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Project Surnames:

Decunson	Dicason	Dickarson	Dickason
Dickens	Dickenson	Dickerman	Dickerson
Dickeson	Dickin	Dickinson	Dickison
Dickon	Dickons	Dickonson	Dickson
Dicon	Diconson	Dicounesson	Dicun
Dikkonson	Dikson	Dixon	Dyason
Dyckenson	Dycson	Dyke	Dykes
Dykstra

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There are 37 participants that have submitted DNA.
25 members have been assigned to 5 subgroups. The remaining 12 are unassigned.

Each of the groups do NOT relate to each other, nor do the unassigned relate to any of participants.

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See "History of the Dickason (and variants) name" by clicking on the News button.

Dickason,-er, -in, -en son, etc. Goal is to connect or reject the relationship between the DICKASON lines AND other variant spellings. We are clearly are affected by spelling variants.

NOTE: Participants MUST send single line pedigree from you to your earliest known ancestor to the Group Administrator. Include dates and locations of deaths and births. Include spousal information if known. If possible include the brothers and sisters of those in your direct line to your ancestor.

Note: See also DIXON surname project for DIXON. Those with DICKSON may want to consider the DIXON and/or DICKASON Projects. You can belong to several projects simultaneously.

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Goal is to connect or reject the relationship between the DICKASON lines AND other variant spellings. We are clearly are affected by spelling variants.

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ORIGINS OF THE NAME DICKASON (and variants) added to this site on June 16, 2005.

The discussion of the origin of the name Dickason and its variants was created by Graham Brian Dickason of South Africa. This discussion is contained in THE DICKASON FAMILY IN SOUTH AFRICA: Genealogical data on the Dickason Family in South Africa and the Branch of that Family in Argentina, by Graham Brian Dickason. First printing April 2003, Revised and reprinted August 2003, Copyright 2003, ISBN 0-620-30934-2

It is reproduced here with the kind permission of Graham Dickason.

The origins of the name Dickason are interesting, for in these can be seen the reasons for the common misspelling that so often occurs. Genealogists accept that the name Dickason is a corruption of Dickinson. In this form it has been derived firstly from Dick, the English abbreviation for Richard, then from assimilating the suffix -in or -kin, signifying the younger of the kinship, and lastly -son, the son of Richard.

The name Richard is Teutonic in origin and meant harsh king or ruler. Though it makes a rare appearance in England before the Norman Conquest of 1066 AD, it is only with the advent of the first Norman king of this name, Richard I, who ruled England from 1189 to 1199 that it gained in popularity. This was no doubt due to the adventures of Richard I, which earned him the additional name of Coeur-de-Lion.

One must go back some 600 years before 1066 to the mid-Fifth Century to find the origins from which Richard has been derived and then transmuted by varying spellings into modern languages. The leading syllable is from the same source as Ragn, it is he who executes judgment, the ruler or king – the same as the Indian Rajah, and Rex which is connected to the Latin regere, to rule. In Gothic it was Reiks, then Rich in Old High Germanic and Ric or Ryce in Anglo-Saxon.

The earliest Anglo-Saxon record of the name Richard dates from the year 673 AD, when Egbert, the King of Kent, died and left the throne to his son Edric, who was usurped by Lothaire (Hlothere) the late king's brother. Lothaire took possession of the kingdom and in order to secure the power in his family, enlisted Richard, his son, in what was ultimately a vain attempt to secure continuity for the family.

Edric, the disinherited prince, sought help from the King of Sussex in the adjoining kingdom. Edric won a battle against Lothaire and Richard in 684. Lothaire died of wounds and Richard fled across the sea into Germany, thence onwards to Lucca in Tuscany, where he became a monk and is said to have wrought many miracles.

The Norman dynasty must have had some connection with Lucca, for it is recorded that The Holy Face of Lucca was William Rufus's favourite oath when he followed William I to the English throne. The second Norman duke, Richard I, grandson of the founder of the duchy of Normandy, is the first Norman to bear the name. He transmitted it to two successors. Although Richard became a national name and three Richards have held the throne, the name was discarded by British royalty after the enormities imputed to the last Plantagenet.

The origin in English of the nickname Dick stems from the French form of nickname for Richard used when hereditary surnames began in England. Surnames had begun to make their appearance in France from about the Tenth Century onwards. With the Norman Conquest, Dicon, Diquon and Digon were introduced into England. At that time, Anglo-Saxon names were still confined to personal names only. Then the use of surnames began in the British Isles, with the old personal names rapidly superseded by the new versions of Christian names being introduced.

Between 1066 and 1400 most families in England adopted permanent surnames, usually indicative of patronymic descent or occupation. In 1465 the use of surnames was made compulsory by Act of Parliament. This was followed in 1538 when the order was given by Thomas Cromwell, vicar-general to King Henry VIII, whereby it was made the duty of every parish clergyman to keep registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. This order was in fact implemented very slowly, being largely ignored at first.

The earliest record in England of the nickname Diquon is in the old English forms Diccon and Dicon, Dickin coming at a later stage. The son of Diccon arises where the parent was named Richard, the old nickname adopting the French and later, English colloquialism of using the letter D for names beginning with R – denoting the diminutive.

Thus in this period we have Dodge for Roger, Dob for Robert and so on. Later we find the letter H appears as an alternative to D – hence the old English rhyme Hickory, Dickory Dock. Humphrey replaced Dumphrey and led to Humpty Dumpty. Hick was later lazified into Higg, and thence to the patronymic Higgin and Higginson. The word Dick, however, stuck more closely to the sharpened form to become in later usage the first portion of a patronymic name.

As surnames came to be adopted, the use of the word son, denoting the male child, came to be used in turning a local or nickname into a baptismal surname. Hence the son of the cook, Cookson; the son of the shepherd, Shepherdson, and in the same way Diccon became Dicconson and Dicon became Diconson. The early forms of the surname that derived from Diquon appear variously in the rolls and lists of population of England as Dicon, Diccon, Dicconson and Dicun. The use of Dickon as an abbreviation for Richard is substantiated, for instance, by William Shakespeare’s (Act V, Scene 3, 304–5)King Richard the Third where Norfolk is warned not to give overt support to Richard III, whose fate is mostly probably sealed:

           Jockey of Norfolk, be not so bold,

          For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.

Another example is the record of John and Henry Dicounesson de Clesnesse, being the sons of Richard, the son of Henry de Clesnesse listed in the patent rolls, Northumberland in 1359. Other early variations include:

            1296 William de Dyck                    Edinburgh

            1366 William Dykounson                  S.R.A.Archive

            1388 John Dykonesson                    F.R.Y.

            1518 Henry Dicason                      GILD Y

            1585 Gilbert Dyckenson                  Sheffield Archive 

            1598 Henry Dikersone                    A.D. v.i. (Nf)

            1598 Nicholas Dickersone, son of Dicun

By the late Seventeenth Century, we begin to find the usage and spelling as Dickason. One of the early cases is the birth of Susanna Dickason, daughter of Elizabeth Dickason, being entered in the records of St John the Baptist Church, Walbrook, in the City of London. A few years later, in 1692, the same records mention Daniel Dickason, son of Elizabeth Dickason, evidently the same mother as Susanna’s. In Necton, Norfolk, on 16 November 1684 we have the birth of John Dickason.

The following are the related variations of the name derived from the diminutive for the sons of Richard:

OLD

Decunson, Dekoun, Deekon, Deekin
Dicason, Dickason, Dickeson
Diccon, Dicconson
Dickon, Dickons, Dickonson
Dicon, Diconson
Dicounesson
Dicun
Dikson, Dickson, Dikkonson
Diquon, Digon ( French)
Dyck,Dycks, Dycson, Dyckenson

MODERN

Dick, Dicks, Dicke, Dickie
Dickason, Dickenson, Dickerson, Dickinson
Dickens, Dickin,
Dickison
Dickson, Dixon
Dyke, Dykes, Dykstra, Dyason

Project Results:

Update April 2008

This is the first update of these results since February 2005. The project originator and prior administrator, Donald G. Dickason, died July 17, 2006. William C. Dickason is the current Group Administrator.

Summary:
Two significant changes have been made to the discussion of the results over what had previously been done.

The use of Line#s has been dropped. Instead, the focus will be on subgrouping those whose y-DNA results indicate they have descended from the same early ancestor. It is hoped that these individuals will provide their lineage to be included on this result page. It will then be up to the individuals in the subgroup involved to determine where and when their lines link together. I would like to have a volunteer from each subgroup to coordinate the sending of this information to me for posting on the website.

No attempt will be made to provide details on any descendants that have not been DNA tested, except, perhaps, in a limited way, as part of the possible general discussion of the subgroup.

As of this report the following have been identified:

5 distinctly different subgroups (A,B,C,D,E) composed of 25 participants.
A subgroup X composed of 12 participants that do not match anyone else tested in the project. When 2 or more participants match, a new subgroup will be added if needed.

As of April 4, 2008, the project has 37 participants.

Group A (Haplogroup – R1b1):
Participants, leading back to James Dickason b. 1792, Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA, and Samuel b. about 1752 in Delaware (?).

Participants:
Donald Garrett Dickason, GG Grandson of James b. 1792
David Allen Dickason, GGGG Grandson of James b. 1792
William Charles Dickason, GGGG Grandson of Samuel b. ca 1752
Jerry Dixon, 5G Grandson of Thomas Dixon b. ca 1700.

Documentation of the relationship of Donald G. and David Allen is in hand.

William Charles' documentation to his GGGG Grandfather Samuel, b. ca 1752, is in hand, but the relationship between Samuel and James b. 1792, is still ambiguous.

This Group A has some roots in Delaware, then was found in Fayette County, PA, and later in Armstrong County, PA, before dispersing to other mid-western locations. (See also Group C, below.)

It is likely that our ancestors are English, but we have had no success in documenting that.

An important note, Arthur C. Gannett in his undated work "Descendants of James and Mary (White) Dickason," has hypothesized that the parents of James Dickason, b. 1792 were a certain John Dickason, and his wife Ruth and/or Jones. Donald G. Dickason has proven this information to be wrong. Since Gannett's work appears in many libraries and other citations, the listing of John and Ruth and/or Jones exists in many places.

Gannett's undated work is first referred to about 1940. Prior to that in 1936 David H. Dickason (Donald G. Dickason's Uncle) issued his "Notes on the History Dickason Family, and Branches" assembled from various letters, notes, etc." Much of Gannett's material came from the work of David H. Dickason, but Gannett added to it considerably.

We 3 Dickasons are fairly confident from genealogical research that we are distant cousins. However, at 25 markers: William and David are -1 and William and Donald are -3; David is -2 on Donald. The presumed explanation is mutations. Thus, one should not necessarily discount matches that are off 2 or 3 markers in 25 as having the same distant ancestor.

Thomas Dixon, b. ca 1700, fourth participant, is documented in Dinwiddie, VA - Southeastern VA near North Carolina. This family traversed from Virginia to North Carolina to Kentucky to Arkansas to Texas. There are no known geographical overlaps of the Dickason and this Dixon.

Group B (Haplogroup – R1a):
4 participants, leading back to Jacob Dickason, b. 1740-50 in Virginia.

This group leads back to 3 different ancestors, all of whom are in the same geographic area at about the same time, although the documented cross connections are still circumstantial. But there is a circumstantial and logical father of all three of these ancestors.

Participants:
Donald Wayne Dickason, GG Grandson of Isaac, b. 1776
Michael L. Dickason, GGGG Grandson of John b. ca 1760, Rockingham, MD (some say VA)
Jerry Grove Dickason, GGGG Grandson of John b. ca 1760, Rockingham, MD (some say VA)
James R. Dickason, GGG Grandson of, Jacob Dickason, b. 1779, Virginia.

The common denominator of all of these ancestors is the circumstantial father of all four of them, namely Jacob Dickason, b. 1750-1760.

Each is documented to the "interim' ancestor listed above, none are documented on paper to Jacob.

DNA results are very conclusive; all four of these individuals match perfectly on the 12 marker test, and the three who took the 25 marker test match perfectly on that test. Based on this there is no doubt that Jacob, b. 1750-1760 is the father of these four interim ancestors.

Group C (Haplogroup – R1b1, E3b1):
2 participants, leading back to Alexander Dickason, b. 1752 in Hampshire Co. (generally north of Springfield), Massachusetts.

Participants:
Eugene Lee Dickason, GG Grandson of Alexander (1).
David Scott Dickason, GGGG Grandson of Alexander (1).

They share David Henry Dickason as the Most Recent Common Ancestor. David Henry was born in 1845 in Armstrong County, PA, son of Alexander (2)

Alexander(1)'s son, Alexander (2) has three birth places "documented," Massachusetts, Eastern Shore Maryland (note the Delaware roots in Group A), and Baltimore. Interestingly there is Baltimore, MD as we know it today, but in the time that Alexander's son could have been there since there was a "Baltimore 100" in the southern tip of Delaware.

Alexander(1)'s father supposedly came from England in 1716, with Andrew being one of three brothers, the others possibly John and David.

In any case about 1822 Alexander (2) had moved to Armstrong County, PA and had many of his children there, before moving on to Hannibal, MO. This line then went west every other generation or so and ended up in California and is the namesake of the "Major Dickason Coffee Blend," produced and sold by Peet Coffee Company, itself the precursor to Starbucks.

Given the common residency of subgroups A and C in Armstrong County, and possible common residence in Eastern Shore Delaware, there was a question whether there might be a familial relationship between the 2 subgroups.

DNA tests completely rule this out for both Eugene Lee and David Scott. They are not even related to each other, based on DNA. The group C is still included, only because they have linkage via genealogical research. Until other persons from this line are identified and tested, the only likely explanation would seem to be a non-paternal event, more probably for David Scott given his much different haplogroup of E3b1

Group D (Haplogroup – I1b):
4 participants, leading back to Jorge Dickason, b. est. 1635 in Necton, Norfolk, England.

Participants:
Graham Dickason, 7th Great Grandson of Jorge (George) Dickason, b. est. 1635, Necton, Norfolk, England. Graham currently resides in South Africa. He has relations: Barrie Dickason (Argentina), and Graeme Dickason (Australia).
Philip Dickason, 9th Great Grandson of Jorge (George) Dickason, b. est. 1635, Necton, Norfolk, England. Philip currently resides in England.
Richard George Dickason, ?
Peter Jaeger Dickinson, ?

Group E (Haplogroup – R1b):
11 participants, leading back to Richard Dickinson, b. about 1564 in London, England (baptized in St. James, Clerkenwell, London).

Participants include:
Bradford Stewart Dickason, who has tested 25 markers - 4th G Grandson of John Dickason, b. ca. 1764, VA. Currently lives in California, USA. This John is circumstantially the son of William Dickenson, Sr., b. 1725, VA, and Grandson of Nathaniel Dickenson, Jr., b. 1700, see below.

Carlton Monroe Dickerson has tested 67 markers -
???? DICKERSON died Bef. 1795. He married MARGARET. She died Jul 1814 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
Children of DICKERSON and MARGARET are:
i. WILLIAM DICKERSON, b. Bet. 1776 - 1794.
ii. MARGARET DICKERSON, m. HILL.
iii. RACHEL DICKERSON, b. 1758.
iv. JEAN DICKERSON, b. 1757; d. Aft. 21 Sep 1850.
v. NANCY DICKERSON, b. Abt. 1775; d. Aft. 21 Sep 1850.
vi. JAMES DICKERSON, b. Bet. 1761 - 1770; d. 22 Nov 1831, Prince Edward County, Virginia.
vii. BENJAMIN DICKERSON, b. Bet. 1761 - 1770; d. Bet. 13 May - 15 Jul 1833.
At 67 markers Richard T. Spencer, Jr. is off 1. At 37 markers, Donald Robert Dickenson, Richard. J. Dickison, and Richard T. Spencer are exact matches; Eddie Thurman is off 1; Melvin Raymond Dickerson is off 2;and, Ronald Dickenson is off 3.

Harry Ashby Dickerson, who has tested 12 markers, but is nephew to Joseph Patrick Dickerson, so he will be the same as his uncle, who is deceased. See Joseph Patrick Dickerson.

Jon Edward Dickerson, who has tested 12 markers.

Joseph Patrick Dickerson, who has tested 25 markers, and family is in process of an upgrade. Moses Dickerson Sr. b. 1753 Pittsylvania Co. VA d. 23 Mar 1834 Floyd Co, VA
Married Jemina Sullivan about 1780.
Children: Anna 1780, Moses 1783, Humphrey, Susan, Reed, Elizabeth 1788, Morrel 1790
DAR Application of Beatrice Dickerson Richardson # 330309 for Moses Dickerson Sr. gives his birth date of 1753 and death date after 5 May1832. He took the Oath of Allegiance in Henry Co, VA 1776. She also gives him as son of Griffith Dickerson Sr. and brother of Griffith Jr., and Elijah Botetourt Co survey of 1782 includes 200 acres and 100 acres on Little River for Moses Dickerson Sr. Letters of Patent were issued May 23, 1795 for 200 acres and April 12, 1798 for 100 acres. Moses Dickerson Jr. settled on the 100 acre and his brother Morrel settled on the 200 acre. Moses Sr. and his wife Jemina conveyed land to Moses Jr. and Morell May 29, 1832.
1810 Montgomery Co VA Census NA M252-70, Christiansburg page 659 Moses Dickerson Sr., age over 45 and boys 3 under 10 and 10-16, female over 45.

Melvin Raymond Dickerson, who has tested 37 markers and is awaiting results for 67 markers. My ggggrandfather, Zachariah Dickerson, a presumed revolutionary veteran died in Elbert Co. GA 1832 naming David, Robert, John, Dolly, Polly, and Rhoda as children. The 1830 census lists him as 70-80 years and POB as VA suggesting DOB between 1750-1760. John married Elizabeth Thornton and had children including Dozier David who married Celia E. Brown and had children including William Arthur who married Effie Dickson in SC and had children including William Arthur who Married Agnes Ballenger who had 2 children including me. Various tax records from Hanover and Caroline CO. VA list Zachariah or Zach Dicke(i)nson from 1782-94 with no land but 3 in family. There is no known record to link these 2 Zachariahs and no known records as to family of the VA Zachariah Dicke(i)nson. I would be happy to find both.

Charles Howard Dickenson, who has tested 25 markers.

Donald Robert Dickenson, who resides in California has tested 37 markers. He can conclusively trace his male line back to John Dickenson who was the son of Nathaniel Dickenson who died in early 1783 in Louisa County, Virginia. He assumes this Nathaniel was the son of Nathaniel Dickenson, Sr. who died in September, 1753 in Louisa County, Virginia. In his will Nathaniel Dickenson, Sr. named his wife Mary, and nine children: Nathaniel Dickenson, Griffith Dickenson, William Dickenson, (John?) Dickenson, Sarah (Dickenson) Snelson, Elizabeth Dickenson, Rachel Dickenson, Mourning (Dickenson) Barksdale, and Agnes Dickenson. The first reference to this person is on November 28, 1711 in the vestry book of St. Paul's Parish in New Kent (later Hanover) Co., Virginia indicating that "Nath'l Dickason" participated in processioning. Based upon the date (and that you need to be at least 21 years old), Nathaniel was probably born prior to 1690.

Donald Robert Dickenson has exact 37 marker matches with Carlton Monroe Dickerson, Richard J. Dickison, Joseph Patrick Dickerson, Charles Howard Dickenson and Richard T. Spencer and an exact 25 marker match with Bradford Stewart Dickason.

For complete information on his Dickenson genealogy see, Genealogy Report: DICKENSON/DICKERSON/DICKINSON families of New Kent/Hanover/Caroline/Louisa Co., Virginia (View PDF) found below the Family Photos section on his website.

Ronald Dickenson, who has tested 37 markers.

William Nelson Dickinson, who has tested 12 markers and plans to upgrade.

Richard J. Dickison, who has tested 37 markers.

This Group E. is very well developed and starts downward from England in the form of Dickinson, but then morphs into several different spellings (5 Dickerson, 1 Dickason, 1 Dickison, 1 Dickinson, 3 Dickenson). Thus we are reminded not to be too literal when searching for specific name spellings.

This group also has a DNA match that is very close to a Spencer. Since the Dickason/Dickerson/Dickinson group line is so well established, the hypothesis is that the Spencer line has Dickason DNA, rather than vice versa.

Group X:
12 participants, who have no matches within the project at this point.
If and when, matches occur with these participants, further subgroupings with lineage will be developed.

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