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ternal and maternal sides to England and<br />
Holland, respectively. The Dimock coat-<br />
<strong>of</strong>-arms is as follows :<br />
Arms— Sable, two lions passant argent,<br />
crowned or.<br />
Crest—A sword erect argent, hilt and pom-<br />
mel or.<br />
Motto<br />
battle).<br />
—<br />
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY<br />
Pro rege ditnico (For the king I<br />
The progenitor in America <strong>of</strong> the Dimock<br />
family was Elder Thomas Dimock,<br />
a native <strong>of</strong> England, from whence he emi-<br />
grated to this country, and settled in Dorchester,<br />
Massachusetts, in 1635. He was<br />
selectman <strong>of</strong> that town in that year, and<br />
on May 25, 1636, was admitted a freeman.<br />
He removed to Hingham, where<br />
he was living in 1638, to Scituate in 1639,<br />
settling finally in Barnstable on Cape<br />
Cod, <strong>of</strong> which he was one <strong>of</strong> the grantees<br />
and founders in May, 1639. He was<br />
chosen ordaining elder <strong>of</strong> Mr. Lothrop's<br />
church in Barnstable, August 7, 1650. He<br />
was deputy to the General Court ; freeman<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Plymouth Colony in 1639;<br />
magistrate in 1641 and 1644; was six<br />
times deputy during the years from 1639<br />
to 1650, and was lieutenant and drill master<br />
in 1643. He married Ann Hammond,<br />
who survived him. He made a nuncupa-<br />
tive will, which was proved June 4, 1658.<br />
leaving all his estate to his wife "for the<br />
children were her's as well as his." Their<br />
children were : Elizabeth, became the<br />
wife <strong>of</strong> Knyvet Sears ; John ( ?) ; Timo-<br />
thy, baptized January 12, 1639, buried<br />
June 17, 1640; twin sons, buried March<br />
18, 1640-41 ; Mehitable, baptized April<br />
18, 1642 ; and Shubael, <strong>of</strong> whom further.<br />
Ensign and Deacon Shubael Dimock,<br />
son <strong>of</strong> Elder Thomas and Ann ( Hammond)<br />
Dimock, was baptized in Barn-<br />
stable, Massachusetts, September 15, 1644.<br />
and died at Mansfield, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, Octo-<br />
ber 29, 1732. He was a prominent citizen<br />
<strong>of</strong> Yarmouth, on Cape Cod ; served<br />
Conn—5—18 2/<br />
as selectman from Barnstable, and as<br />
ensign and deputy to the General Court<br />
in 1685-86 and 1689. He removed to what<br />
is now Mansfield, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, among<br />
the pioneers in 1693, and his house in<br />
Mansfield is still in good repair and occupied,<br />
according to recent report. The<br />
house in which he lived in Barnstable was<br />
the fortification house built by his father,<br />
which was taken down in 1800; it stood<br />
near the house now, or lately, owned by<br />
Isaac Davis, <strong>of</strong> Barnstable ; was two<br />
stories high, twenty feet square, the first<br />
story <strong>of</strong> stone, the upper <strong>of</strong> wood. Mr.<br />
Dimock married, in April, 1663, Joanna<br />
Bursley, baptized in March, 1645-46, died<br />
in Mansfield, May 8, 1727, daughter<br />
<strong>of</strong> John Bursley. Children: 1. Captain<br />
Thomas Dimock, born in Barnstable,<br />
April, 1664, killed September 9, 1697, by<br />
Indians and French ; married Desire<br />
Sturgis. 2. John, born June, 1666; re-<br />
moved to Falmouth ;<br />
married<br />
Elizabeth<br />
Lombard. 3. Timothy, <strong>of</strong> whom further.<br />
4. Shubael, Jr., born February, 1673;<br />
married (first) Bethia Chipman, and (sec-<br />
ond) Tab-itha Lothrop. 5. Joseph, born<br />
September, 1675; married, May 12, 1699,<br />
Lydia Fuller. 6. Mehitable, born 1677.<br />
7. Benjamin, born 1680; resided in<br />
Mansfield. 8. Joanna, born 1682; married<br />
Josiah Conant. 9. Thankful, born November,<br />
1684; married Deacon Edmund<br />
Waldo.<br />
Timothy Dimock, son <strong>of</strong> Ensign and<br />
Deacon Shubael and Joanna (Bursley)<br />
Dimock, was born in Barnstable, Massa-<br />
chusetts, March. 1668, and died in 1733.<br />
He removed to Mansfield, <strong>Connecticut</strong>,<br />
and thence to Ashfield, same State. He<br />
married Abigail Doane, who died in<br />
1718. Children : Timothy,<br />
born June 2,<br />
1703; John, January 3, 1704-05; Shubael,<br />
<strong>of</strong> whom further ; Daniel, January 28,<br />
1709-10; Israel, December 22, 1712; Eben-<br />
ezer, November 22, 171 5.