Rev Jonathan Dickinson

1688 - 1747  (59 years)

• Name	Jonathan Dickinson  [1]
  Prefix	Rev
  Birth	22 Apr 1688	Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, British Colonial America   [1]
  Christening	22 Apr 1688	Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1747	Union, Elizabeth Township, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America
  Death	17 Oct 1747	Elizabeth Borough, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America   [1]
  Person ID	I7693	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Hezekiah Dickinson,   b. 28 Feb 1645, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 14 Jun 1707, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Abigail Blakeman,   b. 11 Dec 1663, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 30 Mar 1719, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	4 Dec 1679	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F32073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joanna Melyn,   b. 25 May 1682, New York, British Colonial America d. 20 Apr 1745, Elizabeth Borough, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1708	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, British Colonial America
  Children	1. Martha Dickinson,   b. 1725, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 20 Aug 1757, {Newark Mountain (now Orange), Essex, NJ} (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F3643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Fowler Plum,   b. 1695, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America d. 30 Aug 1762, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1747
  Family ID	F32074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  The Rev. Jonathan Dickinson was the first President of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton College).

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] Ruth Tangier Smith, M.D. and Henry Bainbridge Hoff, The Tangier Smith Family: Descendents of Colonel William Smith of The Manor of St. George, Long Island, New York (The Order of colonial Lords of Manors in America. Publication No. 34. 1978.), p. 8.