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The name Dimock has various spellings in the American records, among others were Dimmock, Demick, Dimuck, and Dimick. The original spelling in England was Dymoke, or sometimes Dymock.
One branch of the English Dymock family was known as the Kings Champions by virtue of which title they held the manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire. This title came about through the marriage of Sir John Dymoke, Knight, of Scrivelsby, County of Lincoln, to Margaret, who was the daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Ludlow by Joan, his wife, who was the daughter and heir of Philip Marmion, Lord of Scrivelsby. Margaret (Ludlow) Dymoke was descended through her mother, Joan (Marmion) Ludlow, from Sir Robert Marmion, William the Conqueror's Champion, who came from Normandy with William on his expedition. In France, the Marmions had been a powerful Norman family, hereditary champions of the Dukes of Normandy, living at Fontenay-le-Marmion, which was near the residence of William the Conqueror. In England, Sir John Dymoke was Champion (for his wife) at the coronation of Richard II on 16 July 1377. At the coronation, the Champion, arrayed in full armour, with lance and shield, rode his horse into the abbey and, by throwing down his gauntlet, challenged to mortal combat anyone disputing the rights of the new king. Descendants of Sir John occupied this office until it was abolished in the reight of George IV.
The evidence connecting our immigrant ancestor, Elder Thomas Dimick with this branch is not conclusive. The material I have found in my research indicates that no record of the births of Elder Thomas Dimick or of his grandfather, Arthur Dymoke, have been found in the parish of Scrivelsby. However, the preponderance of the evidence, the result of many avenues of research by many people over the years, does seem to establish that he probably was descended from the Dymoke Kings Champions of England.
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Thomas Dimock
Thomas, with wife and family (number of children not mentioned) came in the ship Hopewell, John Driver, Master, leaving Weymouth, England on 8 May 1635, destination "Massachusulet Bay in New England." It is assumed that Thomas was in his mid-thirties, or at least a mature adult, as he was made "freeman" and a selectman of Dorchester, MA, the year he arrived. He moved to Hingham, MA, in 1638 and to Scituate, MA, in 1639. He moved to the new town of Barnstable, MA, apparently following his pastor, Rev. John Lothrop, in 1640. In Barnstable, Thomas was recorded as a deacon of the church and was ordained Ruling Elder on 7 August 1650. He was one of the two first deputies from Barnstable to the General Court of Plymouth Colony where he served about 10 years. During an Indian scare, Barnstable was ordered by the Court to fortify "a place or places for the defense of themselves, their wives, and children, against a suddaine assault." Three deacons of the church, Dimmock (our Dimock), Cobb, and Crocker, with the help of neighbors, built fortification houses. Dimmock's was on the "east side of the hill." Henry B. L. Dimmock, in an address in 1939 at the unveiling of a tablet to Elder Thomas Dimmock in Barnstable, MA, stated that Thomas had nine children, six boys and three girls. However, he did not name the children, and other sources list only five or six children. Thomas and his wife Ann (Hammond) Dimock had seven children for which we have information:
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Mehitable Dimock
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The Dimock Family BibliographyBurke, American Families with British Ancestry. Newton, Robert S., The Dymokes of England and some Descendants of Elder Thomas Dimick of Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, compiled and copyright 1989 by Robert S. Newton, 2055 Royal Fern Ct., Apt. 12-C, Reston, VA 22070, pp. 5-18 and pp. 19-28. Savage, James, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986, p. 51. Author unknown, A Brief Account of the American Branch of the Dimmick Family, pp. 1-2. |
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