Rev. Jonathan Dickinson[1]
1688 - 1747 (59 years)
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Name Jonathan Dickinson Rev. Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747)
President, Princeton College (1747)Title Rev. Born 22 Apr 1688 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
Gender Male Pastor 1709 Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey Ordained as pastor of the Congregation church of Elizabethtown. In 1717, Dickinson led the church into the Presbytery of Philadelphia in order to bolster the influence of dissenting churches in the region. 
Divines
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,
who publishes salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”Education 22 Oct 1746 Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey New Jersey Governor John Hamilton granted a charter for the establishment of Princeton College. Dickinson became its first President in April 1747. Died 7 Oct 1747 Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey Cause: Smallpox Buried First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey Person ID I21598 Dickinson Last Modified 5 Apr 2018
Father Hezekiah Dickinson, b. 28 Feb 1645, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut , d. 14 Jun 1707, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (Age 62 years) Relationship Birth Mother Abigail Blackman, b. 11 Dec 1663, d. 30 Mar 1719 (Age 55 years) Relationship Birth Married 4 Dec 1672 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut [2, 3] Family ID F6715 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joanna Melyn, b. 24 May 1682, New York , d. 20 Apr 1745, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey (Age 62 years) Children 1. Abigail Dickinson, b. 16 Jun 1711, New Jersey , d. 1756 (Age 44 years) [Birth]2. Joanna Dickinson, b. 27 Feb 1716, New Jersey , d. 9 May 1732, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey (Age 16 years) [Birth]3. Elizabeth Dickinson, b. 3 Feb 1720, d. 27 Nov 1788, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey (Age 68 years) [Birth]4. Martha Dickinson, b. 18 May 1725, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey , d. 20 Aug 1757, Orange, Essex, New Jersey (Age 32 years) [Birth]5. Temperance Dickinson, d. 17 Oct 1794 [Birth] Last Modified 5 Apr 2018 Family ID F6716 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 22 Apr 1688 - Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
Pastor - Ordained as pastor of the Congregation church of Elizabethtown. In 1717, Dickinson led the church into the Presbytery of Philadelphia in order to bolster the influence of dissenting churches in the region. - 1709 - Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey Education - New Jersey Governor John Hamilton granted a charter for the establishment of Princeton College. Dickinson became its first President in April 1747. - 22 Oct 1746 - Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey Died - Cause: Smallpox - 7 Oct 1747 - Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Jonathan Dickinson (New Jersey)" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Dickinson_(New_Jersey).
- [S318] Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006).
Name: Hezekiah Dickinson
[Hezekiah Dickenson]
Marriage Date: 4 Dec 1679
Marriage Place: Stratford, Connecticut, USA
Spouse: Abigail Blackman - [S324] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line] [Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004], Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012).
- [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Jonathan Dickinson (New Jersey)" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Dickinson_(New_Jersey).