Thomas Dimock

- 1658

• Name	Thomas Dimock  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	May 1658  [4, 5]
  Burial		Headstone of Elder Thomas Dimmock Image file from the Find A Grave website (findagrave.com), submitted by Rose on 22 March 2017.
  Notes	Thomas Dimock is believed to have crossed from England to Boston Harbor in 1635. He settled first in Dorchester, where he was chosen as a town selectman. After three years in Dorchester, he and his wife began a series of removes toward Plymouth Colony. By 1639, he had arrived at an unpopulated area on the shoulder of Cape Cod known only by its Indian name of Mattachese. There he built a home and reared his family. The town of Barnstable sprang up there. Over the years, Thomas Dimock served as land commissioner, military leader, magistrate, colonial court deputy, church deacon, ruling elder and more. In the words of Barnstable historian Amos Otis, "The name of Thomas Dimock cannot be separated from that of Barnstable." Historian Richard Cobb specifically suggests Thomas Dimock as one who may have chosen the name, Barnstable. Of Thomas Dimock, Otis said: "He came over, not to amass wealth, or to acquire honor; but that he might worship his God according to the dictates of his own conscience; and that he and his posterity might here enjoy the blessings of civil and religious liberty. His duties to his God, to his country, and to his neighbor, he never forgot, never knowingly violated." [5]
  Person ID	I5083	The John and Tuly Huntington Family
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2017

  
  

  Family	Ann   d. Abt 1685  [4, 5]
  Children	1. John Dimock   2. Susanna Dimock   3. Elizabeth Dimock   4. Thomas Dimock,   b. 1639, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts   5. Timothy Dimock,   c. 12 Jan 1639/1640, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts bur. 17 Jun 1640, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age ~ 0 years)   6. Dimock,   b. 18 Mar 1640/1641   bur. 18 Mar 1640/1641 (Age ~ 0 years)   7. Dimock,   b. 18 Mar 1640/1641   bur. 18 Mar 1640/1641 (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Mehitable Dimock,   c. 18 Apr 1642, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 18 Aug 1676 (Age ~ 34 years) + 9. Shubael Dimock,   b. Sep 1642   d. 29 Oct 1732, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut (Age ~ 90 years)
  Family ID	F1987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2017

  
  

• Histories

  Biography of Thomas Dimick From The Dimick Family, Robert S. Newton, (Robert S. Newton, Reston, Virginia, 1989), 19-28.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2044] Robert S. Newton, The Dimick Family, (Robert S. Newton, Reston, Virginia, 1989), 19-28. Name recorded as "Thomas Dimick" [S2045] Richard J. DuBourdieu, Thomas Dimock, His Times and His Family, (Lake Forest College, Graduate Program in Liberal Studies Final Project, May 1991). Name recorded as "Thomas Dimock" [S2046] Headstone of Elder Thomas Dimmock. Name recorded as "Elder Thomas Dimmock" [S2044] Robert S. Newton, The Dimick Family, (Robert S. Newton, Reston, Virginia, 1989), 19-28. [S2045] Richard J. DuBourdieu, Thomas Dimock, His Times and His Family, (Lake Forest College, Graduate Program in Liberal Studies Final Project, May 1991).