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.

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Dickinson family canonical 2

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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

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Poplar Hall plantation in Delaware ownedBy Dickinson family
subject surface form: Poplar Hall plantation (Delaware)
Mary Norris Dickinson marriedIntoFamily Dickinson family