Dickinson family
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The Dickinson family was a prominent colonial and early American family in Delaware, best known for producing Founding Father John Dickinson and for their influential political, legal, and landholding legacy in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dickinson family canonical | 2 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
ⓘ
landowning family ⓘ political family ⓘ |
| activity |
landownership
ⓘ
law ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Dover, Delaware
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kent County, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | formation of early American political thought (through John Dickinson) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicOrigin | English-American ⓘ |
| hasEstate | Poplar Hall (Dickinson plantation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
John Dickinson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Cadwalader Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | connected to John Dickinson Plantation National Historic Site ⓘ |
| influenced |
legal culture of Delaware
ⓘ
political development of Delaware ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large landholdings in Delaware
ⓘ
legal influence in colonial Delaware ⓘ political influence in colonial Delaware ⓘ producing Founding Father John Dickinson ⓘ |
| notableFor | intermarriage with other prominent Mid-Atlantic families ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | patriot cause in American Revolution (some members) ⓘ |
| region | Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Quaker (some members) ⓘ |
| socialStatus | prominent ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
colonial America
ⓘ
early United States ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Poplar Hall plantation (Delaware)