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John
and Benjamin Dibble were brothers, and among the first
inhabitants of the town. They came from Norwalk.
Benjamin who was called Doctor Dibble, though he had no
medical education, was a sort of a root or Indian
doctor. He lived thirty or forty rods down the hill from
the house of the late Seth Dibble, his grandson; the
cellar of the old house remains, and is seen a few rods
north of the road in the meadow. He died at an advanced
age. He had two sons and several daughters. The sons
were Israel and George. Israel was severely wounded
during the Revolutionary war, at White Plains, from
which wound he never recovered fully, rendering him
decrepit for life. He had nine children, sons and
daughters. His youngest son, Seth, lived at his father's
house, and was an active business man. His father died
when quite aged. The son Seth Dibble died suddenly,
after a brief illness, in the midst of an active life,
leaving sons and daughters.
George,
the other son of Benjamin Dibble, lived to the age of
eighty-four. He left one son, Truman Dibble, and a
daughter.
John
Dibble was designated by the title of Sergeant Dibble;
such titles were common less than one hundred years
since. This man was active, and is often referred to in
the early records. He built a house some sixty rods east
of the present residence of William Harrison, at the
southwest corner of the Dibble meadow, so called;
vestiges of the old cellar still remain. Mr. Dibble had
three sons, Clement, John, and Silas, and two daughters,
Lydia and Rebekah. Clement was an inefficient and
useless man, and became poor. Silas was intemperate.
Sergeant Dibble died in 1782, being eighty two years
old-
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