Families of Dickerman Ancestry: Descendants of Thomas Dickerman, an Early Settler of Dorchester, Massachusetts

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Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1897 - 650 sider
Thomas Dickerman and his wife, Ellen, came to Dorchester Massachusetts ca. 1636. He died there in 1657. Early descendants lived in Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut and then spread throughout the U.S.

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Side 307 - But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
Side 1 - A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Side 65 - Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow : You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When the evening sun is low.
Side 513 - For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of : for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel...
Side 539 - I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Side 65 - The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Side 467 - Honor to the house where they are simple to the verge of hardship, so that there the intellect is awake and reads the laws of the universe, the soul worships truth and love, honor and courtesy flow into all deeds.
Side 135 - Alas, sir ! a commonwealth ought to be but as one huge christian personage, one mighty growth and stature of an honest man, as big and compact in virtue as in body...
Side 18 - God for the same and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament...

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