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AnSI.OW, PRINTKR and PfHLISHER. 1S99. h A Genealogy of the Dimock Family* 7t HAD we coininemxd this ixronl fifty years a.i;() no doubt il would have Ikcu easier work. l)Ut even then it would have been ini])ossi])le to have obtained the names of all the descendants, much less the dates of births, marriages and deaths, seeing" that they are widely scattered over the world — but we liaxx- done the best we could under the circumstances, and wish here to thank all who ha\e tried to help us. Before we .i^ive the followin^^ record of the Kind's Chami)ions, we wish to remind the reader that while world- l\-minded people may place .threat value on such titles, tlie hund)le Christian will place but little value (m such hi.u:h soundino- titles. What they wish to value is the title that (xod gives to His redeemed children, who, He .says, are to be made kin^s cUid priests for Him, the Kinj; of Kin.i::s, and Lord of Lords. And wdiile we write of the.se thiui^s, we wi.sh t< throw in such thouj^hts as would cheer the heart to look forward to that f^lorious union — the ^Llrria.^e Supper of the Lamb, — when Christ shall present to His I'ather, the Kino-, His bride, the Land)'s wife, all .t^dorious, as the Kino's Daughter, in garments of wrought needle work. lUes.sed are they that are called to the ^L^rriagc vSupper of the Lamb. Why sliould the childrcu of a Kin,L,^ CjO nioiiniinti,' all their days, (rreat Loinfoiler, descend and hriii.LS Some tokens of thy j^n-ace. Then lei our ■^ynv^s .tbound, And every tear be dry. We're niarchint; throniih Inunanuel's land. To fairer worlds on \\\\i^\. IIGZP.'^ We will now ^i\c- ^oinc in tercel iu^^ history conceniinj; our old ancestor Sir Robert Dymoke, who. witli his de- scendants have acted as Kinj;'s Champions for many hun- dreds of years, even for the thirty last coronations, of Ivnj; lish kinj^s and (|ueens, established as Kind's Champion 1)\ Kinj; William the First. Accordinj.; to the best information we can obtain we are satisfied that all the Dimock faniih in these Prosinces and the V. S. are descendants of Sir Robert Dymoke, who was Kinj^^s Champion at the corcmation of Henry\'II and Henry \III. We well remember to have heard our parents and other old ])eople tell how some of our ancestors had chosen to spell their namo with a " >• ' in the place of an ' i,' and that some had spelt it with two " ms," but that the original name was Dymoke. In evidence of thi> we find articles in different old newspa])ers. In an article written by vSanuiel Lodi;e in the Illustrated London News, July 2Sth, iSSS : — '• Here at the entrance to the park, a lit- tle to the left, and facino; the road leading to the Rectory .stands the famous Lyon Gate, .so-called from the lion which stands on a stone archway, which is covered with i\y, and gives abundant e\idence of old age. The careful observer will not fail to notice on the right hand of the arch a rude but curious cutting .giving a rough delineation of the ety- mology of the name of I)\m()ke. An oak tree is ])lainl> visil)le, the stem of which divides into two etjual jiortions, with t;:e letters R. DVMOK which in all probability may be taken to signify that the arch was built by Sir Robert Dvmoke, who was King's Champion at the coronation of Henry VII and Henry VIII.' We will now .give what recentl\- appeared in an Hnglisli paper. "London. April i6th. — There is a .six weeks' old baby in England, who. if he lives till then, will play a ro- mantic part in the coronation ceremonies of Queen \'ictoria's successors. In other words this interesting infant is the future King's or Queen's Champion of Great Britain and Ireland." The birth of the young Champion was modestly ciiron- icled in the London papers as follows : — " Dymoke — On the 22nd of F'ebruarN-, at Scrivelsln- Court. Lincolnshire, ■lOI*** ^ liis (k-- aiiy liini- . of Iviij?- npioii !)>■ onuation taniilN in ir Roi)erl nation of ■ to have nc of our v ' in the ni's.' but :e of thi> \n article )n News, irk, a lit- ■ Rectory on which 1 ivy, and 1 obser\-er ::h a rude f the ety- is i^lainl)' portions, )iHty may ir Robert )nation of ,n Kn^bsh •eeks' old ]ila\- a ro- \'ictoria's ant is the ritain and tly chron- noke — On icolnshire. the wife of !•'. S. I)\nn)ke, the in>■ vSciuiii- I)\ moke of Scri\'elsb\- Court, and eventually to descend to the child just born to iiim. When William the Coucjueror came over from Xormand\ lu' bronchi in his train one Robeit de Marmion. I.ord of Onlenaye. whose sires had Ions; ofliciated a> lit reditarx cliain])ions to the Xorman dukes. Kinj; William .^ranted to this Robert the manors of Scrixelshx and Taii'worth in I.incolnshire. on condition --( and herein lies the ri.i;lil and title to the niiceii's Championslii]) i— that at the coronation of each and e\erv So\ercij.;;n successor of the s.iid KinjL; of l'!nj;land, then the heir male of said Robert de >birmion >^liould a|)i)ear at the loot of the throne, arra\ed in full armou.r. with lance and shield, and lakiui^ off his y,auntlet should cast it on the floor inchalleii.^e lo ;ill comers on behalf of lii> lie!,;e the Kin^^. .Xnd should an\- man pick up the .gauntlet aforesaid in challeiii^e of the Kiii;<"s claims, it should l)e the said champion's I'oundeii diit\- lo meet him there and then in single combat, h'or tlie due performance t>f these functions the cham])ion should be couln'ii.ed in his manor of Scrivelsb\-, and should rcceiw in i^iierdoii from the Kiiiiy; a cu]) of _<,;ol(l. There are lhirl\- of these .golden cups at the manor house of .Scri\'elsh\- in biiicolnsliire. showiuj;" that the descendants of old Roliert de Marmion, the first chamiiion, ha\'e challenged all comers on behalf of their lords and masters at no less than thirt\- coronations. And the descendants of Roliert ?\Iarmiou made champion h\- William I continued to tliuiL;- down the gauntlet at corona- tion after coronation down lo that of her ])resenl MajeslN' on June 2S. 1S3S The direct male line of the .\birniion famil>- was the hero of Sir Walter ScoU's famous p>-cm of that name. Charles I)\-inoke, of .Scri\elsl)y. was cham])ion at the coronation of William III and Oueen .\inie. His brother Lewis acted for Cjeor^^v I and (ieor,i:;'e II : ih.en a cousin. John I)>nioke. of .Scrixelsby, was cliam]-)ion at the coronation of (ieoriL;:e III. Whether Alherl, Pri'i''. of Wales, or his son (Jeorire succeed Oueen \'iciori;!, (.r *^er Majestx' i4:i\"e ])lace lo some other heir. Mr I'. .^. DynioKc, MIHI and after liini his hahy son, will be n-;'xt champion of Ivn,^- land. We s^ive one more extract that appeared in a late Ivn.^'lish ])aper which sa\'s : — "Yet another of our fine old count}' seats is about to be dismantled, vScrivelsby Manor, 1)\- order of exectitors of the late Lady Dymoke, who has resolved to bring to the hammer all its costly contents, in- cludinn- the lonj>- series of family portraits, helmets of the champions of l'HK Tiio^iAS DiMoCK, SOU of lulward, came fn^n hjigland to Barnstabie, Phinouth Co., Mass., in iC'37. Elder Dimock married Aim Hannnond ; their children — TimotliN-, Mahitable, vShubael ; the two first children died youno-. SiiTHAia. DniocK, .son of Thomas, married Johanna Piursley : their children — Thomas, John, Timothy, Snul)ael, [o.se])!!, Mahitable, Benjamin, Johanna, Thankful. Cai'T. Thomas Di.mock, .son of vShubael, married Desire vSturgis ; (no children). He was killed in battle. His widow married Col(jnel Thatcher. Joiix Di.AiucK married Elizabeth Lambert ; nine chil- dren, names not ,<>"i\'en. Timothy DniocK ; no children. Joseph Dnii ;k married Lydia Fuller ; eight children, names not gi\-en. Bkxjamix Dimock ; no children. JoH.wxA married Josiah Conant ; .se\-en children, not named. TiiAXKFri, Dimock married Deacon ^Llldo ; had ten children, names not given. SiiriLVKi, DnioCK married Tabitha Lathop ; their children — John, vShubael, Daniel, Israel, Kbenezer. The last three remained in Connecticut the last we knew of them. John .settled in Ashford. Connecticut. of Iuit>- 11 a late ir fine old \- Manor, who has iciits, in- ets of the iree years ect record :aiiie from in 1637. :hildren — Idren died d Johanna ', Sluibael. 1. 1, married in Ixittle. nine cliil- t children, ildreii. not ) ; had ten lop ; their zer. 1 he \v of them. vSiniJA];i, DmocK married Miss Htxifevifirst wife.) Had three children by her. named Abigail. M)aniel, Asa. vShe died and he married luinice Marsh, by whom he had ci"ht children. Anic.Mi. Di.AiocK married Amos Marsh ( first husband ) : name of the second unknown. Her third husband was a Mr. Howard. She died t had no children i. In the fall of 175c) Mr. Diniock with his faniil\- ca.nie to Falmouth. ( III llii' M:iiil< .IniirtKtl, WiiiiNiir. .\. S,, is.s;.) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. .\ skeU'h of Ihf (.-arly life (•!' Sini'.Ai:!, Dimock, l\y>l .Missi (iiary of Uk- (lospel in I'aliiioutli, whiTc Ik- found an asvlum from persecu- tion in 1759. -\ ])ai)t'r rv' taken to pay costs. - His son Daniel was engage', in the same cause, and much of the worldly substance of both father and .son was wasted by these persecutions. They were both arraigned before the Magistrate's Court in Tolland for preaching contrar>- to law. One of the Magistrates told them he was deter- ' / f^-^^ - -; , ^i=* ir^s:^ mined to slojf .their preacliiii!^. Sentence was passed on both with permission, however, to leave the conntry or to discontinue preaching;. Daniel said, "As I consider Wind- ham jail of too narrow dimensions in which to carry out the broad conunission, '< to ye into all the world and preach the t^ospel to every creature." I will leave the country." .So he left for Nova Scotia in 175S. Mr. Dimock remained in jail several months. When liis son Daniel came back from Now vScotia he obtained ])er- mission for Jiis father to leave the countr\-, and persuaded liim to return with him and find an asylum in Xo\a Scotia. And so he, with his whole family, arrived in P'almouth. N. vS., al)OUt October 1759, not 1760 as some otliers ha\-e re- ]K)rted. Tlie>- came six months before the t>reat numlx'r who came from Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and ar- ri\e(l there Ma\- i-( ■. Mr. Dimock was honored b\- bein«r a])pointed Moderator of the first town meeting; in Falmouth. His name a})peared on the town records. Hut it is to be re- Lj^retted that no ecclesiastical record remains of that early ]ieriod f)f Falmouth history, to recount the fact, that lie was cliosen Pastor of that isolated band, self-exiled from their iionies. Hut we have !;4;ood reason to infer from his l)urnini( /.eal in the cause of Christ as exemplified !)>• the ardor with which he stro\-e to preach upon ever\- occasion in the face of persecution, sufferiu"^, bonds, and im]n"is(mmeuts, and undauntedl\- exhorted the officer and ma,t;-istrate to l)e recon- ciled to Ood, while within the ,i;;rasp of the law, and now that he had at last found a haven of rest, an asylum from ])ersecution, that he would in o;ratitu(le for deliverance, and in pursuance of his conuni.«^sion. be increasin,i;ly earnest to erect an altar to that (lod who had heard him ou the day of his distress, and ])rou!<'ht him safely to tliis i^romised Canaan, and that he became a missionar>' amoni^st them, ])reachiuo-, not only to the Xew Knt^landers, but also to tho.se who emij;Tated from ( ireat Hritain about the .same time. Tliis was 129 years a,i;o. and 15 years l)efore Henry Allen's conxersion and ministry. Subse(piently Mr. Dimock remo\-ed to Newport, and was baptised l)y his son Daniel, in the Kennetcook River, and became a rej^ular Ha])tist Minister and verv successful in hi.s work. He died there in - m4 issed on try or to cr Wiiul- arry out ul ])reach )iinlry."' When lied ])er- K-rsnadc'tl .a Scotia. loutli. N. lia\-e re- 1 nnndx-r ^, and ar- 1)>" beinj^ alnionth. •i to l)e rc- ;hat early at lie was from their is l)urnin!< irdor witli 1 tile face cuts, and I l)e recon- and now luni from aiice, and earnest to II the day promised ^st them, it also to the same )re Henry r. Dimocic )n Daniel, r Ha])tist d there in 17S1. Mr. Dinujck had three wives ; the second was a Miss Marsh, who accompanied him to Xova Scjtia, and a patri- archal family of twelve children and numerons descendants in this ProN'ince. who seem to have inherited his mental and moral calibre, as man\- are found in jimmintiiLiMJsitions of trust in the church and in secular life"-two years old. P>ut vSliu])ael con- tinued prcachiiii;' at Mansfield. Ashford and adjacent ])laces. As he was ])reachiii}.; in Mansfield, an officer came with a warrant to take him to Windham jail. lie read the war- rant purportin.1]^ that said vShubael Dimock had been duly coiuicted of preachino- the s^^osjiel coiitrar\- to law in a school-house in Mansfield, and under an oak tree in Ash- ford. etc. He then informed the preacher that he was re- ([uired to lodj^e him in Windham jail. "Well." said Mr. Dimock. "if \(ni lia\-e an\' dut\' to perform nou must at- tend to it, I shall not resist xou." The officer then re- ijUested him to i^;" with him to Windham. The preaclier rei)lied, "I do not feel that I luux* an> call to Windham, and as I ]ia\-e an a])pointmeiit, (.od willin.t;", to ])reacli under the oak tree in Asliford, I cannot conscientiousl\- ,l;'o with \"ou of in>' own accord." A horse was pro\i(kd, and by the hel]") of several men the ])risoner was jilaced on the horse. The officer asked him to ,<;uide the horse, he said, "I will t;"uide him to Ashford, or to ni\- own home, but I can- not in conscience take a single step in conn')liance with that warrant." The ofiicer then mounted the horsj behind the jirisoiier, and <;"uided the horse to Windham. And as Paul, when a ])risoner, jn'cached Christ to his ])ersecutors. .-•0 Mr. Dimock a\-ailed liimself of this op}iortuiiit\- on the jounie\' to exhort the officer to be reconciled to Ciod. And it was thought by others and confessed by the ofiicer. that for the time beiiijj^ he was (piite as much a pri.soner as was Mr. Dimock. But there was a i.^reat change in the officer wh'jii they reached the jail, for he entreated to be allowed to take the jirisoner's i)lace while the jireacher mif^ht ;;o to his appointment. On arrixinj; at Windham the Magistrate before whom he had been tried tauntiii.nlN' accosted him, " Ah. did I not tell \()U that I would stop your preachiii";." - -^Wl^f ^-^^. '-* • ■ •'■ ■- 1 ■ 10 " Yes, sir," said the preacher, " you did ; but you have not done so yet, and I do not see how >-ou are .uoiut;- to accom- phsh it unless you cut out my toni;ue." Then he exhorted the niaj;istrate to flee to Christ as his only Saviour. Not- ably anions;- the^^ former are a succession of preachers. Daniel, a.s beiore'- stated, was a Minister, then two of his sons, Ivlder Jose])]] Diniock, and Ivlder Cieori;e Dimock, both eminent for l)iet\' and usefulness. Joseph likewise had two sons who eui^a.i^ed in this honorai)le callin<;-, iClder Anthony au-d David Dimock. The last foiu' have preached here and are <;-ratefully remendiered. Here is an event without a parallel in Xova vScotian history. A father, son, t^randsons, j^reat Lj;randsons, four ^generations of cler,iL;vmen ; shall Vv'e call it an Apostolic Succession. \'enl\- that ma.u,istrate made a ^i^reat mistake when he said he wotild sto]) Mr. Dimock's ]')reachin,v;- ; for the preachinj;- has i^one on liirou.^h his ]X)sterit>' ft)r 130 years, and the influentx- will be felt and acknowledt;ed throughout eternity. ( If Miss Young was writing this .sketch now she could lind sonrj ])reachers in e\'ery generation to the nundj^r of twelve in all. ) And shall we not gratefully- ackncnvledge the vSovereign wisdom and love of our He;ivenly Father, in directing' such a noble pioneer of mis.sions hither. The shafts of ])er.secution that assailed him was for our benefit. Can we estimate what a tower of strength it was both, in sacred and .■secular affairs, for the infant Township of h'almouth to ha\-e one of such sterling- (pialities to guide the helm. I said his nan.ie was on the town records : ii is more indeli1)ly engra\-ed in the Lamb's Book of Life : and now he has received the " Well done" from tlie King-, and an abundant reward for rdl his sufferings. And one of the bvlders answered, sa\-ing unto me, who are these who are arra>-ed in white robes, and whence came they? And I said unto him, sir, thou know- est. And he said u.nto me, these are they who came out of great tribulation, and have washed tlieir robes, and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of Ciod and ser\-e him da\- and night in His Temple. 11 ha\-e not to accoin- exhorted ur. Xot- ireachcr.s. wo of lii,^ ock, l)olh had two Anthon\- here and without a n'andsons, sliall we nia<;istratL' sto]) Mr. m Liiroiij;ii ill be felt iss Voting- ])reachci>- ill. ) And Xn wisdom !ch a nolilc :ution that ate what a lar affairs, ne of snch name was ved in the the ' ' Well for ;dl his .N'ini^- unto "obes, and lion know- ime ouL of and made e are the\- :1 ni.yiit in SHUBAEL DinOCK. A SkcU'h of his lifo l)y his ,>4;r.iiiilson, Rev. Joscpli Diniork ; rc'pul)- lislR'il l)v rt'(|iicsL t'nuii tlu- Hajilisl .Missionary MayaziiK' of .SL'])tL-)Ill)LT, iS_^6. »Shnl)ael Dimock was born in the vState of Conneelient, then a Briti.sh ])rovince, abont the year 170S. He was of the vStandiny^ Order, or Con;^re.s;ationnlist, and obtained hope in the Saviour when youn,ii^. He was l)ron,L;ht up b}' his J4randsire, who was a deacon of a Con<;"re^ati(jnal chiu'ch, and was, therefore, tan.^ht all the rites and principles of that denomination, and after he ex])erienced the power of relij.;i()n, he united with the church and observed all its form>. He resided in Mansfield, Windham County. Mr. Dimock w;is united in marria!:;'e to a Miss Hove>". by whom he had two sons and one dau.i.;iiter, after which she died. He was sul).sec[uently married to a Miss Marsh of the same i^rovince, 1)\" whom, I think, he had ei.^iu chil- dren, two of whom died youno'. Death a.^ain snatched his consort from his embraces ; she dietl in Xova ScoticU Some time after, he was a^ain iiTirried to a Mrs. ^h^•sters, a widow, by whom he had one son. He died ^hly 24th, 17S1. He wns ot small stature, (piick in his motions, and \er;\- perse\-eriii,L;- in the small circle in which he moved. But that which most distinouished him was his decidedly relii;ious ])rinciples. He took a warm interest in what is called the vSeparate re\-i\'al in New Ihig'land, in the time of the ,i;reat relit^ious excitement in that country, :ind was much op]")(~)sed b\- the rulin.i^ ])arty. He pra>-e(l and exliorted in their Se])arate nieetiii*;-, l)Ut was taxed to pa>- to ministers whom he ne\er heard, and whom he could not c;)nscien- tiouslx- su]-)port. I am not sufficieiith' accpiaiiited with all the g'ronnds of dispute between the vStandino- Order and the .Separatists, tos])ecif\- them. I know one controverted point with Lliem was respectint;- (lualifications for the ministry. The vStanding Order contended that a man of moral habits, good acquirements, or thorouj^h education, without the reiiewiiif^ of the Holy Spirit, mij^^ht be a successful minister of Christ : the other iiiaint- ' led that God called his friends to that work, and not his enemies ; that education, though good in it ]ilaces, could not make a minister of Jesus Christ. ■|N:«f This was warmly disunited in a jiiiblic dehale by Mr. Salter and Mr. Hovcy. After Mr. »S. had. in an elaborate s])eech, endeavored t(* prove from »Scriptnre, especially the ca.se of Jndas, that the .sjjecial grace of God was not neces- sary to entitle a man to mem])ership in a church, or to a ministerial office, Mr. H. re])lied : " >!»-. vS. has placed a chair in the chnrcli of Chri.st for Judas, and now, if he wi.shes to sit in it, he is welcome to do .so ; i ut for m>' |)art I do not wish for such a seat mwstlf, therefore cannot con- scientiously encourage others to fill .so fea'"ful a situation." He said he was of the opinion of Mr. Whitfield. " That a faithful ministry is among the greatest !)lessings the Al- mighty has been pleased to bestow on his peo]^le. l)Ut an uncon\-ened ministr\- is one of the greatest curses to which a people are doomed." But. as Mr. Dimock would not ])a_\' his rates, the_\' were sued for, exce]-)t when his wife would pa\- them, to save any valuable article from the officer. He and many others were frequeii'ly sent to jail, or whipped for their contumacy in ]-)reaching Christ, or encouraging vSej^arate meetings. I recollect t(> have heard him relate a circumstance concerning a person, perha{>s himself, who had held a meeting in Mans- field, and in the time of worship an officer came with a war- rant to take the leader of the meeting to Windham jail. When ser\-ice closed, he read his warrant, and asked him if he would go to Windham with him. He said he had no call to go to Windham that he knew of, i)Ut said, if the officer had an\' (UU\- to do, he nuist attend to it — that he should not resist him. The constable ol)tained help, and ;-et the prisoner on a horse which had been ]:)rovided for that ])Urpose. The officer then asked him if he would guide the liorse. He told him he would guide him to his (jwn house if he would allow him, but that he had nothing to do in that kingdom, and thertfore could not, in con.science, guide the hor.se one ste]) in compliance with that warrant, which was ])ersecuting the cause and ])eople of Ood. The officer then got on the horse behind the pri.soner, and guided the hor.se to Windhaui. While proceeding on their jotirney the ])risoneT availed himself of the opportunit\- of addressing the officer so closely on the subject (^f religion, that it was tc ]>y Mr. elaborate cially the not iieces- li, or to a placed a low, if lie r my ])art nnot con- t nation." Tliat a s the Al- le. but an to wliieli a the\- were o save any itliers were tuniac\- in etings. I concerning: g in Man.s- ritli a war- Ihani jail. ked him if he had no lid, if the t— that he help, and ed for that .^•nide the )wn hon.sf » (loin that gnide the which was ifficer then the horse Lirney the iddressinj^ hat it was i:: thought, for tht time l)eing, the ofhcer was as much a pris- oner as the real one, and that he felt as desirous to be re- leased. I do not recollect how long he was kept in prison. Hut the Ruling Party was so intolerant, and Mr. Dimock, with many others, so harassed by fines, imprison- ments, whippings, (S:c. , that the\- thought as they were per- secuted in one ]ilace the\- would flee to another, and sot>n after removed to No\-a Scotia. He here found a place in which, notwithstanding the hardships o*^ settling a nev.' countr\ , he could, in a spiritual ]K>int. sit under his own \ine. ^ This removal took place in the autumn of i$59. When lu' came to Xew|x:)rt. N. vS., a few pious ])ersons gathered round him to hear him preach, and sustain the cause of re- ligion, and witness to the truth. Here he continued during the life of his .second wife : after his third marriage he re- moved to Falmouth, \vhere he found a few pious persons, but religion was in a very low state. After some time he remoxed his family back to Newpijrt. where his eldest son lived. He continued preaching in Newport to a small coii- jgregation of people in private hou.ses. About this time two brothers by the name of vSutton. Baptist ministers, \-isited those parts alternately, or together. The Lord was plea.sed to bless their ministr>- to a number of souls, which greatly strengthened the people of ChkI. and inspired with h()l\- \-igor the ardent soul of this messenger of peace. vShortly after the last visit of the vSuttons Mr. Henr>- Alline, of Falmouth, was converted, and was powerfully exercised about preaching. He .soon after began to preach, which increa.sed the zeal of prof'.-.ssors of religion in a good degree. Mr. I), did not agree with all the peculiarities of Mr. Alline' s creed, yet he looked upon him as an eminent in- strument in the hands of the Almighty to call sinners to repentance. After this, a number of Christians of diflferent ages were formed into a church, called the Church of Fal- mouth and Newport, consisting of Congregationalists and 14 Baptists. The cliurch niel oiicc a nioiitli for coiiiniiiuion. Mr. I), and his son Daniel generally aLtended the nio.uhly nieetinj^s, sunnner and winter. He was .so opposed to the Scri])tnral ordinance of Ikdiever's Ba])tisni by immersion, that when his son Daniel was exercised on the subject, and desired to be baptised, he would not con.sent to it. Daniel, therefore, deferred it until he was twenty-four or twenty- five years old, at n-hich time he freely consented. Subse- ([Ueiitly, when nearly seventy >'ears old, he was ba])ti/.ed liimself. by his son, who had been ])re\'iousl>" ordaiu'-d as a Baptist min.ister. When Mi»j I), wa.s first exerci.sed on the subject, he tena- ciously cluni; to the artruments which are resorted to by P[edoba])tists. When he was driven from Scripture, he flew to reason, and would fre([uently drav\' conclusions and jiremises like these : " That (iod wa.-> a Cio;i v)f merc_\", and would not require immersions in ;iuch a cold country ; " " That so many of the martyrs that .sealed the truth with iheir l)l()()d could not be mi.staken," and "Would the Lord own, su])]-)ort, and .^-rant them his ])resence, in error," and also, " That he had enjoyed cor.ifort in offerinj;' up his eld- est dau.L^hter l)y baptism,' ( spririklin*^. ) The circum- stance made such an imprc'ssion on his mind, that it was his most powerful argument to cond)at, and the last one he gave up. liut the Lord di.scc^ered to him tliat he was leav- ing the unerring standard c^f Truth, and trusting to very fluctuating aiid dangerous cnterions. He saw now that (lod had been plea.sed to commune with his peoide over many imperfections, and many wrongs, and that (kxl has never given up his prerogative, nor made his conduct to- wards his people a rule for us to walk by, but has given us the vScriptures, by which to walk. He now .said, " If God was pleased to make it the duty of His people to offer their children up by fait'n and prayer, and if he was pleased to own the faith he gave, and to pass by my superstition, I see no reason wh.y I shcndd make an ordinance where God has made none. ' ' He could no longer li\-e in di.sobedience to so plain a command. He was baptized by his .son in the river Kennctcook. He preached a good ^lile in connection )niimiiii()n. ic mo ii!ily )sc(l to the innncrsi')!!, iibjcct, and Daniel, or twenty- .Snbse- is l)apti/ecl aini'd as a :t. lie tcna- orted to by ure, he flew usions and mercy, and country ; " truth with d the Lord ^rror," and up his eld- *he circuni- .hat it was last one he le was lear- ns- to very ■ now that peojile over It (lod has •onduct to- is c;^iven us , " If (^od offer their 1 pleased to i-rstition, I where (lod isobedience son in the connection 1.') with his son, one preachinrj in the niornin.c:. and the other in the afternoon. Hut at last his a^e and infirmities distpiali- fied him. When he becauK' too feeble to leave his own house, he had meetings appointed there. He often used to address the coui^regation, sitting- in his arm-chair, so warmly and affectionatel>-, that they would be melted down to tears. His aMresses were generall\- made of solenui a]^])eals from the word of (iod to the conscience : of the turpitude of sin, — the unreasonableness of neglecting religion, the sliortness of time. — the va.st concerns of eternity. — the sweetness and sure sup]iort of religion to the believer. vSometinie in the autunui of i 7S0, it was exident that he was fast hastening, b\- a hectic cough, and decay, to his dissolution, and looked forward to it with the utmost composure. About this time he began to keep a diary, which con- tinued till witliiu a short time of his death. lUit this, with all the rest of his papers, was destroyed wlien his son Dariiel's house was burned, soon after the death (jf the sub- ject of c^iis memoir. vSome passages, still fre-^h in memor\-. are as follows : — " This ila\- I lia\e been calling to mind some passages of my life, and ha\-e great cause for humility, re- pentance and self-abhorrence, and great rea.-on for thankful- ness for man>- deliverances, but abo\-e all. for tleliverance from sin and temptation— for (lod's love and a vSaviour's blood — for the consolations of the Hol>- .Spirit, and hopes of eternal glor\ . ' Bless the Lord. () my soul, for His good- ness, and for all his wonderful works to the children of men," and for all his superabounding grace to me and mine. What was L or all my father's house, that the Lord .should deal tluis graciousl\ with me? How does it ]x.'hoove me to shake myself from the earth, >!i;:^ all the things of time, and live only to Ciod, what tin, 1 ; .nain here? I find the pins of this earthly tabernacle a--. lOOsening — Lhe clay walls are crumbling and falling down. Oh that my heart may be much to the ' house not made with hands ! ' Had a sweet and refreshing season in secret, and in family }:»ra\-er." -*■: m^' ■ if^-MmmttatMkmksaaamiaaiiim Hi At another time he writes : — '■ This inoniin^ awoke in a jj^looniy state of mind. Could fix m\- mind on no subject for meditation : my mind did not seem to be led into the scriptures — my couj^h trouble- some — tried to brinj^^ death and judj^ment near — to examine myself concerning my ho])e — had no doubt of my personal acceptance with Ciod, but Oh ! how stuj)id and barren is my lieart I The family sang a hynni. and read a chapter in the Bible. I eni^ai^ed in jirayer — felt some intercourse with heaven. ' How lonjj^ shall I sojourn in Mesliek, and dwell in the tents of Kedar ? ' I would say with Job. ' I would not live always, I have no continuinj^ city here, the day is past and jj^one.' 'Tell me. C) thou whom my .soul loveth, where thou feedest. where thou niakest thy flock to rest at noon I ' ■ \Vh\' should the bride appear like one who turns aside to paths unknown ? ' " Another day he writes : "To-day I feel confidence in the ]M'omises of Ood. • The foundation of (lod .stands sure ; the Lord knoweth them that are his. With him I trust my cause.' " Nearly at the close of his diary he writes thus : " This morning I awoke about the dawn of da\" ; m\- meditations of divine things were sweet. ' Before I was aware, my .soul made me like the chariots of Aminidab." The harmony of the di\ine attributes in the economy of redemption, .so over- came my .soul — .so captivated my mind, that wonder, love, praise and joy. overwhelmed me. I knew m\- time was short, and I hoped very short. My enraptured soul could say witli more assurance than ever, ' M\' beloved is mine, and I am His.' He was the gift of the Father for me, and to me ; he hath given him.self to redeem me from the curse : and the Comforter, the Holy vSpirit, hath revealed him in his mediatorial office. O what love ! What wisdom I power and sweetness ! ' And He is mine I yes. he is mine I Could I call all the world, all kingdoms, honor, wealth, power, pleasure, my possessions — oh how contemptible 1 .1 part with all the joys of sense. To jfaze upon thy throne ; Pleasures sprinjf thence, forever thence. Unspeakable, nnknown." If of mind. 11 : my miiul )iij^Ii troubk- -to examine m\- personal barren is m\ lapter in the 'course witli k, and dwell ol), " I would e. the day is i' sonl lo\eth, ck lo rest ai ne who tnnis lises of (lod. ,ord k no we til e. thus; "This y meditations A'are, m\- soul e liarmony of )tion, so over- wonder, love. in\- time was ■ed soul could jved is mine, ■r for me, and nn the curse : •ealcd him in sdom I power mine I Could i^alth. power. M\' con.nh, raisin.Li hlood. and shorliK'ss of hrralli, art pleasant onieiisio mv of m\- departnrt' hein^;' at hand. \\\w I feel willing to wait iii\ lKa\\nl> I'alher's time." These ire spi'cinuns of what his diarx- contained foi two or thix-e nioiilliN ])re\ion> to his death. Ihit toward the clo.se of life, he .seemed wholl\ (K ta<"lK(l from the world, and his com irsation in heaven. ( )n the afternoon l);.fore his death all his children and tJKir partners, exce|)t his .son Shnhael, were pro\ idi.ntiall\ at his house, to see him : and ahout two o'clock, as he was sittini; ill his chair, coiucrsini; in hi ^ usual strain, he ])aused foi a moiiK-nt, and then said \ei"\ calmly, " I do not wish you to he alarmed, l»nt I 1)i.lie\e I am d\iii,n-. I feel a St ran>:^e alteration in me." I lis son Daniel felt his ])nlse, and said that he- did not know that lu/ was just d>in};, hut that there was a threat chaiiL;;. in his pulse. With the greatest calmness and composure he now ^a\-e his d\'in}4 counsel to his wife, and all his family ; — told vShubaers wife lo sa\- to him. " Voii will see your father no more in this world. Tell him from his dyin^' father, to pre- ])are to iiivet me at tlu' l)ar of Ood : tell him tliis is a de- lusive, ensn irini; world ; that its smiles are dant^erous : that ' one th .!l;- is needful,' — a ])ortion in Christ; tell him it was that ..u])])orted me in life, and ik)w makes death eas\' and pleasant to me. I le.u'e him and all ni>- faniih- with the Lord. May the\' ' seek the Lord while he ma\- he found, and call u]>on him while lie is near.' " He said he miiL^ht he mistaken as to his immediate dis- solution, — that he was (luite relie\'ed from that deathly feel- \u^ which he felt awhile l)efore. 1)Ut the traiu|uil .state of his mind was not chanufcd. His countenance and words spoke the serenity and inward })eace of his mind. His strenti:th of \-oice, and wonted viti;or of bod>- and mind, were .so restored by ni(i;-ht, that it was thouj^ht he mii;ht continue sometime. His children went home — he walked to his bed, and his family went to rest except a ste])-dau.<;"luer, who sat b>- his Ijed-side. He a]~)peared to sleep sweetly, till he breathed no more ; and the familx- and friends were called l)efore morn- ing to .see his breathless corpse, and. in their contempla- «M'inMinp««.«»»^ IS lions, i(» follow lii^ (Icparlcil .sj)irii lo ilmsc iiKmsinns pre- 'l>;irc(l !<•! tlu ri>;hK'ous, atul in which tor years he had de- sired lo he. A strni(»n was preaclu-d on iht- occasion of hisdcalh l)y il(kr Nicholas Parsons, a Hapli>l niinisU-r in llorlon. Mi. Diniock's prcachin.s; lalcnl was >iiiall, hut hv had a particular j;il'l in pra\cr and exhortation. The hol> Irce- doni with which he poured out Ids soul at the feet of the Saviour, was sucli a tide of ht)ly breathing;, as often drew all who en.i4aj4:ed w ith him into tlie same heavenl\- stream. I now make u.se of the lani.iuai^e of others, thouj.;h I often fell the power of his exhortations and prayers, condenHiin)..^ me for sinfidness. and caiisinj.^ me to fear that I shoidd never obtain that relij^ion which I l»elie\ed him to i)ossess. 1 recollect to have heard the elder Henr\- AUine once say to m\ father, "Come, llro. Dimock, let us j.jo and si)end the exeniui; with I'ather I). I want to hear him pra\ . I often think. I never heard an\ person pra\ who looks so directly into heaven, and leads others with him as he iloes. I some- times ha\e felt so small. I ne\er wanted lo think of nnself or hear ni\ self a}.;ani. I expect we shall not hear him nnich more on the.se shores of lime. ft)r he will .soon j.;^el home. Vet I may y^et there before him. but if I do. I think it must be \ery soon." He died May 24, 17S1. aged seventy tliree years. He left four sons, six daughters and a widow. All but three of his children had families. () that their latter end may be like his I vSiirisAKi. Dimock was ])orn in Mansfield. Connecticut, 170.S. where he married a Miss Hovitvby whom he had three children, named Abigail. Daniel and Asa. Some years after her death he married a ^Ijss Marsh, by whom he had eight children, two died >'oung ; the others were named Shnbael, Munice, Lydia. Tr\phena. Tr\])hosa, and Hannah, who never married. In the fall of 1750 he with his fannh- moved lo Falmouth, X. .S. The town records there show that he look up a grant of land No. 91. in 1760, as one of the first prt^prietors of the Township, and that he unions pif- hf had (Ic- liis (k*alh l)y orlon. )Ul Ik- liad a ic ht»ly fivc- tVct of the s ot'un drew cmIv slrcnm. mi^li I oltcn cdiukinniiii; lial I sliould 1 lo possess. c once say to lid s])eiid the ra\ . I ot'leii s so directl\' Lies. I some- iiik of tinself tar him imieli loii i^at home, lliink il iiiusl e years. He K\\ but three itter end inav Connecticut, whom he had Asa. Some sh. ])y whom otliers were V>phosa, and 1759 he with town records ). 91 , in 17(10, . and that he wa.s honored h\ hu-inj^ appointed Modcialoi ut the liist town nieetinvj ni I'ahnonth. Some >-.ars after he ino\i.(l witli his famil\ to \ewi)ort. hut continued preaching in Ixith phices until after liis sec -nd wife died, and he had marric whom he had oik- .son named Timothx . After thai he mowd wilii his fainil>- hack to I'ahnonth. and remained some years preacliiui^ to a small C)>nj;rej;ation. Then he a,y;ain moved to N\-wporl wJK-ri- his son Daniel lived, and tlnrc- spL-nl iIk- remaiiK'n- of his da> > prt-achinj; with his son Daniel, one often preach inj,-^ in the niorniin; and the other in the eveiiiuj;. Dr. Cramp, in his liaptist histor\-, s;iys Shuhael Diniock settled in Newport, where father and son preached IIk- );()s- pel and man\ were con\erted. .\nd Dr. Hill, in hisChnrcIi liislor\ . sa}s Shnhael Dimock was one of the principal pro- moters of reli;;ioii in his town and a man of eminent piety. One writiiK* in the Hants Journal, .March 14. iS^o, says that he and h'\> son Daniel preached alternately hetweeii Falmouth .ind Newport until he died, wh.icli was Ma\ -'4, 17M. We may trulv sax the memor\ of such arei)lessc-d ; they rest from their labors and their works do follow them. Shubael Dimock's first dau,L;liter, Abi.i^ail. married Amos Marsh. After some \ears he died and she married a Mr. Howard, > no children ). vShubael Dimock's other children Were Daniel, Asa. l'!uiiice, L\(lia, 'rr\])luna, Trx- ])hosa, Shubael, TimotliN", and two who died nouul;. Daniki. Dimock, eldest son of vShubael Dimock, Sr , \\ as born Sei)tember 24, I7,V. 'ind commenced his ministrx- .soon after his father had commenced his, and e.\]K'rienced much of the .same persecutions from the rulinj; ])owers. until 175S. when he left Connecticut and came to Xo\a Scotia, where he found such a faxorable place for new .settlers to take up land and worshi]) under their own vine and fig tree, none darim; to make them afraid ; .so he returned and en- couraged his father and others to emigrate to Xoxa Scotia, and then came with them in the fall of 1759. Dr. Hill, in his Church historw sa\s Daniel Diniock was a Haptist in sentiment before he left Connecticut, but was not baptized until he settled in Xova Scotia. Dr. Pdll also 20 says Ik- was a cIcN'olcd servant of Ciod and a nseful preacher of the j^ospel, and that he baptized liis father in 1775, and that he was onlained oxer tlie Newport clinrcli in 1799. Hnt the Dr. or liis printer is wrong in that (hite, for the record of Newport church is before me and reads phiinly : ■■ On ()cLol)er 1st the church aja^reed U) send to Horton and Cornwalhs for a council to assist in the ordination of Ih'o. Daniel Dimock, and that on the i^tli of October. 1S03, h'lder T. S. Hardini; and h'dder iulward Manniu"" came witli their Deacons and Hro. Daniel Dimock was ordained." Accord- in*;- to Ivlder Menr\- Allen's Journal he had l)een ordained as a rulinj.;- i'Uder over a mixed church of P)a])tists and Conj;re- gationalists on October 27, 1776. Me died April 5th, 1^1)5. He. like his father, continued preaching luitil within a few da\"s of his death, after hax'ing spent about fortx -five years oi his life in the gos[)el ministry, niostl\- in Newi)ort and Falmouth. He li\-ed beloved and died lamented. The memory of the just is blessed. Daniel Dimock, son of Shubael, vSr. , married Deborah Bale}-, daughter of Joseph lialey, ivs([. Their children were Joseph. Priscilla, Shubael, Daniel, George, \mos, Hannah, 01i\-er. Tryphosa, Sarah, Harris. hj.DiCR JuSiUMi DI.^U)C!s., SOU of Daniel Dimock, Sr., born December 11, 1768, was one of the most successful IJaptist ministers of his day. Dr. Bill, in his Baptist hi.story, says : Kor more than half a centin\\- Joseph Dimock stood before the people of tliese provinces as an amloassador from the court of liea\'en to a world of rebellious sinners, and most faithfulh' and successfully did he fulfil the responsible duties (;f his high and holy \ocation. He says he came from a (rodly ancestry. Daniel Dimock, his father, was a devoted servmit of (lod, and a useful preacher of the gospel. He was early chosen pastor of the church of Chester, and continued in that connection until death. As a Chris- tian father he had few equals, .so kind, so loving. While attending the Association in Bridgetown Jiuie, 1846, he was suddenly stricken down and died, at his s(,'n-in-law"s, Oeorge vStarret. His remains were carried to Chester and buried in the cemetery, wliere ',ve read, sacred to the memory of Joseph DiuKK'k. ■lul preacher in 1775, and roll in 1799. ale, for the ads plaiid_\- : Ilorton and lion of ])ro. , 1803. Ivlder le wilh their A coord - n onhiined as and Con>>;re- »ril 3th, iS()5. williin a few iriN-five years Xe\v])ort and lented. The ried I)e]K)rah children were nios, Hannah, lock, vSr., born xssful P>aptist history, says : stood before ador from the rs, and most )onsible duties i came from a ivas a devoted gospel. :h of Chester, As a Chris- ving. While , FS46, he was son-in-law's, ) Chester and :o the memory Serviiiil ol' (riiil, well doiu-, Rest from lh\ lovtil tiiiijldv. Tlu' batik- fon,u;lit, lla- viclui y won, l''ntrr lliy ^lasler's joy. I'!lder Jose])h Dirnock married Betsy Diinock, daughter of Daniel Dimock, in Conneclicnt. Their children were Joseph, I)el)orah, Daniel, George, Da\id, Anthony. Bessie, Jane, Hannah, Harris. Josi'U'ii Dimock, son of Joseph, vSr., married Rebecca Crandel ; their children —David, Joseph, James, Thomas, Daniel, Rebecca, Bessie, Robert. i;.v\'in, son of Joseph, Jr., never married. JosiCiMi Dimock. Jr., married lUi/abeth Stuart. They had four children, two of whom died xoung. Ri;];i;ccA married McBeath. Li\-es in Massachusetts, r. vS. M VRCiAki'T never married. Jam!':s Dimock, sou of Jose])li, Jr., married Xanc ' Schurman. Their children — Jane. Otis, lunma, Lilla, Albert. Thoma.s Dimock married Clara Moodw The\- had two children who died >oung, and Alice who lix'es in California. Dami'.I- Dimock, son of Josej)!!, Jr., married Ikssie Hamilton ; their children — Ivmma, William, Myrtle, Mabel, Clarenc, Bessij^-, Ivirle. Tlie\' ha\'e one A Kmma Dimock married Heber Capen. son, and live in Massachusetts. Wi 1,1.1 AM Dimock married Hattie vSeaman, who live in Boston, ( \h) family ). MvR'ri,!", Dimock married Miss Capen, had one child called Windsor, li\e in Massachusetts. /), , • jy The (Aher children 4^^ umnarried. Ling at Acatlia. RoiiKKT Dimock, son t)f Joseph, Jr., married in Cali- fornia ; has one child, Maud Dimock. *^«r D.wii) DiMDCK. son of Joseph Diiiiock, was coiuertcd and entered the cliristian ministry in early hfe. The com- mittee on ol)itiiaries at St. Jolm convention in tS()7 reported as follows : "On the i ;th dav of October last this vener- able Father in Israel heard the call of the Master and enter- ed into his rest. Like a shock of corn tulh* ripe and very fruitful, he was called home." They say soon after he was converted it became apparent that the i^ifts and callini.^ uf Ciod, which in turn made sturdy and successful ministers of the gospel out of his father, his grandfather and his great- grandfather before him. were to find in him a worthy heir to this divine fanu'ly legacy. On December 6, 1S41, he was ordained at Chester. His father ]')reacl;ed the ordination sermon from the text Timothy 2 : 1. " Thou therefore, m\' son, l)e strong in the grace that is in Christ Jestis." Short- ly after his ordination Bro. Dimock became the pastor of the mother Baptist Church of Colchester Cou;;t\', the Onslow church. There he labored with great success for a])out sixteen years. The highest honors of his denomina- tion were se\'eral times conferred upon him. In rS72 Acadia conferred on him the honorarx- degree of M. A. In 1S5S he became the i)ast()r of the Truro church, then newly organized. His jjastorate continued about fourteen years. Three years at Billtown closed his active work in the pastorate. His last >ears were .spent in the home of his children in Truro, and from this com- fortable home of his .son he was called into the mansion of his Heavenlv Father. Elder David Dimock married a Miss I)elan>' : the\' had .seven children — \V. D. Dimock. W. K. Dimock, Alice vS. H. Dimock, Oeorge A. Dimock. Mar\- L. Dimock, T. O. B. Dimock, Richard A. Dimock. W. I). Dimock is editor and proprietor of the Truro Weekly and Daily Xews. — ■— Alice married O. C. Cunnnings. She is now a widow with one .son named F'ugene. F'. vSep- tember 30. he entered into the rest that remaineth for the people of God. In the early years of Klder Diniock's min- istry he ])erformed several missionary excursions to the eastern sections of Xova vScotia, which were attended with a rich blessing to .souls for time and eternity. His ])iety, like a sunl.)eam. shed its lustre upon the relations of the domestic life, and made his visitor feel that this good man's residence was none other than the h.ouse of (jod and the very gate of lieaveti. In fact, tlie Christianity of George Dimock was of the primitive type, in life blameless, in death desiring to be absent from the body and ]')resent with the Lord. But in connection with the life work of Ivlder Crcorge Dimock we wish to give .some account of his abundant labors in the good cause of tem]-)erance. lM)r it was he that indited and with his own hand wrote the constitution of the vin.i;' with lier ;lianks. Mas ])oni Jiil\' 17, iclcd from a 111 Mcssenjj;er, ns descended I vScotia from icli they weiv us dissent from \vas ten >ears jiisth- honored Ilorton l\v tlie me a consistent in Angnst of \\';is ordained o. His fatlier, ordained pastor ^ramp is wronjj^ ok I'lnce on the snstiiin the pas- vSatnrday, vSep- maineth for the Dimock's min- :nrsions to the • attended with ty. His ])iety, ekations of the this i;ood man's of God and the >nity of Geor.i^e e l)lamelcss, in id present with )f Ivkler George f his a1)nndant ir it was he that istitution of tlie first Temperance society that was formed in Xcw])ort, which was the third that was sta.'tcd in tlie prox'ince of \o\'a vScotia. One was started a few weeks l)eiore in Rawdon, and one a short time before that in the western part of the l)rovince. The constitution of the first societ\' formed in Newport lies before iiie with 770 names attached to it. This was started in 1S311, and contiiuied montlilx' for many years, hokhng the meetings in (HfTereiit k)cahties all through the town-^hi])s of Xew]»ort and KeiiiiU as far as the weather and circumstances would permit. The uork made no small stir amongst friends and foes. It was surjirising to see how the people tnrnetl out to hear temjKM-aiice lectures in the diffei- eiit places. We remember how we used to see holder Dimock with his Aide-de-camps, snch as John Allison, I^stp, and others jogging off on horseback ( for waggons were .scarce in those da\-S) to attend their monthly meetings. We Well remember the change that soon appeared in the drink- ing habits of the peo])le. Ab(jut a >'ear before this society started iii>- father, liv- ing in Burlingt«Mi, Hants, had a barn to raise, and there rum tlowed in abundance, and the work went on well until the last pair of rafters, which could not or would not ino\e ni)wards until the black bottle was sent up and passed around, ani then they went up with a cheer. Then about a year after the Temperance Association was for-ied m>- father had a honsefranie to raise. So the invitation went out with the understanding that the>- might ex]-)ect i)lent\' of tein])erance drink, but no rum. vSome of the men said, well, if >'(.ui get it u]) without rum, ii will be the first build- ing rai.sed in this part of the country without it. And .so that was the first, and all ]xis.sed off with good satisfaction. They ga\'e three cheers and called the hou.se Temi)erance. What a change from the old times when all the public gath- erings, weddings, and even funerals, must have the cake and wine to treat the friends. I often think of the sudden but quiet disappearance of a rum shop that had been in fnll blast for many years in the village now called Burlington, where I was born and li\'e(l many of my youthful days. As I had to pass the grog slioj) dailN' Rturnin.iL;' t'loin school. I often saw loads of s-dt ha\ on tlic'ir \va\ from Ihc marsh, whicli wonlcl often stop tliere for honrs, the (lri\ers of the teams having- what they called a ii^ood time, plaxin.y; their games to .see who would ])a\- for the next treat. Hut it so happenetl that m\- tVither found what we called nmseller's m(irnin,t; i)rayer, which ran thus :— th e 1 I, on! 'I'lioii lias kt'])l luc Ihrou,^!! tlu' iiiulu Anil blfst my soul wilh moniiii^ lij^^hl ; Willi ij^rateful heart I'll tmiise Thte still ( ) ,yranl me j^rai-e to do I'lv will. Tliou knowL'St I have a tamily I)f])(.n(k'iil on my industry. Should I fill uj) the ])oison()US bowl Chariot' not that sin aj^ainst jnv soul. Thou kncnvestjSLord, I would not sin. Thou knowesl how faithful I have been ; Should I deal out the deadl\- bait May I rei)eut ere 'tis too late. And when m\ work on earth is done .And I retire to worlds unknown. Disturb me not throu<.^h endle.ss yi,'ars With widows' j^roans and or])hans' tears. These lines were i)ri\-ately slii)])ed in under the door of the rum shop one dark ni<;ht, and in a short time after there were no spirituous licpiors to be found there. Xor has tliere ever been a gro<;shoi) there, nor within man> miles of that ])lace since. I reniend)er that when attendino- one of the temperance meetings in vScotch \'illage the honorable Judge ^Iar.shall happened along and gave us an excellent lecture. He said that more than three-cjuarters of the ca.ses tried in the courts of justice grew out of the rum traffic, which was ruining our country. He said oiu" medical men needed to get their eyes more opened to the harm the\- were doing in adminis- tering it so much in their practice. He said he would ad- \'ise those who would use it to keep it upon their highest shelf with, the other p(ji.sons. Xo doid)t the zeal of hdder Oeorge Dimock in the cause ot lemperance was much increased !)>■ the sad trials the Newport church had in the loss of one of their ])astors, after ^,J loads of s"lt uld often slop n^ what they jc wlio wouUl uhat we called us : — u ider the door of short time after :here. Xor has 1 main miles of the temperance !ud leaders, magistrates, captain^ and a host of others, the most of whom I was ac{|uainted with as lhe\- once li\'ed, say be- ginning at Walton along uj) around Kem])t Shore, up through Xew])ort, eastwardl\- to the Kawdon line and south- wardl\- to Windsor line. The most of them hax'e gone to their reward, after working together here in the good cause of tem]>erance as mend)ers of six different denominations. The\' rest from their labors and their works do follow them. One thing worth\- of note was to see how readily the pledged mend)ers of the old total Abstinence vSociety. and their descendants took hold and worked with tl:e Sons of Temi)erance and Lodges of Tem])lars as soon as they took up the good work, that has gone on by the help of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which has done nuich good in late _\ears. And now while we wish to give all the prai.se that is due to all Associations, we should not forget to give undivided praise to Him who has crowned our labt)rs thus, Ijrought us .so near to victorw The signs of the good time coming are. that we may .soon see our Dominion go\ernment with the first whole pro- hibitory li(pior law in the \vorld, and that all other go\-ern- nients ma\' follow the example. Iu.I)I':r Okokc.k DniocK was married August ,^i, iSoi, to Eunice vSkiiuier (first wife). Their children were Re- bekah, Ann, Hatuiah, Hets\-, Charles. Sarah, Le\ina. l{dward, Ivunice, Cieorge. llf'^^^^^^WB PPi j, Ri'.iU'iKAH manicd ('.(j()rt;c v^aiulford ; died soon after niarria^v. Ann died \-ouii^. Hannah ir.arried Joscpli Diiuock, son of Tinioth\- Diniock, .Sr. Xo issue. Hktsv married Sanuiel Knowles, their children bein^" William, (leoixe ( one daui^hter died in infancy i. vSamuel died younj^, hUiza- Rel)ekah and David died unmarried, beth, John and Mar\- (triplets) all died youn(.^. William Knowles, li\-ini; at A\-()ndale, has been elecled Councillor for West Hants nran\- >ears, and Warden for'the last few years. He married Miss Mary Rathbun ; their children— Alid, Alcilia (twins), Frederic, Charles, Albert, William. ( leorj^e Knowles married Helle Mosher ; their children — Louisa. Maud, lunma, Alice. Elder Dimock's son Chari.]':s married Phoebe Parker ; their children were Burton, (leorj^e. Sarah, Charles, Parker, Sanuiel, Antonette, Adelia. The la.st four named died unmarried. BiRToN married Mary Ivton ; their children — Allen, Bertina. (ii;()K(-K married Phoebe Dimock, daujjhter of Josej)!! Dimock, grandson of Daniel Dimock, Sr. ; their children — lunma. Hibbert, Krnest, Mabel. vSarah married Albert Dimock, son of William Dimock, grandson of Timothy. Charle.s Dimock, scm of Charles, married Miss Chase ; their children — Louisa, Theodore, Hedley, Albert. Sarah (of Klder D. ) married John Dimock, son of Timothy. Lkvina Dimock married Asa Knowles ; their issue — Kunice,-i]ets\-, (rcorge, Henry, Manning, Ivdward, vSamuel. The last* tTm;e named died young. tUniice never married. Betsv married Klder A. Colioon, Secretary of the Bap- tist Home Mission Board; their children — Clara, Anna. ICrne.st. iL-d soon after 1 of Timothy childrfii hc'in^^" icy . Samuel nriccl. l'
  • - : have one .son named Arthur \'ilro\', who is ncnv at Acadia Coliejje. slud\inj^ for the ministry. JiD.soN married I,a\inia Marsters : their children — Howard, l.ois. John T()KI-;n' is now, and has been for many years, a successful Baptist minister at Ri\er John. IMctou Co., N. vS. Jvlder C^.eor.;Teat -grand son enj^aged in the Ciospel Ministry. The ue.Kt child of Daniel Dimock's • Senr. 1 family was Amos, who died >{)ung. Then Hannah, who ne\-er mar- ried. Then ()li\er, who married Catherine \'au^^han : their children — Jane, Daniel, vSliul)ael, David. Abram, Xoali, James, Judson and John Israel. The last three died younjj-. Jane keeps house for Deacon Noah on the old homesteacb neither of them married. Daniel married Jane Dimock, dauj;hter of John Dimock, 01 Shubael : their children — Catherine, Lucilla. Rufus, Anthon\-, Anna. 4^^ i> ,.c> D.wii) married Miss Woolaver : their children — Anna, Auj^usta, Alice, Helen, Marj^aret. vSurBAiu. Di.AiocK, Ivso.. married Miss Smith, daut^hter of Bennett vSmitli, Ivscj. ; their children — Lewis H.. C. Henr\', Fred. \V., J. Wesley, iCdmund H., Wilf(;rd. Lkwis K. has been cashier in the Commercial Bank of Windsor for se\-eral \ears. C. Hi;\KV DiMocK. ])n)])rict()r ot" T.oot ^c Shoe- Store. \\'in(ls(»r, Hants. X. .S. Fki;i)HKICK W. Dimock. Coal Merchant, Windsor. J. \\'i:.sm:v Dlmock, clerk in the Connnercial^Hank, Windsor. I-'dmixi) H. Dimock, clerk in his brother's Boot ^: vShoe vStore, Windsor. Wn.i'OKD Dimock, not married. Ai{R.\M Dimock, son of ()li\er. married first Caroline, danj^hter of Levi Dimock. Had no children. Some years after her death he married Miss Wellow : their children — Hardin;. DiiuoKAii. danj^hter of SlHd)ael, married Capt. William// y Hurj^aA, their children, .Shnhael, Iletirx', Luc\ . . ■ ,-. ^^f^A^r^-A. M.\kv married John Smith : ihein chiUlren- '^IJ-'i't vSnmnel, Leai\der, Cordelia, Ivlward. . -^-V- r ^ /-*-- ^/^ i)\Mi;i, hi.Moc'K. son of Daniel Dimock, sen., married Lydia Hradshaw, their issue — Al)i}.;;ail, I'",li/.a. Mar\ , .Sarah, Daniel, Joseph, Rehekah, Dehor.ih, Jolm, Mari;aret. .\i!i(.\ii. Dimock mairied Capt. (leor^e Dart; their children -John, Daniel, JaiU', Joh, William, D\(lia, Mar\'. Levi, Jo.sei)h. I'",i.i/A Dimock married J«'hn Robinson ( llrst hushand ) their chiUlren — L>{lia, h'.nnice. Al)ij;ail, Daniel, .Sarah, ller first liushand was killed in a plaster (jtiarry. After \ears she married John McDonald : tlie>- had two children, Mar<;aict and h"li/a. Makn' Dimock manied John Xeai^le, the\' had Lois. Mary. Ik-njamin. Sak.vii Diaiolk married I'atton Dickie : their children — Joseph, ^Llr\^ Da\id, L\dia, Rebekah, Daniel, John, William. Daniici. Dimock, of Daniel Dimock, jun., married Anna Ro.se ; their children — James. (leorj^e, h
  • 11a, Thomas. Marw Rosabelle. Li.i/AHi'TH Dimock married John .Sntherhnd ; no chil- dren. RoSi;i.i.A Di.MoCK married .\dam Jackson; had one son, Benjamin, Rkhkkaii Dimock married Joseph Hefler ; children — Allen, Libbv. i 3-J I'akm.w DimovJK iiiarriL-d Sarali Clark: llitir cliildivti — Harold, JaiK. ClicstL-r. Marnarc-l. Daniel. LvniA DiMocK married John Curric ; had two children — Mary, and one who died yoinig. AiUi.Mi. i).M(»cK married John MeKeil : their t^iildren — Clarence and Ramon. J.\.*ni;s<):s I)i.m«)CK died yonngf. Rkhkk ui married William R.)j^ers : no issue. I>?"Mf)k.\H DiMocK married Ivlisha Ro>;ers; no children. John Dimock and Makc.akkt never married. Asa Dimock. second son of Shnbael Diinock. sen., by first wife, married Deborah Cooncx : their children — Asa, John, Hrian. Shnbael. Trvphena. and Amos who never mar- ried. Asa DnmcK. son of Asa, sen., married Hannah Lock- hart ; their children — Alexander. I'"li/a, Maria, Le\i, Asa, Charles. Cirace. Hannah. Lockhart and Jane who never married. Ai.KXAN'DKK m.irried Miss Fnllerton : their children were — William, Lc\i. Arnold. John. Charles, Harriet, Jane, Hiram. h'l.izA Dimock marrietl Daniel Sandford : their children — ICli/.abeth. Rebe-kah. Mari.\ Di.mock married Arnold Shaw; no children. Lkvi Dimock married Sn.sanna Parker, first wife; their children — F^rancis. Thomas. Kli/alK-th. Caroline, Herbert, Lewis, vSilas. Harriet ; Lucy and Obed died younja^. Fkancis Dimock married Jane Parker, first wife; they had one child who died youn.y;. Francis Dimock married for his second wife. Jane Fish ; their children — Helena. £^V>^<_ - Afwa> Henry. Obed. Annie. Louisa. Knnna, Clifford. f/?%^» — Ariv^^frX Dimock, of Francis, married John Brown. Thomas Dimock married Mary Dimock. daui^hter of John DinuK^k ; no children. ICijZABKTH Dimock married (xcorj^e Creed; tlieir chil- dren — vSusan. John, IClizabeth, Fdith. vSarah, Richard, vSophia, James. Obed, Geori^e. >Liry, Robert. / :w luir cliildivn 1 two cliildivii llicir efiildrcii Sllf. ; no children. rrit'd. ii<»ck. sell., 1)y liildrc'ii — Asa, ln) iR'\tr mar- 4aiitiah Lock a, Lc\i, Asa, ic who iK\-cr iht.ir children Harriet, Jane, their children o cliildren. r.st wife; their line, Herbert, )uncr. rst wife; they mock married Iren — Helena, Clitford. Brown. . dan^^hter of ed; their chil- -ah, Ricliard, Srs.\N Cki:i;i) married Thomas Knowks ; their chil- dren — (lertrude. John. John Cki.I'.i* married Mary Manley ; have one child — r;ii/al)eth. iM.iZAHirrn Cki:i:i> mairied C\rns W'eldon; their issue Clifford, .Xiij^nsta, (ieor>;ina. Hell, Ivthel. ICniTii Ckkhd married James Ma.son. Rien.\Ki> CkhivI) married I'*annie Taylor : their children -(fcorj^e, Mildred. RoiiKKT Ckkki) married ICUa Wood. H];ki!i:kt DiMoCK married Louisa Parker, first wife; their children —Ida. Laura, Hertha, Mora. Herbert Him- ock married for his second wife lUi/abeth W'oodworth ; their thildreii — Charles, Florence, Willi.im and Percy. Lknvi.s Dimock married Clara Parker; their children — Lillian, lulj^ar, PVank, ICthel, Clarence, Clyde and Heatrice. HakkiI'T Dlmock married deorj^e Ritchie. Silas Dimock married Miss Lyleham ; two children. Caroi.in)-: DiMocK. of L'^xi. married Abram Dimock, of Oliver ; they had no children. Lkvi Dimock married for his second wife a Mrs. Brison ; they had Wallace and Susan, who died ycjunj^^. His .second wife died and he married Susan vSandford, widow of Benja- min Sandford. Asa Dimock, son of Asa, jnn., married Miss Rockwell ; their children — Samuel, Lucy, William. Cii.VKi>:s Di.MOCK, son of Asa second, married NLary Woodworth, dauji^hter of Capt. John Woodworth, of St. John, X. B.; their children were — Amelia, Charlotte, Sarah, h'dward. Annie. Charles and Willirun ; the two last died >oiuig. Amki.ia Woodwoktii married Oeorj;e Robertson. Chaki.ottk Woodworth married \'incent White, merchant. Sakah W(J01)W0ktii married (lilbert Baylis. a clergy- man of the Church of ICngland. ICnwAKD SckiBKLSLV WooDwoRTH (lied unmarried. 4 34 Ani A WooDWORTH is liviiio- in St. J(ihii, N. B., not married. Grace Dimock married deacon Thomas Sandford ; tlieir children — Robie, Ada, Amelia, Grace, Kdman, Ross. Hannah Dimock married Frederick Lockhart. LocKHART Dimock married Miss Blair ; their children — Hedley, Curry ; Miney died young. Hedlky Dimock married Miss Crowe; their children — Almon, Ernest, Alice. John Dimock, Esq., son of Asa., sen., married Nancy Canavan ; their children — James, and Mary Ann. James Diaiock married Miss Canavan ; had one child named Henry. ^/ ^ Mary Ann Dimock married /Ay >t e^" ( .^x-^a^-n-**. Bryan Dimock, son of Asa, Sr.. married Nancy Alexander ; their children — vShubael, Asa, John, Bryan. Shi'i^aei. Dimock, son of Bryan, Sr. , married ; had a .son, Asa, and one daughter. Tryphena Dimock, of A.sa, Sr., married William Parker ; their children — James, Asa, Josiah, Edman, Wil- liam, Francis, Deborah, Amy, Mar>-, Maria, Elizabeth. Eunice Dimock, eldest daughter of vShubael, Sr. , by his second wife, married Hugh Smith ; their children were Betsy, Margaret, Robert, Alexander, Hugh, Tryphena. Betsy married Peleg Sandford ; their children — Israel, Eunice, Asapli. Israel married Miss Shaw ; their children — Dr. Arnold, Anthony, Israel, Alfred, F^dward, Rufus, George, Henry. Lydia, their second daughter, married Benona vSweet ; their children — Shubael, Eber, Sarah, Benona, John, Eunice, Albro, Tryphena, James. Shi'baei. married Amelia Fish ; their children — Eber, Isaac, Lydia, Esther, jMargaret, Hannah. FviuCR married 'Hannah Fish ; their children — luioch, Edith, limily, William. F^noch Sweet has been laboring many years as a highly **l^''i aaM 35 esteemed Baptist minister in this Province, but is now the pastor of one of the churches in Boston, U. S. Tryphena Dimock, their third daughter, married John Marsters ; their children — John, Abram, K/.ekiel, Shubael. John married Miss Thomson ; their children — William, Joseph, George. John Marsters entered the ministry in early life, and became an able mijiister of the Gospel, and was many years pastor of the First Baptist Church of St. Martins, where he died honored and beloved by all. William and Joseph made their home in scmie part of the United States. Reports say William became a minister of the Go.spel. Capt. George Marsters became very successful in mer- cantile business ; built and sailed large ships, and was remarkably free with his wealth, wliicli was shown by his gift of $10,000 (ten thou.sand dollars) to establish a Bapti.st vSeminary in St. Martins ; and he also built a house of wor- ship for the .second Baptist Church of St. Martins, bearing nearly all the expense himself. Tryphosa Dimock, their fourtli daughter, married Thomas Baker ; their children — Shubael, Eunice, Jeremiah, Hannah, Jo.seph, Susannah. SurijAKL Dimock, Esq., son of Shubael, Sr. , .served his country with much credit for many years in the Legis- lative As.sembly of Nova Scotia, as a representative of the Town.ship of Newport. His constituents continued to eledl him after he had to go on crutches, and his opinion was so highly prized on any subjecT: of debate, that v.'hen the Speaker of the House would luar him moving his crutches to ri.se, he would check the rising of another member by .saying, " Mr. Dimock is ri.sing to address the Hou.se." Mr. Dimock's first wife was Susan Macumber, by whom he had six children, Eunice, Lydia, vShubael, Ichabod, Stephen, Elias. ~ Eunice Dimock married John Parker ; their children — Shubael, Jo.seph, Su.san, Mary, Eunice. Shubael never married. LvDiA DmocK married Isaiah Sniilli : their children — vSiisan, WilHani, Lucy, Lydia. IcHABOD DiAiocK, M. P., Hke his father, represented his Township many years in th.e Le.s^islature of his Province — Xova Scotia. He married Sarah Smith : tlieir children were lyUcy, Grace, Stephen. Eunice, .Shubael, William, Mary, Richard. Lucy married William Fish : their children — Jonathan, vSarah. Crack married John Raker : their children — Melina. Mary, vSarah, Lticy, Dimock, Isabel. Stp:ppikx married Mehalia Anthony : their children — Agnes, I'yUnice, Sarah, Benjamin, Xoah, Lydia. Agnes married John Salter. Ei'XiCK narried Major Greeno. Sara II married West Nelson. Benjamin married Broon. NoAii married Mi.ss Lathers. LvDiA never married. Shi'ijakl married Miss Harvie : their children — Joseph, Thaddeus, Mar}-, Harry, vSadie, Shuhael. Sadie married Otto Malley. WiijjAM married Miss Quillen ; their children — Ljnma, Sarah, (two died young). Mary Dimock married Richard McHeffey, }''s([.; had one .son named Henry. Mary's second husband was James Brown, ( uq children ). Richard married Mi.ss Smith : their children — Maria, Edith, Alice. Maria married Otis Dill, ( no children ). P^DTTH married Benjamin Wade : their children — De- Wolf, Richard, Ruth, George. AijcE married George Smith ; their children — Abbie, Richard, Roy. Stephen married Deliverance Macum1>er ; their chil- dren — Ivlias, Grace, Shubael, Susan. Lucinda. Clarissa. ,_%.-"i'WHWl.''J,..'?" • >< Eli AS married Miss Barron : they had no children. Shubaei. married Miss Barron ; their children — Eliz- abeth. Sabria. Adelia, Ellen. SusA?> married Thomas Moxon ; their children- Louisa. Dimock. LrciNDA married Harris Dimock, son of Elder Oeorcre Dimock ; no children. Grace and Cearissa never married. Eee\s Dimock, of Shubaei, Jr., married Marv Wil.'^on ; their children— Con.stant, Isaiah, Lucy, William, lulward, Loui.sa. CON.STAXT married Matilda Carr : their children— Wil- liam. Lucy. Isaiah married Miss Smith ; their children— Henrv, James. Frederick, Constant, Klias, Lewis. Hexrv married Mi.ss Geldert ; their children— Ethel, Edith. Philip, Henry, Roy, Gladys. Richard. James married Mi.ss Irish ; their children— Frank, Sandy, Reginald, Mary. Isaiah's .second wife was Clarissa Wilson ; their chil- dren—Anna, Robert. His third wife was Jane Marshall : their children — Arthur, Stuart. William married Mi.ss Timlen ; their children— Alice, William. Con.stant. I{d\vari) married Miss Timlen ; their children— Marv, Emma. Clarence, Norman, John. Louisa married lulward Smith : no children. Lrcv nevfr married. ;■ -'- — ^r-k^^^-^e-M, J ' Shvbael DiMock's second wife was Grace 1^^. ¥liey had one .son named Sterns, who married Lvdia San ford ; their children— Esther, Robie, Hannah, Ivmma. William. Snowdon. Alfred. Esther Dimock married James Starratt. Thev had two daughters- Mary and Margaret : the last named died \oung. RORIE married Mary, daughter of Inkier J. Hennigar : first wife. The> had one .son, Harold, who died voung. 38 His first wife died and he mnrried Miss Veunino;. Their children were Ralph and Ethel. Hannah Dimock never married. William Dimock married Bessie, daughter of Klder J. Bancroft. They have one daughter named Maud. Emma Dimock, daughter of Sterns, never married. Snowdon Dimock married Maria Parker : (first wife) taeir children — Edward, Bertha, Percy, Shubael, James. The three last died young. Alfred Dimock married Fanny Merville ; their chil- dren — Frank, Cora, Harold, Merville and Erlon. After his first wife died he married Olivia Hartford ; their children — Emma, Elsie, Marion. Timothy Dimock, the youngest son of Shubael D., Sr., married Mary Parker, by whom he had eight children — Shubael, William, Hannah, Joseph, John, Daniel, Timothy and Francis. The three last named died young. Shubael married Hannah Baker ; their children — Eunice, Mary Ann, Timothy, Rebecca. Daniel, Sophia, vShubael, Beecher, Hannah, Su.san. Timothy married Elizabeth Sims, by whom he had seven children — Edna, Ella, Fred, PMward (twi. •, ), Annie, Emma, Harry. Daniel married Eliza Whelan and had one son named Horace. Sophia married Deacon PMward Dimock. They had no children. The other children never married. Willi a:m, son of Timothy, married Parker by whom he had four children — Enoch, Ly^ia, Sarah, Albert. PvNOCH died i*Hmarried. ^/4i ^ ^/jt^^^ Lydia married Elder Rowe, a Baptist minister ; had no children. Sarah married Joseph Hamilton ; their children — Arthur, Amanda, Alida, Jo.seph. Arthur married Hattie Melley ; their children — Erv- ing, Percy. :v.> ir \. ■ ) 1- is y I, d - y d d a Amanda married Burpee McLearn ; their children — Ethel, Muriel, Edith, Gop' >n, vStanley, and Marion who died young. JosKPH married Carrie Tainier ; their children — Pearl, Aubrey, Harold, Minnie, Marion. Alida married Leslie Sanford ; their children — Clif- ford and Ada. ^AivijERT married Sarah Dimock, daughter of Charle.s Dimock ^ their children — Laura, Frank, Ro\', Alberta. Corey and Villis both died young. Hannah married Deacon Higgins. They had one .son, Profe.s.sor D. F. Higgins, who is now and has been many years a teacher in Acadia College. He married Miss De- Wolfe, by whom he had six cliildren — Walter, MolTatt, Frark, George, Edgar, Elizabeth. Walter has been for mni.y years a very successful foreign Baptist Missionary in India. MofFatt has been many years a useful Baptist min- ister laboring in different parts of this province. Dkacon Jo.skph Dimock, .son of Timothy, married Hannah Dimock. daughter of Elder George Dimock. They had no children. John Dimock, .son of Timothy, married Sarah Dimock, daughter of Elder George Dimock ; their children — Claris.sa, Mary, Jo.seph, Eunice, Bessie, Orinda, Teresa, F^mma, Louisa, Georgina. C1.ARISSA married William Meek ; their children — Arthur, Annie, Leonard, Fred, Ada, Joseph, Edwin, Wil- liam, Rupert, Clifford. Arthur married Miss Etta Cunninghan, California. They have one .son, Ralph Meek. Annie Meek married Robert Parker ; they had two children — Sidney and Marion. Leonard Meek married Cora Cunningham, of Denver, Colorado, ( no children). Fred Meek married Miss Schleisenger, of Denver, Colorado ; they have one daughter, Ethel S. Meek. Ada Meek married P'rederick West, (no children). ■i.i Josi'li'ii M1';1';k niarric-d Miss Hcnicr ; liad one child — William. Maky Dlaiock married Thomas Dimock, son of Deacon Levi Dimock, (no children). Joseph Dim(jck, son of John (first wife), married Anna vStevens, danj^hter of I^lder James vStevens ; their chil- dren — W'at.son, Louisa, Amanda, Anna, Wilford. Watson Dimock married Ivvelyn Martin, in vSaji Ijfan- cisco. They have children — Joseph, Roy, ^iHMii . r\A-t/^ LoriSA DnujCK married Ingram Margeson ; they have one son — Reginald. Amanda Dimock married John Dean ; they have one son named Cecil. Anna Dimock married We ton McLearn ; they have one daughter, Louisa, and one son, Harold, died young. WiLFKKD Dimock married May Maitland ; they had one child, (died young). JosKi'H Dimock married for his second wife Ki'NiCK Di.AioCK never married. Bkssik Dimock married Samuel Meek ; their children —Florence, Klla, Mary, vSprott, Carrie, Bertram, Herman. Ei.LA MiCKK married William Sim ; thei - children — lulith, Lillian, Florence, Fklna, F'sther, Hazel. Dora. Bp:ktram Mekk married Catherine Leffer. Okinda Di:mock married Joseph Wellwood ; their chil- dren — Dora, lulgar, Henry, vSadie, Warren, Harris, Hattie, { the two last named died young ) . Dora Wki.lwood married I'ulton Harvie. JOvSEPH Wellwood died November 7th, 1878, and his widow married F^ber Sweet September, 1883. Teresa Dlmock married Albert Vaughan ; their children— I{imnerdon, Joseph, Arthur, NLaurice, Alberta, (the two la.st named died young. ) Emma DniocK married Thomas Morse ; their children — Hanley, hUhel. Loi'iSA Dimock died January, 1856. 41 Okokc.ina DiMocK nianicd Rupert McLearn : their children — Joliii, Mabel, Clarence. Annie. Watson. Harris. Welton. Ik'ssie. Helen, and Archie who died Nounj,;. It will be noticed that in this work we have invariably used the Scripture name of Inkier when sjieakini; of the preacher of the }j;ospel. Oiu' reascni for this is that, like many others, we disapprove of the practice so connnon late years, of usin^ the word Reverend. And if we could liere say a word to check the ])ractice we would be j^iad. We belie\-e there is onl\- one i)lace in (lod's Book that the word Reverend is found. I)a\id the Kinjj; says, holy and ^wer- end is His name, speakinjj^of God Who had sent redemption unto his peojile. — Fsalm 1 1 i : 9th verse. We think if dear old leather T, vS. Hardin.i;- coidd now speak to us he would say." Massey, nuissew brethren, don't try to rob the Almit^hty of His name in *;ivin^ it to pooi sinners. ' " Our attention was called to this about thirt\- years ajj^o by what was called a well written letter in the old Christian Messenc;er, \\here the writer hij^hl>- disapproved of such a use bein^ made of Crod's lu)l\- name. \\'e are jj;lad to see that the attention of some of the brethren is directed to this matter as shown by what has lately ap- peared in the Messenger and \'isitor. While we read about the persecutions in Coiniecticut that caused .ne old Patriarch vShul)ael Dimock to emigrate to No\-a Scotia, where he might continue to preach the gos- pel and worship God under his own vine and fig tree, none daring lawfully to make him afraid, we wi.sh all to remem- ber that it was only three of the British provinces that had made and put in force such God dishonoring laws. We are told by such good historians as Ik^iedict and Backus, that it was only \'irginia, Ma.s.sachusetts and Coiniecticut that had so disgraced their country, and id is not surprising that an\- of those colonies should do .so, seeing that a large part of the people came from the old country to escape much the same kind of persecution. But such appears to l)e a weak })art of human nature when possessed of absolute power. But ha\e we not reason to thank Him that has all 5 ])()\vc'r ill heiu'cii and L-artli, for diRctint;" the old Patriarch tliis way. for siircl\- his l)lc.s.sin^ has been seen in a remark- able wa\', not onl\- aiiionj^ his descendants, but in the coiii- iminity in which he and they lixed and labored. I ver\- often think of a remark of ni\- honored nncle, holder (leor^^e Dimock. a short time before his death. He said to nie. " I>rother J.. I have been thinkiiii; of all the descendants of \-onr ^reat ^Tandfather. vSluibael Dimock, for I have been some ac(inainted with all of them, and not one of them but what have had hope in their death." He then added, \erily the .u^eiierations of the ri):^hteons are blessed. And is it not remarkable that we find so many amon.u^st his descend- ants i^reaching the same gospel, twelve in all. First, in the .second generation his son Daniel, in the third generation three grandsons, Inkier Jolm Marsters, Ivlder Josei)h Dimock and IClder (jcorge Dimock ; in the fourth lUder Anthony Dimock and lilder Da\-id Dimock ; in the fifth generation Joseph vSkinner, Ivnock vSweet, Torey Dim- ock, Walter V. Higgins, Moffatt Higgins ; and in the sixth generation we lind Arthur \'. Dimock studying for the min- istry, one who has given much ]:)romise for usefulness. And so the ])reaching that the ])oor old magistrate said he would stop, is b\- C/od's direction still going on, for which we thank God and take courage. We often think that all our forefathers, the early .settl- ers of the.se provinces, must have pos.ses.sed a large amount of courage to stay here in view of the unsettled state of the country. History tells us that Indians with a remnant of the bani.shed Acadians were then lurking around in different parts of the country, read>- to kill all British subjects in order to get the bounty offered 1)\- the French government for British scalps. We read in Henr>- Allen's Journal that in his youth Ids (.Ireams troubled him much b}- the fears of Indian raids. And no doubt all of the early settlers, old and young, would at times by day or night l^ve some fears of the same. Pro- fes.sor Greene, A. M., says that during July, 1759. a party of French and Indians appeared before T'ort Hdward, about one hundred in number, and stayed around some days, but I \:\ I left wilhoul an\- cn^a^LiiKiil, and thai a similar hand \va> connnittinu the-ir (ki)r(jdati()ns near Ca])f Sahk-. and that three British \cssc-ls were- captured otT CajK- Can-^ohy French Acadians that \ear, and that two men were murdered near Halifax, and that nmnbers of enemies were seen lurkin.i; abont the coinitr>- that \ear, and thai in \-iew of these things the )i^o\erinnent postponed the settlement of the to\vnshi])> alon^ the Hasin of Minas nntil the following >j)rini^. Thi.s was the >ear of the »;ieal exodus of emij^rants from Rhode Island and elsewhere. Jiid^a- lialihnrton says in May. i-6(\ three vessels came with loo settlers. The aiitnnni of that year brought the joyful tidin.y;s of the fall of Onebec. Then in eii^hteen months the Indians transferred their allegiance from b'rance to ICngland in a solemn treaty, and to their credit it can be said they have kept it. Then the treaty of Palis, ijfvi, ended the long war between France and Flng- land, and gave a feeling of seciirit\- in this conntrw No doubt the most of the earh- settlers came liere with the hope of being able to build up for themselves a free. happ\- and i)rosj)erous countr\-, especialh- those that fled from persecution. They and their de.scendants woidd likely often join heartil\' in that beautiftd .song of praise : — No more bciKiith llu- c)])j)rt'ssivc haml Of tyranny we j^roan. Ik-h()l(l the sniilini^ lia|)])v land Tliat frL't'iloni calls her own. The j^reparation of this record has taken >o much mi- expected time and work, that I would have been altogether discouraged had not m\- interest in the work increased ac- cordingly. Hut the case of the old patriarch now ap])ear>- much like the call of our father Abraham. "Ciet thee (jut of tin" countr>-, and from th>- kindred and from th\- father's house. inito a land that I will show thee, and I will make of thee a great nation a'ld I will bless thee and make thy name great and thoti shalt be a blessing." And so Ood led him. con- firming his promise, saying, " Ami I will establish my cove- nant l)etween me and thee, and my .seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God inito thee and to thy seed after thee." And as God's blessing 44 followed AV)i';ham and his seed, so will His blessing follow C'\x*r>'(jiiu tlui; lows, fears and tries to ser\e and obe\- Him. And wl)il«. the tailinj^^s of His jjeople are recorded for a warning to all generations following, so also is the blessing promise! to the obedient, and so we now pra>erfully and lio]>efnl y commit this record to the reader, with the hope to meet a large lunnber of the descendants of the old patri- arch anongst the innumerable company of the blood washed throng in the heavenly mansions abo\e. Wlun we arrive lo joys on hi^li We'll reij^Mi with Christ forever. There we shall drink full drafts of hliss I'roni the full source of pleasure. When we've been there teti thousand years Hriyht shininj.^ as the sun. \Ve"ve no less days t( n-^v '.). h[\\ liiu- \!' Wai ;liliT, MKl 1 \\\A. \.\\.\\ anil i.slli lim>^, s\lll^liluU■ lUtiiOik I'l.i W'lioilwiu'lli. Vj, 1st liiU'. alsii i-fad lUiiunk t'nr Wnmlwurtli. ;i, 7tli lim- Ktail I'aitX, insVrail of Currx . Vi, I7tli liiu- Siili--tit\iU' /!i(<:rii l'i>r I'.tDiiii ^,1), :.'nil line Kiad ll'd/lrv fur MalU-\-. ^7, Mil liiu' Rrail I'.liKr A'w/)//, not (W'uruv. (!, ;,;,r(l lint.' siirpri^in'. Ki'ad />. // not snrprisin.u, in 4i'ail ol" It i^ not