Ezekiel Dickinson

Profile & Legacies Summary

1711 - 1788

Biography

Brother of Caleb and Vickris Dickinson (both of whom q.v.), father of Barnard Dickinson and grandfather of Jeremiah and Ezekiel Harman (each of whom q.v.).

Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson were listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owners of 7055 acres of land in St Elizabeth.
Will of Ezekiel Dickinson of Laycock, Wiltshire proved 08/07/1788.

Sources

'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.
PROB 11/1168/47.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Married but no further details

Children

Barnard; Elizabeth

Associated Estates (7)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1755 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Joint owner

Appleton Estate [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

1757 [EA] - 1766 [LA] → Joint owner

Barton Estate [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

1741 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Joint owner

Barton Isles [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

1768 [EA] - → Previous owner

Casement [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

1775 [EA] - 1778 [LA] → Owner

Delacree Pen [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]

1753 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Joint owner

Pepper Pen [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

1765 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Joint owner

Watchwell [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Member of London Committee

Bristol Brass Wire and Copper Co.
Brassworks

Details

notes →

It is not clear how significant was the Dickinson family involvement in the share capital between 1747 and 1787, or whether the family subscribed new capital or bought existing shares. Caleb...