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Shubael (2) Dimock, son <strong>of</strong> Timothy<br />
and Abigail (Doane) Dimock, was born<br />
in May, 1707, and died June 26, 1788. He<br />
married, January 25, 1739, Esther Pierce,<br />
who died March 10, 1805, in her nine-<br />
tieth year, daughter <strong>of</strong> Samuel Pierce.<br />
Children: Jonathan, born December 13,<br />
1739; Esther, Januarys 1743; Ephraim,<br />
March 2, 1744; Ichabod, March 13, 1746;<br />
Edward, June 5, 1748; Samuel, Novem-<br />
ber 29, 1750; Eliphalet, March 12, 1753,<br />
died young; Abigail, March 12, 1755;<br />
Shubael, <strong>of</strong> whom further.<br />
Shubael (3) Dimock, son <strong>of</strong> Shubael<br />
(2) and Esther (Pierce) Dimock, was<br />
born in Mansfield, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, October<br />
4, 1757, and died March 8, 1828. He was<br />
a Revolutionary soldier, with the rank <strong>of</strong><br />
sergeant in Captain Jonathan Birge But-<br />
ton's company, No. 4, Colonel Savage's<br />
regiment, Third Battalion <strong>of</strong> General<br />
Wadsworth's brigade, raised to reinforce<br />
General Washington at New York. He<br />
served in Long Island and Harlem, and<br />
on the retreat, September 15, 1776, suf-<br />
fered some loss. He was in the battle <strong>of</strong><br />
White Plains, and his time <strong>of</strong> service expired<br />
December 25, 1776. He is supposed<br />
to have been with the troops at Valley<br />
Forge. He was sergeant in Captain Brig-<br />
ham's company, Colonel John Chandler's<br />
regiment, the Eighth <strong>Connecticut</strong> Line, to<br />
March 5, 1778, and in the same company<br />
Under Colonel Giles Russell until Octo-<br />
ber 28, 1779. He was at the battle <strong>of</strong><br />
Germantown, October 4, 1777, and then<br />
was assigned to Varnum's brigade, Octo-<br />
ber 16, 1777, a detachment in defence <strong>of</strong><br />
Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Mr. Dimock<br />
married, January 2^, 1789, Elizabeth<br />
Wright, born July 31, 1769, daughter <strong>of</strong><br />
Eleazer and Anna (Marsh) Wright.<br />
Children: Ira, born December 31, 1789;<br />
Otis, <strong>of</strong> whom further ;<br />
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY<br />
Wealthy,<br />
March<br />
15, 1793; Betsey. January 29, 1795; Martial,<br />
February 1, 1798; Shubael, October<br />
274<br />
4, 1801 ; Orilla, December 8, 1803; Rufus<br />
M., December 14, 1812.<br />
Otis Dimock, son <strong>of</strong> Shubael (3) and<br />
Elizabeth (Wright) Dimock, was born<br />
August 5, 1791. He married Wealthy<br />
Kinne, born August 5, 1790, daughter <strong>of</strong><br />
Nathan Kinne, and a direct descendant<br />
<strong>of</strong> Henry Kinne, who came from Hol-<br />
land to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1651 or<br />
earlier. Children : Martial, who mar-<br />
ried Jennie Campbell, and had several<br />
children ; Edwin, who married Jennie<br />
Murphy ;<br />
Olivia, who became the wife <strong>of</strong><br />
Lucius Preston, and they were the par-<br />
ents <strong>of</strong> a son, Frank Preston ; Lucius,<br />
born August 2, 1825 ; Ira, <strong>of</strong> whom further<br />
; Jane, who became the wife <strong>of</strong> Good-<br />
rich Holland, and they were the parents<br />
<strong>of</strong> a daughter, May.<br />
Ira Dimock, son <strong>of</strong> Otis and Wealthy<br />
(Kinne) Dimock, was born in Tolland,<br />
<strong>Connecticut</strong>, January 15, 1827, and died<br />
in Hartford, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, May 10, 1917.<br />
The first eight years <strong>of</strong> his life were spent<br />
in Tolland, where he attended the district<br />
school, but the remainder <strong>of</strong> his education<br />
was obtained in the schools <strong>of</strong> South<br />
Willington, whither his parents removed,<br />
his father having taken <strong>of</strong>ficial position in<br />
the spool cotton industry <strong>of</strong> that town.<br />
Ira Dimock enjoyed vigorous health in<br />
his youth, and when fifteen years <strong>of</strong> age<br />
resolved to close his school days, and "go<br />
out to seek his fortune," as he put it, in<br />
reviewing the main incidents <strong>of</strong> his life,<br />
at the request <strong>of</strong> the "Hartford Courant,"<br />
in January, 1917, which publication de-<br />
sired to honor Mr. Dimock on the attainment<br />
<strong>of</strong> his ninetieth birthday. "I walked<br />
over to Rockville, which was in those<br />
days a small village, strung along both<br />
sides <strong>of</strong> the Hockanum, with woods<br />
reaching up to the tops <strong>of</strong> the hills. I<br />
went into the old Frank Mill, for which<br />
George Lee was agent. That was in 1842,<br />
and there I worked at tending carding