Vickris Dickinson

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1797

Biography

Brother of Ezekiel and Caleb Dickinson (each of whom q.v.). Father of Caleb Dickinson (1740-1820) and Charles Dickinson (1755-1827) and grandfather of Frances Dickinson (q.v). Sometimes given as 'Dickenson'.

Will of Vickris Dickinson of Queen Charlton Somerset proved 26/06/1797. He left his estates in Jamaica in trust with the produce to be divided 1/2 to Caleb, 1/4 to Charles, 1/12th to his daughter Mary Creswicke, and the remaining 1/6th to Mary's children.
The history of Queen Charlton estate by Jean Manco sets out details of Vickris Dickinson's occupation of the estate and of his family, including his slave-owning.

Sources

PROB 11/1292/274.
Jean Manco for David Streatfeild-Jones, The History of the Manor Queen Charlton (2012), http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/WAM/doc/BackGround%20Papers-684399.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=684399&location=VOLUME3&contentType=application/pdf&pageCount=1&appid=1001 [accessed 10/01/2016].

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

[1] Martha Reeve [2] ELizabeth Marchant

Children

Caleb; Charles; Mary

Religion

Quaker

Associated Estates (5)

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

1809 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner

Barton Estate [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

1741 [EA] - 1762 [LA] → Joint owner

Barton Estate [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

1767 [EA] - 1796 [LA] → Owner

Barton Estate [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

1768 [EA] - → Previous owner

Casement [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

1753 [EA] - 1765 [LA] → Joint owner

Pepper Pen [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Legacies Summary

Physical (2)

Country house

Hadspen House

Details

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Country house in Pitcombe, Somerset, bought before 1747 by Vickris Dickinson, sold by him in 1767, after reported...

Estate

Queen Charlton [Purchased]

Details

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Estate and house in Somerset bought separately and reunited by Vickris Dickinson c. 1769. Vickris Dickinson remodelled St Margaret's church c.1795 and built the Poor House c. 1788, but the major...