2636–2637.  Thomas Dickerman was born in England about 1597, and died in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on June 11, 1657. Ellen (Elinor) Whittington of Dorchester, Massachusetts was born in England about 1601. They had four children:

Her second marriage was to John Bullard.

From the Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, ... in an entry for Isaac Dickerman, is found:

Thomas Dickerman, immigrant ancestor, come over with his wife Ellen, and setled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, as early as 1636. He owned land there in that year, and bought more the following year. He also owned a house and land in Boston Neck in 1652, to which he added in 1656. He was a tailor by trade, and also cultivated a farm. The inventory of his estate was £235 11s 4p. He died June 11, 1657, in Dorchester. His widow married (second) John Bullard, and went to live in Medfield before July 14, 1663. Children: Thomas, 1623, died before 1691; Abraham, born about 1634; Isaac, December 1637; John, baptized October 29, 1644, died young.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol. III, p. 536
• Genealogical Register of the Descendants in the Male Line of David Atwater, One of the Original Planters of New Haven, Conn., to the Sixth Generation, 1873.
• The Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, History, and Memoir, vol. 1, p. 33
• Mormon family record sheet, including reference to:
  • Dickerman, Edward D., Descentants of Thomas Dickerman, an Early Settler of Dorchester, Massachusetts, New Haven, 1897, p. 17 (with a supplement by George Sherwood Dickerman, ~1920)
  • New Hampshire Genealogical Magazine, vols 3 and 4, p. 536.