Benoni DICKINSON

1747 - 1839  (91 years)

• Name	Benoni DICKINSON
  Born	12 Dec 1747	Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Drafted	Drafted
  Served American Revolution?	Y
  Died	17 Jul 1839	Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Buried	W Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I42505	Main
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel DICKINSON,   b. 27 Nov 1698, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Apr 1747, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Martha WRIGHT,   b. 7 Dec 1704, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Mar 1793, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F29943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Dec 1747 - Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts Died - 17 Jul 1839 - Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Throughout his life he displayed an aversion to firearms, which he regarded with absolute fear, and even the distant report of a gun cause him to shudder. He could never be induced to use dangerous weapons, neither could he listen to anecdotes of Indian warfare, and when drafted into service during the Revolutionary war, the officers, on being made acquainted with the cause of his inability to bear arms, assigned him to duty in the commissary department. He was also averse to the taking of the life of any creature whatever, and from youth to old age was never known to voluntarily speak of his father's death. —Stearns History of New Hampshire, p1404

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 84898807.