Obadiah DICKINSON^[1]

1641 - 1698  (57 years)

• Name	Obadiah DICKINSON  [2]
  Born	15 Apr 1641	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	King Philips War
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	10 Jun 1698	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
  Buried	Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut   [3]
  Person ID	I42514	Main
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel DICKINSON,   b. Abt 1601, Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 16 Jun 1676, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Anne BINCKS,   b. Abt 1610, E Bergholt, Suffolk, England ,   d. Aft 24 Mar 1671, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	27 Nov 1623	Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England   [4]
  Family ID	F12682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah BEARDSLEY,   b. Abt 1640, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. Bef 1692  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Married	8 Jun 1668	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [5]
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F29949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 Apr 1641 - Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Married - 8 Jun 1668 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Died - 10 Jun 1698 - Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Given an allotment of land in Hatfield MA abt 1668. He was a sergeant in King Philip's War. Obadiah and one child were captured by Indians on 19 Sep 1677 and taken captive to Canada. Sarah was severely burned and left dead, and their house and barn burned. The following spring, they were ransomed and returned. m2 Mehitable HINSDALE, who raised his children by his first wife.She m2 Joseph HILLS.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 152:172. [S172] DICKINSON, Descendants of Nathaniel, Dr. Elinor Smith, (Hadley, Massachusetts: Dickinson Family Association, 1981). [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 163567227. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 152:161. [S224] BEARDSLEY Genealogy, The Family of William BEARDSLEY One of the First Settlers of Stratford Connecticut, Nellie Beardsley Holt, (1950).