... Joseph Dickinson Jr 7 Dec 1740 – 10 Dec 1784
arrived in America 15 July 1762 to be a factor or agent of the firm of Hartley and Nicholson in Whitehaven, England at a shipping point called Mt. Sion near the mouth of Potecasi Creek. Their business seems to have been largely lumber and naval stores. He seems to have been living in Winton [then Outlaw’s Ferry] when it was incorporated in 1766 ...