Samuel Dickinson married Judith Troth (1689–1729) on April 11, 1710. They had nine children; William, Walter, Samuel, Elizabeth, Henry, Elizabeth "Betsy", Rebecca, and Rachel. The three …

Nov 12, 2024 · Mary “Polly” Norris was John Dickinson’s wife, a well-educated and influential Philadelphia woman with substantial wealth. She managed her family’s estate, Fair Hill, and …

John was the son of Samuel Dickinson, a Judge, and his second wife, Mary Cadwalader. They were Quackers or members of ‘Society of Friends.’ In 1740, the family moved to Poplar Hall, …

Together with his wife Mary Norris Dickinson, he is the namesake of Dickinson College, Penn State Dickinson Law, and the Dickinson Complex at the University of Delaware. John …

John Dickinson married Mary Norris on July 19, 1770. She had inherited a large amount of real estate and one of the largest libraries in Colonial America with 1,500 volumes, and the Norris …

Wife Mary died on July 23. Poplar Hall burned; afterwards he lived in Wilmington. corner of 8th & Market. John was a schoolmaster in Merion, and later a merchnt.

Her husband, John Dickinson, participated in the debates over Independence, which he initially opposed, refusing to sign the document. He helped draft the Articles of Confederation, and …

His wife and five of his seven children died. Samuel remarried and his new family continued at Crosiadore where Mary Cadwalader Dickinson gave Samuel two more sons, John (1732) and …

He married Mary (“Polly”) Norris, daughter to Isaac Norris, Speaker of the Assembly, and the Dickinsons moved to the Norris estate of Fairhill, near Germantown. All would have been the …

John Dickinson met a woman named Mary Norris. She was very wealthy as her father was the former speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly. She had inherited a sizable estate, and …