Ancestry of
Emily Dickinson

American Poet

Edward Dickinson

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• • Father of Emily Dickinson — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Fowler Dickinson 
  • Mother:
  • Lucretia Gunn   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Jan 1803 
  • Birth Location:
  • Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Jun 1874 
  • Death Location:
  • Tremont House, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Emily Norcross
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 May 1828 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Monson town records indicate the marriage of Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross took place on 05 MAY 1828, while the Amherst town records indicate they were married on 06 MAY 1828 in Monson. Since the wedding took place in Monson, I believe the Monson date to be the correct one.

• Sources for Edward Dickinson

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/24/2014).
  • ² MASSOG: A Genealogical Magazine for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc., 2012, Vol. 36, No. 1, p. 26.
  • ³ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1997, Vol. 14, p. 147.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 202.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 40.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Edward Dickinson", (accessed 10/24/2014).
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Emily Dickinson", (accessed 10/24/2014).