John Dickinson: Robin's Roots Test

1732 - 1799 (66 years)

TNG Descendant Charts

Please note that you don't have to depend on these descriptions; you can quickly try out each of the chart types.

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a marvelous graphical format and show a fair amount of data for each person, but they generate so much whitespace that they tend to be wider than the screen (or a printed page) They tend to be hard to read and almost impossible to print if you generate more than three or four generations of data.
"Compact" charts have similar graphical layout, and are easier to read and print, but don't display any data other than each person's name.
Note that if you want to print a "Compact" chart with more than three or four generations of data, you should probably specify "Landscape" orientation when you print.
The "PDF chart" is kind of a cross between the standard and compact formats, generated as a PDF. On most computers, any web page can be printed as a PDF, but this PDF format handles page breaks for specific paper sizes, wheras PDF printouts of web pages just run the text through the page breaks

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll whell or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts follow a standard outline-style format that provides more (i.e. denser) data than the graphical charts do.
"Text+" charts are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They can display much more data in less space than graphical charts or the "Text" chart. (That's good news and bad news). In particular, they requires much less horizontal scrolling, and can accommodate large charts in one printed page width (albeit sometimes with legal-sized paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
However,
- The process of printing a Text+ chart can be a bit daunting, and
- When you are looking at just a few generations, and when enough data is visible on the screen, the graphical charts tend to be easier to read.
"Register" charts are detailed descriptive reports. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they aren't really 'charts' in the normal sense, and don't give this kind of overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Count" charts don't list descendants at all; they just show how many descendants a person has, broken out by generation.

Less detail

Generation: 1

John Dickinson was born on 4 May 1732; died on 16 Mar 1799.

Other Events and Attributes:

Probate: Bath County, Virginia, USA
Military: 10 Oct 1774, Battle of Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; Captain of the Virginia Militia, wounded in the battle

Notes:

John Dickinson was a precocious fighting horseman who, in his early 20's, was named captain of a Virginia Militia company that was dubbed" Dickenson's Rangers" (misspelling 'DIckinson'. Fort Dickenson in central Virginia was named for him when he was still a young solider in command of the fort. He led a company in the Battle of Point Pleasant in what is now West Virginia in 1774.
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I spell his surname "Dickinson" (with an i) because He spelled it that way in his will, and because the historical markers for the fort named after him say "Fort Dickinson". But most Virginia records spell his (and his fathers) last name "Dickenson" (with an e), and his his Virginia Militia company is usually called "Dickenson's Rangers".
I use his will's spelling as evidence that his father was the Adam Dickinson who was born in Massachusetts to Hezekiah Dickinson and Abigail Blakeman.
But his children's names are generally spelled with an e, so that's how I spell them.

John married Martha Usher in 1767. Martha was born on 19 Sep 1735; died on 20 Dec 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Jacob Dickinson was born on 20 Jun 1752; died on 25 Dec 1818.

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3. Nancy Dickinson was born in 1752; died in 1799.
4. Mary Perry Dickinson was born on 11 Aug 1768; died on 5 Feb 1853.
5. Adam Dickinson was born before 1775.

Generation: 2

2. Jacob Dickinson (1.John¹) was born on 20 Jun 1752; died on 25 Dec 1818.
3.
Nancy Dickinson (1.John¹) was born in 1752; died in 1799.
Nancy married James McClung in 1772. James was born in 1736; died on 28 Sep 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
4. Mary Perry Dickinson (1.John¹) was born on 11 Aug 1768; died on 5 Feb 1853.
Mary married Samuel Shrewsbury in 1785. Samuel was born in 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5.	Adam Dickinson (1.John¹) was born before 1775. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1820, Bath County, Virginia, USA; Listed as a Free White Person- Males - 45 and over Residence: 1830, Bath County, Virginia, USA Notes: Birth: mentioned in his father's will