It is claimed that Captain Francis Dickinson came to Jamaica with the Penn and Venables expedition in 1655, and was rewarded for his service in the capture of Jamaica by substantial grants of land in what later became the parish of St Elizabeth. So far I have found no documentary support for this narrative, though it may well be factual.

                                                                                                            Admiral William Penn

 Francis was the son of Rev. William Dickinson, Rector of St Lawrence's Church, Appleton,
then in Berkshire.

 Jonathan Dickinson Ledger, 1699-1701

In 6 months in 1699, Dickinson, established as a merchant in Philadelphia since his momentous voyage from Jamaica in 1696, traded 83 casks, 174 half barrels, 66 quarter barrels, and 9 barrels of flour to 100 customers in his old home, Port Royal, Jamaica. This was probably enough flour to bake bread for the whole population of Jamaica at the time. He also shipped 47 barrels of bread, and 33 hogsheads, 5 barrels and 3 tuns of Pennsylvania beer.