Person:James Dick (1)

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James DICK
d.13 Dec 1878 Ashtabula, OH
m. 18 Oct 1778
  1. Helen Dick1779 - 1867
  2. Morris Dick, Jr.1781 - 1871
  3. James DICK1783 - 1878
  4. Isobel Dick1788 -
  5. John Dick1791 -
  6. Matthew Dick1794 - 1873
m. 29 Oct 1807
  1. Mary Dick1809 - Bet 1860 & 1870
  2. James Dick, Jr.1810 - Bet 1880 & 1900
  3. Morris Dick1811 - Aft 1880
  4. Elizabeth Dick1813 - 1881
  5. Susannah Dick1817 - 1853
  6. Christiann Dick1819 - 1848
  7. John Dick1821 - 1904
  8. Harriet Dick1822 - 1877
  9. Catherine Dick1824 - 1895
  10. Alexander C. Dick1825 - 1910
  11. Chauncey Dick1827 - 1865
  12. Sarah Dick1830 - 1895
  13. Matthew Gray DICK1833 - 1913
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] James DICK
Gender Male
Birth[3][4] 27 Sep 1783 Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Marriage 29 Oct 1807 Granville, Washington Co., NYto Mary Cooley
Unknown 4337
Mary Cooley
Census? 1830 Ripley, Chataqua Co., NY
Census? 1840 Kingsville, Ashtabula, OH
Census? 1850 Ashtabula, OH
Census? 1860 Ashtabula, OH
Census? 1870 Ashtabula, OH
Death[5] 13 Dec 1878 Ashtabula, OH
Reference Number? 956

Gale M. Roberts documents that James was first married to an Elizabeth Purdy.

The later censuses say that James' children were born in NY in the 1830s.

In 1840, there is a James Dick in Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., OH, with children of the right age.

1850 US Census, Ashtabula, OH: James Dick, 65, farmer, b. Scotland Mary, 59, b. NY Susanna, 32, b. NY Harriet, 27, b. NY Chancy, 22, male, farmer, b. NY Sarah, 19, b. NY Matthew J., 17, farmer, b. NY Alexander Dick, 25, farmer, b. VT Polly, 29, b. NY Theodore S., 1., b. Ohio

(This Dick family, above, is living next door to a Palmer family, but no Clara is there.)

1860 US Census, Ashtabula, OH, p. 79: James Dick, 76, farmer, b. Scotland Mary, 68, b. NY Harriet N., 26, seamstress, b. VT Sarah, 24, housework, b. NY Matthew Dick, 27?, b. merchant, b. OH Nelly, 23, b. VT (b. abt. 1837)

1870 US Census, Ashtabula Burough (Amboy PO), Ashtabula, OH, p. 42 Dick, James, 86, retired farmer, b. Scotland He is listed as head of household, and living with him is the family of Squire Fox, 46, of NY wife of Squire Fox: Eliza, 36, b. England, and children: Moses?, 13, b. Missouri Ella M., 11, b. OH Charles E., 7, b. OH Carrie, 3, b. OH

References
  1. 1850 U.S. Census
    Ashtabula, OH.

    Father of Mathew Dick

  2. Pusch, Bruce Cooley.
  3. 1860 U.S. Census
    Ashtabula, OH.

    Dick, James, 76, farmer, b. Scotland

  4. IGI Batch number 7200608. (Submitted by LDS member).

    James Dick, b. 27 Sep 1783; chr. 5 Oct 1783, Polmont, Stirling, Scotland; parents: Morice Dick and Christian Grey.

  5. Pusch, Bruce Cooley.