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Michael Dingus and his wife, Gertrude, died from smallpox on board the
ship, The Brothers, out of Rotterdam, Holland, while crossing the Alantic
leaving the Peter Dingess and his sister orphaned when they arrived at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
'At the courthouse at Philadelphia, Monday, September, 16, 1751 present
the Worshipful, the Mayor, Thomas York, Esq. did this day take and
subscribe the usual qualifications of J. Peter Dingess.  The ship "The
Brothers," Captain William Muir, from Rotterdam.'  Peter Dingess signed
the document "J. Peter (X) Dingess."  Source: Pennsylvania Pioneers -
Passenger Lists, Vol. 9041, by Strossburgeis, page 464.
A merchant living in what is now Botetourt County, Virginia took Peter to
live with his family. Nothing is know of the fate of the sister.
According to family tradition, another family living farther north took
her but Peter never heard from her again.  Peter Dingess spent his young
life in Botetourt County, Virginia.
Peter Dingess was in William Christian's Company of Virginia Militia in
1764. According to records he was paid for 61 days service during the
period 22 June 1761 to September 1764.
Peter Dingess served in the Revolutionary War in Trigg's battalion of
Montgomery County artillery in LaFayette's coprs at the battle of
Yorktown.
Giles County Deed Book 1, pg 130 : Peter Dingess, Sr. to Charles and John
Dingess --(for Charles and John to feed and clothe Peter and Mary
Dingess, their father and mother) land crossing Five Mile Fork below the
Rockhouse. Wit: John Toney, Peter Blankenship, William Smith, Benjamin H.
White, David French. 1809
Giles County Deed Book 1, pg 18 : Peter and Mary Dingess to Lewis Ford --
Land on the north side of East River Mountain at head of Kenaman's
Stillhouse Branch. 1806.