Ransom, Robert (b. ABT 1687, d. 23 JAN 1777)

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Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
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Death: 23 JAN 1777 Colchester, CT

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Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
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Death: 16 DEC 1762 Colchester, CT

Death: 16 JAN 1730/31 Southborough, MA

Death: 24 JUN 1713

Death: 7 JUL 1728

Death: 26 SEP 1775 Southborough, MA

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Title: VR-Marlborough, MA

Death: 18 OCT 1733 Southborough, MA

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Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
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Death: 9 JUN 1793 Montville, New London, CT

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Death: 27 MAR 1799 East Hampton, CT

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Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
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Death: BEF 6 DEC 1753

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Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
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Death: 14 OCT 1789 Wallington, CT

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Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
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Note: The link between Thomas as father and Susanna as daughter was found in "Ancestry and Descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin," compiled by Edith B. Sumner in 1954. Edith based this relationship on the similarity of names between the children of Susanna and Robert Shelly and those of Shubael and Joanna (Bursley) Dimmock, and placed Susanna as a sister of Shubael. No other supporting evidence was furnished.

If Susanna is a daughter of Thomas and Ann Dimmock, and was born around 1635 as supposed, it is possible that she was born in Dorchester, MA instead of Barnstable as shown in previous reports.

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Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
Media: Book

Note: The burial place of Thomas Dimmock in Barnstable, Mass. is not marked by a stone. In 1939, during a tercentenary celebration of Barnstable, a stone was erected in honor of Thomas Dimmock, about one mile east of Barnstable County Courthouse. A bronze tablet on a natural boulder reads: "This Boulder is Erected as a Memorial to Elder Thomas Dimmock who with Rev. Joseph Hull Received the Charter for the Land Now Occupied by the Town of Barnstable. On This Knoll He Built a Fortification House in 1643."

[Barnstable Tercentenary 1939] Born ca 1600 in England; Thomas is of uncertain parentage. It is theorized that he was the son of Edward Dymoke of Pinchbeck, England, and baptized 7 October 1604, possibly in Pinchbeck. This line is referred to in several sources, none of which offers references or documented vital statistics to lock him in as a descendant of this family. Through this line, Thomas would be a descendant of the Dymokes of Scrivelsby, King's and Queen's Champions of England, and also of the English royal line through Edward III.

He was found on a passenger list on 8 May 1635 in Weymouth, England; Thomas is listed among the passengers of the Hopewell (John Driver, Master) as "Thomas Demick, wife and family." The destination was "Mahachuselest Bay in New England."

On 11 Nov 1635 in Dorchester, Norfolk, MA, the following appears in the town records: "It is ordered that ... Mr. Demicke ... (among others, five in all) or any two of them shall have power to lay out an hundred and fifty acres of medow to Mr. Israel Stoughton." To this, a footnote was added that "Thomas Dimmock was a selectman this year."

On 4 Jan 1635/36 in Dorchester, Norfolk, MA, Dorchester Town Records show "It is ordered that the p'tyes here under written shall have great lotts at the bounds, betwixt Roxbury and Dorchester, at the great hill, betwixt said bounds, and above the marsh as foll. not to inclose medowe." Among those listed is "Mr. Demicke 20 acres."

On 25 May 1636 in Dorchester, Norfolk, MA, Thomas was created a freema
On 27 Jun 1636 in Dorchester, Norfolk, MA, "A meeting of 12 men, formerly chosen by the Plantation for ordering the affayres thereof, whose names are under written." Among those listed are "Mr. Demicke."
In 1637, Thomas is listed as a settler in Hingham, however, not much is known about Thomas in Hingham.

In 1639, Thomas removed to Barnstable, Mass, taking up permanent residence there. He was probably one of the original associates of Richard Collicut, along with Reverand Joseph Hull, Mr. John Lothrop, and Mr. John Bursley of Weymouth. Elder Thomas Dimmock and Rev. Joseph Hull were the parties named in the grant made in 1639 of the lands in the town of Barnstable. On 5 Mar 1639 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, The Colony Court appointed Thomas to "exercise the Barnstable men in their arms," no doubt to protect the remote settlement from attacks by Indians.

On 14 Jun 1639, Grants of land in Barnstable were made to Thomas Dimmock and others. The town records describe "the grant of a great lot to Thomas Dimmick with meadow adjoining at a Little Running Brook at ye East End of the plantation towards Yarmouth." The land consisted of a 75-acre area that was triangular in shape, and which included uplands and meadows. In Dec 1639 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, Thomas was a deputy to the Plymouth Colony Court. He served this role again in June 1640, June 1641, June 1642, October 1643, June 1648, and June 1650. On 3 Dec 1639 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, Thomas was admitted as a freeman to the Plymouth Colony.

On 2 Jun 1640, The first court was established in Barnstable County. Thomas Dimmock of Barnstable, John Crow of Yarmouth, and Edmund Freeman of Sandwich were appointed to "hear and determine all causes and controversies within the three townships not exceeding twenty shillings, according to the former order of the Court." In 1642 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, Plymouth Colony instructed all of their districts to build fortification houses, to protect the inhabitants from sudden attacks by Indians. Thomas Dimmock, along with others, got the people together and built the first fortification house. The lower story of the house was built of stone, and the upper story overhung the walls of the first story for additional protection. In 1939, a tablet was erected on the site to honor Thomas Dimmock. On 22 Sep 1642 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, Thomas was appointed by the Colony Court to be one of the Council of War.

On 10 Oct 1642, The Court approved a choice to elect Thomas as a Lieutenant (then the highest rank) of the company of militia in Barnstable.

In 1644, the lands of Barnstable were purchased from the Indians. Four main purchases were made (appropriately called the First Purchase, Second Purchase, Third Purchase and Fourth Purchase). Thomas served as a witness to the first and second. On 5 Jun 1644 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, Mr. Dimmock and Mr. Crow were reappointed as magistrates or assistants of Mr. Freeman, who was the chief justice of the Inferior Court and assistant, or associate judge, of the Higher Court.

In Mar 1646, Thomas was presented for neglecting to exercise the Barnstable men in their arms but was discharged. In 1650 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, Thomas was one of the commissioners of Plymouth Colony. He was responsible for conferring with a similar commission from the Massachusetts Colony, to make decisions about titles for the lands and Shawwamet and Patuxet.

On 7 Aug 1650, Thomas was ordained an Elder of the Barnstable Church, of which he had been a member since its organization. The Barnstable Church Records, kept by Rev. Lathrop, show "Brother Beirce his wife and Goody Chippman joyned to the Congregation ye day yt Brother Dimmick was invested Elder ... Aug 7, 1650." Also, "Dayes of Humiliation ... August ye 7, 1650. Ffor the investing of my Brother Dimmicke into the office of an Ellder." Thomas was known from that time
in the records as Elder Thomas Dimmock. On 8 Dec 1653 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, Thomas Dimmock and others (Henry Cobb, John Cooper and Thomas Hinckley) took the inventory of Rev. John Lothrop's estate. Rev. Lothrop was the pastor of the Barnstable Church, and his will was dated
10 Aug 1653.

In 1654 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, Thomas Dimmock leased his farm. The town records described his lot as "a grant of a great lot to Mr. Dimmock, with meadow adjoining, at a Little Running Brook at ye East End of the plantation, toward Yarmouth, which Lands is in the present possession of George Lewis, Sen'r, let and farmed out to him for some certain years by the said Mr. Dimmock."

He left a nuncopative will probated 4 Jun 1658 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA. It was attested to by Anthony Annable and John Smith. In it, it is stated that "when he was sick last summer, he said what little he had he would give to his wife, for the children were hers as well as his."

[Gen. of the Dimock Family] "The Dimmock/Dymoke/Dimock Family from Sir Robert Dymoke and his descendants, acted as "King's Champions" for many hundreds of years, even for the last 30 coronations, of Englands Kings and Queens, established by King William the First." Sir Robert Dymoke was the King's Champion at the coronation of Henry VII and Henry VIII. At the entrance to the famous Lyon Gate, is carved the name "Dymoke" which may signify that the arch was built by Sir Robert Dymoke.

When William the Conqueror came over from Normandy, he brought with him, Robert De Marmion, Lord of Ontenaye, whose sires had long officiated as hereditary champions to the Norman dikes. King William grated to the Robert, the manors of Scrivelsby and Tamworth in Lincolnshire, on condition that at the coronation of each and every Sovereign successor of the King of England, the male heir of Robert de Marmion should appear at the foot of the throne, arrayed in full armour, with lance and shield, and taking off his gauntlet, should cast it on the floor in challenge to all comers on behalf of his liege, the King. Should any man pick up the gauntlet in challenge to the King's claim, it should be the Champion's duty to meet him in single combat. For the performance of these functions, the Champion should be confirmed in his many of Scrivelsby and should receive in guerdo from the King, a cup of gold. There are 30 gold cups at the manor house of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire. Charles Dymoke was Champion at the coronation of William III and Queen Anne. His cousin, John Dymoke, was Champion at the coronation of George III.

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Title: Gen. of the Dimmock Family
Author: Joseph Dimock Marsters
Publication: 1899
Media: Book

Death: BEF 4 JUN 1658 Barnstable, MA

Note: He was know to have been on the good ship "Lyon" in 1632 [Hotten], with his parents and sister. He first lived in Boston or Roxbury. His mother is referred to as "widow Shelley of Boston". He joined Rev. John Lothrop's church at Scituate on 14 May 1637. This is the same church at which Thomas Dimmock became Elder, who became his father-in-law when he married Susanna Dimock, as his 2nd wife.

There is some confusion between Robert Shelley who married Judith Garnett and Robert Shelley who married Susannah Dimmock. Some sources show these 2 Roberts are distinct individuals [may be father/son] and other sources indicate they are the same person.

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Title: Derthicks and Related Derricks
Author: Spencer & Goodpasture
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. 1986
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Title: The Great Migration Begins
Author: Robert Charles Anderson
Media: Book

Note: genealogylibrary.com

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Title: Gen. Dict. of First Settlers of New England
Author: James Savage
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Page: pg 71

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Title: NEHGR
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Page: 6:332

Death: 1692 Of Barnstable, MA

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Title: History of Stonington, Conn.
Author: Richard Anson Wheeler
Publication: New London:1900
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Title: History of the Wheeler Family In America
Media: Book