“He left Granby, either before or at the time of his marriage and settled in Amherst, Mass. on the homestead of his uncle Daniel Dickinson, whose property, he received. The place is about three fourths of a mile north of the ‘Bay Road’ in Amherst and on the west side of the road, which passes over Mt. Holyoke to the center of the village of Amherst.” ®408He was from Amherst ®408at the time of his marriage. ®656 He was a Revolutionary War patriot from Amherst, serving on either a correspondence committees, a inspections/safety committees, or as a soldier. ®1312 He served as Corporal in Lieutenant Noah Dickinson’s company from Amherst which marched to Cambridge at the time of the Lexington alarm of 19 April 1775. He also served as a Sergeant in Captain James Hendrick’s company which went to Cambridge at the time of the Lexington alarm; his name is listed from a return of his command from Charlestown Camp No. 3, dated Jan. 13, 1776. In the Amherst Valuation List of 1776 he had 1 Poll, 1 Horse, 2 Oxen, 1 Cow, 0 Hogs, 10 Sheep, 9:0 Personal Estate, 24 Houses and Lands, 38:8 Real Estate, 47:8 Total. In July, 1777, Captain Reuben Dickinson marched with his company to Mosses’ Creek to reinforce the army and was attached to Col. Elisha Porter’s regiment. The company served 38 days and included Joel Moody and Medad Moody of Amherst. In 1784 he was a selectman for Amherst. He took part in Shay’s Rebellion of 1786-7. ®778He was on the 1802 Voters List in Amherst. ®811 ®778In 1810 his family of one man over 45, one woman 16-26 and one woman over 45 lived in Amherst. Massachusetts. ®1746 In 1824 he was a member of the committee to build a meeting house in the southern part of Amherst. ®778

He is not mentioned in this family by Chapin. ®8