Philemon Dickerson

The New Netherland Ancestors of

PHILEMON DICKERSON



Governor, House of Representatives, State Assembly



	    __Captain Peter Dickerson2
	   |
       __Jonathan Dickerson1,2
      |    |
      |    |                    __Robert Coe5
      |    |                   |
      |    |               __Benjamin Coe4,6
      |    |              |    |
      |    |              |    |__Mary (__)5
      |    |              |
      |    |          __Joseph Coe3
      |    |         |    |
      |    |         |    |     __John Carman6
      |    |         |    |    |
      |    |         |    |__Abigail Carman4,6
      |    |         |         |
      |    |         |         |__Florence (__)6
      |    |         |
      |    |     __Joseph Coe2
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |__Judith (__)3
      |    |    |
      |    |__Ruth Coe2
      |         |
      |         |__Esther (__)2
      |
PHILEMON DICKERSON1
      |
      |                    __Robert Coe5
      |                   |
      |               __Benjamin Coe4
      |              |    |
      |              |    |__Mary (__)5
      |              |
      |          __Joseph Coe3
      |         |    |
      |         |    |     __John Carman
      |         |    |    |
      |         |    |__Abigail Carman4
      |         |         |
      |         |         |__Florence (__)
      |         |
      |     __Thomas Coe1
      |    |    |
      |    |    |__Judith (__)3
      |    |
      |__Mary Coe1,2
	   |
	   |__Sarah Douglas1



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Biography of PHILEMON DICKERSON

 
DICKERSON, Philemon, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Succasunna, Morris County, N.J., January 11, 1788; pursued classical studies, and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1808; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1813 and commenced practice in Paterson, N.J., the same year; admitted as a counselor in 1817; member of the State general assembly from Essex County in 1821 and 1822; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1833, until November 3, 1836, when he resigned, having been chosen Governor by the legislature; served as Governor and ex officio chancellor from November 3, 1836, to October 27, 1837; appointed sergeant at law in 1834, being the last person in New Jersey to hold that title; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-seventh Congress; appointed judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on March 2, 1841, and served until his death; president of the city council of Paterson, N.J., in 1851; died in Paterson, N.J., December 10, 1862; interment in Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Bartlett, J. Gardner, Robert Coe, Puritan, His Ancestors and Descendants,
       1340-1910:  with notices of other Coe families.  Boston:  privately
       published, 1911.  106.
   2.  Ibid., p. 103-104.
   3.  Ibid., p. 90.
   4.  Ibid., p. 81-83.
   5.  Ibid., p. 71-77.
   6.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  233.

 

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