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A Dickinson Family Bible found: Biddy and Thomas Dickinson from England to NY, 1844, children ,Wm., Janus, John Tunnard and more

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A Dickinson Family Bible found: Biddy and Thomas Dickinson from England to NY, 1844, children ,Wm., Janus, John Tunnard and more

Pentemento  (View posts) Posted: 2 May 2008 9:36PM GMT
Classification: Bible
Surnames: Barnard, Dickinson
My cousin found a Dickinson family bible given to his dad years ago by someone else with the same surname near Denver. (we are not related). There are several names and birthdates in the bibles. Biddy Barnard Dickinson, b. 1810 in Lincolnshire, m. Thomas Dickinson, b. abt. 1811 in England. They came to NY in 1844 with children William, John Tunnard, Janus, Thomas Jr. Also looks like Thomas Sr. had two brothers that came on the same boat, a William, b. 1819, and Tunnard, b. 1822.

Here is the info from the Bible:
We looked in the back of the bible and this appears to have some history to the bible, it looks like it was printed in 1867. There were several names in the back and maybe you could use your skills to see if they were related to us.

Thomas & Biddy Dickinson (Biddy Barnard) Biddy was born 20th of March 1810, Died 1864, emigrated from England in 1823 (?). She married Thomas in May 17, 1830 (or 1836).

William Dickinson Born on the 27th of December 1837
John Tunnard Dickinson Born on January 6, 1839
Janus Dickinson Born December 25, 1839
Thomas Dickinson Born April 8, 1841
George Dickinson Born April 10, 1845
Charles Dickinson Born July 13, 1846

Charles and Anna Dickinson married July 25, 1869

Cook Jessie Dickinson Born March 31, 1871
Novinous Elihn Dickinson Born October 25, 1873
Hannah Dickinson died January 14, 1876
William Judison Dickinson born May 23, 1881
Leslie Benton Dickinson born December 14, 1882 (I believe this is the ancestor of the man who gave the bible - Leslie Dickinson, he never married or had children and died in 1969 in Colorado.)

I can't find Thomas Sr. and Biddie in the census anywhere in the U.S. after they arrive. Tunnard appears to be in Ohio in 1850 with three daughters and his wife, Mary Ann.

Charles' son, Novinous, registered for WW1 in Michigan. His son, Carl, also lived in Michigan. Leslie Benton also registered for the WW1 draft in Michigan, lists occupation as physician. He died in Colorado. Leslie's son, Leslie Jr., is living with his uncle William Judison Dickinson in Michigan in the 1920 census.

I suspect some of the family may have removed to Canada during the Civil war, since they are nowhere to be found in the US census, but I don't know for sure.

If anyone thinks they may have a connection, please contact me. I'd like to see the Bible info end up back "home."


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