Elizabeth Dickerson

Citations

1. [S106] Howland Delano Perrine, The Wright Family of Oysterbay, L.I. with the ancestry of and descent from Peter Wright and Nicholas Wright, 1423-1923, page 144 - Captain John Dickerson, or Dickenson. was Master of the vessel bringing the first settlers to Oyster Bay. in 1653, from Sandwich, Mass., probably via Buzzards Bay. Settled in Oyster Bay. and received his allotment of a Home Lot. This lot adjoined the home lot of Peter Wright on the east, front inf to the main street, and extending west to Quahaug Lane. Elizabeth Howland, his wife (b. before 1630, d. 1691, m. July 10, 1651) was the widow of Ephriam Hicks. of Plymouth, whom she married Sept. 13, 1649. and he died Dec. 2, 1649, and a daughter of John and Flizabeth (Tilley) Howland, and granddaughter of John Tilley, of Plymouth, Mass. Both Howland and Tilley were "Mayflower" passengers. John Dickarson's first wife was a sister of Ephriam Hicks. (The Howland Family, Franklyn Howland. 1885, p. 324; Oyster Bay Town Records, Vol. 1, pp. 240, 511 ; Queens Co. Register's Office. Liber A of Deeds, p. 112.).