Samuel Dick was an American

United States

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 physician who was a delegate for New Jersey

New Jersey

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 to the Confederation Congress

Congress of the Confederation

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 in 1784 and 1785.

Samuel was born at Nottingham in Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George's County, Maryland

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. He studied medicine in Scotland

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 before he opened a practice in Salem in 1740. He married Sarah Sinnickson on October 10, 1773 and they had ten children (Rebecca, Mary, John, Samuel Jr., Andrew, Isabella, Anna, Samuel Stewart, William and Maria). Sarah was the daughter of Andrew Sinnickson, and her brother Thomas

Thomas Sinnickson (merchant)

Thomas Sinnickson was an American merchant and statesman from Salem, New Jersey. He represented in the U.S. House in 1789–1791 and again in 1797–1799....

 represented New Jersey in the first U.S. Congress.

Dick served in the New Jersey militia before and during the Revolutionary War

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. When the 2nd New Jersey Regiment

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 joined the Continental Army

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 and was assigned to cover the withdrawal after the failed invasion of Canada

Invasion of Canada (1775)

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, he accompanied them north as a surgeon in 1776. In June, with the Canada assignment over he returned to New Jersey. Later that year he was appointed a colonel, commanding the western battalion of the Salem County

Salem County, New Jersey

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 militia.

Dick was first elected to represent Salem in the New Jersey General Assembly

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 in 1777. He was also appointed collector of customs for the state's western district in 1778. The state legislature elected him as a delegate to the Confederation Congress in 1783. In 1787, he was a delegate to the New Jersey convention that ratified the United States Constitution

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. He served for several years as a surrogate in the county courts for Salem County.

Dick died at home in Salem in 1812 and is buried in St. John’s Episcopal Cemetery

St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Salem

St. John's Episcopal Cemetery is a cemetery in Salem, the historic county seat of Salem County.-Noted interments:* Samuel Dick Delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1784-85....

 there.

External links

• Samuel Dick biography from The Political Graveyard
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