It is said that the Dickinsons were the third permanant settlers in Westminster and were there in the 1760’787s. Their sons Dan, Azariah and Job settled in the south part of town on the hill road to Putney. Azariah settled “on the middle road” nearly opposite of where Zachariah Gilson settled. His land became a part of the Ward farm of 1870. Dan and Azariah were among the nine persons who were a part of the church when it was organized in 1767.787