When Samuel Dickinson was born on 29 June 1810, in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Hezekiah Dickinson, was 32 and his mother, Mary Mosher, was 29. He married Marinda Potter on 21 September 1835, in Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 9 April 1879, in Homer, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English: variant of Dickenson , a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dicun a pet form of Richard (see Dicken ) + son.
History: Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), was born in Hatfield, MA, in 1688. Both his parents came from pioneer Connecticut Valley stock.
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