shall on any of them dying under age without issue & unmarried pass to their brothers & sisters, of the same marriage, Secondly, in trust to convey in fee simpleto each of my children , Mallory Todd Dickson, Anne Robinson Dickson, Louisa Frances Dickson, Diana Todd Dickson, & Angelina Eventt Dickson, on their respectively obtaining twenty one years of age, one fifth of all my real estatein Norfolk & the profits thereof subject to the before mentioned devise of one third to my said wife , but if either of my said children should die, under age unmarried & without issue then the share of the child so dying in the Norfolk lands and tenenents, to be equally divided among the brothers & sisters of the whole blood, to the exclusion of those of my first marriage, In the estimate of my estate, I have considered the real estatein Gosportas more valueable than that in Norfolk, & have in consequence added more to the bequests to my wife, by which my children by her will be benefitted, the real estate in Norfolk is held jointly with my firend John Southgate in equal shares, much of it is unimproved,& I forsee that it may be very advantageous to my children, that a power should be lodged somewhere, of making partition of the lands, of sellingleaving or improving the property by buildings or otherwise, I do therefore, authorize 7 impower my siad trustee, during their joint lives & the survivors & survivor to make such division, to lease, to sell in whole or in part, or to improv it by buildings or otherwise, as to them may seem more beneficial to my children & authorize them to apply to those objects, such portions of the personal interests which the said children would be entitled, as may be propert & if needfull to give severally by mortgage or otherwise on the said lands for the costs and expenses of such improvements as may be made on the land, should a sale be made of any part, the money is to pass in the same manner & to the same persons, as the land from which it proceeds--I desire that my said trustees, the survivors & survivor may from time to time advance & lay out for the maintenance & education of my children during their minority , such sums as to them may seem reasonable & proper, & particularly that funds may be provided for the maintence & educationof my two sons Richard & William now in England, & placed for that purpose in the hands of Richard Dickson of Stockton or some other fit person, The sums as advanced, to be deducted out of the porportionof my estate, to which the child for whom the advance is entitled. One hundred shares of the state in the Union Insurance Company of Norfolk, standing in my name belonging to Idia Barn, Esquire they may be transferred to him, I own a small piece of land, at the canal, which I direct my said trustees & the survivor & survivor to sell and the money is to be considered& disposed of as part of my personal estate, I wish my wife to act as guardian for her childrenby me & Mr. John Southgatefor my children Elizabeth, Richard & William without ?, but their qualifying as guardian or not qualifing ? to wife and or affix the trust createdas to the estate intended for them, but the power of my trusteesis to continuewith at ???(line unreadable) (Next 2 lines unreadalbe) In witness whereof I the said William Dickson have to this my will and my hand as to be my last will & testament, this first day of November, eighteen hundered & twenty two.7. Alt. Death 288, Alt. Death, 2 Nov 1822 in Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA
William Dickson
Signed sealed published & ordered by the above named William Dickson as for his last will & testament in the presence of us, who at his request & in his presence & in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witness there to : Henry Tabb, John Dickson, M. M. Todd
At a Court held for Norfolk County the 19th day of November 1822. The foregoing last will and testament of William Dickson deceased was proved by the oaths of Henry Tabb and John Dickson two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. On the motion of John Southgate & Thomas Dickson the executors named in the said will do made oath that they are permitted to qualify without giving ??? of the said will it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the testator has left an able estate more than sufficient to pay all his debts, whereupon the said Thomas Dickson and John Southgateseverally acted into and acknowledgedbonds in the penalty of one hundrednad sixty thousand dollars each with condition according to law, thereupon certificate of the probate of the said will is granted them in due form, and on the motion of Angelina Mallory Dickson, the executrix named in the said will, leave is reserved for her to join in the probate of the same at a future day if she pleases.
Teste: Wm. Wilson, clk
8. Alt. Buried 288, Alt. Buried, 4 Nov 1822 in Trinity P. E. Church, Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
9. Obituary 1726,1730, 4 Nov 1822 in Gosport, Norfolk Co., Virginia
Died--On Saturday, November 2, 1822, William Dickson at his residence in Gosport10. Tombstone 1650,1676, Trinity cemetery in Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
It is our melancholy duty to announce the removal to another and better world, of one of our most worthy and respected fellow citizens, William Dickson, Esq'r in the 51st year of his age. He took a final leave of this sublinary scene, and its endearments on Saturday evening last, at his residence in Gosport, after a protracted illness of a pulmonary disease, from which he had in vain sought relief, the past summer, by a change of climate, and by the aid of the best medical skill in the country......(eulogy)
William Dickson born June 19th 1771 died Nov 2nd 1822 aged 51 years.
Parents
Father: Henry Dickson [431] (1743-1810) 650,1654 [MRIN:173]
Mother: Hannah Longstaff [432] (1751-1790) 288,360,363,650,664,804,859,860,861,862
Spouses and Children
1. *Angelina Mallory Todd [554] (9 Mar 1786 - 21 Jul 1835) 1387,1650 [MRIN:213]
Marriage: 6 Jun 1799 - Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA
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Children:
1. Mallory Todd Dickson [553] (1813-1881) 420,1387
2. Louisa Frances Dickson [555] (1814-1853) 420,1705
3. Anne Robinson Dickson [556] (1814-1904) 273,420,1658
4. Angelia Mallory Dickson [552] (1815-1893) 420,1648,1649
5. Diana Todd Dickson [557] (1818-1890) 420
2. Mary Davis [734] (1782 - 23 Mar 1810) 288 [MRIN:214]
Marriage: 6 Jun 1799 - Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA 288
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1. Mary Dickson [729] (Abt 1802- ) 288
2. Richard Dickson [730] (1804-1893) 288,1561
3. William Dickson [731] (1807-1898) 288
4. Elizabeth Dickson [732] (Abt 1809- ) 288,514
William Dickson [731]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Mar 1807 - Gosport, Norfolk Co., Virginia 288
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Death: 1 Jun 1898 - Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA 288
Burial: Jun 1898 - Norfolk, Norfolk (city), Virginia, USA 288
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AFN #: 1X26-935
Parents
Father: William Dickson [550] (1771-1822) 288,514,859 [MRIN:214]
Mother: Mary Davis [734] (1782-1810) 288
William Henry Dickson [1685]
Sex: M
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Burial: Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, USA 1650
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Father: Capt. John Dickson [430] (1779-1826) 650,664 [MRIN:199]
Mother: Sarah White [454] (1780-1817) 664,1650,1660
William Mallory Dickson [605]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 May 1844 - Smithfield, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA 1387,1655
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AFN #: 55G9-Q0
Parents
Father: Mallory Todd Dickson [553] (1813-1881) 420,1387 [MRIN:218]
Mother: Diana Todd Southall [599] (1818-1873) 451,841,842,1387,1655,1656,1657
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Grant [627] (Abt 1848 - ) 1655 [MRIN:239]
Marriage: 24 Oct 1871 1655
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Dison [3002]
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1. *Sarah [2653] ( - After Dec 1793) 367,368 [MRIN:1001]
Marriage: Bef 1792 368
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Dixon [2327]
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1. *Sarah [2326] (Abt 1729 - 31 Oct 1798) 388 [MRIN:783]
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Lillian May Doak [1033]
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1. *Abram O. Cassell [1032] ( - ) 857 [MRIN:368]
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1. Dorothy Lillian Cassell [849] (Abt 1923- ) 857