Nathaniel DICKINSON, Sr. (1600 - 16 June 1676) Believed to have sailed for New England in the Spring of 1630. However, no record of his name appears in the passenger listings of the time. He first appears in Wethersfield, Conn records in 1637 when he was admitted as a free man. He was a Grand Juror in 1642-43-44. Town Clerk in 1645. Representative to the Council from 1646 to 1656. Removed to Hadley, Mass. in 1659 and became a freeman in 1661. He was a deacon of the Church and its First Recorder. He resided for a few years in Hatfield, Mass. but died in Hadley, Mass. Sources: "Descendants of Dickinson", Dr. Elinor V. Smith, The Dickinson Family Association, 1978. Corrections and additions to the publication of 1978, Margaret Buckridge Bock, Westbrook, Ct., 1987. "Genealogies of Hadley Families", p.33, Lucius M. Boltwood, Amherst, MA., 1862.