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Major Dikeman

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Major Dikeman

Birth
Death
15 Nov 1890 (aged 85)
Burial
Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Major Dikeman was born 29AUG1905 in Danbury and died 15NOV1890 in Bethel CT. He was the sixth child and second son of Thomas Dikeman and Sarah Washburn (d/o Joseph and Anna of Derby CT>Spencertown NY>Danbury CT>Jefferson, Schoharie NY). He and his siblings were named in the will of their maternal uncle Silas Washburn of Harpersfield, Delaware Co NY in 1855.

Married, in Danbury, 31OCT1827
Maria Vail
b. 31OCT1805
d. 14JUN1871, Bethel CT.
bur. Stony Hill Cem. Bethel
d/o Oliver Vail

From" History of Danbury, Conn". pg. 243

"About 1815 Starr Ferry moved to the town from Brookfield, having decided to settle near his wife's old home. He purchased of Sandy Mc Lane, on Stony Hill, a little house and erected a hat shop on the east side of his farm. Feeling that his location was not adapted to his energies, in 1820 he sold his farm to Major Dikeman, who converted the shop into a dwelling."

Paternal Ancestry: DIKEMAN
Major, Thomas, Thaddeus, Frederick, John, Cornelius, Johannes, Joris

Maternal ancestry: WASHBURN
Sarah, Joseph, Timothy, Ephraim, William, Hope, William (immigration to Hempstead Long Island), John Washouurne of Bengeworth Worchestershire England.
Info From Anne
Major Dikeman was born 29AUG1905 in Danbury and died 15NOV1890 in Bethel CT. He was the sixth child and second son of Thomas Dikeman and Sarah Washburn (d/o Joseph and Anna of Derby CT>Spencertown NY>Danbury CT>Jefferson, Schoharie NY). He and his siblings were named in the will of their maternal uncle Silas Washburn of Harpersfield, Delaware Co NY in 1855.

Married, in Danbury, 31OCT1827
Maria Vail
b. 31OCT1805
d. 14JUN1871, Bethel CT.
bur. Stony Hill Cem. Bethel
d/o Oliver Vail

From" History of Danbury, Conn". pg. 243

"About 1815 Starr Ferry moved to the town from Brookfield, having decided to settle near his wife's old home. He purchased of Sandy Mc Lane, on Stony Hill, a little house and erected a hat shop on the east side of his farm. Feeling that his location was not adapted to his energies, in 1820 he sold his farm to Major Dikeman, who converted the shop into a dwelling."

Paternal Ancestry: DIKEMAN
Major, Thomas, Thaddeus, Frederick, John, Cornelius, Johannes, Joris

Maternal ancestry: WASHBURN
Sarah, Joseph, Timothy, Ephraim, William, Hope, William (immigration to Hempstead Long Island), John Washouurne of Bengeworth Worchestershire England.
Info From Anne


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