Constant Dimick1

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Father*____ Dimick1
Birth*Constant Dimick was born at Barnstable Co., MassachusettsG.1 
Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis has, on p. 375, "Lieut. John Ellis and Samuel Annable, Jr., residents of Ashfield, married sisters—Mary (or Molly) and Desire Dimick. They were from "the Cape," or Barnstable Co., Mass., where the Dimicks were numerous....Charles, Edward and Constant Dimick, of Barnstable, were probably brothers of Desire and Molly, of Ashfield."
The only Desire Dimick in Barnstable Town records with a birth that fits with her marriage date is Desire Dimock, dau. of Edward Dimock and Hannah _____, b. 6 Aug 1730; siblings named are Anna, b. 23 Nov 1721, and Thomas, b. 16 Mar 1727.2 

Citations

  1. [S265] E.R. Ellis, editor, Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis (Detroit, Michigan: W. Graham Printing Co., 1888), p. 375. Charles, Edward and constant were "probably brothers of Desire and Molly [Mary] of Ashfield."
  2. [S2103] Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), compiler, Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Barnstable 1643-1892 (Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1885), Town Records, 1713-1781, Vol. 2. Img. 177/193, p. 326: Children of Edward Dimock and Hannah.